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Marcus Bull

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Marcus Graham Bull
Born1962 (age 61–62)
CitizenshipUK
Alma materUniversity of London
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Bristol
University of London
Thesis Knightly Piety in South-Western France c.970-c.1130 and the Lay Response to the First Crusade
Doctoral advisorJ. S. C. Riley-Smith

Marcus Graham Bull, FSA, FRHistS[1] (/bʊl/; born 1962), is a British historian and religious scholar who is the Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of Mediaeval and Early Modern Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[2]

Career

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Bull graduated from the University of London (B.A. in 1987 and Ph.D. in 1991). His thesis supervisor was Jonathan Riley-Smith. Later he worked at the Department of History of Royal Holloway and Bedford New College of the University of London (1991–1993) and the University of Bristol (the Department of Historical Studies from 1993 to 2008 and the School of Humanities from 2008 to 2010).[1] From 2010 he is the Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of Mediaeval and Early Modern Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[3]

Bull primarily focused his research in the narratology of historical texts. He is an author of numerous books about the Crusades and the history of Christianity.[3] He is one of the leading proponents of the ideas for considering the literary and cultural heritage of the Crusades.[4] Bull is a 'highly respected specialist on the crusades'. His most recent book Eyewitness and Crusade Narrative published in 2018. According to historian John France 'this is a stimulating book, but the methodology, while useful in the hands of a historian as learned as Bull, has grave risks'.[5]

Selected publications

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References

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  1. ^ a b Bull, Marcus G. "Marcus Bull, CV" (PDF). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Marucs Bull". Boydell & Brewer. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Marcus Bull". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  4. ^ Buck, Andrew (2020). "Marcus Bull, Eyewitness and Crusade Narrative: Perception and Narration in Accounts of the Second, Third, and Fourth Crusades. (Crusading in Context.) Woodbridge, UK: Boydell, 2018. Pp. x, 396. $99. ISBN: 978-1-78327-335-5". Speculum. 95 (1). University of Chicago Press: 204–206. doi:10.1086/706552.
  5. ^ France, John (30 December 2019). "Book Review: [Eyewitness and Crusade Narrative: Perception and Narration in Accounts of the Second, Third and Fourth Crusades by Marcus Bull]". War in History. 27 (1). Sage Publishing: 139–140. doi:10.1177/0968344519887617b.
  6. ^ "Book Review [The Experience of Crusading: Volume 1, Western Approaches]". Church Times. 27 February 2007. ISSN 0009-658X.