Rodney Hilton's Middle Ages: An Exploration of Historical Themes

The origins of this book are described in the Introduction. Briefly, Rodney Hilton's friends, colleagues and admirers, in the year after his death in 2002, participated in a conference not just to celebrate his work, but to indicate new directions in the historical themes to which he gave special prominence. The essays in this book were presented as papers at the conference. The conference attracted eighty participants, who demonstrated Rodney Hilton's international reputation by travelling from twelve different countries.