Peter Biller FBA FRHistS is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of York, where he has taught since 1970.[1][2] Biller is general editor of the York Medieval Press,[3] a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow of the British Academy.[4] His research interests include academic thought, heresy, inquisition including AHRB funded research on inquisition trials, and medicine in medieval Europe.[5] He is a member of the board of Bollettino della Società di Studi Valdesi.[5] He is married to mathematician Miggy Biller.[6]

Peter Biller
NationalityBritish
SpouseMiggy Biller
Academic background
EducationSt Benedict's School, Ealing
Alma materOriel College, Oxford
Academic work
DisciplineMedieval history
InstitutionsUniversity of York

Education and fellowships

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St Benedict's School, Ealing; Oriel College, Oxford (BA Modern Hist. 1966; MA 1970; DPhil 1974; Hon. Fellow 2017). FRHistS 1987. FBA 2012. Honorary Fellow Oriel College Oxford 2017. Corresponding Fellow Medieval Academy of America 2022. [7]

Selected publications

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  • Biller, Peter; Hudson, Anne, eds. (1996). Heresy and Literacy, 1000-1530. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-57576-8.
  • The Waldenses 1170-1530: Between a Religious Order and a Church. Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot, 2001. Variorum Collected Studies[8]
  • The Measure of Multitude: Population in Medieval Thought. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Pete Biller Professor of History. University of York. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  2. ^ "The Making of Medieval History". www.makingmedievalhistory.com.
  3. ^ Publishing. University of York Centre for Medieval Studies. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  4. ^ BILLER, Professor Peter. Archived 30 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine The British Academy. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Pete Biller - History, The University of York". www.york.ac.uk.
  6. ^ Biller, Miggy, Ian Heavens memorial, archived from the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 31 December 2015.
  7. ^ "WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO.
  8. ^ The Waldenses, 1170–1530. Ashgate. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  9. ^ Reviewed Work: The Measure of Multitude: Population in Medieval Thought by Peter Biller William Chester Jordan, Social History, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Feb., 2004), pp. 116-118.