Peter Fleming (1958- 21 April 2025) was a professor of medieval history at the

University of the West of England The University of the West of England (also known as UWE Bristol) is a Public university, public research university, located in and around Bristol, England, UK. With more than 39,912 students and 4,300 staff, it is the largest provider of hi ...

. He specialised in the history of migration, urban history and the development of

Bristol Bristol () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, it is bordered by t ...

during the Middle Ages.

Life and Career

Fleming was born in 1958 to a working class family. He studied at

University College Swansea Swansea University () is a public university, public research university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. It was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales. In 1996, it chang ...

, before being appointed to Bristol Polytechnic (now UWE) in 1987, to develop the History Department's research on teaching on medieval and early modern history. He made his name as a historian of fifteenth century England, with a particular interest in

history. Fleming died in April 2025 following a prolonged illness. His wife, Ann Rippin, died in 2023. Ill health had limited his scholarship during his last ten years, but his final book, ''Late Medieval Bristol'', was published in 2024.

Selected works

Fleming's books include: *''Regionalism and Revision: The Crown and Its Provinces in England, 1250–1650'' (edited with Anthony Gross and J. R. Lander, Hambledon, 1999) *''Family and Household in Medieval England'' (Palgrave, 2001) *''Gloucestershire's Forgotten Battle: Nibley Green, 1470'' (with Michael Wood, Tempus, 2003) *''Bristol: Ethnic Minorities and the City, 1000–2001'' (with Madge Dresser, Phillimore, 2007) *''

The Maire of Bristowe is Kalendar ''The Maire of Bristowe is Kalendar'' (''Ricart's Calendar'') is a book compiled in the late 15th century by Robert Ricart, town clerk of Bristol, England. The work consists of six parts giving a history of England and of the city of Bristol, ...

,'' editor (Bristol Record Society, Vol. 67, 2015) * He is also the author of: * * *Fleming, Peter (2012). ' Processing Power: Performance, Politics and Place in Early Tudor Bristol' in A. Compton Reeves (ed.), ''Personalities and Perspectives of Fifteenth-Century England'' (ACMRS, Tempe, Arizona) *

References

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