TO WHOM SHOULD I DEDICATE THESE STUDIES OF THE LIGHTER SIDE OF THE MIDDLE AGES IF NOT TO MY WIFE WHOSE STUDY IT IS TO LIGHTEN MY OWN MIDDLE AGE? Original research amongst the legal and other documents preserved in the Public Record Office, and similar depositories of ancient archives is a pursuit which our friends politely assume 'must be very interesting,' chiefly because they cannot believe that any one would undertake so dull an occupation if it were not interesting. And it must be admitted that there are grounds for looking askance at such work. To begin with, the financial results of historical research are usually negligible or even negative, and it is therefore clearly an undesirable…
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