Richard A. Fletcher
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Richard A. Fletcher was a historian
who specialized in the medieval
period. He was Professor of History at the University of York
and one of the outstanding talents in English and Spanish medieval scholarship.
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
who specialized in the medieval
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
period. He was Professor 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...
and one of the outstanding talents in English and Spanish medieval scholarship.
Select bibliography of Fletcher's publications
- The Quest for El Cid. 1991.
- Moorish Spain. 1992.
- The Barbarian Conversion: From Paganism to Christianity Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1999.
- Christian-Muslim Understanding in the Later Middle Ages. 2003.
- The Cross and The Crescent: The Dramatic Story of the Earliest Encounters Between Christians and Muslims. 2005.