Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Sources, the transformative successor to Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History (first published in 1964), provides a unique venue for scholars to offer fresh readings of evidence from the period 400–1600. This annual is dedicated to the fundamental scholarship of analysis and interpretation led by direct engagement with the sources—written, visual, material—in any form, from editions, translations, and commentaries to reports, notes, and reflections. By foregrounding the most basic approach of working outwards from the evidence, it aims to foster conversations across disciplines, regions, and periods, as well as to become a reference point for original approaches and new discoveries.

This supplementary volume comprises essays on sources from the pre-modern world authored by members of the Medieval Studies Research Group, University of Lincoln, to mark the launch of the new (fourth) series.

Graham Barrett is Senior Lecturer in Late Antiquity, University of Lincoln, studying Latin in early medieval Iberia.
Louise J. Wilkinson is Professor of Medieval Studies, University of Lincoln, studying women in later medieval England.

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Acknowledgements
Introduction: “Introducing Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Sources: A Statement of Purpose,” by Graham Barrett and Louise J. Wilkinson
Part I: Textual Strategies in Late Antiquity
Chapter 1: “Problematic Clergymen, Pointed Ceremonials, and Imperial Anxieties: Justin I’s Letter to Hypatius (ACO4.1:199–200) Reconsidered,” by Michael Wuk
Chapter 2: “Succession Crises in Sixth-Century Iberia: Dead Bishops, Greedy Clerics, and the Council of Valencia in 546,” by Marta Szada and Jamie Wood
Chapter 3: “The Scholion on Dionysios of Thrace and the Origins of the Greek Alphabet,” by Giustina Monti
Part II: Records and the Practice of Power
Chapter 4: “Protecting the Mauduit Patrimony: Suits and Disputes in Thirteenth-Century Rutland,” by Robert Portass
Chapter 5: “The Charters, Letters, and Seal of Lady Nicholaa de la Haye (d. 1230), Lord, Castellan, and Sheriff,” by Louise J. Wilkinson
Chapter 6: “Dei gratia Ierosolimorum regina: Articulating the Proprietary Queen of Jerusalem’s Rulership in Solemn Royal Documents,” by Anaïs Waag
Part III: Behind and Beyond the Written
Chapter 7: “Ordeal by Innocents: The Law and Liturgy of Trial by Water in Early Medieval Iberia,” by Graham Barrett
Chapter 8: “A Now-Lost Fourteenth-Century Aisled Base-Cruck Building at Ketsby House Farm, Lincolnshire, and its Context,” by Mark Gardiner and Jenne Pape
Chapter 9: “I am Sailing: A Brief Catalogue of Mayflower Materials in Lincoln Cathedral’s Wren Library,” Anna Marie Roos