Michael Lapidge is Emeritus Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge.John Blair is Professor of Medieval History and Archaeology at the University of Oxford, and Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford.Simon Keynes is Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.Donald Scragg is Emeritus Professor of Anglo-Saxon Studies at the University of Manchester.

• List of Illustrations viList of Contributors viiiPreface to the Second Edition xiPreface to the First Edition xiiiList of Abbreviations xvTHE ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES 1Appendix I: Rulers of the English, c.450 - 1066 521Appendix II: Archbishops and Bishops, 597 - 1066 539Note on Maps 9 - 12 567Index of Contributors 573Classified Index of Head-words 579

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