INTRODUCTORY SURVEY :
How the Middle English Tail-rhyme Romances Have Been Studied
CHAPTER ONE : 'The sone rase bryght and schane' :
The Theme of 'the Hero on the Beech' in the Tail-rhyme Romances
CHAPTER TWO : Middle English 'Breton Lays'
CHAPTER THREE : Mary's Children :
the Case of Florence Le Bone Florence of Rome in Context
CHAPTER FOUR : Mary's Children :
the Case of Gowther The Hero as (Anti)christ in Sir Gowther
CHAPTER FIVE: Sir Orfeo in MS Ashmole 61:
One Foot in the Tail-rhyme World?
CHAPTER SIX: How pitiful the lady was! :
Some Common Features of the Tail-rhyme Romances and Japanese Sekkyo
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX