Richard Abels

Richard Abels (born 1951) is professor of history at the United States Naval Academy. Abels is a specialist in the military and political institutions of Anglo-Saxon England.

Selected honours

• Member of the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (2007-2008)
• The U.S. Naval Academy's Civilian Service Excellence Award (2008)
• The U.S. Naval Academy's Civilian Research Excellence Award (2003)
• The U.S. Naval Academy's Civilian Teaching Excellence Award (1991)
• Dept. of the Navy Superior Civil Service Medal (2003)
• Dept. of the Navy Meritorious Civil Service Medal (1991, 2008)
• Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (elected 1990)

Selected publications

• Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England. Longman, London, 1998.
• Raoul of Cambrai: An Old French Epic, trans. J. Crosland (1926). Revised translation with introduction by R. Abels. American Heritage CP, 1994.
• Lordship and Military Obligation in Anglo-Saxon England. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California, 1988.
• The Normans and their Adversaries: Essays in Memory of C. Warren Hollister. Co-edited with Bernard Bachrach. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell and Brewer, 2001.