Exercise 10: A Book (with many editors)
This article:
In this book:
For this exercise, imagine you wanted to cite page 167 of this article. The publication details here are quite complex. In a simple footnote you don't need to record every publisher's details; simply citing the York Medieval Press (located in York) is sufficient information.
Tip: This exercise requires you to remember how to cite accurately a book with many authors or editors.
Correct footnote:
Your footnote above should look like this:Elizabeth M. Tyler, 'From Old English to Old French', in *Language and Culture in Medieval Britain: The French of England c.1100-c.1500*, ed. by Jocelyn Wogan-Browne and others (York: York Medieval Press, 2009), pp. 164-78 (p. 167).In your own work, the same footnote would look like this:
Elizabeth M. Tyler, 'From Old English to Old French', in Language and Culture in Medieval Britain: The French of England c.1100-c.1500, ed. by Jocelyn Wogan-Browne and others (York: York Medieval Press, 2009), pp. 164-78 (p. 167).
Comment:
The 'and others' formula similarly applies to a book with multiple authors, translators, etc.
In place of 'and others' in some people's references, you will see the form 'et al'. This is an abbreviation of 'et alia', a Latin phrase meaning 'and others'.
While the 'c.' (for circa) on the book's title-page is distinguished by being italicised, there is no need to attempt to distinguish it in your own footnote.
