The principal emphasis of this book is the relationship between England and its neighbours in the pre-Conquest period.

List of illustrations; Editors' preface; 1. Record of the fourth conference of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists, at Durham, 7¿11 August 1989; 2. Bald's Leechbook and cultural interactions in Anglo-Saxon England M. L. Cameron; 3. Place-names as a reflection of cultural interaction Gillian Fellows-Jensen; 4. The Anglo-Saxon and Norse Rune Poems: a comparative study Margaret Clunies Ross; 5. Money, power and morality in late Anglo-Saxon England M. R. Godden; 6. Hebrew and the Hebraicum in late Anglo-Saxon England Sarah Larratt Keefer and David R. Burrows; 7. England and Aquitaine in the century before the Norman Conquest George Beech; 8. Oaks, ships, riddles and the Old English Rune Poem Paul Sorrell; 9. Bones of contention: the context of Ælfric's homily on St Vincent Susan E. Irvine; 10. The Abbo glossary in London, British Library, Cotton Domitian i Patrizia Lendinara; 11. The production of de luxe manuscripts and the patronage of King Cnut and Queen Emma T. A. Heslop; 12. Archbishop Sigeric's journey to Rome in 990 Veronica Ortenberg; 13. Bibliography for 1989 Carl T. Berkhout, Martin Biddle, Mark Blackburn, Sarah Foot, Alexander Rumble and Simon Keynes.