Dr Helen Nicholson
Reader in History
SHARE, Cardiff University , Humanities Building Colum Drive , Cardiff CF10 3EU
Research interests
I am the author of The Proceedings Against the Templars in the British Isles (2011), The Knights Templar on Trial: The Trial of the Templars in the British Isles, 1308-1311 (2009), Medieval Warfare (2003), The Knights
Hospitaller (2001), The Knights Templar: A New History (2001), and a
number of books and articles on the Military Orders and on the Crusades in the
Middle Ages. In 1997 I published a translation of an early thirteenth-century
account of the Third Crusade: Chronicle of the Third Crusade: a translation
of the ‘Itinerarium Peregrinorum et gesta regis Ricardi’, and I edited the
proceedings of the second international Clerkenwell conference on the Military
Orders: The Military Orders, vol. 2: Welfare and Warfare (1998).
In 2003-2004 I held a British
Academy/Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship to publish the
documents relating to the trial of the Templars in
the British Isles, an essential part of my ongoing research into the
Knights Hospitaller in the
In 2007 I organised conference sessions at two major international conferences: The
Trial of the Templars, 1307-2007.
In 2009 I played a leading role in the organisation of the conference: 'The Military Orders: Politics and Power', which was organised by the Cardiff Centre for the Crusades.
I regret that due to heavy work commitments I am not able to answer general questions on my research subjects by email.
Publications
Click here for a complete list of my publications.
Teaching
Undergraduate teaching: Year One
I teach on the Year One double module course HS1101 Medieval Europe.
Please note that users within HISAR have access to an on-line tutorial: The papacy, religious change and church reform, 1049-1125, by Professor Timothy Reuter.
Undergraduate teaching: Year Two and Final Year
I offer two of the following option courses:
Postgraduate teaching
I offer the following courses:
- Medieval British Studies: HST922 Belief and Disbelief in Medieval Britain
- M.A. in the History of the Crusades
I also teach on the MA in Ancient and Medieval Warfare.
I will
accept postgraduate research students in any of my research interests.
Links to other useful sites outside Cardiff University
Documents
on medieval women
On-line Reference Book for Medieval Studies
My Blog
How to contact me
Phone: +44 (0)29 2087 4250
Fax: +44 (0)29 2087 4929
E-mail: NicholsonHJ@cardiff.ac.uk
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This page was created by Dr Helen Nicholson, last edited on 31 December 2011 and is valid until 30 September 2012.