| Author | John Haywood, Brian Catchpole, Simon Hall, Edward Barratt |
| Project Editor/Coordinator/Director | Peter Furtado |
| Other | Richard Watts, Tim Williams |
| Editorial Board | Jeremy Black, K. N. Chaudhuri, Barry Cunliffe, Brian Fagan, J. E. Spence |
| Scientific Advisor | Jeremy Catto, Robin Cohen, J. H. Elliott, Harold James, Maldwyn A. Jones, Stuart Kewley, Stewart Lone, Oswyn Murray, Anthony J. S. Reid, Francis Robinson, John K. Thornton |
| Art Director/Editor | Ayala Kingsley, Martin Anderson |
| Editor | Susan Kennedy, Peter Lewis |
| Cartographer/Cartography by | Nathalie Johns |
| Photo/Picture Researcher | Claire Turner |
| Production | Clive Sparling |
| Assistant Editor | Marian Dreier |
| Typeset by | Brian Blackmore |
| Illustrator | Charles Raymond |
| Proofreader | Lynne Elson |
| Indexer | Ann Barrett |
| Publisher | Andromeda Oxford Limited |
| First Published by | Cassell PLC |
| Printed and Bound by | Imprimerie Pollina s.a. |
| Origination by | Ad.ver |
| Foreword by | Barry Cunliffe |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Great Britain |
| Copyright | 1997 |
| ISBN | 0-304-34845-7 |
| Barcode | 9 780304 348459 |
| Price | £30.00 |
| Printer's Key | 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 |
