Paul Edward Dutton is Emeritus Professor at Simon Fraser University, Canada. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America, a former president of the Canadian Society of Medievalists and councillor of the Medieval Academy of America, and author of eight books, monographs, editions and translations of medieval materials.

• 1. Preamble.- 2. an Incident: The Strange Case of the Green Children.- 3. a Name: Heloise, Philosophess and Prostitute.- 4. a Scene: Slipping below the Surface of the Bayeux Tapestry.- 5. Meandering through Microhistory.- 6. a Sentence: The Desert War of a Carolingian Monk.- 7. a Joke: The Tiny Revolution of Theodulf’s ‘Stolen Horse’.- 8. a Color: Alcuin and the Bloody Rain.- 9. Ambles End in Tears.

Paul Edward Dutton is Emeritus Professor at Simon Fraser University, Canada. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America, a former president of the Canadian Society of Medievalists and councillor of the Medieval Academy of America, and author of eight books, monographs, editions and translations of medieval materials.

• 1. Preamble.- 2. an Incident: The Strange Case of the Green Children.- 3. a Name: Heloise, Philosophess and Prostitute.- 4. a Scene: Slipping below the Surface of the Bayeux Tapestry.- 5. Meandering through Microhistory.- 6. a Sentence: The Desert War of a Carolingian Monk.- 7. a Joke: The Tiny Revolution of Theodulf’s ‘Stolen Horse’.- 8. a Color: Alcuin and the Bloody Rain.- 9. Ambles End in Tears.

Paul Edward Dutton is Emeritus Professor at Simon Fraser University, Canada. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America, a former president of the Canadian Society of Medievalists and councillor of the Medieval Academy of America, and author of eight books, monographs, editions and translations of medieval materials.

• 1. Preamble.- 2. an Incident: The Strange Case of the Green Children.- 3. a Name: Heloise, Philosophess and Prostitute.- 4. a Scene: Slipping below the Surface of the Bayeux Tapestry.- 5. Meandering through Microhistory.- 6. a Sentence: The Desert War of a Carolingian Monk.- 7. a Joke: The Tiny Revolution of Theodulf’s ‘Stolen Horse’.- 8. a Color: Alcuin and the Bloody Rain.- 9. Ambles End in Tears.