"Diversity" for that author seems to indicate "non-Europeans." And plenty of scholars have shown the presence of non-Europeans in medieval Britain. But we also need to see how medieval English saw themselves as living in a diverse society because of *other Europeans* and objected to them.
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"The land exhausts us by demanding payments, and the people’s disgust is heard/While we are silent and wait for the light." (trans. Susan Einbinder)