Jean Hymers Dunbabin (born 1939) is an honorary fellow of St Anne's College, University of Oxford.[1] Dunbabin specialises in medieval political communities in France c. 1000-c.1350, and in southern Italy and Sicily 1250–1310, and medieval political thought. She is a fellow of the British Academy.[2]

Jean Dunbabin
Born1939 (age 84–85)
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Historian and academic
SpouseJohn Dunbabin
Academic background
ThesisEthical problems as discussed by masters of arts and theologians in the thirteenth century universities (1964)
Doctoral advisorDaniel Callus
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-discipline
Doctoral studentsMatthew Kempshall

Dunbabin has contributed to The Cambridge History of Later Medieval Philosophy, The Cambridge History of Medieval Political Thought c.350–c.1450, and The New Cambridge Medieval History.[3]

Personal life

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Dunbabin is married to John Dunbabin.

Selected publications

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  • France in the Making, 843-1180, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1985. (2nd ed. 2000)[4]
  • "Government", in Cambridge History of Medieval Political Thought, c. 350 - c.1450, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1988, pp. 477 – 519.
  • A Hound of God. Pierre de la Palud and the Fourteenth-Century Church, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1991. ISBN 0198222912
  • Charles I of Anjou: Power, Kingship and State-Making in Thirteenth-Century Europe, 1998. (Medieval World Series)[5]
  • Captivity and Imprisonment in Medieval Europe, 1000 - 1300, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke and New York, 2002. ISBN 0333647157[6]
  • "The household and entourage of Charles I of Anjou, king of the Regno, 1266-85", Historical Research, 77 (197), 2004, pp. 313–336.
  • The French in the Kingdom of Sicily, 1266-1305, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2011. ISBN 978-0521198783[7]

References

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  1. ^ Dr. Jean Dunbabin. University of Oxford, Faculty of History. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  2. ^ Dr Jean Dunbabin. Archived 2015-10-03 at the Wayback Machine British Academy. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  3. ^ Dunbabin, Jean. Cambridge Histories Online. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Reviewed Works: France in the Making, 843-1180 by Jean Dunbabin; Les origines by Karl Ferdinand Werner; Naissance de la nation France by Collette Beaune" T.N. Bisson, Speculum, Vol. 62, No. 4 (Oct., 1987), pp. 929-933.
  5. ^ "Jean Dunbabin, Charles I of Anjou: Power, Kingship and State-Making in Thirteenth-Century Europe. (The Medieval World) &c." Carola M. Small, Speculum, Vol. 75 (1), January 2000, pp. 173-174.
  6. ^ Captivity and Imprisonment in Medieval Europe, 1000-1300. Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  7. ^ Jean Dunbabin. The French in the Kingdom of Sicily, 1266–1305. G.A. Loud, The American Historical Review, 119 (2), 2014, pp. 582-583.

Sources

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  • d’Avray, David (28 February 2020). "Jean Dunbabin: A Scholarly Appreciation". The English Historical Review. 139 (596): e1–e11. doi:10.1093/ehr/ceaa002..
  • d’Avray, David (30 March 2020). "Jean Dunbabin: Principal Publications". The English Historical Review. 139 (596): e12–e14. doi:10.1093/ehr/ceaa001..