Professor David Luscombe FBA

History

Elected 1986

Fellow type: UK Fellow
Year of birth: 1938
Year of death: 2021
Year elected: 1986
Sections: Theology and Religious Studies, Medieval Studies

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.

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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

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor John Barclay FBA

Early Judaism and the formation of early Christian thought and practice in the first century; the theology of Paul and the history of its reception

Professor André Vauchez FBA

Western Medieval History; History of Christianity; Researches on the medieval conception of holiness and on the sacralization of space and time ; Francis of Assisi and the Franciscan history. Dissent and Orthodoxy in the West (X-XV centuries)

Professor Michael Reeve FBA

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Professor David Luscombe FBA

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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

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor John Barclay FBA

Professor André Vauchez FBA

Professor Michael Reeve FBA

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Professor David Luscombe FBA

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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

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor John Barclay FBA

Professor André Vauchez FBA

Professor Michael Reeve FBA

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