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Eric Christiansen

British historian From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Eric Christiansen (15 September 1937 – 31 October 2016) was a medieval historian and fellow emeritus of New College, Oxford University.[1][2][3]

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Christiansen was born in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire and was educated at Charterhouse School after which he served in the ranks of the Northamptonshire Regiment. He became a fellow of New College after completing a thesis on modern Spanish history but subsequently specialised in medieval history.

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Selected publications

  • The origins of military power in Spain, 1800-1854. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1967. (Oxford Historical Monographs)
  • The Northern Crusades, the Baltic and the Catholic Frontier, 1100-1525. Macmillan, 1980. (New Studies in Medieval History) ISBN 978-0333262436
  • The Works of Sven Aggesen: Twelfth-century Danish Historian. Viking Society for Northern Research, 1992. ISBN 978-0903521246
  • Dudo of St Quentin: History of the Normans. Translation with introduction and notes. Boydell Press, 1998. ISBN 978-0851155524
  • The Norsemen in the Viking Age. Wiley Blackwell, 2002. (The Peoples of Europe) ISBN 978-0631216773
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