Julian Chrysostomides (1928-2008) was Emeritus Reader in Byzantine History and Director of the Hellenic Institute at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. The volume is edited by Michael Heslop, an Honorary Research Associate in Byzantine Studies at RHUL Hellenic Institute, and Charalambos Dendrinos, Lecturer in Byzantine Literature and Greek Palaeography, and Director of RHUL Hellenic Institute, UK.