Ian N. Wood, (born 1950) is an English scholar of early medieval history, and a professor at the University of Leeds who specializes in the history of the Merovingian dynasty and the missionary efforts on the European continent.

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called him "the leading British historian of Francia".

Early life and education

Wood received his BA (with first class honours) in 1972, MA in 1974 and

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on Avitus of Vienne in 1980 from Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

Academic career

Wood taught at the University of Leeds from 1976 onwards. He became Professor of Early Medieval History in 1995, the same year he delivered the Jarrow Lecture. He retired from teaching in 2015. Wood taught a range of courses on Roman history and early medieval history at Leeds including a special subject on 'The Fall of the Roman Empire'. He is the author of several monographs and edited collections as well as around two hundred scholarly articles. His first monograph, ''The Merovingian Kingdoms (450-751)'', was called a "wonderful book" and "one of the finest results of this new interest" in the Merovingian dynasty.

Honours

In July 2019, Wood was elected a

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(FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. A ''Festschrift'' in his honour was published in 2021.

Publications

Books

*''The Merovingian Kingdoms (450-751)'' (London, 1994) *''Gregory of Tours'' (Bangor, 1994) *''The Missionary Life'' (London, 2001) *''Avitus of Vienne: Letters and Selected Prose'' (Liverpool, 2002, with Danuta Shanzer) *''Fragments of History: Rethinking the Ruthwell and Bewcastle Monuments'' (Manchester, 2007, with

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) *''The Modern Origins of the Early Middle Ages'' (Oxford, 2013) *''Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow'' (Oxford, 2013, with Chris Grocock)

References

External links

Ian Wood's profile
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