Antonia Gransden
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Antonia Gransden, English historian
and medievalist, is former Reader
in Medieval History at the University of Nottingham
. She is author of a number of works in medieval historiography
, most notably the large two volume study Historical Writing in England.
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
and medievalist, is former Reader
Reader (academic rank)
The title of Reader in the United Kingdom and some universities in the Commonwealth nations like Australia and New Zealand denotes an appointment for a senior academic with a distinguished international reputation in research or scholarship...
in Medieval History at the University of Nottingham
University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is a public research university based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, with further campuses in Ningbo, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
. She is author of a number of works in medieval historiography
Historiography
Historiography refers either to the study of the history and methodology of history as a discipline, or to a body of historical work on a specialized topic...
, most notably the large two volume study Historical Writing in England.
Select bibliography
- (ed.) The letter-book of William of Hoo : sacrist of Bury St Edmunds, 1280-1294 (Ipswich: Suffolk Records Society, 1963)
- (ed. & trans.) The Chronicle of Bury St Edmunds 1212–1301 (London ; Edinburgh : Nelson, 1964)
- (ed.) The customary of the Benedictine Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk : (from Harleian MS. 1005 in the British Museum) (Henry Bradshaw Society, 1973)
- Historical Writing In England, C.550 To C.1307 (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1974)
- Historical Writing In England. 2, C.1307 To The Early Sixteenth Century (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1982)
- Legends, traditions, and history in medieval England (London: Hambledon Press, 1992)
- Historical writing in England (London: Routledge, 1996)