Paul J. Fouracre is professor emeritus of

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at the

University of Manchester , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univer ...

. His research interests relate to early medieval history, the history of the Franks, law and custom in medieval societies, charters, hagiography and serf-lord relations in the eleventh century.Prof Paul Fouracre - personal details.
University of Manchester. Retrieved 9 October 2015. His recent work on the cost of the liturgy, focusing on the social and economic effects of providing "eternal light", is a study of the interplay between belief and materiality. Fouracre was co-ordinating editor of ''Early Medieval Europe'' from 2005 to 2009 and editor of the first volume of ''

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'' (2005). From 2014 to 2017 he was editor of the ''

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''. He is a Member of the

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, serving as a Member of Council since 2004 and as President since 2005.

Selected publications

* ''Eternal light and earthly concerns : belief and the shaping of medieval society''. Manchester.

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978-1-78499-301-6.

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1201662202. *''The Settlement of Disputes in Early Medieval Europe'', Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1986. (Edited with

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) * ''Property and Power in the Early Middle Ages''.

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, Cambridge, 1995. (Edited with

) * ''Late Merovingian France: History and hagiography, 640-720'',

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, Manchester, 1996. (translated and edited with Richard A. Gerberding) * ''The Age of Charles Martel'',

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, London, 2000. (

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) * ''Frankish History: Studies in the construction of power'',

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, Farnham, 2013. (

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series)''Frankish History''.
Ashgate. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

References

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