Joel T Rosenthal is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Department of History of the State University of New York. He has published on late medieval society and specialises in women, families, old age, the Paston family, testimony and memory. His publications include Medieval England: An Encyclopedia , (ed) (New York: Garland Pub., 1998), Telling Tales: Sources and Narration in Late Medieval England , Pennsylvania State University Press, 2003, and Late Medieval England (1377-1485): A Bibliogrpahy of Historical Scholarship, 1990-1999 Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, 2003.