Richard Abels
Richard Abels
Anglo-Saxon England.[2] He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (elected 1990) and a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America (2024).[3][4] Abels' approach to medieval military history focuses upon the influence of culture upon the practice and representation of warfare.[5] With his wife Ellen Harrison, Abels is also the co-author of an article examining the role played by women in the Cathar
heresy based upon a statistical analysis of Inquisitiorial registers.
Selected publications
- Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England. London: Longman, 1998.
- Æthelred the Unready: The Failed King. Penguin Monarchs Series, Penguin U.K., 2018.
- Lordship and Military Obligation in Anglo-Saxon England. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California, 1988.
- The Normans and their Adversaries: Essays in Memory of C. Warren Hollister. Co-edited with Bernard Bachrach. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell and Brewer, 2001.
- "The Participation of Women in Languedocian Catharism." Mediaeval Studies 41 (1979): 215-251. (With Ellen Harrison.)
Podcast: "'Tis But A Scratch: Fact & Fiction About the Middle Ages" (2022)
References
- ^ "Chivalry is a Medieval Ethos that has evolved over time". nytimes.com. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
- ^ Prof. Richard Abels. United States Naval Academy. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ "Richard Abels". ias.edu. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
- ^ Chris (2024-01-03). "MAA Fellows Class of 2024". The Medieval Academy Blog. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ISBN 9781783275335.
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