Tom Licence Explained

Tom Oliver Licence FSA, FRHistS, is a British historian specialising in the period 950–1200, with an additional interest in Victorian consumer waste. He is Professor of Medieval History and Consumer Culture at the University of East Anglia and director of the Centre of East Anglian Studies.^{[1] [2]}

His work on Victorian consumer waste, represented in his book and website What the Victorians threw away, has attracted international press coverage.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Education

Licence attended Westcliff High School for Boys and has an MA in History (2002), MPhil in Medieval History (2003) and PhD (2006) from the University of Cambridge.^[6] His thesis title was "England's hermits, 970–1220".^[7]

He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, the Society of Antiquaries and the Higher Education Academy.

Selected publications

• Hermits and Recluses in English society, 950–1200 (2011, Oxford UP:)^{[8] [9]}
• Herman the Archdeacon and Goscelin of Saint-Bertin: Miracles of St Edmund, ed. (2014), Clarendon Press
• Bury St Edmonds and the Norman Conquest (2014, edited, Boydell Press:)
• What the Victorians Threw Away (2015, Oxbow book:)
• Edward the Confessor: Last of the Royal Blood (2020), Yale University Press,

External links

• • What the Victorians threw away: the book, the database, the project

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tom Licence . University of East Anglia . 18 January 2020.
2. Web site: Centre of East Anglian Studies . University of East Anglia . 23 June 2018.
3. News: Fallon . Fionnuala . Unearthing hidden treasures while working in old gardens . 23 June 2018 . Irish Times . 2 April 2016.
4. News: Frayer . Lauren . Digging Up The Roots Of Modern Waste In Victorian-Era Rubbish . 23 June 2018 . National Public Radio . 1 June 2016.
5. News: Sebastian . Shevlin . Finding beauty in rubbish . 23 June 2018 . New Indian Express . 24 January 2017.
6. Web site: Dr Tom Licence: Overview . University of East Anglia . 23 June 2018.
7. Web site: Catalogue record for 'England's hermits, 970–1220'. . 23 June 2018.
8. Barr . Jessica . Tom Licence, Hermits and Recluses in English Society, 950–1200 (review) . . July 2012 . 87 . 3 . 897 . 10.1017/S0038713412002461 .
9. Web site: Jones . E.A. . Hermits and Recluses in English Society, 950–1200 (review) . . 23 June 2018.