David W. Rollason is an

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and

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. He is a Professor in history at

Durham University , mottoeng = Her foundations are upon the holy hills (Psalm 87:1) , established = (university status) , type = Public , academic_staff = 1,830 (2020) , administrative_staff = 2,640 (2018/19) , chancellor = Sir Thomas Allen , vice_chan ...

. He specialises in the cult of saints in Anglo-Saxon England, the history of

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and in the historical writings of Durham, most notably producing a modern edition and translation of the '' Libellus de exordio'' and co-operating on an edition of the ''

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''. Outside of his academic interests, David Rollason is a keen cyclist, cycling 175 miles from

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Seaton Delaval Seaton Delaval is a village in Northumberland, England, with a population of 4,371. The largest of the five villages in Seaton Valley, it is the site of Seaton Delaval Hall, completed by Sir John Vanbrugh in 1727. In 2010 the armed robbery of ...

to raise money to assist the

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in their purchase of

Seaton Delaval Hall Seaton Delaval Hall is a Grade I listed country house in Northumberland, England, near the coast just north of Newcastle upon Tyne. Located between Seaton Sluice and Seaton Delaval, it was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh in 1718 for Admiral George ...

Selected publications

* ''The Mildrith Legend: A Study in Early Medieval Hagiography in England'', (1982) * ed. with G. Bonner and C. Stancliffe ''St Cuthbert, his Cult and his Community to AD 1200'', (1989) * ''Saints and Relics in Anglo-Saxon England'', (1989) * with D. Gore & G. Fellows-Jensen, ''Sources for York History to AD 1100'', (York, 1998) * ed. & tr. ''Symeon of Durham. Libellus de exordio atque procursu istius, hoc est Dunhelmensis, ecclesie'', (Oxford, 2000) * ''Bede and Germany'', (Jarrow Lecture, 2002) * ''Northumbria 500-1100: Creation and Destruction of a Kingdom'', (Cambridge, 2003) . * ed. with many others, ''The Durham Liber Vitae. British Library, MS Domitian A.VII, An Edition with Digital Facsimile, and Prosopographical and Linguistic Commentaries'', (British Library, 2007) * (Forthcoming in 2011) ''Early Medieval Europe 300-1050: The Birth of Western Society''

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* Academics of Durham University British medievalists English historians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Anglo-Saxon studies scholars {{UK-historian-stub