Peter Hayes Sawyer
Encyclopedia
Peter Hayes Sawyer is a British historian of Medieval England who is known for his annotated catalogue of Anglo-Saxon charters
. Anglo-Saxon charters are referenced by "Sawyer" numbers (abbreviated 'S' as for example in charter "S407") according to his catalogue.
, England
on 25 June 1928, and studied at Oxford University from 1948 to 1951. He taught at Leeds University from 1964, and was made Professor of Medieval History in 1970. After early retirement in 1982 he continued his academic studies at Göteborg University as a docent
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Anglo-Saxon Charters
Anglo-Saxon charters are documents from the early medieval period in Britain which typically make a grant of land or record a privilege. The earliest surviving charters were drawn up in the 670s; the oldest surviving charters granted land to the Church, but from the eighth century surviving...
. Anglo-Saxon charters are referenced by "Sawyer" numbers (abbreviated 'S' as for example in charter "S407") according to his catalogue.
Biography
Sawyer was born in OxfordOxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
on 25 June 1928, and studied at Oxford University from 1948 to 1951. He taught at Leeds University from 1964, and was made Professor of Medieval History in 1970. After early retirement in 1982 he continued his academic studies at Göteborg University as a docent
Docent
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Works
- 1957-1962. The Textus Roffensis. Copenhagen.
- 1962. The Age of the Vikings. London. 2nd ed. 1971.
- 1968. Anglo-Saxon Charters: an annotated list and bibliography. London.
- 1978. From Roman Britain to Norman England. London. 2nd ed. 1998.
- 1978. The Charters of Burton Abbey. London.
- 1985. Kings and Vikings. London. Swedish translation, Kungar och vikingar (Stockholm, 1985).
- 1989. The Making of Sweden. Alingsås.
- 1993. With Birgit Sawyer, Medieval Scandinavia. Minneapolis.
- 1997. The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings. Oxford.
- 1998. Anglo-Saxon Lincolnshire. Lincoln.