Julia Catherine Crick, (born 1963) is a British historian,

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, and academic. She is Professor of

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and Manuscript Studies at King's College London.Professor Julia Crick.
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Academic career

Crick began her career as a

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and

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. In 1992, she joined the

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as a lecturer in the Department of History and Archaeology. She was promoted to

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in 2001 and to associate professor in 2007. She has maintained her links with the university as an honorary university fellow. In September 2012, Crick moved to King's College London where she had been appointed

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of Palaeography and Manuscript Studies. From 2013 to 2017, she was Director of the Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies. Crick specialises in medieval palaeography, medieval perceptions of the past, the history of medieval Britain to 1200 and land and power in Anglo-Saxon England. She sits on the editorial boards of ''

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'' and ''Anglo-Saxon'', and was formerly on the board of ''Early Medieval Europe''. On 21 March 2019, Crick was elected a

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(FSA), while in 2021 she was made a Fellow of the British Academy.

Personal life

Crick is married and her husband is also a university professor. They have three children, including twins.

Selected publications

* *Crick, J. C. (2007). ''Charters of St. Albans (Vol. XIII)''. Oxford:

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for the

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. *Crick, J., & Walsham, A. M. (2004, paperback edn 2010). ''The Uses of Script and Print 1300-1700''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. *Crick, J. C. (1991). ''The Historia regum Britannie of Geoffrey of Monmouth, IV. Dissemination and reception in the later Middle Ages (Vol. IV)''. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer. *Crick, J. C. (1989). ''The Historia regum Britannie of Geoffrey of Monmouth, III. A Summary Catalogue of the Manuscripts (Vol. III)''. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer.

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External links

Julia Crick talking about the scribe of the Exchequer Domesday Book.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Crick, Julia 1963 births Living people Academics of King's College London Academics of the University of Exeter Alumni of the University of Cambridge Anglo-Saxon studies scholars British medievalists Women medievalists British women historians Fellows of the Royal Historical Society English palaeographers Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London Fellows of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Fellows of the British Academy