Eric Christiansen

Eric Christiansen (15 September 1937 – 31 October 2016) was a medieval historian and fellow emeritus of New College, Oxford University.[1][2][3]

Christiansen was educated at Charterhouse School after which he served in the ranks of the Northamptonshire Regiment. He became a fellow of New College after completing a thesis on modern Spanish history but subsequently specialised in medieval history.

Selected publications

  • The origins of military power in Spain, 1800-1854. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1967. (Oxford Historical Monographs)
  • The Northern Crusades, the Baltic and the Catholic Frontier, 1100-1525. Macmillan, 1980. (New Studies in Medieval History) ISBN 978-0333262436
  • The Works of Sven Aggesen: Twelfth-century Danish Historian. Viking Society for Northern Research, 1992. ISBN 978-0903521246
  • Dudo of St Quentin: History of the Normans. Translation with introduction and notes. Boydell Press, 1998. ISBN 978-0851155524
  • The Norsemen in the Viking Age. Wiley Blackwell, 2002. (The Peoples of Europe) ISBN 978-0631216773

References

  1. ^ "Eric Christiansen | Register | The Times & The Sunday Times". Thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ^ Stephen Bates. "Eric Christiansen obituary | Education". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Eric Christiansen | The New York Review of Books". Nybooks.com. Retrieved 24 November 2016.


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