Eleanor Parker (historian) explained

Nationality:British
Alma Mater:University of Oxford
Notable Works:
  • Dragon Lords
  • Conquered
  • Winters in the World
Eleanor Parker
Thesis Title:Anglo-Scandinavian literature in post-Conquest England
Thesis Url:https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:18aa9912-85f6-4cba-b4d6-4f8f7453402f
Thesis Year:2013

Eleanor Catherine Parker is a British historian and medievalist.[1]

Career

Parker studied Old and Middle English and Old Norse Literature at the University of Oxford. she is lecturer in Medieval English Literature at Brasenose College, Oxford, and was previously a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH).[1] She is a columnist at History Today.[2] In May 2018, she published her first book, Dragon Lords: The History and Legends of Viking England.[3] [4] Her second book, Conquered: The Last Children of Anglo-Saxon England, was published in 2022,[5] [6] [7] [8] and was selected by The Times as one of the best books of 2022.[9] Her third book, Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year, was described by Kathryn Hughes as a "magical exploration of the weather literature left behind by the poets, scientists and historians of Anglo-Saxon Britain",[10] by Christopher Howse as "fascinating and authoritative",[11] and by Charlie Connelly as a "beautifully written account [which] transports us through each season in a deeply sensual manner".[12] It was selected by Dominic Sandbrook writing in The Times as one of the 25 best history books of 2022[13] and by Michael Wood as one of the 21 best books for history lovers in BBC History Magazine.[14] In a review for First Things Francis Young described the book as "a beguiling and compelling vision of sacred time" which "faithfully and richly portrays the distinctiveness of early Christian England".[15]

Parker started her blog, "A Clerk of Oxford", in 2008, whilst an undergraduate student at Oxford.[16] The blog won the 2015 Longman-History Today award for Digital History.[17] It was described as "unrivalled in bringing in outsiders to understand the reality of everything from the Dwarves' treasure to God's Darling" and "an orchard of golden apples" by Christopher Howse in The Daily Telegraph.[18] In 2019, Parker read from the Knútsdrápur, and interpreted its meaning, in a programme for BBC World Service.[19]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dr Eleanor Parker - Brasenose College, Oxford. www.bnc.ox.ac.uk. 2020-02-05.
  2. Web site: Eleanor Parker History Today. www.historytoday.com. 2020-02-05.
  3. Thurber. Bev. 2019-01-18. 19.08.10 Parker, Dragon Lords. The Medieval Review. en. 1096-746X.
  4. Web site: Dragon Lords: Dr Eleanor Parker on England's Viking Myths and Ragnar Lothbrok All About History. www.historyanswers.co.uk. 4 June 2018 . en-GB. 2020-02-05.
  5. News: Carey . John . John Carey (critic) . 6 February 2022 . Conquered by Eleanor Parker review — Anglo-Saxon life after the Norman conquest . . 25 February 2022.
  6. News: Burghart . Alex . 5 March 2022 . What the Anglo-Saxons made of 1066 and all that followed . . 8 March 2022.
  7. News: Foot . Sarah . Conquered: The last children of Anglo-Saxon England by Eleanor Parker . 26 August 2022 . . 19 August 2022.
  8. News: Ward . Emily J. . Altered fortunes . 26 August 2022 . . 25 March 2022.
  9. News: Holgate . Andrew . Millen . Robbie . 4 March 2022 . The best books of 2022 . . 11 March 2022.
  10. News: Hughes . Kathryn . Winters in the World by Eleanor Parker review – a dive into the Anglo-Saxon year . 25 August 2022 . . 25 August 2022.
  11. News: Howse . Christopher . Sacred Mysteries: Tree and leaf in the green of the year and the fallow . 27 August 2022 . . 27 August 2022.
  12. News: Connelly . Charlie . Tales from a lush life: the non-fiction books of the year . 23 December 2022 . . 15 December 2022.
  13. News: DeGroot . Gerard . Sandbrook . Dominic . 25 best history books of 2022 . 26 November 2022 . . 26 November 2022.
  14. News: Davies . Rhiannon . 21 best books for history lovers: BBC History Magazine's Books of the Year 2022 . 7 December 2022 . . 2 December 2022.
  15. News: Young . Francis . Briefly Noted . 17 April 2023 . . May 2023.
  16. Web site: A Clerk of Oxford: About this blog. A Clerk of Oxford. 2020-02-05.
  17. Web site: A Clerk of Oxford History Today. www.historytoday.com. 2020-02-05.
  18. News: A Clerk of Oxford's guide to a bright old world. Howse. Christopher. 2015-07-04. 2020-02-05. en-GB. 0307-1235.
  19. Web site: BBC World Service – The Forum, Cnut: England's Viking king, The Viking's bloodthirsty Skaldic poetry. BBC. 14 June 2019 . en-GB. 2020-02-05.