Frankland

Paul Fouracre is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Manchester. David Ganz is Professor of Palaeography at King’s College, London

• List of contributorsList of abbreviationsPrefaceDame Jinty Nelson: an appreciation, Paul Fouracre and David GanzCharters, law codes and formulae: the Franks between theory and practice, Alice RioCompulsory purchase in the earlier Middle Ages, Susan Reynolds Gallic or Greek? Archbishops in England from Theodore to Ecgbehrt, Alan Thacker Forgetting and remembering Dagobert II. The English connection, Paul Fouracre Some Carolingian questions from Charlemagne's days, David Ganz‘Immune from heresy’. Defining the boundaries of Carolingian Christianity, Matthew InnesEnglish History and Irish Readers in the Frankish World, Paul KershawIn search of the Carolingian 'dear lord', Rachel StoneMaking a difference in tenth-century politics: King Athelstan's sisters and Frankish queenship, Simon MacLean,The Carolingian capture of Aachen in 978 and its historiographical footprint, Theo Riches'’Absoluimus uos uice beati petri apostolorum principis'’. Episcopal authority and the reconciliationof excommunicants in England and Francia c. 900- c.1150, Sarah HamiltonFontenoy and after: pursuing enemies to death in France between the ninth and the eleventh centuries, John GillinghamThe death of Burgheard son of Aelfgar and its context, Stephen Baxter.The Representation of queenship in Anglo-Norman charters, David BatesBretons and Franks: the impact of the modern political climate on writing the history of the early middle ages, Wendy DaviesAppendix: Domesday entries for persons named BurgheardPublications of Professor Janet L. NelsonTabula GratulatoriaIndex of topics, compiled by C. P. Lewis