THE EDITOR

GEORGE HOLMES is Chichele Professor of Medieval History and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. His previous books include Dante (Past Masters, OUP, 1980), and Florence, Rome and the Origins of the Renaissance (OUP, 1986).

THE CONTRIBUTORS

THOMAS BROWN, University of Edinburgh: The Transformation of the Roman Mediterranean, 400-900

EDWARD JAMES, University of York: The Northern World in the Dark Ages, 400-900

DAVID WHITTON, Wolfson College, Oxford: The Society of Northern Europe in the High Middle Ages, 900-1200

ROSEMARY MORRIS, University of Manchester: Northern Europe Invades the Mediterranean, 900-1200

PETER DENLEY, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London: The Mediterranean in the Age of the Renaissance, 12001500

MALCOLM VALE, St John's College, Oxford: The Civilization of Courts and Cities in the North, 1200-1500

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