An article published in the Journal of Medieval History has been highlighted in the media for its unique and compelling perspective into the actions and moralities of Robin Hood. As well as unearthing evidence that places Robin Hood in the reign of Edward I, Dr. Julian Luxford’s   article “contains a uniquely negative assessment of the outlaw, and provides rare evidence for monastic attitudes towards him”. The   BBC, the   Yorkshire Post and US-based   media as well as many more have featured this article, which you can access from the above link or via   www.elsevier.com/locate/jmedhist.

 Congratulations to Dr. Luxford for this fascinating article!

We are pleased to announce that Professor Christopher Woolgar of the University of Southampton has taken over the editorship of the Journal of Medieval History from January 2009. Professor Woolgar has a special interest in the day-to-day life of the past, particularly in medieval England, and is currently working on an edition of executors’ accounts and inventories for English bishops in the period 1200-1400. He is also interested in the forms of documents throughout the medieval and modern periods, in political papers of the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the archives of Anglo-Jewry.

Why not submit an article today using the journal’s online submission and review system? To do this, view the aims and scope, browse a free issue and more, just visit:

We are pleased to welcome to the editorial team Dr. Robert Ralley, who has taken up a post as Associate Editor from January 2009. Dr Ralley is based at the University of Cambridge.

For more information on the journal, or to submit a paper, please visit the journal’s homepage at:   www.elsevier.com/locate/shpsc

We are thrilled to congratulate Dr. Winer on the following achievements. Her article:   Conscripting the breast: lactation, slavery and salvation in the realms of Aragon and kingdom of Majorca, c. 1250–1300, published in the Journal of Medieval History was named article of the month for October 2008 by Feminae ( an on line database of women and gender in medieval studies) and also won the prestigious best article of 2008 award from the   Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship.

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Lynch, M.

  The economy and Pocock's political economy
History of European Ideas, Volume 34, Issue 3, September 2008, Pages 334-344
Walter, R.

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Green, M.

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Studies In History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies In History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, Volume 39, Issue 3, September 2008, Pages 532-556
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  Medieval Academy of America Annual Meeting
26-28 March 2009, Chicago, USA

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  International Medieval Studies Congress
13-16 July 2009, Leeds, UK

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12-16 July 2009, Brisbane, Australia

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