Richard Abels

FRHistS The Royal Historical Society, founded in 1868, is a learned society of the United Kingdom which advances scholarly studies of history. Origins The society was founded and received its royal charter in 1868. Until 1872 it was known as the Histori ...

(born 1951) is professor emeritus of history at the

United States Naval Academy The United States Naval Academy (US Naval Academy, USNA, or Navy) is a federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It was established on 10 October 1845 during the tenure of George Bancroft as Secretary of the Navy. The Naval Academy ...

. Abels is a specialist in the military and political institutions of

Anglo-Saxon England Anglo-Saxon England or Early Medieval England, existing from the 5th to the 11th centuries from the end of Roman Britain until the Norman conquest in 1066, consisted of various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms until 927, when it was united as the Kingdom o ...

. He was Elected Fellow of the

Royal Historical Society The Royal Historical Society, founded in 1868, is a learned society of the United Kingdom which advances scholarly studies of history. Origins The society was founded and received its royal charter in 1868. Until 1872 it was known as the Histori ...

(elected 1990).

Selected publications

*''Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England''. London: Longman, 1998. *''Æthelred the Unready: The Failed King''. Penguin Monarchs Series, Penguin U.K., 2018. *''Lordship and Military Obligation in Anglo-Saxon England''. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California, 1988. *''The Normans and their Adversaries: Essays in Memory of C. Warren Hollister''. Co-edited with Bernard Bachrach. Woodbridge, Suffolk:

Boydell and Brewer Boydell & Brewer is an academic press based in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, that specializes in publishing historical and critical works. In addition to British and general history, the company publishes three series devoted to studies, edition ...

, 2001. Podcast: "'Tis But A Scratch: Fact & Fiction About the Middle Ages" (2022)

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* United States Naval Academy faculty Living people 1951 births American military historians Historians of England Fellows of the Royal Historical Society {{US-historian-stub