N. J. Higham

Nicholas J. Higham
Born
Nicholas John Higham

1951 (age 74–75)
OccupationAcademic
TitleEmeritus professor
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Manchester
Thesis (1977)
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology
Sub-discipline
InstitutionsUniversity of Manchester

Nicholas John Higham (born 1951) is a British archaeologist, historian, and academic. He was Professor of Early Medieval and Landscape History at the University of Manchester, and is now an emeritus professor.[1]

Higham was trained as an archaeologist at Manchester, receiving his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1977.[2] He taught at Manchester from 1977 to 2011.

Bibliography

  • with Barri Jones, The Carvetti, Sutton (Gloucester, England), 1985, new edition, 1991.
  • The Northern Counties to AD 1000, Regional History of England, Longman, (New York, NY), 1986.
  • Rome, Britain, and the Anglo-Saxons, Seaby (London, England), 1992.
  • The Kingdom of Northumbria: AD 350-1100, Sutton (Gloucester, England), 1993.
  • The Origins of Cheshire, Manchester University Press (Manchester, England), 1993.
  • An English Empire: Bede and the Early Anglo-Saxon Kings, Manchester University Press (Manchester, England), 1995.
  • The English Conquest: Gildas and Britain in the Fifth Century, Manchester University Press (Manchester, England), 1994. (review by Christopher A. Snyder[3])
  • The Convert Kings: Power and Religious Affiliation in Early Anglo-Saxon England, Manchester University Press (Manchester, England), 1997.
  • The Death of Anglo-Saxon England, Sutton (Gloucester, England), 1997.
  • The Norman Conquest, Sutton (Gloucester, England), 1998.
  • King Arthur: Myth-making and History, Routledge (New York, NY), 2002.[4]
  • A Frontier Landscape: The North-West in the Middle Ages, Windgather Press (Oxford, England), 2004.[5]
  • with Martin J. Ryan, The Anglo-Saxon World, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT), 2015.[6]
  • King Arthur: The Making of the Legend, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT), 2018.[7]
  • How England Began: From Roman Britain to the Anglo-Saxons, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT), 2026.[8]

Honours and prizes

References

  1. ↑ "Emeritus professors". Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies | The University of Manchester. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Nick Higham" at LinkedIn.
  3. ↑ Arthuriana 6:3:69-71 (1996)
  4. ↑ "King Arthur: Myth-Making and History". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "A Frontier Landscape". Oxbow Books. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "The Anglo-Saxon World". Yale University Press London. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "King Arthur". Yale University Press. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "How England Began". Yale University Press London. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Dr Nicholas Higham". Society of Antiquaries of London. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.