Christoph Grellard is Assistant Professor at the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne). He specialises in the history of medieval philosophy. His publications include Jean de Salisbury et la Renaissance médiévale du scepticisme (2013).Frédérique Lachaud is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Lorraine. She specialises in the history of English political culture from the twelfth to the fourteenth century. Her publications include L’Éthique du pouvoir au Moyen Âge. L’office dans la culture politique (Angleterre, vers 1150-vers 1330) (2010).

• List of ContributorsShort TitlesIntroductionChristophe Grellard and Frédérique LachaudPart One: Historical Context John of Salisbury and the Schools of the 12th CenturyCédric Giraud and Constant MewsJohn of Salisbury and Thomas BecketKaren Bollermann and Cary J. Nederman John of Salisbury as Ecclesiastical AdministratorJulie BarrauPart Two: John of Salisbury as a WriterJohn of Salisbury as a WriterRonald E. PepinJohn of Salisbury and Classical AntiquityLaure Hermand-SchebatJohn of Salisbury and the Writing of HistoryClare MonaglePart Three: John of Salisbury and the Intellectual World of the 12th CenturyJohn of Salisbury and LawYves SassierJohn of Salisbury’s Political TheoryCary J. NedermanJohn of Salisbury on Science and KnowledgeDavid BlochQui recta quae docet sequitur, uere philosophus est. The Ethics of John of SalisburySigbjørn SønnesynJohn of Salisbury and TheologyChristophe Grellard Part Four: John of Salisbury and his ReadersFiliation and Context: The Medieval Afterlife of the PolicraticusFrédérique LachaudSources and BibliographyIndex rerumIndex nominum

“superb collection of research essays.”Severin V. Kitanov, Salem State University. In: Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 49, No. 2 (summer 2018), pp. 524-526.“[This book’s] purpose, to provide a vade mecum to lead readers into critical encounters with the paradoxes of the life, outlook and writings of the enigmatic John of Salisbury, is fully realised.”Anne J. Duggan, King's College London. In: Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 67, No. 3 (July 2016), pp. 637-638.