Juliet R. V. Barker

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(born 1958) is an

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, specialising in the

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and

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. She is the

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of a number of well-regarded works on the Brontës,

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, and medieval

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. From 1983 to 1989 she was the curator and librarian of the

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. Barker was educated at Bradford Girls' Grammar School and

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, where she gained her

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in medieval history. A biography and summary of each book can be found on her officia
website
which was launched September 2009.

Selected works

* ''The Brontës: Selected Poems'' * ''The Tournament in England: 1100–1400'' (1986) * ''The Brontë Yearbook'' * ''The Brontës'' (1994) * ''The Brontës: A Life in Letters'' (1997) * ''Charlotte Brontë: Juvenilia 1829–35'' * ''Wordsworth: A Life'' (2000) * ''Wordsworth: A Life in Letters'' (2002) * ''Agincourt: The King, the Campaign, the Battle'' (2005) * ''The Deafening Sound of Silent Tears: The Story of Caring For Life'' (2007) * ''Conquest: The English Kingdom of France 1417-50'' (2009) * ''England Arise: The People, the King and the Great Revolt of 1381'' (2014) * ''Drops into an Ocean: Continuing the story of Caring For Life'' (2017) * ''1381: The Year of the Peasants’ Revolt'' (2014)

Collaborations

* with

Richard Barber Richard William Barber FRSL FSA FRHistS (born 30 October 1941) is a British historian who has published several books about medieval history and literature. His book ''The Knight and Chivalry'', about the interplay between history and literatur ...

: ''Tournaments: Jousts, Chivalry and Pageants in the Middle Ages'' (1989)

Honours and awards

In 1999 she was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters by the

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. She is a Fellow of the

Royal Society of Literature The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) is a learned society founded in 1820, by George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV, to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent". A charity that represents the voice of literature in the UK, th ...

. Juliet Barker was recognized as one of the youngest ever recipients of an Honorary Doctorate of Letters, awarded by the University of Bradford. Her books include "The Brontes", which won the Yorkshire Post Book Award and was short-listed for both the AT&T Non-Fiction Prize and the Marsh Biography Award, "The Brontes: A Life in Letters", Wordsworth: A Life", Wordsworth: A Life in Letters".

Footnotes

External links

Juliet Barkers Official Web Page launched September 2009
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Juliet Barker on Goodreads
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barker, Juliet 1958 births Living people English literary historians Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature Historians of English literature British medievalists Women medievalists Alumni of St Anne's College, Oxford British military historians People educated at Bradford Girls' Grammar School Women literary historians British women historians British women curators