Barbara Fitzgerald Harvey (born 1928) is a British medieval historian. She was the joint winner of the

Wolfson History Prize The Wolfson History Prizes are literary awards given annually in the United Kingdom to promote and encourage standards of excellence in the writing of history for the general public. Prizes are given annually for two or three exceptional works ...

in 1993 for her book ''Living and Dying in England 1100–1540: The Monastic Experience'', which examines the lives of monks at

Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an historic, mainly Gothic church in the City of Westminster, London, England, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the Unite ...

, one of England's greatest medieval monasteries. Since 1993 she has been emeritus fellow of Somerville College, Oxford. In 1982 she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.

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1928 births Living people British medievalists Women medievalists Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Fellows of Somerville College, Oxford Fellows of the British Academy Place of birth missing (living people) British women historians 20th-century British historians 20th-century British women writers 21st-century British historians 21st-century British women writers {{UK-historian-stub