JANET BURTON is Professor of Medieval History at University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter and the author of many books and articles on monastic history. DAVID CROOK, now retired, spent his working life in The National Archives, where he became immersed in the extensive surviving early records of the English royal administration and common law. From those sources have emerged important findings which may identify a real criminal as the original of the legendary English outlaw Robin Hood. NICHOLAS VINCENT is Professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia and a Fellow of the British Academy S. D. CHURCH is Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Lincoln and Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia.

• `Adam of Bristol' and Tales of Ritual Crucifixion in Medieval England - Robert C. StaceyEthics and Office in England in the Thirteenth Century - Frédérique LachaudSome Aspects of the Royal Itinerary in the Twelfth Century - Stephen D. ChurchThe Minority Governments of Henry III, Henry [VII] and Louis IX in Comparison - Christian HillenScottish Queenship in the Thirteenth Century - Jessica NelsonEthnicity, Personal Names, and the Nature of Scottish Europeanization - Matthew HammondPower, Preaching and the Crusades in Pura Wallia c.1180-c.1280 - Kathryn HurlockA Forgotten War: England and Navarre, 1243-4 - Nicholas VincentThe Appointment of Cardinal-deacon Otto as Legate in Britain [1237] - Adam DaviesMatthew Paris and John Mansel - Hui LiuThe Burial of Noblewomen in Thirteenth-Century Shropshire - Emma CavellDynstic Conflicy in Thirteenth-Century Laxton - David CrookAbsenteeism: The Chronology of a Concept - Beth Hartland