John Gillingham
Encyclopedia
John Gillingham is emeritus professor of medieval history at the London School of Economics and Political Science. On the 19th July 2007 he was elected into the Fellowship of the British Academy
He is renowned as an expert on the Angevin empire
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The Wars of the Roses : peace and conflict in fifteenth-century England (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1981)
The Angevin empire (E. Arnold, 1984)
Richard Coeur de Lion : kingship, chivalry and war in the twelfth century (Hambledon Press, 1994)
Richard I (Yale University Press, 1999) Part of the Yale English Monarchs Series
The English in the twelfth century : imperialism, national identity, and political values (Boydell and Brewer, 2000)
British Academy
The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national body for the humanities and the social sciences. Its purpose is to inspire, recognise and support excellence in the humanities and social sciences, throughout the UK and internationally, and to champion their role and value.It receives an annual...
He is renowned as an expert on the Angevin empire
Angevin Empire
The term Angevin Empire is a modern term describing the collection of states once ruled by the Angevin Plantagenet dynasty.The Plantagenets ruled over an area stretching from the Pyrenees to Ireland during the 12th and early 13th centuries, located north of Moorish Iberia. This "empire" extended...
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Books
Richard the Lionheart (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1978)The Wars of the Roses : peace and conflict in fifteenth-century England (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1981)
The Angevin empire (E. Arnold, 1984)
Richard Coeur de Lion : kingship, chivalry and war in the twelfth century (Hambledon Press, 1994)
Richard I (Yale University Press, 1999) Part of the Yale English Monarchs Series
The English in the twelfth century : imperialism, national identity, and political values (Boydell and Brewer, 2000)