Juliet Barker
Juliet RV Barker (* 1958 , Yorkshire ) is a British historian. The main focus of her work is studies of the Middle Ages and literary historical biographies. She is the author of a number of highly regarded works on the Brontë siblings , William Wordsworth, and medieval tournaments .
Barker received her education at Bradford Girl's Grammer School and at St Anne's College , Oxford . In 1999 the University of Bradford awarded her an honorary Doctorate of Letters in recognition of her outstanding literary-historical biographies . In 2001 she was accepted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature .
Barker is married and has two children. She lives in the South Pennines .
Selected Works
- The Brontës: Selected Poems
- (1986) The Tournament in England: 1100-1400 , UK: The Boydell Press ISBN 0851159427
- The Brontë Yearbook
- The Brontës
- The Brontës: A Life in Letters
- Charlotte Brontë: Juvenilia 1829-35
- Wordsworth: A Life
- Wordsworth: A Life in Letters
- (2005) Agincourt: The King, the Campaign, the Battle , UK: Little, Brown ISBN 034911918X
- in collaboration with Richard Barber Tournaments: Jousts, Chivalry and Pageants in the Middle Ages (title of the German edition: The history of the tournament )
Web links
- Literature by and about Juliet Barker in the catalog of the German National Library
- Publications by Juliet Barker in the Opac der Regesta Imperii
- Juliet Barker Biography
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SURNAME | Barker, Juliet |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Barker, Juliet RV |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British historian and author |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Y orkshire |