Frank Barlow (historian)

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Frank Barlow (born 1911) is a British historian, known particularly for biographies of medieval figures. He has been Emeritus Professor of History, since 1977, at the University of Exeter[1].

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[edit] Life

He was Professor of History at Exeter, 1953-76; and a Fellow of both the British Academy and the Royal Society of Literature.[2] He was awarded the CBE for services to medieval history in 1989.

[edit] Works

  • The Feudal Kingdom of England
  • The Life of King Edward Who Rests at Westminster (1962, 2nd edition 1992)
  • Edward the Confessor (1972)
  • The English Church 1066-1154 (1979)
  • The Norman Conquest and Beyond (1983)
  • William Rufus (1983)
  • Thomas Becket (1986)
  • The Carmen de Hastingae Proelio of Guy Bishop of Amiens (1999), editor and translator
  • The Godwins: The Rise and Fall of a Noble Dynasty (2002)

[edit] Reference

  • Writing Medieval Biography, 750-1250: Essays in Honour of Frank Barlow

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ The University of Exeter - Calendar 2007/2008 - Emeritus Professors
  2. ^ RSL Fellows

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