Benjamin Pohl is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Bristol. He specialises in the writing of history, manuscript studies, the history of the book, monasticism, and cultural memory studies. He is the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters, and his books include Dudo of Saint-Quentin's Historia Normannorum: Tradition, Innovation and Memory (2015) and The Bristol Merlin: Revealing the Secrets of a Medieval Fragment (2021).

• Prologue: Studying the Age of William the Conqueror Benjamin Pohl; Part I. Home and Away: 1. Normandy and the continent Alheydis Plassmann; 2. England and the insular world Alex Woolf and Neil McGuigan; 3. Scandinavia and the North Sea world Michael H. Gelting; Part II. Space and Society: 4. Landscape and settlement Katherine Weikert; 5. Church and society Richard Allen; 6. Trade and travel Eljas Oksanen; Part III. Individuals and Institutions: 7. Family and kinship Laura L. Gathagan; 8. Nobility and aristocracy Daniel Booker and S. D. Church; 9. Kingship and consensus Björn Weiler; 10. Law and justice Emily Tabuteau; Part IV. Cultural Perspectives: 11. Warfare and violence Matthew Strickland; 12. History and memory Benjamin Pohl and Elisabeth van Houts; 13. Language and literacy Keith Busby; 14. Schools and education Mia Münster-Swendsen; Epilogue: The legacy of William the Conqueror and his age today David Bates.

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