British military historian (1937–2023)
Jim Bradbury
Born James Bradbury(1937-02-27 ) 27 February 1937Hackney, London , England Died 19 January 2023(2023-01-00) (aged 85) Occupation Historian Nationality British Subject Medieval warfare
James Bradbury (27 February 1937 – 19 January 2023) was a British historian specialising in the military history of the Middle Ages .
Life
Bradbury was born in East London, the eldest of four to Sarah (née Joel) and George Bradbury. He attended Gayhurst Primary School and Dame Alice Owen's School , before going on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) and a Master of Arts (MA) in History, both from King's College London . He then pursued a teaching qualification at the Institute of Education .[ 1]
After teaching at comprehensive schools, Bradbury began lecturing in history at Borough Road College (later Brunel University ) in the 1960s.[ 1]
In 1958, Bradbury married Ann Hooper. They had three children, Stephen, Jane, and Derek, the latter of whom died in infancy. The family settled in Selsey , where Bradbury would commute from to London for work until his retirement in 1989. In his spare time, he was a trumpet player and a painter. Bradbury died in January 2023, at the age of 85.[ 1]
Selected works
(1975) Shakespeare and his Theatre , Longman, ISBN 0-582-20539-5
(1985) The Medieval Archer , The Boydell Press, ISBN 0-85115-194-9
(1988) Introduction to The Buckinghamshire Domesday , Alecto Historical Editions, ISBN 0-948459-86-7
(1992) The Medieval Siege , The Boydell Press, ISBN 1-85285-528-2
(1996) Stephen and Matilda: Civil War of 1139-53 , Sutton Publishing, ISBN 0-7509-0612-X
(1997) Philip Augustus: King of France, 1180-1223 , Longman, ISBN 0-582-06058-3
(1998) The Battle of Hastings , Sutton Publishing, ISBN 0-7509-1291-X
(2004) The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare , London: Routledge, ISBN 0-415-22126-9
(2007) The Capetians: Kings of France 987-1314 , Hambledon Continuum, ISBN 1-85285-528-2
(2010) Robin Hood , Amberley Publishing, ISBN 978-1-84868-185-9
(2021) The Battle of Hastings: The Fall of the Anglo-Saxons and the Rise of the Normans , New York: Pegasus Books, ISBN 978-1-64313-632-5
Collaborations
With Matthew Bennett , Kelly DeVries , Ian Dickie, Phyllis Jestice:
References
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