Roger J. H. Collins (born September 2, 1949National Library of Australia
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. Collins studied at the

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( Queen's and Saint Cross Colleges) under Peter Brown and John Michael Wallace-Hadrill. He then taught ancient and medieval history at the universities of

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and

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. He arrived at the University of Edinburgh in 1994 and joined the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities before becoming an honorary fellow in the Department of History (now the School of History, Classics and Archaeology) in 1998. His research has primarily concerned the

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, with an emphasis on

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, but also the

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. His studies on the Basques and the

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(ongoing) have extended beyond this medieval period into the modern. His most recent publication is a book on the seventh- and eighth-century versions of the ''

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'' for the ''

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''.

Select bibliography

The following select list of writing. Only first printings and English versions are noted, as well as the latest revisions. *''Early Medieval Spain: Unity in Diversity, 400–1000'' (London: Macmillans, 1983, 2nd ed. 1995) *''The Basques'' (Oxford: Blackwell, 1986, 2nd ed. 1990) *''The Arab Conquest of Spain, 710–797'' (Oxford: Blackwell, 1989, 2nd ed. 1994) *''Early Medieval Europe, 300–1000'' (London: Macmillans, 1991, 2nd ed. 1999, 3rd ed. 2010) *''Law, Culture and Regionalism in Early Medieval Spain'' (Aldershot: Variorum, 1992) *(with Judith McClure) ''Bede's Ecclesiastical History: Introduction and notes, together with translations of Bede's Letter to Egbert and his Greater Chronicle'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press World's Classics, 1994, 2nd ed. 1996) *''Fredegar'' (Aldershot: Variorum, 1996) *''Oxford Archaeological Guide to Spain'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998) *''Charlemagne'' (London: Macmillans, 1998) *''Visigothic Spain, 409–711'' (Oxford: Blackwell, 2004) *(edited with Patrick Wormald and Donald Bullough) ''Ideal and Reality in Frankish and Anglo-Saxon Society: Studies presented to Professor J.M. Wallace-Hadrill'' (Oxford: Blackwell, 1983) *(edited with Peter Goldman) ''Charlemagne's Heir: New Approaches to the Reign of Louis the Pious'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990) *(edited with Anthony Goodman) ''Medieval Spain: Culture, Conflict and Coexistence'' (Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2002) *''Keepers of the Keys of Heaven: A History of the Papacy'' (New York:

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2009) *''Caliphs and Kings: Spain, 796-1031 (A History of Spain)'' (UK:

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, 2012)

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References

Profile at the University of Edinburgh website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Collins, Roger Academics of the University of Edinburgh People associated with the University of Edinburgh School of History, Classics and Archaeology Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford Alumni of St Cross College, Oxford British medievalists English historians Living people 1949 births