Peter Jeremy Piers Goldberg (born 1958) is an English historian. He is Reader in Medieval History at the

University of York The University of York (abbreviated as or ''York'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public Collegiate university, collegiate research university in York, England. Established in 1963, the university has expanded to more than thir ...

. Goldberg was educated at the University of York and at the

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. His main interest lies within the social and cultural history of

late medieval The late Middle Ages or late medieval period was the period of European history lasting from 1300 to 1500 AD. The late Middle Ages followed the High Middle Ages and preceded the onset of the early modern period (and in much of Europe, the Renai ...

England, in particular women's and gender history. Among his published books are ''Women, Work and Life Cycle in a Medieval Economy'' (1992), ''Women in England c. 1275–1525: Documentary Sources'' (1995) and ''Medieval England: A Social History 1250–1550'' (2004). He has also edited several books, including ''Women in Medieval English Society'' (1997) and ''Richard Scrope: Archbishop, Rebel, Martyr'' (2007). Notable doctoral students of Goldberg include Kim Phillips, professor of history at the

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