YITZHAK HEN is Professor of Medieval History at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. His previous publications include
Culture and Religion in Merovingian Gaul (1995);
The Sacramentary of Echternach (1997);
The Royal Patronage of Liturgy in Frankish Gaul (2001). He is the General Editor of the series
Cultural Encounters in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.