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Prof Peter Edbury 


Professor Peter Edbury
Position:Professor of Medieval History

Telephone:+44 (0)29 208 75651
Fax:+44 (0)29 208 74929
Extension:75651
Location:John Percival Building 4.39

Research Interests

  • History of the Crusades
  • History of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
  • History of Cyprus under the Lusignan kings
  • Vernacular literature from the Latin East

Political, social and economic history of the eastern Mediterranean world in the central and later middle ages.

Selected Publications

Peter W. Edbury (2009) Philip of Novara: Le Livre de Forme de Plait. Series: Texts and Studies in the History of Cyprus. Cyprus Research Centre.

Peter W. Edbury (2003) John of Ibelin, Le Livre des Assises. Series: The Medieval Mediterranean. Brill.

Peter W. Edbury (1997) John of Ibelin and the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Boydell Press.

Peter W. Edbury (1991, pbk 1994) The Kingdom of Cyprus and the Crusades, 1191-1374. Cambridge University Press.

Peter W. Edbury, John Gordon Rowe (1988, pbk 1990) William of Tyre: Historian of the Latin East. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought. Cambridge University Press.

Research Projects

Translation of the Chronique d’Amadi (in collaboration with Nicholas Coureas)

A new edition of the Old French Continuation of William of Tyre - an AHRC funded project.

The Third Crusade (1187-97)

Research Group

Cardiff Centre for the Crusades

Teaching

Part One Undergraduate modules

MA