About the Press

The International Society for the Study of Early Medieval England (ISSEME) was founded in 1983 as the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists (ISAS). Throughout its history, the society has provided scholars interested in the languages, literatures, arts, history, and material culture of early medieval England with support in their research and to facilitate an exchange of ideas and materials within and among the disciplines.

Since 2006, ISSEME has published several interdisciplinary collections of essays on Early Medieval England, based on the papers presented at our biennal conferences.

From 2025 onwards, our collections of essays will be published here. Our model is Gold Open Access, without any article processing charges, meaning that the society is paying to ensure the whole publication is Open Access, and authors are not charged anything. This reflects our commitment to ensure both that our research is available to the widest possible audience, and that all authors have equal access to our platform, whether they are affiliated to a wealthy institution or not. As with our former publications, all papers undergo a rigorous reviewing process.

Our forthcoming publication, Early Medieval English Texts and Contexts, edited by Judith Kaup, Élise Louviot and Eleni Ponirakis, is expected to be released in 2025.

Between 2006 and 2018, ISSEME published its collections of essays in print with ACMRS press as part of the Essays in Anglo-Saxon Studies series. The full list of these publications is available below and copies may be found in many libraries.

Published in the Essays in Anglo-Saxon Studies series:

• Vol. 1: Conversion and Colonization in Anglo-Saxon England. Edited by Catherine E. Karkov and Nicholas Howe (2006)
• Vol. 2: Anglo-Saxons and the North. Edited by Matti Kilpiö, Leena Kahlas-Tarkka, Jane Roberts, and Olga Timofeeva (2009)
• Vol. 3: Anglo-Saxon England and the Continent. Edited by Hans Sauer and Joanna Story, and Gaby Waxenberger (2011)
• Vol. 4: Anglo-Saxon Traces. Edited by Jane Roberts and Leslie Webster (2011)
• Vol. 5: The Maritime World of the Anglo-Saxons. Edited by Stacy S. Klein and William Schipper (2014)
• Vol. 6: Anglo-Saxon England and the Visual Imagination. Edited by John D. Niles and Stacy S. Klein and John Wilcox (2016)
• Vol. 7: England, Ireland, and the Insular World: Textual and Material Connections in the Early Middle Ages. Edited by Mary Clayton, Alice Jorgensen and Juliet Mullins (2017)
• Vol. 8: The Daily Lives of the Anglo-Saxons. Edited by Carole Biggam, Carole Hough and Daria Izdebska (2018)