Eric Christiansen Explained

Eric Christiansen (15 September 1937 – 31 October 2016) was a medieval historian and fellow emeritus of New College, Oxford University.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Christiansen was educated at Charterhouse School after which he served in the ranks of the Northamptonshire Regiment. He became a fellow of New College after completing a thesis on modern Spanish history but subsequently specialised in medieval history.

Selected publications

• The origins of military power in Spain, 1800-1854. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1967. (Oxford Historical Monographs)
• The Northern Crusades, the Baltic and the Catholic Frontier, 1100-1525. Macmillan, 1980. (New Studies in Medieval History)
• The Works of Sven Aggesen: Twelfth-century Danish Historian. Viking Society for Northern Research, 1992.
• Dudo of St Quentin: History of the Normans. Translation with introduction and notes. Boydell Press, 1998.
• The Norsemen in the Viking Age. Wiley Blackwell, 2002. (The Peoples of Europe)

Notes and References

1. News: Eric Christiansen | Register | The Times & The Sunday Times . Thetimes.co.uk . 2016-11-24.
2. News: Stephen Bates . Eric Christiansen obituary | Education . . 2016-11-24.
3. Web site: Eric Christiansen | The New York Review of Books . Nybooks.com . 2016-11-24.