Nicholas Vincent

Nicholas Charles Vincent, FBA, FSA, FRHistS (born 1961) is a British historian and academic, who has been professor of medieval history at the University of East Anglia since 2003.

Career

Born in 1961, Vincent studied at St Peter's College, Oxford, successively gaining BA (1983), MPhil (1987) and DPhil (1993) degrees. He was the William Stone Research Fellow at Peterhouse, Cambridge, from 1990 to 1995. He then moved to Christ Church College, Canterbury, to take a readership; he was promoted to a professorship in 1999, which he held until 2003.[1] Since 2003, he has been professor of medieval history at the University of East Anglia.[2] As of 2026, he is the director of the British Academy's Plantagenet Acta Project, which publishes the charters of the Plantagenet kings, and is also chairman of the British Academy's Anglo-Saxon Charters project.[2]

Vincent has been elected to fellowships of the Royal Historical Society (1995),[1][3] the Society of Antiquaries of London (1999)[4] and the British Academy (2010).[2]

Publications

  • Alikhani, Asadollah, and Nicholas Vincent (eds), The Shah and I: The Confidential Diary of Iran’s Royal Court, 1969–1977, by Asadollah Alam (London: I.B. Tauris, 1991).
  • Vincent, Nicholas (ed.), English Episcopal Acta IX: Winchester 1205–1238 (Oxford: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, 1994).
  • Vincent, Nicholas (ed.), The Letters and Charters of Cardinal Guala Bicchieri, Papal Legate in England 1216–1218, Publications of the Canterbury and York Society, vol. 83 (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1996).
  • Vincent, Nicholas (ed.), Acta of Henry II and Richard I: A Supplementary Handlist, Publications of the List and Index Society, Special Series, vol. 27 (Richmond: Public Record Office for the List and Index Society, 1996).
  • Vincent, Nicholas, The Holy Blood: King Henry III and the Westminster Blood Relic (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001).
  • Vincent, Nicholas, Peter des Roches: An Alien in English Politics, 1205–1238, Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought (4th Series) (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002).
  • Harper-Bill, C., and Nicholas Vincent (eds), Henry II: New Interpretations (Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer, 2007).
  • Vincent, Nicholas (ed.), Records, Administration and Aristocratic Society in the Anglo-Norman Realm: Papers Commemorating the 800th Anniversary of King John's Loss of Normandy (Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer, 2009).
  • Vincent, Nicholas, Magna Carta: A Very Short Introduction, Very Short Introductions (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012).
  • Vincent, Nicholas, Norman Charters from English Sources: Antiquaries, Archives and the Rediscovery of the Anglo-Norman Past, Publications of the Pipe Roll Society, New Series, vol. 59 (London: Flexpress for the Pipe Roll Society, 2013)
  • Vincent, Nicholas, Magna Carta: The Foundation of Freedom 1215–2015 (London: Third Millennium Publishing, 2014)
  • Vincent, Nicholas, Magna Carta: Origins and Legacy (Oxford: Bodleian Library, 2015).
  • Vincent, Nicholas, King John: An Evil King?, Penguin Monarchs (London: Penguin, 2020).
  • Vincent, Nicholas (ed.), The Letters and Charters of Henry II, King of England 1154–1189, 6 vols (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020).
    • (vol. 7 forthcoming, April 2026).
  • Saul, N., and Nicholas Vincent (eds), English Medieval Government and Administration: Essays in Honour of J. R. Maddicott, Publications of the Pipe Roll Society, New Series, vol. 65 (Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer, 2023).
  • Peltzer, Jörg, and Nicholas Vincent (eds), Transregnal Kingship in the Thirteenth Century, Proceedings of the British Academy (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2025).

References

  1. ^ a b "Vincent, Prof. Nicholas Charles", Who's Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, 2026). Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  2. ^ a b c "Professor Nicholas Vincent FBA", The British Academy. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  3. ^ "List of Current Fellows" (Royal Historical Society, 2025). Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  4. ^ "Professor Nicholas Vincent", Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
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