Caroline Humfress, FRHS, FSLS, is a

legal historian Legal history or the history of law is the study of how law has Sociocultural evolution, 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. C ...

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 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, colloquially referred to as the "light s ...

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

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

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

Birkbeck College Birkbeck, University of London (formally Birkbeck College, University of London), is a public university, public research university, located in Bloomsbury, London, England, and a constituent college, member institution of the federal Universit ...

, 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

Royal Historical Society The Royal Historical Society, founded in 1868, is a learned society of the United Kingdom which advances scholarly studies of history. Origins The society was founded and received its royal charter in 1868. Until 1872 it was known as the Histori ...

and the

Society of Legal Scholars The Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) is the learned society for those who teach law in a university or similar institution or who are otherwise engaged in legal scholarship. As of the beginning of 2016 the Society had over 3,000 members consisting ...

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
,

In Our Time In Our Time may refer to: * ''In Our Time'' (1944 film), a film starring Ida Lupino and Paul Henreid * ''In Our Time'' (1982 film), a Taiwanese anthology film featuring director Edward Yang; considered the beginning of the "New Taiwan Cinema" * ''In ...

, 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 2015 ...

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 Histor ...

, 2016.
''Gnosticism''
In Our Time, Humfress on the panel with Martin Palmer and Alastair Logan, 2013.
''The Pelagian Controversy''
In Our Time, Humfress on the panel with Martin Palmer 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 and ...

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