Comparative Perspectives on History and Historians

David Nicholas is professor emeritus of History at Clemson University who has published widely on Flanders and urban centers in the late medieval period. Bernard S. Bachrach is a professor of history at the University of Minnesota, cofounding editor of Medieval Prosopography and founding editor of Res Mitiraris. James M. Murray is a professor of History and the former director of the Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University. He has published widely on the Low Countries and medieval economic history.

• Bryce Lyon: In Memoriam by David Nicholas, Bernard S. Bachrach, and James M. MurrayBryce Lyon: A Personal Memoir by R. C. Van CaenegemBryce Lyon and the Royal Historical Commission of Belgium by Walter PrevenierBooks and Articles of Bryce LyonPart 1. The Legacy of Henri PirenneContinuity in Late Antique Gaul: A Demographic and Economic Perspective by Bernard S. BachrachHenri Pirenne at Work: Editing Galbert of Bruges by Jeff RiderThe Urban Typologies of Henri Pirenne and Max Weber: Was There a "Medieval" City? by David NicholasA Victorious State and Defeated Rebels? Historians' Views of Violence and Urban Revolts in Medieval Flanders by Jelle HaemersHenri Pirenne and Particularism in Late Medieval Flemish Cities: An Intellectual Genealogy by Jan DumolynPart 2. Constitutional and Legal History: England and the ContinentEnding English Exceptionalism: Bryce Lyon's Legacy for Constitutional and Legal Historians by Caroline DunnThe Good Parliament of 1376: Commons, Communes, and "Common Profit" in Fourteenth-Century English Politics by W. Mark OrmrodConstitutional Discourse in Illuminated English Law Books by Anthony Musson"No more but hang and drawe": Politics and Magic in the Execution of Sir Robert Tresilian, 1388 by Don C. SkemerMilitary Industrial Production in Thirteenth-Century England: The Case of the Crossbow Bolt by David S. BachrachPart 3. The Low Countries and Economic HistoryThe Notions of Honor and Adultery in the Fifteenth-Century Burgundian Netherlands by Walter PrevenierThe Case of the Disappearing Mintmaster by James M. MurrayWork, Business, and Investments: Economic Networks in a Fifteenth-Century City by Marci SortorCoinage Debasements in Burgundian Flanders, 1384-1482: Monetary or Fiscal Policies? by John H. A. MunroContributorsIndex