Reginald Denys Pringle (born 20 September 1951) is a British archaeologist and medievalist. He is best known for his numerous publications regarding

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and Crusader-era churches in the

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, the 12th–13th century

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in the

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Education and career

Pringle received a Diploma in Elementary Italian at the Università per Stranieri di Perugia in 1970, then studied Archaeology and History at the

University of Southampton The University of Southampton (abbreviated as ''Soton'' in post-nominal letters) is a public university, public research university in Southampton, England. Southampton is a founding member of the Russell Group of research-intensive universit ...

(BA) from 1970 to 1973. He later had his DPhil in Archaeology at the

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, where he received his doctorate in 1978 with a dissertation on "Sixth-century fortifications in Byzantine Africa". In 1977, he worked temporarily at the

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. From 1979 to 1984, he was the Assistant-Director of the British School of Archeology in Jerusalem. In 1984–1985, he was a Fellow in Byzantine Studies and Fulbright Scholar at the

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. From 1986 to 1999, he worked as Principal Inspector of Ancient Monuments for the Historic Buildings and Monuments Directorate, Scotland. He then worked as a professor at

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from 2001 until 2013, when he retired.

Selected publications

* (See Burgata). * * Pringle, D. (2000). ''Fortification and Settlement in Crusader Palestine'', Aldershot. * Pringle, D. with R.P. Harper (2000). '' Belmont Castle: The Excavation of a Crusader Stronghold in the Kingdom of Jerusalem''. Oxford:

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for the

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Awards

* 2003: Prix

Gustave Schlumberger Gustave Léon Schlumberger (17 October 1844 – 9 May 1929) was a French historian and numismatist who specialised in the era of the crusades and the Byzantine Empire. His ' (1878–82) is still considered the principal work on the coinage of the ...

of the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pringle, Denys 1951 births Living people British archaeologists British historians British medievalists Alumni of the University of Southampton Alumni of the University of Oxford Academics of Cardiff University Università per Stranieri di Perugia alumni Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Historians of the Crusades