Professor David Luscombe FBA

History
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
1986
Year of birth
1938
Year of death
2021
Subjects
Medieval studies, Religion

Summary

David Luscombe's main academic interests were in the history of medieval thought and religion. His later work focused on bringing together and revising his earlier studies of the evolution of medieval conceptions of hierarchy and producing further studies, with editions of texts, of the making of collections of sentences in twelfth-century schools.

Last post

Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, The University of Sheffield

Past appointments

The University of Sheffield Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, The University of Sheffield

2003 -

The University of Sheffield Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, The University of Sheffield

2003 -

The University of Sheffield Research Professor of Medieval History, The University of Sheffield

1984 - 2004

The University of Sheffield Research Professor of Medieval History, The University of Sheffield

1984 - 2004

The University of Sheffield Professor of Medieval History

1972 -

The University of Sheffield Professor of Medieval History

1972 -

Publications

A Monastic Commmunity in Local Society: The Beauchief Abbey Cartulary Camden Fifth Series 40 2011

The Letter Collection of Peter Abelard and Heloise 2013

The School of Peter Abelard 1969

Peter Abelard's Ethics 1971

Medieval thought 1997

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French history from 1000 - 1350; the French in the kingdom of Sicily, 1266-1309; the political ideas of Godfrey of Viterbo; the sires de Beaujeu, 950-1350

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Professor Dr Claudia Märtl FBA

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