Professor Patrick Boyde FBA

Italian Language and Literature
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
1987
Subjects
Medieval studies

Current post

Emeritus Professor of Italian, University of Cambridge

Past appointments

University of Cambridge Serena Professor of Italian

1982 - 2002

Publications

Dante's lyric poetry (2 vols), 1967

Dante philomythes and philosopher: man in the cosmos 1981

Perception and passion in Dante's 'Comedy' 1993

Human vices and human worth in Dante's Comedy 2000

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Elizabeth Tyler FBA

Early and high medieval literature of England, especially poetry and history-writing. Latin and vernacular literary cultures of the Latin West. Circulation of texts and story-worlds within wider Afro-Eurasian networks.

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Professor David Crouch FBA

The social and political history of Britain and France 1000-1300; the comparative study of medieval aristocracies; medieval conduct

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Professor Dr Petra Sijpesteijn FBA

Social and cultural history of the medieval Near East; literacy and documentary cultures; transition from Late Antiquity to early Islam in the Eastern Mediterranean

Petra Sijpesteijn FBA

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