Sophie T. Ambler
EducationDoctor of Philosophy Edit this on Wikidata
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OccupationMedieval historian, university teacher Edit this on Wikidata
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Sophie Ambler FRHistS is a medieval historian, focussing on politics, ethics, and warfare, often through the lens of the Crusades.[1] She undertook her PhD at King's College London, supervised by David A. Carpenter.[1] Since 2021, she has been Reader in Central & Later Medieval History at Lancaster University, and before that was Lecturer since 2017.[1] Earlier in her career, Ambler worked at the University of East Anglia.[2] In 2020, Ambler was one of the recipients of the Philip Leverhulme Prize.[3] Ambler frequently contributes to TV and radio, like her piece on the Second Barons' War as part of In Our Time.[1][4]

Selected works

Books

  • — (2016). Bishops in the Political Community of England, 1213−1272. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-875402-2. OL 27415575M. Wikidata Q107305460.
  • — (2019). The Song of Simon de Montfort: The Life and Death of a Medieval Revolutionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-094623-7. OL 34087677M. Wikidata Q72932472.
  • — (2019). The Song of Simon de Montfort: England's First Revolutionary and the Death of Chivalry. London: Picador. ISBN 978-1-5098-3757-1. OL 30157277M. Wikidata Q107669769.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 University, Lancaster. "Sophie Therese Ambler | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences | Lancaster University". www.lancaster.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  2. ↑ University, Lancaster. "Sophie Therese Ambler | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences | Lancaster University". www.lancaster.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Philip Leverhulme Prizes 2020 | The Leverhulme Trust". www.leverhulme.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "In Our Time | The Second Barons' War". www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ↑ Spencer, Andrew M (31 May 2021). "The Song of Simon de Montfort: England's First Revolutionary and the Death of Chivalry, by Sophie Thérèse Ambler". The English Historical Review. 136 (578): 178–180. doi:10.1093/ehr/ceaa351. ISSN 0013-8266.


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