The Ideals and Practice of Medieval Knighthood, volume II

Christopher Harper-Bill (1947 – 8 September 2018) was a British historian who was a professor of history at the

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. He had previously taught Medieval History at St. Mary's University College (Twickenham). Harper-Bill's research interests were "the ecclesiastical history of England from the Norman Conquest to the eve of the Reformation, and particularly in the edition of episcopal and monastic records." Harper-Bill was completing a four-volume edition of the acta of the bishops of Norwich from 1070 to 1299. He completed his PhD at

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with a dissertation titled ''"An edition of the Register of John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury 1486-1500, with critical introduction"'' (1977). He died on 8 September 2018.Society of Antiquaries of London Online Newsletter: issue 413

Selected publications

*''Pre-Reformation Church in England, 1400-1530''. Longman, 1989. (

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) *''The Ideals and Practice of Medieval Knighthood I: Papers from the First and Second Strawberry Hill Conferences''. Boydell and Brewer, 1986. (Editor with Ruth Harvey) *''The Ideals and Practice of Medieval Knighthood II: Papers from the Third Strawberry Hill Conference''. Boydell and Brewer, 1988. (Editor with Ruth Harvey) *''The Ideals and Practice of Medieval Knighthood III: Papers from the Fourth Strawberry Hill Conference''. Boydell and Brewer, 1990. (Editor with Ruth Harvey) *''English Episcopal Acta 6: Norwich 1070-1214'',

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for

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, 1990. *''Studies in the History of Medieval Religion: 3, Religious Belief and Ecclesiastical Careers in Late Medieval England: Proceedings of the conference held at Strawberry Hill, Easter 1989'', Boydell & Brewer, 1991, (Editor) *''The Anglo-Norman Church'', Headstart History Papers, 1992, *''Ideals and Practice of Medieval Knighthood IV: Papers from the Fifth Strawberry Hill Conference''. Boydell and Brewer, 1992. (Editor with Ruth Harvey) *''Studies in the History of Medieval Religion: 7, Medieval Ecclesiastical Studies in Honour of Dorothy M. Owen, Boydell & Brewer, 1995'', (Editor with M.J. Franklin) *''Pre-Reformation Church in England, 1400-1530''. 2nd Edition, Routledge, 1996. (

) *''Anglo-Norman Studies XIX: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1996'', Boydell & Brewer, 1997, (Editor) *''English Episcopal Acta 21: Norwich 1215-1243''. Oxford University Press for British Academy, 2001. (Editor) *''East Anglia's History: Studies in Honour of Norman Scarfe''. Boydell and Brewer, 2002. (Editor with Carole Rawcliffe and

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*''Medieval East Anglia''. The Boydell Press, 2005, (Editor) *''A Companion to the Anglo-Norman World''. Boydell and Brewer, 2007. (Editor with

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) *''Henry II: New Interpretations''.

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, 2007. (Editor with Nicholas Vincent, N) *''English Episcopal Acta 32: Norwich 1244-1266''. Oxford University Press for British Academy, 2007. (Editor) *''English Episcopal Acta 40: Norwich 1266-1288''. Oxford University Press for British Academy, 2012. (Editor) *''English Episcopal Acta 41: Norwich 1289-1299''. Oxford University Press for British Academy, 2012. (Editor)

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1947 births 2018 deaths Alumni of King's College London Academics of St Mary's University, Twickenham Academics of the University of East Anglia British medievalists {{UK-historian-stub

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