Dame Janet Nelson | |
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Born | Janet Laughland Muir 28 March 1942 Blackpool, Lancashire, England |
Other names | Jinty Nelson |
Spouse |
Howard Nelson (m. 1965) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Newnham College, Cambridge |
Thesis | Rituals of Royal Inauguration in Early Medieval Europe (1967) |
Doctoral advisor | Walter Ullmann |
Academic work | |
Discipline | History |
Sub-discipline | Medieval history |
Institutions | King's College, London |
Main interests | Medieval kingship |
Dame Janet Laughland Nelson DBE FRHistS FBA (born 1942), also known as Jinty Nelson, is a British historian. She is Emerita Professor of Medieval History at King's College London.