Professor Peter EdburyProfessor Peter Edbury

Professor: Medieval History

Cardiff School of History and Archaeology, Cardiff University, Humanities Building, Colum Drive, Cardiff CF10 3XU, U.K.


Research Interests:

A specialist on the history of the Crusades and the crusader regimes in Syria, Cyprus and the Holy Land, author of John of Ibelin and the Kingdom of Jerusalem (Boydell, 1997) and The Kingdom of Cyprus and the Crusades, 1191-1374 (C.U.P., 1991) and joint author of William of Tyre: Historian of the Latin East (C.U.P., 1988). His edition of Le Livre des Assises by John of Ibelin, count of Jaffa and Ascalon, was published by Brill in September 2003, and his edition of Philip of Novara’s Livre de Forme de Plait is expected at the end of 2009. He is curently engaged on an ARHC-funded project to re-edit the Old French Continuations William of Tyre.

His interests also include the political, social and economic history of the eastern Mediterranean world in the central and later middle ages.

Professor Edbury is the director of the Cardiff Centre for the Crusades.

Publications:

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Teaching:

Part One Undergraduate modules 2009-2010

  • HS1101 Medieval Europe (20 credits).

Part Two Undergraduate modules 2009-2010

  • HS1815 The Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem (30 credits - final year advanced option module)

Professor Edbury also participates in teaching the History of the Crusades M.A. and the Medieval British Studies M.A. and will accept suitably qualified PhD students interested in the Latin East or related fields.

Summary CV:

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How to contact me:

Phone: +44 029 2087 5651 (office): +44 029 2087 4313 (secretary)
Fax: +44 029 2087 4929
E-mail: Edbury@cf.ac.uk


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This page was created by Peter Edbury, last edited Sept 2009 and is valid until Sept 2010.