Nicholas Orme FSA

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(born 1942) is a British

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specialising in the

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and

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, focusing on the history of

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, and

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, with a particular interest in

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. Orme is an emeritus Professor of History at

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. He studied at

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, and has worked as a visiting scholar at, among others,

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, and the

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. He retired on 31 May 2007 and is a

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of the

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. His 2021 book, ''Going to Church in Medieval England'', was shortlisted for the 2022

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. Orme was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1973 and of the

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in 1982. In addition to his scholarly works, Orme has published ''Ten Cathedral Ghosts'' (2022), a volume of historically themed ghost stories in the tradition of

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and A. N. L. Munby.

Selected works

* (1973) ''English Schools in the Middle Ages'', Routledge, * (1976) ''Education in the West of England, 1066–1548'', University of Exeter Press, * (1980) ''The Minor Clergy of Exeter Cathedral: 1300–1548 – a list of the minor officers, vicars choral, annuellars, secondaries and choristers.'' University of Exeter Press * (1983) ''Early British Swimming, 55 B.C.–1719 A.D: with the first swimming treatise in English, 1595.'' University of Exeter Press * (1984) ''From Childhood to Chivalry: Education of the English Kings and Aristocracy'', Routledge, * (1987) ''Exeter Cathedral as It Was, 1050–1550'', Devon Books * (1988) ''Education in Early Tudor England: Magdalen College Oxford and Its School, 1480–1540'', Magdalen College * (1989) ''Education and Society in Mediaeval and Renaissance England'', Hambledon Continuum, * (1989) ''Table Manners for Children, by John Lydgate''; with translation and introduction by Nicholas Orme * (1991) ''Unity and Variety: a History of the Church in Devon and Cornwall'' * (1996) ''English Church Dedications: With a Survey of Cornwall and Devon'', University of Exeter Press * (2000) ''The Saints of Cornwall'',

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, * (2001) '' Medieval Children'', New Haven:

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* (2006) ''Medieval Schools: From Roman Britain to Tudor England'', New Haven: Yale University Press, * (2006
School founders and patrons in England, 597–1560
* (2007) ''Cornish Wills, 1342–1540''. Devon and Cornwall Record Society, * (2007) ''Cornwall and the Cross''. Chichester: Phillimore * (2007) ''The Victoria History of the County of Cornwall: Religious History to 1559 v. 2'', * (2009) ''Exeter Cathedral: The First Thousand Years, c. 400–1550'', Impress Books, . * (2014) ''The Churches of Medieval Exeter'', Impress Books, . * (2021) ''Going to Church in Medieval England'', Yale University Press, * (2023) ''Tudor Children'', Yale University Press,

Works as editor or collaborator

* ''Nicholas Roscarrock's Lives of the Saints'' (1992); * With Margaret Webster: (1995) ''The English Hospital, 1070–1570'', Yale University Press; * With David Lepine: (2003) ''Death and Memory in Medieval Exeter'', Devon & Cornwall Record Society; For a more extensive list of Orme's publications, se
School of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Exeter Website
and th
University Library Catalogue

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Orme, Nicholas Living people British historians British medievalists Academics of the University of Exeter Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford University of Arizona faculty Scholars of childhood Corresponding Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America 1942 births Fellows of the Royal Historical Society Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London Date of birth missing (living people)