Marc Morris (historian)

Summary

Marc Morris (born 1973) is a British historian, who has also presented a television series, Castle, on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom,[1] and wrote the book that accompanied the series. His 2005 book on the earls of the Bigod family was praised for its "impeccable research and fluent sense of narration".[2]

Marc Morris
Born (1973-09-14) September 14, 1973 (age 50)
Academic background
Alma materKing's College London
University of Oxford

He was educated at Oakwood Park Grammar School, King's College London and the University of Oxford.

Bibliography edit

  • Castle: A History of the Buildings that Shaped Medieval Britain (2003)
  • The Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the Thirteenth Century (2005)[3]
  • A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain (2008)
  • The Norman Conquest: The Battle of Hastings and the Fall of Anglo-Saxon England (2012)
  • Kings and Castles (2012)
  • King John: Treachery, Tyranny and the Road to Magna Carta (2015)
  • William I: England's Conqueror (2016)
  • The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England (2021)

References edit

  1. ^ Novakovich, Mary (7 May 2003). "Pick of the day: Television". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  2. ^ Kagay, Donald J. (2006). "Rev. of Morris, The Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the Thirteenth Century". Speculum. 81 (4): 1233–34. doi:10.1017/s0038713400004784. JSTOR 20463981.
  3. ^ Ridgeway, H.W. (2006). "Rev. of Morris, The Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the Thirteenth Century". The English Historical Review. 121 (494): 1520–21. doi:10.1093/ehr/cel328.

External links edit

  • Official website