M. T. Clanchy is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, and a Fellow of the British Academy. He taught at the University of Glasgow 1964-85. He is the author of "From Memory to Written Record: England 1066-1307" (Blackwell second edition, 1993) and "Abelard: A Medieval Life" (Blackwell, 1997). He is the editor (with Betty Radice) of "The Letters of Abelard and Heloise" (Penguin Classics, 2003).