Prof Chris Given-Wilson
Prof Chris Given-Wilson

Professor Chris J Given-Wilson

MA, PhD (St And.), FRHistS

 
Contact Details

E-mail - cjg2@st-andrews.ac.uk
Telephone - +44 (0)1334 463318
Fax - +44 (0)1334 463334

 

 

Teaching and Research Interests

Teaching and research interests focus on late mediaeval English political and social history (14th and 15th centuries), and on historical writing (especially chronicles) in late mediaeval England. His honours modules are on the Black Death and the Peasants' Revolt; on the 100 Years War; and on Inca Civilization. He is the author or editor of ten books on late mediaeval English history, as well as various articles. He is also the General Editor of PROME (The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England), a new edition with translation of the Rotuli Parliamentorum published in sixteen volumes in 2005.

Main Publications

  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England (General Editor, 16 vols hard copy, CD-Rom and On-line publication, 2005)
  • The Royal Household and the King's Affinity, 1360-1413 (1986)
  • Chronicles: The Writing of History in Late Medieval England (2004) [Details]
  • The English Nobility in the Later Middle Ages (1987) [Details]
  • Chronicles of the Revolution, 1397-1400 (1993)

Research Students

I am interested in supervising research on all aspects of late mediaeval English history, including England's relations with its British and Continental neighbours, and on mediaeval English historiography.

  • Briony Aitchison, Animal welfare and veterinary medicine in late mediaeval England
  • Remy Ambuhl, Prisoners of war in the Hundred Years’ War (with Simone Macdougall)
  • Laura Tompkins, Alice Perrers and the inversion of fourteenth-century English queenship

Administrative Duties

On Leave - Semester 1

Course Co-Ordinator for ME2004

Teaching Duties

Participates in the teaching of First and Second Level Mediaeval History and offers the following Honours courses

 

 

Main Publications

Chronicles

 

The English Nobility