Stephen Church

Stephen Church FSA FRHistS is a writer and professor of medieval history at the University of East Anglia and is regarded as an expert on King John.[1][2] In 2015 his book King John: England, Magna Carta, and the Making of a Tyrant was one of the Financial Times best books of the year.[3]

Career

Church is an expert in Medieval History, specifically the 12th Century[4] and works at the University of East Anglia School of History department which he joined in 1995 after completing his postgraduate work in London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society[5] and the Society of Antiquaries of London.[6] He is also a trustee of the Allen Brown Memorial Trust, where he organises the R. Allen Brown Memorial Lecture that is given at the opening of the Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies. The Trust also gives conference bursaries for postgraduate students and sponsors sessions at other conferences and a postgraduate reading group.[7][8]

Since 1994 he has written several articles (including for the journal History) and books on Medieval History, and is a regular conference organiser and speaker on the subject of King John.[9][10][11][12] Church has been regularly acknowledged as strong support to fellow Historians in their writing[13][14][15] and has lectured in Europe on the subject of the Plantagenet Empire.[16] In 2010 he co-lead with Professor Elisabeth Tyler (University of York) two reading groups which aimed to read Orderic Vitalis's Historica ecclesiastica from start to finish and reflect on its content.[17] In 2015 he appeared on Saturday Extra on Australian station ABC Radio with Nicholas Cowdery to discuss why does Magna Carta still matter,[18] and co-presented the BBC programme The Last Journey of the Magna Carta King, part of the BBC Taking Liberties season, with archaeologist Dr Ben Robinson.[19]

Publications

Books

  • 2017 – Henry III: A Simple and God-Fearing King ISBN 9780141977997
  • 2015 – King John: England, Magna Carta, and the Making of a Tyrant ISBN 9780230772458
  • 2015 – King John and the Road to Magna Carta ISBN 9780465092994
  • 2007 – King John: New Interpretations ISBN 9780851159478
  • 2007 – Dialogus de Scaccario, and Constitutio Domus Regis The Dialogue of the Exchequer, and The Disposition of the Royal Household (Oxford Medieval Texts) ISBN 9780199258611
  • 2001 – The Pakenham Cartulary for the Manor of Ixworth Thorpe, Suffolk, c.1250-c.1320 (17) (Suffolk Charters) ISBN 9780851158358
  • 1999 – The Household Knights of King John ISBN 9780521553193
  • 1994 – Medieval Knighthood V (with Ruth Harvey) ISBN 9780851156286

Selected published articles

  • 2017 – Political Discourse at the Court of Henry II and the Making of the New Kingdom of Ireland: The Evidence of John’s Title dominus Hibernie – History pg.808–823 ISSN 0018-2648
  • 2016 – Stephen: The Reign of Anarchy. By Carl Watkins. Penguin Monarchs Series. Allen Lane – History pg.772–773 ISSN 0018-2648
  • 2010 – King John’s Testament and the Last Days of his Reign – English Historical Review pg.505–528 ISSN 1477-4534
  • 2009 – The care of the royal tombs in English cathedrals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: the case of the effigy of King John at Worcester – The Antiquaries Journal ISSN 1758-5309
  • 2008 – Paganism in conversion age Anglo Saxon England: the evidence of Bede's Ecclesiastical History reconsidered – History pg.162–180 ISSN 1468-229X
  • 2007 – Aspects of the royal itinerary in twelfth-century England – Thirteenth Century England pg.31–45 ISSN 0269-6967
  • 1995 – The rewards of royal service in the household of King John: a dissenting opinion – English Historical Review pg.277–302 ISSN 1477-4534
  • 1994 – The earliest English muster roll, 18/19 December 1215 – Historical Research pg.1–17 ISSN 1468-2281

References

  1. ^ "Professor gives King's Ely historians a Magna Carta masterclass as part of school's medieval week – Ely Standard Pearce.S 8 December 2015". 8 December 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  2. ^ Maddicott, J. R. (January 2016). "King John: England, Magna Carta and the Making of a Tyrant (by Stephen Church) review by Maddicott.J.R The Medieval Journal Online ISSN 2033-5393". The Mediaeval Journal. 6 (1): 139–141. doi:10.1484/J.TMJ.5.110985. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  3. ^ "The FT's best books of 2015 – Financial Times". 27 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Professor Stephen Church – Gresham College". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Fellows – C Royal Historical Society" (PDF). Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  6. ^ "About the Fellowship – Society of Antiquaries of London". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Allen Brown Memorial Trust – Charity Commission". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  8. ^ Bates, David (2013). Bates.D Anglo-Norman Studies XXXV: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2012 ISBN 9781843838579. ISBN 9781843838579. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Service to Commemorate 800th Anniversary of King John's Death – Church of England Diocese of Worcester p.13 October 2016". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Cathedral conference with international speakers will mark 800th anniversary of King John's burial – Worcester News Mason.V p.4 March 2016". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  11. ^ "Anthem School History Conference – Royal Historical Society". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  12. ^ "Edinburgh debate to discuss Magna Carta and Europe – Scottish Legal News p.9 October 2015". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  13. ^ Yoshikawa, Naoë Kukita (2015). Yoshikawa.NK Medicine, Religion and Gender in Medieval Culture ISBN 9781843844013. ISBN 9781843844013. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  14. ^ Worby, Sam (2015). Worby.S Law and Kinship in Thirteenth-Century England ISBN 9780861933389. ISBN 9780861933389. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  15. ^ Jarrett, Jonathan Andrew (2010). Jarrett.AJ Rulers and Ruled in Frontier Catalonia, 880–1010: Pathways of Power ISBN 9780861933099. ISBN 9780861933099. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  16. ^ "Stephen Church: Succession and Interregnum in the Lands of the Angevins (02/11) at Sorbonne University – Research House". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  17. ^ Rozier, Charles C.; Roach, Daniel; Gasper, Giles Edward Murray; Hout, Elizabeth van (2016). Rozier.C, Roach.D, Gasper.E.M.G, Van Houts.E Orderic Vitalis: Life, Works and Interpretations ISBN 978-1783271252. ISBN 9781783271252. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  18. ^ "Saturday Extra – ABC Radio". 12 June 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  19. ^ "Fresh clues to King John's lost treasure in East Anglia – BBC News". BBC News. Retrieved 1 November 2018.