Clare Egan is a senior lecturer in medieval and early modern literature at Lancaster University, United Kingdom. She specialises in medieval to early modern performance, especially in relation to defamation, as explored in her recent monograph Performing Provincial Libel: Community Conflict in Early Modern England (2025). Prior to her current post, she was a research assistant at the University of Huddersfield and a visiting lecturer in early modern drama and the law at the University of Southampton. Clare completed her BA Hons English Literature, AHRC-funded MA in Medieval and Renaissance Culture, and AHRC-funded PhD on early modern libel at the University of Southampton.

Sarah B. White is an assistant professor in the Law of Trusts and Co-Director of the History of Law and Governance Centre at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. She specialises in medieval legal and ecclesiastical history, with expertise in court procedure, the legal profession, and the intersection of law and religion. Prior to her current post, she was a lecturer in medieval history at Lancaster University and a research fellow at the University of St Andrews on the ERC-funded comparative legal history project: Civil Law, Common Law, Customary Law. Sarah earned her BA Hons. in Medieval Studies at the University of Victoria, followed by an MA at the University of Toronto and a PhD in legal history at the University of St Andrews.