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Julia Barrow

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Expertise Summary

I can supervise theses in most areas of English ecclesiastical and/or political history from the tenth to the early thirteenth centuries, and also theses based on the study of charters or of the writing of history over the same period.

Teaching Summary

My teaching spans the earlier middle ages, from the sixth century to the twelfth. The first year module 'The Birth of Europe' aims to introduce students to the earlier middle ages 500-1200. My second… read more

Research Summary

My work falls into three main areas: the study of charters, particularly ecclesiastical ones, the study of the clergy and the institutional framework of the English church from the tenth to the… read more

Recent Publications

  • JULIA BARROW, 2012. Way-stations on English episcopal itineraries, 700-1300 English Historical Review. 127(3), (In Press.)
  • BARROW, JULIA, 2011. Urban planning. In: CRICK, JULIA and VAN HOUTS, ELISABETH, eds., A Social History of England 900-1200 Cambridge University Press. 188-197
  • BARROW, JULIA, 2011. Peter of Aigueblanche's support network. In: BURTON, J, LACHAUD, F, SCHOFIELD, P, STOBER, K and WEILER, B., eds., Thirteenth Century England XIII: Proceedings of the Paris Conference 2009 Woodbridge: Boydell. 27-39
  • BARROW, J, 2011. How Coifi pierced Christ's side: a re-examination of Bede's Ecclesiastical History, II, chapter 13 Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 62(4), 693-706

My teaching spans the earlier middle ages, from the sixth century to the twelfth. The first year module 'The Birth of Europe' aims to introduce students to the earlier middle ages 500-1200. My second year option, 'Blood and Treasure', examines the impact of the Vikings on the Franks and the Anglo-Saxons in social, political, cultural and economic terms, while the third year option 'Kings, Saints and Monsters' focuses on what Bede and some of his contemporaries have to say about religious conversion, warfare and kingship among the Anglo-Saxons in the seventh and eighth centuries. My special subject on the Norman Conquest looks at continuity and change in England over the eleventh century. I convene an MA module on Anglo-Saxon England 900-1066 and I contribute to other MA modules, including 'Power and Authority: the Records of the Medieval World'.

Current Research

St Wulfstan and his WorldMy work falls into three main areas: the study of charters, particularly ecclesiastical ones, the study of the clergy and the institutional framework of the English church from the tenth to the thirteenth centuries. I am also interested in the concept of 'reform' and in the application to later Anglo-Saxon history of current approaches on the roles of ritual and demonstrative behaviour in continental Europe. I have edited two volumes of episcopal charters and have compiled biographical data on a group of medieval clergy. In addition I have written many articles on the clergy, on forged charters and their relationship with the writing of history, and on continuity and change in pastoral care, parochial organisation and episcopal careers in the English church between the tenth and the twelfth centuries.

Currently I am completing a book on the family backgrounds and careers of the secular clergy in north-western Europe c.800-c.1215, which allows an exploration of the roles of relatives, education and patronage in clerical careers, and an examination of the impact of the tightening up of restrictions on clerical marriage from the eleventh century onwards. I have nearly finished an edition of Hereford episcopal acta 1234-75 for the English Episcopal Acta series: this will complete the edition of charters issued by bishops of Hereford in the period from the Norman Conquest down to the introduction of episcopal registers. I am on the editorial board of the Brepols series Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe. I am now assistant editor of Nottingham Medieval Studies.

St David's Episcopal Acta

Supervision

I can supervise theses in most areas of English ecclesiastical and/or political history from the tenth to the early thirteenth centuries, and also theses based on the study of charters or of the writing of history over the same period.

Conferences

'Grades of ordination and clerical careers', presented at the Thirtieth Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies, Gregynog, near Newtown, Powys, 1-6 August 2007

'From see to see: the translation of bishops in Anglo-Saxon England', presented at La mobilité des clercs: Hiérarchie ecclésiastique, pensée ecclésiale et liens personnels au Moyen Age. Les translations épiscopales, Limoges 30 March 2007; a shorter version of this paper was also given at Leeds International Medieval Congress 9-12 July 2007

'Bishop Bricius - St Brice', presented at Massakren p? Danskerne i England den 13. november 1002, Copenhagen 21 May 2007

'Hereford in Herefordshire', presented at Early English Shire Towns, Rewley House, Oxford, 29-30 April 2006

'The aristocracy and the clergy in later Anglo-Saxon England', presented at The Anglo-Saxon Aristocracy, King's College London, 17-18 December 2005

'Clergy in childhood and adolescence, c. 900-1200', presented at the International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, 11-14 July 2005

'The chronology of the tenth-century English Benedictine reform in Edgar's reign', presented at Edgar the Peaceable, University of Manchester (MANCASS), 30 March-1 April 2005

'The ideas and application of reform, 600-1100', presented at The Cambridge History of Christianity, III, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, September 2004

'The tenth-century English Benedictine "reform" (ideology and chronology)', presented at Texts, Histories, Historiographies: the Medieval Worlds of Timothy Reuter, University of Southampton, 24-26 July 2004

'English Episcopal Acta', presented at the International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, 12-15 July 2004

'Clergy in the diocese of Hereford in the eleventh and twelfth centuries', presented at the Twenty-Sixth Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies, Battle, Sussex, July 2003

Myth, Rulership, Church and Charters

'Wulfstan and Worcester: bishop and clergy in the early eleventh century', presented at Wulfstan, Archbishop of York, Second Alcuin Conference, King's Manor, York (Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York), 15-18 July 2002

'Clergy in English dioceses in the 10th and 11th centuries', presented at the International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, 8-11 July 2002

'The statutes of St Davids cathedral, 1224-1259', presented at St David: Cult, Church and Nation, Lampeter, 23-27 June 2002

'The origins of vicars choral to c. 1300', presented at Cantate Domino: Vicars Choral, York (organised by York Archaeological Trust), 22-24 March 2002

'Bishops and clergy in English, Scottish and Welsh dioceses 900-1215', presented at La Pastorale della Chiesa in Occidente, La Mendola (near Bolzano in N. Italy), 26-31 August 2001

  • JULIA BARROW, 2012. Way-stations on English episcopal itineraries, 700-1300 English Historical Review. 127(3), (In Press.)
  • BARROW, JULIA, 2011. Urban planning. In: CRICK, JULIA and VAN HOUTS, ELISABETH, eds., A Social History of England 900-1200 Cambridge University Press. 188-197
  • BARROW, JULIA, 2011. Peter of Aigueblanche's support network. In: BURTON, J, LACHAUD, F, SCHOFIELD, P, STOBER, K and WEILER, B., eds., Thirteenth Century England XIII: Proceedings of the Paris Conference 2009 Woodbridge: Boydell. 27-39
  • BARROW, J, 2011. How Coifi pierced Christ's side: a re-examination of Bede's Ecclesiastical History, II, chapter 13 Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 62(4), 693-706
  • BARROW, JULIA, 2010. The ideology of the tenth-century English Benedictine 'reform'. In: PATRICIA SKINNER, ed., Challenging the Boundaries of Medieval History: The legacy of Timothy Reuter Turnhout: Brepols. 141-154
  • BARROW, J.S., ed., 2009. Edition of charters, with introduction, notes and appendices. English Episcopal Acta 35: Hereford 1234-1275 English Episcopal Acta (British Academy) Oxford: Oxford University Press for the British Academy.
  • BARROW, JULIA, 2008. Bishop Brictius - Saint Brice. In: LUND, NIELS, ed., Beretning fra seksogtyvende tvaerfaglige vikingesymposium Forlaget Hikuin / Aarhus University. 68-88
  • BARROW, JULIA, 2008. The Chronology of the Benedictine 'Reform'. In: SCRAGG, DONALD, ed., Edgar, King of the English 959-975: New Interpretations Woodbridge: Boydell. 211-223
  • BARROW, JULIA, 2008. Ideas and applications of reform. In: NOBLE, THOMAS F.X and SMITH, JULIA M.H., eds., Early Medieval Christianities, c.600-c.1100 Cambridge University Press. 345-362
  • BARROW, JULIA, 2008. Grades of ordination and clerical careers, c.900-c.1200. In: LEWIS, C.P., ed., Anglo-Norman Studies XXX: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2007 Woodbridge: Boydell. 41-61
  • BARROW, JULIA, 2008. What happened to ecclesiastical charters in England 1066-c.1100?. In: BARROW, JULIA and WAREHAM, ANDREW, eds., Myth, Rulership, Church and Charters: Essays in Honour of Nicholas Brooks Aldershot: Ashgate. 229-248
  • BARROW, JULIA and WAREHAM, ANDREW, eds., 2008. Myth, Rulership, Church and Charters: Essays in Honour of Nicholas Brooks Aldershot: Ashgate.
  • BARROW, JULIA, 2008. Introduction: myth, rulership, church and charters in the work of Nicholas Brooks. In: BARROW, JULIA and WAREHAM, ANDREW, eds., Myth, Rulership, Church and Charters: Essays in Honour of Nicholas Brooks Aldershot: Ashgate. 1-10
  • BARROW, JULIA, 2007. The Statutes of St Davids Cathedral 1224-1259. In: EVANS, J. WYN and WOODING, JONATHAN, eds., St David of Wales: Cult, Church and Nation Woodbridge: Boydell. 317-329
  • BARROW, JULIA, 2007. Demonstrative Behaviour and Political Communication in Later Anglo-Saxon England Anglo-Saxon England. 36, 127-150
  • BARROW, J.S., 2006. 'William of Malmesbury's use of charters'. In: ELIZABETH M. TYLER AND ROSS BALZARETTI, ed., Narrative and History in the Early Medieval West Brepols. 67-89
  • BARROW, J.S., 2006. Review article: Chrodegang, his rule and its successors Early Medieval Europe. VOL 14(NUMBER 2), 201-212
  • BARROW, J.S., 2006. 'Religion'. In: The Central Middle Ages Oxford: Oxford University Press. 121-48
  • BARROW, J.S., 2005. The chronology of forgery production at Worcester from c. 1000 to the early twelfth century. In: BARROW, J.S. and BROOKS, N.P., eds., St Wulfstan and his world Aldershot: Ashgate. 105-122
  • BARROW, J.S. and BROOKS, N.P., eds., 2005. St Wulfstan and his world Aldershot: Ashgate.
  • BARROW, J.S., 2005. 'Why forge episcopal acta? Preliminary observations on the forged charters in the English Episcopal Acta series'. In: , ed., The Foundations of Medieval English Ecclesiastical History: Studies Presented to David Smith Woodbridge: Boydell Press. 18-39
  • BARROW, J.S., 2005. 'The clergy in English dioceses c.900-c.1066'. In: , ed., Pastoral Care in Late Anglo-Saxon England Woodbridge: Boydell Press. 17-26
  • BARROW, J.S., 2005. 'Water supply'. In: A History of the County of Chester, V, Part 2, The City of Chester: Culture, Buildings, Institutions Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer. 35-39
  • BARROW, J.S., 2005. 'Libraries'. In: A History of the County of Chester, V, Part 2, The City of Chester: Culture, Buildings, Institutions Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer. 293-294
  • BARROW, J.S., 2005. 'Policing'. In: A History of the County of Chester, V, Part 2, The City of Chester: Culture, Buildings, Institutions Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer. 29-30
  • BARROW, J.S., 2005. 'Sewerage'. In: A History of the County of Chester, V, Part 2, The City of Chester: Culture, Buildings, Institutions Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer. 39-41
  • BARROW, J.S., 2005. 'Fire service'. In: A History of the County of Chester, V, Part 2, The City of Chester: Culture, Buildings, Institutions Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer. 30-32
  • BARROW, J.S., 2005. 'Railways'. In: A History of the County of Chester, V, Part 2, The City of Chester: Culture, Buildings, Institutions Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer. 91-94
  • BARROW, J.S., 2005. 'Gas supply'. In: A History of the County of Chester, V, Part 2, The City of Chester: Culture, Buildings, Institutions Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer. 41-42
  • BARROW, J.S., 2005. 'The origins of vicars choral to 1300'. In: Vicars Choral at English Cathedrals: Cantate Domino Oxford: Oxbow Books. 11-16
  • BARROW, J.S., 2004. Bishops and clergy in English, Scottish and Welsh dioceses, 900-1215. In: SETTIMANA INTERNAZIONALE DI STUDIO, ed., La pastorale della Chiesa in occidente dall'età ottoniana al concilio lateranense Milan: Vita e Pensiero. 223-250
  • BARROW, J.S., 2004. The clergy in the diocese of Hereford in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. In: , ed., Proceedings of the Battle Conference, 2003 Woodbridge: Boydell Press. 37-53
  • BARROW, J.S., 2004. William (d. 1075). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography lix. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 32-3
  • BARROW, J.S., 2004. Robert the Lotharingian [Robert de Losinga] (d. 1095). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography xlvii. 124-6
  • BARROW, J.S., 2004. Oscytel [Oskytel] (d. 971). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography xlii. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 41-2
  • BARROW, J.S., 2004. Richard de Capella (d. 1127). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography xlvi. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 746
  • BARROW, J.S., 2004. Wulfsige [St Wulfsige] (d. 1002). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography lx. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 555-6
  • BARROW, J.S., 2004. Foliot, Robert (d. 1186). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography xx. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 221-2
  • BARROW, J.S., 2004. Maidstone, Ralph of (d. 1245). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography xxxvi. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 163-4
  • BARROW, J.S., 2004. Hermann (d. 1078). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography xxvi. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 786-7
  • BARROW, J.S., 2004. Briouze, Giles de (c. 1170-1215). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography vii. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 672-3
  • BARROW, J.S., 2004. Walter [Walter of Lorraine] (d. 1079?). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography lvii. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 156
  • BARROW, J.S., 2004. Wycombe [Wycumbe], William of (fl. c. 1127-c. 1148). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography lx. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 630-1
  • BARROW, J.S., 2004. Nigel Baker and Richard Holt, Urban Growth and the Medieval Church: Gloucester and Worcester (Aldershot, Ashgate, 2004) Nottingham Medieval Studies. 48, 236-240
  • BARROW, J.S., 2004. 'Wulfstan and Worcester: bishop and clergy in the early eleventh century'. In: Wulfstan,Archbishop of York: Proceedings of the Seond Alcuin Conference Brepols, Turnhout. 141-159
  • BARROW, J.S., 2004. Wulfwig (d. 1067). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography lx. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 566-7
  • BARROW, J.S., 2004. Giso (d. 1088). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography xxii. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 358-9
  • BARROW, J.S., 2004. In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography v. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 546-8
  • BARROW, J.S., 2002. Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae, 1066-1300. VIII, Hereford / compiled by J.S. Barrow London: University of London, School of Advanced Study, Institute of Historical Research.
  • BARROW, J.S., 2002. Review article: Playing by the rules: Conflict management in tenth and eleventh-century Germany Early Medieval Europe. VOL 11(NUMBER 4), 389-396
  • BARROW, J.S., 2001. Chester's earliest regatta? Edgar's Dee-rowing revisited Early Medieval Europe. 10(1), 81-93
  • BARROW, J.S., 2000. Survival and mutation: ecclesiastical institutions in the Danelaw in the ninth and tenth centuries. In: Cultures in Contact: Scandinavian Settlement in England in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries Brepols, Turnhout.
  • BARROW, J.S., 2000. Athelstan to Aigueblanche. 1056-1268. In: Hereford Cathedral: a History London: Hambledon Press. 21-47
  • BARROW, J.S., 2000. Churches, education and literacy in towns 600-1300. In: The Cambridge Urban History of Britain, vol. 1 600-1540 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 127-152
  • BARROW, J.S., 2000. Origins and Careers of Cathedral Canons in Twelfth-Century England Medieval Prosopography. VOL 21, 23-40
  • BARROW, J.S., 1999. The Canons and Citizens of Hereford C. 1160-C. 1240 Midland History. VOL 24, 1-23
  • BARROW, J.S., 1999. Friends and Friendship in Anglo-Saxon Charters. In: Friendship in Medieval Europe Stroud: Sutton (Alan) Publishing Ltd. 106-123
  • BARROW, J.S and SOUTH WALES RECORD SOCIETY, 1998. St Davids episcopal acta, 1085-1280 / edited by Julia Barrow Cardiff : South Wales Record Society, 1998.
  • BARROW, J.S., 1997. Review of C Stancliffe and E Cambridge (eds), Oswald: Northumbrian King to European Saint (Stamford, 1995) Deutsches Archiv. 53, 278-279
  • BARROW, J.S., 1997. Review of J Blair and B Golding (eds), The Cloister and the World: Essays in Medieval History in Honour of Barbara Harvey, Oxford 1996 Deutsches Archiv. 53, 229-230
  • BARROW, J.S., 1997. Review of R Mortimer (ed), Charters of St Bartholomew's Priory, Sudbury, Suffolk Records Society, Suffolk Charters 15, Woodbridge 1996 Deutsches Archiv. 53, 248-249
  • BARROW, J.S., 1997. Review of W H Jackson, Chivalry in Twelfth-Century Germany: The Works of Hartmann von Aue, Cambridge, 1994 English Historical Review. 112, 433-434
  • BARROW, J.S., 1997. Review of P Bouet and F Neveux (eds), Les évêques normands du XIe siècle, Caen 1995 Early Medieval Europe. 6, 229-230
  • BARROW, J.S., 1997. Review of H-W Goetz, Frauen im frühen Mittelalter: Frauenbild und Frauenleben im Frankenreich, Weimar, Cologne and Vienna 1995 English Historical Review. 112, 1229-1230
  • BARROW, J.S., 1996. The community of Worcester, 961-c.1100. In: St Oswald of Worcester: Life and Influence Leicester University Press, London.
  • BARROW, J.S., 1994. English cathedral communities and reform in the late tenth and the eleventh centuries. In: Anglo-Norman Durham 1093-1193 Boydell Press, Woodbridge. 25-39
  • BARROW, J.S., 1993. English Episcopal Acta vii: Hereford 1079-1234
  • BARROW, J.S., 1989. Education and the recruitment of cathedral canons in England and Germany 1100-1225 Viator. 20, 117-138

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