Simon Keynes
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Simon Douglas Keynes,
Biography
Keynes is the fourth and youngest son of
He was born in Cambridge and educated at King's College School, The Leys School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] He was lecturer in Anglo-Saxon History at Cambridge from 1978, reader in Anglo-Saxon History from 1992, and Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon, from 1999 until 2019. He has been a fellow of Trinity College since 1976.[1] From 1999 to 2006 he was head of the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic.
He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, the Society of Antiquaries of London and the British Academy, and sits on various of the latter's committees.[3][4]
Keynes is also co-editor of the journal
In 2017, Keynes became the recipient of a Festschrift: Writing, Kingship and Power in Anglo-Saxon England.[5] He retired from his professorship on 1 October 2019, and was succeeded by Rosalind Love.[6]
Selected publications
For a full list up to 2017, see 'Publications by Simon Keynes', in Writing, Kingship and Power in Anglo-Saxon England, ed. by Rory Naismith and David A. Woodman (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017), pp. xv-xxx
.- The Diplomas of King Aethelred The Unready (978–1016): A Study in Their Use as Historical Evidence, 1980
- Alfred the Great: Asser’s Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources, 1983 (trans., author of intro and notes, with M. Lapidge)
- Facsimiles of Anglo-Saxon Charters, 1991
- The Liber Vitae of the New Minster and Hyde Abbey Winchester, 1996
- Keynes, Simon (Autumn 1996). "The Reconstruction of a Burnt Cottonian Manuscript: the Case of Cotton MS. Otho A. I" (PDF). The British Library Journal. 22 (2). British Library: 113–160. JSTOR 42554427.
- An Atlas of Attestations in Anglo-Saxon Charters, c.670-1066. Cambridge, UK: Dept. of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, University of Cambridge, UK. 2002. ISBN 978-0-9532697-6-1.
Bibliography
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References
- ^ a b Keynes, Simon. The Writers Directory 2008. Ed. Michelle Kazensky. 23rd ed. Vol. 1. Detroit: St. James Press, 2007. 1066. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Accessed 29 November 2010.(subscription required)
- ^ Trust, HMS Beagle. "Our Team · The HMS BEAGLE PROJECT". www.hmsbeagleproject.org. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4081-1414-8
- ^ Keynes entry in Debrett's People of Today Archived 15 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 9781316676066.
- ^ "Elrington and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon". University of Cambridge. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
External links
- Simon Keynes, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge
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