Time in the Medieval World

The late W. MARK ORMROD was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of York; he published extensively on later medieval history. Ad Putter is Professor of Medieval English at the University of Bristol, UK, co-director of Bristol's Centre for Medieval Studies, and Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author and editor of numerous books, with a particular interest in Medieval Romance texts and the works of the Gawain poet. He is currently leading a research project on the literary heritage of Anglo-Dutch relations. MARY CARRUTHERS is Remarque Professor Emeritus of Literature, New York University and Quondam Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford. A world-renowned scholar, she has published numerous works on medieval ideas of the mind.

• Introduction - Christopher HumphreyYear-Dates in the Early Middle Ages - Deborah DeliyannisLiving within Sight of the End - Robert MarkusDeath, Memory and Time: A Consideration of the Mortuary Practices at Sutton Hoo - Howard WilliamsLawyers' Time in England in the Later Middle Ages - Paul BrandTime and Urban Culture in Late Medieval England - Christopher HumphreyIn Search of Lost Time: Missing Days in Sir Cleges and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Ad PutterMeditations on the 'Historical Present' and 'Collective Memory' in Chaucer and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Mary J CarruthersThe Sense of Anachronism from Petrarch to Poussin - Peter Burke