Volume 1, Number 1, April 1975

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Editorial

James A. Brundage, Concubinage and marriage in medieval canon law. 1

c. U)arrcw Hollister, The Anglo-Norman succession debate of 1126: prelude to Stephen’s anarchy. 19

Gabriel/e M. SPiegel, The cult of Saint De?is and Capetain kingship. 43

‘Thomas 7wley, InfalEibilists in the curia of Pope John XXII. 71

New books : publishers’ announcements 103

List of figures; Acknowledgements 111

Contributors to this issue 112

Notice to contributor:, 113

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The ]wrrtal of mcdieu~d history lays no claim to an tlaborate philosophy; advances no definitive pretensions ‘0 editorial policy; has no wish to rival an) existing journal. Launched as the result of :. chance encounter at Groningen between a p:.;blisher intere:.ted

in history and a histurian interested in pub- lishing, it is sponsored by a group of distin- guished Associate Editors drawn for the most part from the ranks of younger but well- established medievalists in half-a-dozen countries. These scholars by no means form a policy-making board or advisory commit- tee, but tl!ey have been good enough to lend fheir nalr es and promise us their expert as- sistance. 1%‘e are grateful to them.

Most of the existing journals which publish articles on medieval European history are specialized in one way or another. The /our-

naI of meolicwal history will be uqecialized and all-embracing, but historical rather than

literary or legal. We nropose to publish articles on all aspects of European history -including the British Isles and the entire Mediterranean littoral - between tie fall of Rome and the Renaissance. We shall give special consideration to papers on subjects, or in a form, not catered for by exijeing jour- nals. The ]ournaZ is meant to b:! mterna- tional, and will publish articles in English, French and German. Contributiom ubmitted in languages other than these thref2, if accept- ed, will blc translated into English. Every article will carry an English summ,u-y.

The future of the ]ourn.A of medieval history Is in the hands of its readers. But if its circulation becomes sufficient, we shall endeavour to expand and diversify its con- tents. Some articles may be commissioned; reports on medieval historical studies in dif- ferent countries or fields may be includel; more ccntributions may be translated fron the less Nell-knlown languages. In any event, we welcome ideas and suggestions from all sides.

A dis inctive feature of the Journal of mrdievai histor,y is the section entitled ‘New books: pub1ishe:I.r’ announcements’. We very much hop that authors and publishers will see to it z.at our coverage here rapidly be- comes as ;i1311 as possible so thast we can ef- fectively compleement the work of the Intc-

national wcedieval ,’ Aography which is al- ready doing for periodical articles what we hope to ci, books; namely, medievalists w:ith complete in-

as near time of as possible, work appearing their field.

the papers in this could be a;< traditional form and

their authors in fact They

are, believe, the historians to taken a out the notebook, as were, and ublished a of printed at the ( f their under the ‘Literature. Wee insisting on new- style which involves references to sources in in the or notes an article, of its and its In tl,is of the

we may accused of old wine new bottles: old-style papers had to adapted, willy-nilly, to the new format. But we look forward in rhe immediate future to new-style paper .which will exploit our new format to the full, for rt does, we are convinced, have advan- lages for authors and readers as well as for publishers.

Richard Vaughan &ziversity of Hull

Willem van Leeuwen North-Ho!land Publirhing Company