This volume of the Haskins Society Journal includes papers read at the 28th and 29th Annual Conferences of the Charles Homer Haskins Society at Boston College in November 2009 and November 2010 respectively; papers read at earlier Haskins conferences and sponsored sessions; and individual paper submissions. The papers by Martin Carver, Wendy Davies and Paul Freedman, were featured papers at the 28th Annual Conference, and Kerrith Davies's essay received the 2009 Bethell Prize, which was judged by Wendy Davies, emerita professor at University College, London. This is the regular volume for 2010. The Editor would like to offer thanks to the contributors, anonymous reviewers, and to Caroline Palmer and her excellent staff at Boydell & Brewer, Ltd. for their help during the production of this volume.

The Haskins Society Journal is an international refereed journal, and its contents include, but are not limited to, papers read at the Society's own annual conference or at the sessions which it sponsors at Leeds, Kalamazoo, and other venues. Papers on all aspects of the history of England and its continental neighbors in the Early and Central Middle Ages are welcome from any scholar. Authors intending to submit are asked to consult the Society's website (www.haskins.cornell.edu) or to write to the Editor for guidelines and the Journal's style sheet. Contact Dr. William North, Department of History, Carleton College, 1 North College Street, Northfield, MN 55057, USA; email: wnorth@carleton. edu.