Eric Christiansen (15 September 1937 – 31 October 2016) was a

medieval historian In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

and fellow emeritus of New College, Oxford University. Christiansen was educated at

Charterhouse School (God having given, I gave) , established = , closed = , type = Public school Independent day and boarding school , religion = Church of England , president ...

after which he served in the ranks of the

Northamptonshire Regiment The Northamptonshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1960. In 1960, it was amalgamated with the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment to form the 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's O ...

. He became a fellow of New College after completing a thesis on modern Spanish history but subsequently specialised in medieval history.

Selected publications

* ''The origins of military power in Spain, 1800-1854''.

Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print book ...

, Oxford, 1967. (

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) * ''The Northern Crusades, the Baltic and the Catholic Frontier, 1100-1525''. Macmillan, 1980. (

New Studies in Medieval History New Studies in Medieval History was a series of undergraduate level books on medieval history published by Macmillan between 1973 and the mid-1990s. French and Italian history notably featured in the list of volumes with Chris Wickham's ''Early Med ...

) * ''The Works of Sven Aggesen: Twelfth-century Danish Historian''.

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, 1992. * ''Dudo of St Quentin: History of the Normans''. Translation with introduction and notes.

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, 1998. * ''The Norsemen in the Viking Age''. Wiley Blackwell, 2002. (The Peoples of Europe)

References

1937 births 2016 deaths British medievalists Fellows of New College, Oxford English people of Danish descent People educated at Charterhouse School Northamptonshire Regiment soldiers Alumni of New College, Oxford {{England-historian-stub