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Professor John Gillingham FBA

Medieval history: narrative sources, primarily in north-western Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries, as evidence for the perceptions and values that shaped war and politics.
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2007
Subjects
Medieval studies
Sections
Medieval Studies

Current post

Emeritus Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science

Past appointments

London School of Economics and Political Science University of London Emeritus Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science

1998 -

London School of Economics and Political Science University of London Emeritus Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science

1998 -

London School of Economics and Political Science University of London Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Professor

1965 - 1998

Publications

William II. The Red King 2015

Christian Warriors and the Enslavement of Fellow Christians Chevalerie et christianisme 2011

Conquests, Catastrophe and Recovery. Britain and Ireland 1066-1485 2014

From 'Civilitas' to Civility: Codes of Manners in Medieval and early Modern England Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 6th ser. Vol.12 2002

The English in the Twelfth Century. Imperialism, National Identity and Political Values (Woodbridge) 2000

Richard I 1999

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Caroline Humfress FBA

Late Antique and Early Medieval history; Christianity and Roman law; comparative histories of law; analysing historical questions in dialogue with current legal, anthropological and sociological research

Caroline Humfress FBA

Professor Anthony Paul Bale FBA

Anthony Bale is Professor of Medieval & Renaissance English (1954) at the University of Cambridge and a Professorial Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge. His research explores later medieval English literature and culture, with particular interests in Christian-Jewish relations, popular religion, pilgrimage and travel, the history of emotions, and codicology.

Portrait picture of Professor Anthony Paul Bale FBA, image credit: Tamsin Cox

Professor Daniel Wakelin FBA

Medieval English literature and its circulation and reception in manuscripts and other material texts

Daniel Wakelin FBA

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