According to Dales (see above), "This book is a brilliant study of Grosseteste and his times. At every point it is richly suggestive. Like most works of this kind, it will not convince every reader on every point, but it will certainly require us to re-examine our views and take [the author's] suggestions into account." Dales also says this book "provides important insights not only into the life and mind of Grosseteste but also into the age in which he lived"
William Eamon, reviewing the book for the academic journal
The Historian, says that "This work does not, certainly, "solve" the Grosseteste problem; instead, it is bound to generate new controversy. But the value of
Sir Richard Southern's work lies in his ability to raise new questions in the hope that others will go further; and it is always a pleasure to read the meeting of minds between a brilliant historian and an original thinker of the past. Sir Richard, a master of the art of "possible history," has once again demonstrated the remarkable command of texts and interpretive skills that have made him one of this century's premier medieval historians." ==See also==