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 )

personal data
SURNAME	Barker, Juliet
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Barker, Juliet RV
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British historian and author
DATE OF BIRTH	1958
PLACE OF BIRTH	Y orkshire