Eric Jager (born 27 April 1957) is an American literary critic and a specialist in

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. He is a professor in the department of English at

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California S ...

, received his B.A. from

Calvin College Calvin University, formerly Calvin College, is a private Christian university in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Founded in 1876, Calvin University is an educational institution of the Christian Reformed Church and stands in the Reformed (Calvinist) ...

in 1979, and his Ph.D. from the

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in 1987. He has also taught at

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as an associate professor.

Select bibliography

* ''Blood Royal: A True Tale of Crime and Detection in Medieval Paris'', 2014, Little Brown and Company *'' The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France'', 2004, London: Random House *''The Book of the Heart'', 2000 *''The Tempter's Voice: Language and the Fall in Medieval Literature'', 1993Books, Goodreads
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by Eric Jager, 1995.
"Lost in the Archives"
by Eric Jager, in ''

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'', March 6, 2009 - discusses the writing of ''The Last Duel''
'The Last Duel' Between French Knights
by Sheilah Kast,

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interview, December 26, 2004 (audio, 10-mins) {{DEFAULTSORT:Jager, Eric 1957 births Living people American medievalists American literary critics University of California, Los Angeles faculty Columbia University faculty University of Michigan alumni Calvin University alumni 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers Historians from California American male non-fiction writers