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John H. Arnold

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Born: November 27 1869

John Hugh Arnold is a British historian. Since 2016, he has been the Professor of Medieval History at the University of Cambridge. He previously worked at Birkbeck College, University of London, where he specialised in the study of medieval religious culture. He has also written widely on historiography and why history matters.

Born 28 November 1969, Arnold received his Bachelor of Arts degree in history and his Doctor of Philosophy degree in medieval studies from the University of York. He was professor of medieval history at Birkbeck College, University of London, from 2008. He joined the college as a lecturer in 2001. Before that he was a lecturer at the University of East Anglia. He is a member of the Social History Society and the Medieval Academy of America.

Arnold specialises in the study of medieval religious culture, saying that while he has never been a believer in any religion, "belief" has always fascinated him. In his work he asks "Why do people believe the things they believe? What does 'believing' really mean in practice?" Arnold has also written widely about historiography. In 2008 he wrote a policy paper, Why history matters - and why medieval history also matters, for History & Policy.

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John H. Arnold

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Books from John H. Arnold

History: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Belief and Unbelief in Medieval Europe

History: A Brief Insight

A Companion to The Book of Margery Kempe

What is Masculinity?: Historical Dynamics from Antiquity to the Contemporary World

Inquisition and Power: Catharism and the Confessing Subject in Medieval Languedoc

The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Christianity

The True Knowledge of Ken MacLeod

Heresy and inquisition in France, 1200-1300

The Unorthodox Imagination in Late Medieval Britain

What Is Medieval History?

Dizionario storico dell’Inquisizione

History & Heritage: Consuming the Past in Contemporary Culture

History After Hobsbawm: Writing the Past for the Twenty-First Century

History

Sensing the Sacred in Medieval and Early Modern Culture

European Religious Cultures

What is Medieval History?

Tarih: Çok Kisa Bir Baslangiç

Geschichte: Eine kurze Einführung