Guy Halsall
Guy Halsall (* 1964 in North Ferriby ) is an English historian.
Life
He grew up in Worcestershire . He studied archeology and history at the University of York . In 1991 he completed his doctoral thesis in York with a thesis on the history and archeology of the region of Metz in the Merovingian period , supervised by Edward James and reviewed by Steve Roskams and Bryan Ward-Perkins . Career
In 1990, Halsall received a postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Newcastle . From 1991 to 2002 he was a permanent lecturer and then reader for early medieval history and archeology at Birkbeck, University of London . In 2003 he moved to the University of York , where he was promoted to a professorship in 2006.
His current research focuses on Western Europe in the important period of change around AD 600, and on the application of continental philosophy (particularly the work of Jacques Derrida ) to history.
Fonts (selection)
- Warfare and Society in the Barbarian West, 450-900 . London 2003, ISBN 0-415-23939-7 .
- Barbarian Migrations and the Roman West, 376-568 . Cambridge 2007, ISBN 0-521-43491-2 . ( Scientific review )
- Cemeteries and Society in Merovingian Gaul. Selected Studies in History and Archeology, 1992–2009 . Leiden 2010, ISBN 978-90-04-17999-8 .
- Worlds of Arthur . Facts and Fictions of the Dark Ages . Oxford 2013, ISBN 0-19-965817-X .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Halsall, guy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | North Ferriby |