This volume is the outcome of the concluding final conference of the research project RANK. In an interdisciplinary approach, scholars from England, Germany, and France representing the fields of history, art history, archaeology, and ethnology analyze how rank developed in Medieval Europe between 500 and 1500. In a total of fourteen contributions, the factors that constituted aristocratic rank and how such rank was communicated are discussed. Focusing on the Carolingian Empire, England, France, and the Holy Roman Empire, the essays also provide insights into regional variations concerning the definition of rank across the centuries.