[3] The editors-in-chief are currently L. J. Swain (Bemidji State University) and Deanna Forsman (North Hennepin Community College).

[14] The website of the journal also had a links page, which was noted in a review of 2005 for being "a well-designed portal for this specific time period".

On previous versions of the journal's website, calls for papers, and other sources, the period covered by the journal has been defined as stretching "from the early 4th through 13th centuries",[16] "from the beginning of the fourth century through the beginning of the thirteenth",[17][18] "from the late fourth through eleventh centuries",[19] "from 400-1100 AD",[20] "approximately [...] between 300 and 1200 CE",[21] and "from the late Roman empire to the advent of the Norman empire".

Our new Mission Statement addresses all of Northwestern Europe evenly rather than stressing the British Isles.

[23]Publications in The Heroic Age covered all aspects of Early Medieval Northwestern Europe.