John Gillingham

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John Bennett Gillingham (born August 3, 1940 in London ) is a British historian

John Gillingham studied German history at the universities of Oxford and Munich. He taught as a lecturer , senior lecturer and professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science from 1965 until his retirement in 1998 . Gillingham has been a member of the British Academy since 2007 .

Gillingham is one of the leading experts on the English ruler Richard the Lionheart . He published a biography of this king in 1978. The depiction was translated into German in 1981 and has seen several editions. He devoted special studies to Richard's imprisonment in Germany, his death during the siege of a small castle in the Limousin , the contemporary perception of the king or the origin of the myth. Another, much more extensive biography of the king appeared in 1999. In English research, the king was despised mainly because he spent so little time in England and thereby neglected his kingdom. Contrary to this patriotic view, Gillingham shows that Richard had provided good leadership during his absence. Rather, he classifies Richard as a very capable ruler. Gillingham did extensive research into the Angevin Empire . He also devoted himself to the English late Middle Ages . In 1981 he published a book on the Wars of the Roses . In 2000, 14 studies were bundled and published. The contributions deal with the interrelationships between the English and the Celts and with chivalry.

Fonts

  • William II. The red king. Allen Lane, London 2015, ISBN 978-0-14-197855-0 .
  • The English in the twelfth century. Imperialism, national identity and political values. Boydell Press, Woodbridge 2000, ISBN 0-85115-732-7 .
  • Richard I. Yale University Press, New Haven et al. 1999, ISBN 0-300-07912-5 .
  • Richard the Lionheart. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 1978, ISBN 0-297-77453-0 .
    • German translation by Rudi Heeger: Richard Löwenherz. A biography. Claassen, Düsseldorf 1981, ISBN 3-546-43223-1 .

literature

  • Knut Görich : A foreword - and a word of thanks. In: John Gillingham: The captivity of the English King Richard I as a turning point in medieval German history (= series of publications on the history and architecture of the Trifels. Issue 4). Edition Palatina, Annweiler 2018, pp. 2–7 ( online ).

Web links

Remarks

  1. ^ Page from Gillingham at the British Academy
  2. ↑ See the review by Michael Richter in: Historische Zeitschrift 236 (1983), pp. 157–158.
  3. ↑ John Gillingham: The unromantic death of Richard I. In: Speculum 54 (1979), pp. 18-41.
  4. ↑ See the reviews by Katherine Walsh in: Innsbrucker Historische Studien 22 (2000), pp. 321–322; SD Church in: The English Historical Review 115 (2000), pp. 1231-1232; James A. Brundage in: The American Historical Review 107 (2002), pp. 266-267.
  5. ^ John Gillingham: The English in the twelfth century. Imperialism, national identity and political values. Woodbridge 2000. See the review by Detlev Jasper in: Deutsches Archiv für Erforschung des Mittelalters 57 (2001), p. 381.
personal data
SURNAME Gillingham, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gillingham, John Bennett (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH London