The editors would like to thank their colleagues on the Perdita Project — Elizabeth Clarke, Martyn Bennett, Gillian Wright, Jill Seal, Marie-Louise Coolahan, Laura Johnstone, Kathryn Prince — and also all the other collaborators who have contributed to Perdita. Thanks also to all the participants in the Trinity/Trent and Renaissance MS colloquia for their stimulating exchange of ideas over the years. The Perdita Project owes its existence to the far-sightedness and generosity of the Department of English and Media Studies at the Nottingham Trent University. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Arts and Humanities Research Board in Britain and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for their funding of Perdita's work.
We would also like to thank in particular Betty Travitsky for proposing the idea of this volume, Elizabeth Clarke for her assistance in selecting the essays, Ashgate's anonymous reader for many useful suggestions, and Kathryn Prince for her help with formatting and proofreading the volume.