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Prof Stephen Church

Stephen Church
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Professor of Medieval History  S dot Church at uea dot ac dot uk
Tel: +44 (0)1603 59 3654  
Arts Building 4.05 
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Biography

Professor Stephen Church joined the School of History in 1995. He undertook his BA and his PhD work in London, the former at the Polytechnic of North London, the latter at King's College, London.

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Key Research Interests

Stephen's research is primarily focused on the twelfth century, concentrating on issues surrounding kingship and the exercise of royal power. His main publications have been in this area, though, like all medievalists, this focus does not provide the only outlet for his research interests.

Forthcoming publications:

"King John's testament and the last days of his reign", forthcoming in English Historical Review

Past Research Projects and Grants

Project Title Start Date End Date Funding Body
Read the truth among the lies, and read the lies among the truths: a conference comparing medieval documents of England and Japan 1/4/2001 31/7/2001 British Academy

Teaching Interests

Stephen Church teaches undergraduate and postgraduate English medieval history focusing mainly on English history from the conversion of the English in the seventh century through to the fourteenth century. Stephen is prepared to supervise students in English history from the seventh to the thirteenth centuries.

Number of items: 24.

Article

Church, Stephen (2010) King John’s Testament and the Last Days of his Reign. English Historical Review, 125. pp. 505-28.

Church, Stephen (2009) The care of the royal tombs in English cathedrals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: the case of the effigy of King John at Worcester. Antiquaries Journal, 89.

Church, Stephen (2008) Paganism in conversion age Anglo Saxon England: the evidence of Bede's Ecclesiastical History reconsidered. History, 93 (310). pp. 162-80.

Church, Stephen (2008) Returning to the text: reflections on the Constitutio Domus Regis. Archives, 33. pp. 1-13.

Church, Stephen (2007) Aspects of the English royal succession 1066-1199: the death of the king. Anglo-Norman Studies, 29. pp. 17-34.

Church, Stephen (2007) Aspects of the royal itinerary in twelfth-century England. Thirteenth-Century England, 11. pp. 31-45.

Church, Stephen (1998) The 1210 campaign in Ireland: evidence for a military revolution? Anglo-Norman Studies, 20. pp. 45-57.

Church, Stephen (1995) The rewards of royal service in the household of King John: a dissenting opinion. English Historical Review, 436. pp. 277-302.

Church, Stephen (1994) The earliest English muster roll', 18/19 December 1215. Historical Research, 67 (162). pp. 1-17.

Church, Stephen (1992) The Knights of the Household of King John: a question of numbers. Thirteenth Century England, 4. pp. 151-65.

Book Section

Church, Stephen (2012) The Exchequer cloth, c.1176-1832: the calculator; the game of chess; and the process of photozincography. In: The English and Their Legacy, 900-1200. Essays in Honour of Ann Williams. Boydell and Brewer, Woodbridge. (In Press)

Church, Stephen (2012) Ann Williams: an appreciation. In: The English and Their Legacy, 900-1200. Essays in Honour of Ann Williams. Boydell and Brewer, Woodbridge. (In Press)

Church, Stephen (2008) Talking to Itself: royal records and the Angevin Kings in England, 1154-1216. In: Comparative Studies of Medieval Documents in Japan and England. Tokyo: Japan, pp. 71-104.

Church, Stephen (2006) Getting published in the arts and humanities: a personal perspective. In: How to Get Published: A Guide for Historians. London, pp. 33-35.

Church, Stephen (2001) The House of Anjou, 1154-1272. In: The Kings and Queens of England. Tempus Publishing Ltd., pp. 71-94. ISBN 0752419889

Church, Stephen (1999) Introduction. In: King John: New Interpretations. Boydell and Brewer, Woodbridge, xix-xxvi.

Book

Church, Stephen and Amt, Emilie, eds. (2007) Dialogus De Scaccario: The Dialogue of the Exchquer, and Constitutio Domus Regis: the Disposition of the Royal Household (translated and edited). Oxford Medieval Texts . Oxford University Press, Oxford, p. 236. ISBN 9780199258611

Church, Stephen (2001) The Pakenham Cartulary for the Manor of Ixworth Thorpe, Suffolk c.1250-c.1320. Suffolk Records Society, Charter Series, 17 . Boydell and Brewer, Woodbridge, p. 117. ISBN 0851158358

Church, Stephen, ed. (1999) King John: New Interpretations. Boydell & Brewer, Woodbridge, p. 361. ISBN 085115736X

Church, Stephen (1999) The Household Knights of King John. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p. 200. ISBN 0521553199

Church, Stephen (1995) Medieval Knighthood V. Boydell and Brewer, Woodbridge.

Other

Church, Stephen (2011) The excommunication of Beatrice de Faye in Henry III Fine Rolls Project. The National Archives and King's College London.

Church, Stephen (2011) Brill's Encyclopaedia of Medieval Clothing and Textiles of the British Isles 450-1450, ed. Gale Owen-Crocker et al. Entries for the 'Exchequer cloth' (1000 words); 'Officers of the Royal Houshold' (2500 words). Brill, Leiden.

Church, Stephen (2004) Articles in the New Dictionary of National Biography: Michael Belet (d.1247); Roger II Bigod (d.1221); William Brewer (d.1226); Brian de Lisle (d.1234); Geoffrey de Neville (d.1225). Oxford University Press, Oxford.

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External Activities and Indicators of Esteem

  • Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
  • Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
  • Member of the Board of the Royal Historical Monographs series, Studies in History

Key Responsibilities

Stephen Church has held most administrative posts in the School of History. From January 1st 2009 Stephen is the Associate Dean for Admissions for the Faculty of Arts & Humanities.

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