David Carpenter (historian)

David Carpenter
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
ThesisSheriffs of Oxfordshire and their subordinates, 1194–1236: a study in politics, patronage and society (1973)
Doctoral advisorJ. O. Prestwich
InfluencesJ. C. Holt[1]
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-disciplineMedieval history
Institutions
Doctoral students

David A. Carpenter (born 1947) is an English historian and writer, and Professor of Medieval History at King's College London where he has been working since 1988. Carpenter specialises in the life and reign of Henry III. Historian Dan Jones described him as "one of Britain's foremost medievalists".[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference HT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Peacemakers and Partisans Bishops and Political Reform in England 1213-1268 - Research Portal, King's College, London". kclpure.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. ^ Winters, Jane Frances (1999). The forest eyre, 1154-1368 (Thesis). King's College London.
  4. ^ Jones, Dan (31 May 2020). "Henry III by David Carpenter review —a superb biography of England's unknown king". The Times. Retrieved 23 July 2021.