Michael Christopher Emlyn Jones (born 5 December 1940) is a British historian. He was born in

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. He studied history at

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, and taught in Exeter, then

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from 1967 to 2002, specialising in French medieval history. He is a member of many British and Breton historical societies, including the

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(1971), la Société d'Histoire et d'Archéologie de Bretagne (1972),

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(1977), Société d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Pays de Retz (1985), Society for the Study of French History. He is a member of the Breton L'Ordre de l'Hermine and Correspondant de l'Institut. He is also a fellow of the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ( no, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick Unive ...

. Most of his works are about the

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period of Brittany, but since his retirement he has also taken an interest in the local history of Nottinghamshire, especially that relating to

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Publications

*''Ducal Brittany 1364-1399: Relations with England and France during the Reign of Duke John IV'', Oxford, Clarendon Press 1970, reprinted Sandpiper 1997 *''The Creation of Brittany: A Late Medieval State'', London, Hambledon 1988 *''The Bretons'' (with Patrick Galliou), Oxford, Blackwell 1991 *''Between France and England: Politics, Power and Society in Late Medieval Brittany'', Ashgate 2003 *''Letters, Orders and Musters of Bertrand du Guesclin, 1357-1380'', Boydell 2004

In French

* ''Recueil des actes de Jean IV, duc de Bretagne'', (3 vols) 1980–2001 *''La Bretagne ducale. Jean IV de Montfort (1364-1399) entre la France et l'Angleterre'', 1998. *''Les châteaux de Bretagne'', Ouest-France, with Gwyn Meirion-Jones, Rennes, 1992 *''Les Anciens Bretons des origines au XVe siècle'', with ''Patrick Galliou'', 1993 *''Catalogue sommaire des archives du Fonds Lebreton, Abbaye Saint-Guénolé, Landevennec'', Nottingham, 1998. *''Recueil des actes de Charles de Blois et Jeanne de Penthièvre, duc et duchesse de Bretagne (1341-1364) suivi des Actes de Jeanne de Penthièvre (1364-1384)'', Rennes, Presses Universitaires de Rennes 1996 * ''Le Premier Inventaire du Trésor des Chartes des ducs de Bretagne (1395). Hervé Le Grant et les origines du Chronicon Briocense'', Soc. Histoire et d'Archeologie de Bretagne 2007 * ''Comptes du duché de Bretagne. Les comptes, inventaires et execution des testaments ducaux, 1262-1352'', Rennes, 2017, with Philippe Charon

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Michael British historians Living people 1940 births Alumni of the University of Oxford Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters