John McNeill teaches at Oxford University's Department of Continuing Education, and is Honorary Secretary of the British Archaeological Association, for whom he has edited and contributed to volumes on Anjou, King's Lynn and the Fens, the medieval cloister, and English medieval chantries. He has a particular interest in Romanesque architectural sculpture and the design of medieval monastic precincts. Richard Plant is Director of the Arts of Europe programme at Christie's Education in London. He is Honorary Publicity Office for the British Archaeological Association and has published on Romanesque architecture in England and the Holy Roman Empire. His previous editorial experience was for The Rough Guide to Jazz (1995).