From Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' to Umberto Eco's 'Name of the Rose' to Dan Brown's 'The Da Vinci Code', the medieval period continues to intrigue, inspire, entertain, and fascinate many today. For the general reader and specialist alike, medieval expert, former Rosslyn Chapel museum exhibition curator and author, Dr Karen Ralls, guides the reader through the key historical facts, legends and lore, affiliated places and major symbolism of each of these 12 popular mediaeval enigmas, providing a lively introductory portal which includes some of the lesser-known, sidelined or unacknowledged aspects of each of these enduring topics.