Edward Royle (born 29 March 1944) is a British academic who is Emeritus Professor of History at the

University of York , mottoeng = On the threshold of wisdom , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £8.0 million , budget = £403.6 million , chancellor = Heather Melville , vice_chancellor = Charlie Jeffery , students ...

and author of several books on the history of religious ideas, particularly in

York York is a cathedral city with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many hist ...

and

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other English counties, functions have ...

Career

Royle gained his PhD at the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

. He spent the majority of his career in the Department of History at the

, where he retired as an emeritus professor. He is an active member of the University's Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies. His main research interests have been in the history of

and

since the mid-eighteenth century. Professor Royle is a local

Methodist Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related Christian denomination, denominations of Protestantism, Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John W ...

Preacher.biographical note from University of York History Department
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Works

* * *(as editor) * *(with James Walvin) * * * * * * * * *(editor, with Ruth M. Larsen)

References

1944 births Living people British historians Academics of the University of York Alumni of the University of Cambridge British Methodists {{UK-historian-stub