About
Dr Andy King is a historian of late-medieval Britain. His Ph.D. thesis was on political society in Northumberland in the fourteenth century. Since then, he has worked on the Scottish wars and Anglo-Scottish relations more generally; English political history from Edward I to Henry IV; chronicles and perceptions of the past; the conduct of warfare, and the rules that govern it; chivalry, political culture and attitudes to treason; and castles (a subject which has fascinated him since he was a kid!). His published work includes an edition and translation of Sir Thomas Gray’s Scalacronica; The Soldier in Later Medieval England (co-written with Any Curry, et al.); England and Scotland, 1286–1603 (co-written with Claire Etty); and Edward I: A New King Arthur?, in the Penguin Monarchs series.
Research
Research groups
Research interests
- Anglo-Scottish relations in the late Middle Ages
- The conduct of late-medieval warfare, and the rules that govern it
- Chivalry, political culture and attitudes to treason
- Historical writing and perceptions of the past in late medieval Britain
- Castles
Current research
I am currently completing a monograph on War, the Gentry and the Crown in Fourteenth-Century Northumberland
Publications
Pagination
Biography
After an entirely un-remunerative and unremarked career as a musician in a rock band, Andy King had another stab at academia, taking a BA in Medieval Studies at Durham, followed by an MA and Ph.D. He subsequently worked on the AHRB-funded research project ‘Chronicles and Society in Northern England in the Fourteenth Century’, again at Durham. He moved to Southampton in 2006 as a researcher on the AHRC funded research project ‘The Soldier in Late Medieval England’, and stayed as a part-time lecturer.
Andy King is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.