Michael Jones (historian)
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Michael Jones is a British historian.
He was born in Wrexham
, Wales
. He studied history at Oxford
, and taught first in Exeter
, then in Nottingham
from 1967 to 2002, specialised in French medieval history. He is a member of many British and Breton historical societies: Royal Historical Society (1971), la Société d'Histoire et d'Archéologie de Bretagne (1972), Society of Antiquaries of London (1977), Société d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Pays de Retz (1985), Society for the Study of French History. He is a member of the Breton ordre de l'Hermine
and 'Correspondant de l'Institut'. Many of his works are about the ducal period of Brittany.
He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
.
He was born in Wrexham
Wrexham
Wrexham is a town in Wales. It is the administrative centre of the wider Wrexham County Borough, and the largest town in North Wales, located in the east of the region. It is situated between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley close to the border with Cheshire, England...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. He studied history at Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
, and taught first in Exeter
Exeter
Exeter is a historic city in Devon, England. It lies within the ceremonial county of Devon, of which it is the county town as well as the home of Devon County Council. Currently the administrative area has the status of a non-metropolitan district, and is therefore under the administration of the...
, then in Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
from 1967 to 2002, specialised in French medieval history. He is a member of many British and Breton historical societies: Royal Historical Society (1971), la Société d'Histoire et d'Archéologie de Bretagne (1972), Society of Antiquaries of London (1977), Société d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Pays de Retz (1985), Society for the Study of French History. He is a member of the Breton ordre de l'Hermine
Order of the Ermine
The Order of the Ermine was a chivalric order of the 14th and 15th centuries in the Duchy of Brittany. The ermine is the emblem of Brittany...
and 'Correspondant de l'Institut'. Many of his works are about the ducal period of Brittany.
He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway.-History:The University of Oslo was established in 1811. The idea of a learned society in Christiania surfaced for the first time in 1841. The city of Throndhjem had no university, but had a learned...
.
Published in English
- The Creation of Brittany: A Late Medieval State, Hambledon & London 1988
- Ducal Brittany 1364-1399: Relations with England and France during the Reign of Duke John IV, Oxford at the Clarendon Press/Sandpiper 1997
- Between France and England: Politics, Power and Society in Late Medieval Brittany, Ashgate 2003
- Letters, Orders and Musters of Bertrand du Guesclin, 1357-130, Boydell 2004
Published in French
- La Bretagne ducale. Jean IV de Montfort (1364-1399) entre la France et l'Angleterre, 1998.
- Recueil des actes de Jean IV, duc de Bretagne (3 t.), 1980–2001 ;
- Les Anciens Bretons des origines au XVe siècle, 1993 (with Patrick Galliou) ;
- Catalogue sommaire des archives du Fonds Lebreton, Abbaye Saint-Guénolé, LandévennecLandévennecLandévennec is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.-Ship graveyard:Shortly before entering the roadstead of Brest, the river Aulne forms a bend around the Île de Térénez then the pointe de Pen Forn near Landévennec, where there is 10m depth of water regardless...
, 1998. - Les châteaux de Bretagne, Ouest-France, with Gwyn Meirion-Jones (1992)
- Recueil des actes de Charles de Blois et Jeanne de Penthièvre, duc et duchesse de Bretagne (1341-1364) suivi des Actes de Jeanne de Penthièvre (1364-1384), Presses Universitaires de Rennes 1996
- Le Premier Inventaire du Trésor des Chartes des ducs de Bretagne (1395). Hervé Le Grant et les origines du Chronicon Briocense, Soc. Histoire et d'Archeologie de Bretagne 2007