John H. Arnold - The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Christianity

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EDITING a book this size is never a quick and easy task. I would like to thank the contributors for their patience for the time that this has taken, and their willingness to accept my editorial queries, suggestions, and proddings at various stages of the process. Despite the length of work involved, it has been for me a joyful experience, thanks to the support of various friends and colleagues, the overall excitement of the project, and the excellence of the individual chapters. In addition to the authors, I would also like to thank in particular Victoria Howell, Stephanie Ireland, Michael De La Cruz, and Christopher Wheeler for their support, encouragement, and professionalism; for particular assistance from Marina Benedetti, Peter Biller, John Sabapathy, and Simon Yarrow; and all those at OUP and its partners for their swift and courteous efforts in bringing the final text to fruition.

JOHN H. ARNOLD

JOHN H. ARNOLD

SIMON YARROW

BETH WILLIAMSON

R. I. MOORE

AMY G. REMENSNYDER

SVERRE BAGGE

WENDY DAVIES

NICHOLAS TERPSTRA

KATHERINE L. FRENCH

IAN FORREST

MARCUS BULL

GBOR KLANICZAY

ERIC PALAZZO

ROB MEENS

ROBERT L. A. CLARK

ARNOLD ANGENENDT

MAUREEN C. MILLER

PETER BILLER

LAURA A. SMOLLER

DOROTHEA WELTECKE

CONSTANCE H. BERMAN

ROSALYNN VOADEN

SARA LIPTON

GRADO GIOVANNI MERLO

GEORGE DAMERON

GEOFFREY KOZIOL

JANET L. NELSON

KATHLEEN G. CUSHING

SARAH HAMILTON

RONNIE PO-CHIA HSIA

In the following chapters, we write the church to indicate the building in which Christians worship; and the Church to indicate the larger entity which contained Christianity.

Arnold Angenendt , Professor Emeritus in Liturgical Studies, Westflische Wilhems-Universitt, Mnster

John H. Arnold , Professor of Medieval History, Birkbeck, University of London

Sverre Bagge , Professor of History, University of Bergen

Constance H. Berman Professor of History, University of Iowa

Peter Biller Professor of Medieval History, University of York

Marcus Bull, Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Robert L. A. Clark Professor of French, Kansas State University

Kathleen G. Cushing Reader in Medieval History, Keele University

George Dameron Professor of History, St Michaels College, Vermont

Wendy Davies Professor Emerita of History, University College London

Ian Forrest Fellow and Tutor in History, Oriel College, Oxford

Katherine L. French, J. Frederick Hoffman Professor of History, University of Michigan

Sarah Hamilton Professor of History, University of Exeter

Ronnie Po-chia Hsia Edwin Earle Sparks Professor of History, Pennsylvania State University

Gbor Klaniczay University Professor of Medieval Studies, Central European University

Geoffrey Koziol Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley

Sara Lipton Associate Professor of History, State University of New York, Stony Brook

Rob Meens Lecturer in Medieval History, Universiteit Utrecht

Grado Giovanni Merlo Professor of History of Christianity, Universit degli Studi di Milano

Maureen C. Miller Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley

R. I. Moore Professor Emeritus of History, Newcastle University

Janet L. Nelson Professor Emerita of History, Kings College London