Edward Royle is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of York

University of York

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 and author of books on the history of religious ideas, particularly in Yorkshire

Yorkshire

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Career

Royle gained his PhD at the University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

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. He spent the main part of his career in the Department of History at the University of York

University of York

The University of York , is an academic institution located in the city of York, England. Established in 1963, the campus university has expanded to more than thirty departments and centres, covering a wide range of subjects...

, where he retired as emeritus professor. He is an active member of the University's Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies. His main research interests have been in the history of York and Yorkshire since the mid-eighteenth century.

Prof. Royle is a Methodist

Methodism

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Works

• (as editor)
• (with James Walvin)
• (editor, with Ruth M. Larsen)