The Ecclesiastical History Society (EHS) is a British learned historical society founded in 1961 to foster interest in, and to advance the study of, all areas of the history of the

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through twice yearly conferences and publications.About Us - Ecclesiastical History Society
/ref> Founders include C. W. Dugmore of

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, Dom David Knowles (the first President), and W. H. C. Frend. Since then the EHS has held annual conferences based on themes suggested by successive Presidents. There was an Ecclesiastical History Society during the 19th century. The present society's history written by Stella Fletcher is called ''A Very Agreeable Society''. Both historians of

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(including Clyde Binfield, Geoffrey Nuttall, and W. R. Ward) and Catholic historians (including

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and Bill Sheils) have been Presidents of the EHS. The society publishes '' Studies in Church History'' which reviews current approaches to

ecclesiastical history __NOTOC__ Church history or ecclesiastical history as an academic discipline studies the history of Christianity and the way the Christian Church has developed since its inception. Henry Melvill Gwatkin defined church history as "the spiritua ...

that have been presented at the summer and winter conferences of the EHS. Membership comes in two categories: members and fellows. The Ecclesiastical History Society is a registered charity. Fellows of the Ecclesiastical History Society include:

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, Isabel Rivers,

Janet Nelson Dame Janet Laughland Nelson (born 1942), also known as Jinty Nelson, is a British historian. She is Emerita Professor of Medieval History at King's College London. Early life Born on 28 March 1942 in Blackpool, Nelson was educated at Keswick ...

Owen Chadwick William Owen Chadwick (20 May 1916 – 17 July 2015) was a British Anglican priest, academic, rugby international,

, Henry Chadwick,

Diarmaid MacCulloch Diarmaid Ninian John MacCulloch (; born 31 October 1951) is an English academic and historian, specialising in ecclesiastical history and the history of Christianity. Since 1995, he has been a fellow of St Cross College, Oxford; he was form ...

, Geoffrey Nuttall,

Walter Ullmann Walter Ullmann (29 November 1910 – 18 January 1983) was an Austrian-Jewish scholar who left Austria in the 1930s and settled in the United Kingdom, where he became a naturalised citizen. He was a recognised authority on medieval political tho ...

Alec Vidler Alexander Roper Vidler (1899–1991), known as Alec Vidler, was an English Anglican priest, theologian, and ecclesiastical historian, who served as Dean of King's College, Cambridge, for ten years from 1956 and then, following his retirement ...

, William Frend, and

Averil Cameron Dame Averil Millicent Cameron ( Sutton; born 8 February 1940), often cited as A. M. Cameron, is a British historian. She was Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine History at the University of Oxford, and the Warden of Keble College, Oxfor ...

.Fellows of the EHS - Ecclesiastical History Society
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ecclesiastical History Society 1961 establishments in the United Kingdom Organizations established in 1961 History organisations based in London Professional associations based in the United Kingdom Social history of the United Kingdom Learned societies of the United Kingdom Presidents of the Ecclesiastical History Society