Caroline Humfress, FRHS, FSLS, is a

legal historian Legal history or the history of law is the study of how law has evolved and why it has changed. Legal history is closely connected to the development of civilisations and operates in the wider context of social history. Certain jurists and hist ...

who is professor at the

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and Director of its Institute of Legal and Constitutional Research.

Early life and education

Caroline Humfress received her advanced education at the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

from where she earned her BA, MA, and PhD, the last for a thesis titled ''Forensic practice in the development of Roman law and ecclesiastical law in late antiquity, with special reference to the prosecution of heresy'' (1999).

Career

Humfress held a Junior Research Fellowship at

Queens' College, Cambridge Queens' College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Queens' is one of the oldest colleges of the university, founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou. The college spans the River Cam, c ...

before being appointed the "Carlyle Research Fellow in the History of Political Thought" at the

University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's second-oldest university in contin ...

and Research Fellow at St Catherine's College. She was Assistant Professor in Rhetoric and Law at the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

, from 2000-05 before moving to

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, University of London where she worked for eleven years (becoming professor of history in 2014). In July 2015 she was appointed professor of medieval history and deputy director of the

University of St Andrews (Aien aristeuein) , motto_lang = grc , mottoeng = Ever to ExcelorEver to be the Best , established = , type = Public research university Ancient university , endowment ...

Institute of Legal and Constitutional Research. In 2019/20 she became Director of the Institute of Legal and Constitutional Research. She is a fellow of the

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and the Society of Legal Scholars.

Selected publications

*'A New Legal Cosmos: Late Roman Lawyers and the Early Medieval Church', ''The Medieval World'', Linehan, P., Nelson, J. L. & Costambeys, M. (eds.) (London: Routledge, 2018) * * * * * * * *

References

External links

''Justinian's Legal Code''extended podcast version
,

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, Humfress on the panel with

Simon Corcoran Simon Corcoran ( ) is a British ancient historian and lecturer in ancient history within the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University. Corcoran was a senior research fellow at University College, London from 1999 to 201 ...

and

Paul du Plessis Paul du Plessis is a legal historian with a focus on law and society within the Roman Empire. He is the Professor of Roman Law at the University of Edinburgh and Director of The Centre for Legal History. Du Plessis is a Fellow of the Royal His ...

, 2016.
''Gnosticism''
In Our Time, Humfress on the panel with

Martin Palmer Martin Giles Palmer (born 14 October 1953) is a theologian, Sinologist, author and international specialist on all major faiths and religious traditions and cultures. He is the Founding President and Chief Executive oFaithInvest an international n ...

and Alastair Logan, 2013.
''The Pelagian Controversy''
In Our Time, Humfress on the panel with

and

John Milbank Alasdair John Milbank (born 23 October 1952) is an English Anglican theologian and is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Nottingham, where he is President of the Centre of Theology an ...

, 2011.
''The Nicene Creed''
In Our Time, Humfress on the panel with

Andrew Louth Andrew Louth (; born 11 November 1944) is an English theologian. He is an emeritus professor of patristic and Byzantine studies in the Department of Theology and Religion of Durham University. Louth has been at Durham University since 1996. Previ ...

and Martin Palmer, 2007. {{DEFAULTSORT:Humfress, Caroline Living people Academics of Birkbeck, University of London Legal historians Academics of the University of St Andrews Alumni of the University of Cambridge Fellows of the Royal Historical Society British women historians Women legal scholars Fellows of Queens' College, Cambridge Year of birth missing (living people)