This single volume supplement to the Dartmouth Medal winning Dictionary of the Middle Ages features more than 300 articles written by a new generation of scholars on new or newly understood topics relating to the period. Like the original set, the Supplement's coverage ranges over one thousand years of European and Middle Eastern history, covering the people, places and institutions of both high and popular culture. Articles include:

Body
Capital punishment
Chastity belt
Child rearing
Monumental architecture
Vatican library
Violence
William ("Braveheart") Wallace
Women
and many others.

High school students have relied on the Dictionary of Middle Ages for years and this supplement updates the set, ensuring its value for the next generation of researchers.