John Robert Lewendon Maddicott, (born 22 July 1943) is an English historian who has published works on the political and

social history of England English society comprises the group behaviour of the English people, and of collective social interactions, organisation and political attitudes in England. The social history of England evidences many social and societal changes over the hist ...

in the 13th and 14th centuries, and has also written a number of leading articles on the Anglo-Saxon economy, his second area of interest. Born in

Exeter Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ...

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devo ...

, he was educated at

Worcester College, Oxford Worcester College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college was founded in 1714 by the benefaction of Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet (1648–1701) of Norgrove, Worcestershire, whose coat of arms ...

. He has written a biography of

Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster Thomas of Lancaster, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl of Derby, ''jure uxoris'' 4th Earl of Lincoln and ''jure uxoris'' 5th Earl of Salisbury (c. 1278 – 22 March 1322) was an English nobleman. A member of the House of Pl ...

, and one on

Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester ( – 4 August 1265), later sometimes referred to as Simon V de Montfort to distinguish him from his namesake relatives, was a nobleman of French origin and a member of the English peerage, who led th ...

. In

Hilary term Hilary term is the second academic term of the University of OxfordFord Lectures The Ford Lectures, technically the James Ford Lectures in British History, are an annual series of public lectures held at the University of Oxford on the subject of English or British history. They are usually devoted to a particular historical ...

, the most prestigious history lectures in

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, on the topic of the genesis of the

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. He taught at the

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and was a fellow and tutor in history at

Exeter College, Oxford (Let Exeter Flourish) , old_names = ''Stapeldon Hall'' , named_for = Walter de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter , established = , sister_college = Emmanuel College, Cambridge , rector = Sir Richard Trainor ...

, from 1969 until 2006. An elected

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(FBA), he was also joint editor of the

English Historical Review ''The English Historical Review'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal that was established in 1886 and published by Oxford University Press (formerly Longman). It publishes articles on all aspects of history – British, European, and ...

from 1990 to 2000. In 2001 he delivered the British Academy's Raleigh Lecture on History.text
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Selected publications

*''Thomas of Lancaster, 1307-22: A Study in the Reign of Edward II''. (Oxford, 1970) *"The English Peasantry and the Demands of the Crown, 1294-1341", ''Past and Present''. Vol Supplement No. 1 (1975) *"Trade, Industry and the Wealth of King Alfred", ''Past and Present''. Vol 123 (1989) *''Simon de Montfort''. (Cambridge, 1994)
pbk reprint'' 'An Infinite Multitude of Nobles': Quality, Quantity and Politics in the Pre-Reform Parliaments of Henry III''
in ''Thirteenth Century England'', vii (1999), pp. 17–46
"Power and prosperity in the Age of Bede and Beowulf"
''Proceedings of the British Academy''. (2002)
''The Origins of the English Parliament, 924-1327''
(Oxford, 2010)

References

External links

Old home page
at Exeter College
Current version of the home page
at Exeter College
The Origins of the English Parliament, 924-1327
available on Amazon {{DEFAULTSORT:Maddicott, John 1943 births Living people English historians Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford Fellows of Exeter College, Oxford English male non-fiction writers Fellows of the British Academy