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Key Research Interests and Expertise
Research interests - English and European history in the 12th and 13th centuries, including relics and religion and charters and diplomatic.
Specialisms
Medieval history; Plantagenet kingship; Thomas Becket; relics and charters; Magna Carta.
Biography
Nicholas Vincent has published a dozen books and some hundred academic articles on various aspects of English and European history in the 12th and 13th centuries, having arrived at Norwich via Oxford, Cambridge, Paris and Canterbury. He is currently finishing an edition of the charters of the Plantagenet kings and queens from Henry II to King John, and leads a major project researching the background to Magna Carta. He is a Fellow of the British Academy.
He teaches courses in medieval European History and the Crusades, and a 3rd year special subject on the Norman Conquest of England. He is happy to supervise graduate students in most subjects relating to English and European history 1000-1300AD.
Nicholas Vincent Publications (PDF 131 KB)
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A Diplomatic Edition of the Letters and Charters of King Richard I
1/10/18 → 30/09/21
Project: Research
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A Newly Discovered Anglo-Lusignan Truce (8 January 1222)
Vincent, N. & Pélissié du Rausas, A., 18 Jul 2021, (Accepted/In press) In : Historical Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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English (and European) Royal Charters: From Reading to reading
Vincent, N., 2021, In : Reading Medieval Studies. 46, p. 67-124 58 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Eudes of Châteauroux and the Holy Blood of Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre
Vincent, N., 2021, Political Ritual and Practice in Capetian France: Essays in Honour of Elizabeth A.R. Brown. Gaposchkin, M. C. & Rubenstein, J. (eds.). Brepols, p. 143-90 48 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
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New Charters of the Empress Matilda, with Particular Reference to Her Reception at Gloucester in 1139
Vincent, N., 2021, Lives, Identities and Histories in the Central Middle Ages. Barrau, J. & Bates, D. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 107-41 35 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
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The Plantagenets and the Priories of Fontevraud: New Connections, Old Resonances?
Vincent, N., 2021, Fontevraud et ses prieurés: Études d'histoire, histoire de l'art et archéologie. Andrault-Schmitt, C., Bouvart, P. & Treffort, C. (eds.). Limoges: Presses Universitaires de Limoges, p. 69-87 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter