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Overview
Research interests
- Crusades
- Latin East
- Medieval Cyprus
- Old French literature from the Latin East
Research project
- A new edition of the Old French Continuation of William of Tyre and the associated text known as La Chronique d'Ernoul is now with the publisher.
- A monograph on the Latin East, 1254-1291
Distinctions
To mark his retirement a one-day conference was held in October 2012, and the papers read were published as a Festschrift: Susan B. Edgington and Helen J. Nicholson (eds.), Deeds Done Beyond the Sea: Essays on William of Tyre, Cyprus and the Military Orders presented to Peter Edbury (Ashgate, 2014)
Publication
2024
- Edbury, P. 2024. Setting the record straight? Ernoul’s account of the fall of Jerusalem. Crusades 23(1), pp. 17-24. (10.1080/14765276.2024.2359668)
2022
- Edbury, P. 2022. The Colbert-Fontainebleau continuation of William of Tyre, 1184-1247: structure and composition. In: Buck, A. and Smith, T. eds. Outremer. Outremer. Studies in the Crusades and the Latin East Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Publishers, pp. 203-222., (10.1484/M.OUTREMER-EB.5.128889)
2021
- Edbury, P. W. 2021. A threat to invade Cyprus: Pope John XXII, Walter of Brienne Duke of Athens, and the Latin East in 1331. Frankokratia 2(2), pp. 179–195. (10.1163/25895931-12340011)
2020
- Edbury, P. 2020. The old French translation of William of Tyre and templars. Medievalista 27 (10.4000/medievalista.2786)
- Edbury, P. 2020. ‘Sultan al-Kamil, the Emperor Frederick II and the Surrender of Jerusalem as presented by the anonymous Chronique d’Ernoul’. In: Edbury, P., Pringle, R. and Major, . eds. Bridge of Civilizations: The Near East and Europe c. 1100-1300. Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 297-301.
- Edbury, P., Pringle, R. D. and Major, B. eds. 2020. Bridge of civilizations: The Near East and Europe c. 1100-1300. Oxford: Archaeopress.
2019
- Edbury, P. 2019. ‘Conrad versus Saladin: the siege of Tyre, November-December 1187’. In: Lippiatt, G. E. M. and Bird, J. L. eds. Crusading Europe: Essays in Honour of Christopher Tyerman. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 237-247.
2018
- Edbury, P. 2018. The Lyon Eracles revisited. In: Menache, S., Kedar, B. Z. and Balard, M. eds. Crusading and Trading between West and East: Studies in Honour of David Jacoby. London: Routledge, pp. 40-53., (10.4324/9781315142753-4)
- Edbury, P. W. 2018. The Assizes of Jerusalem and legal practice: the political crisis in Cyprus in the early fourteenth century. In: Devard, J. and Ribemont, B. eds. Autour des Assises de Jérusalem. Paris: Classiques Garnier, pp. 143-157.
- Edbury, P. 2018. Ernoul, Eracles and the collapse of the kingdom of Jerusalem. In: Morreale, L. and Paul, N. L. eds. The French of Outremer: Communities and Communication in the Crusading Mediterranean. New York: Fordham U.P., pp. 44-67., (10.5422/fordham/9780823278169.003.0004)
2016
- Edbury, P. 2016. Making sense of the Annales de Terre Sainte: thirteenth-century vernacular narratives from the Latin east’. In: Crusader Landscapes in the Medieval Levant: the Archaeology and History of the Latin East. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pp. 403-413.
- Edbury, P. 2016. Ernoul, Eracles and the Fifth Crusade. In: The Fifth Crusade in Context The Crusading Movement in the Early Thirteenth Century. London: Routledge, pp. 163-174., (10.4324/9781315574059-28)
2015
- Edbury, P. W. 2015. Ernoul, Eracles and the beginnings of Frankish rule in Cyprus, 1192-1232. In: Rogge, S. and Grunbart, M. eds. Medieval Cyprus - A Place of Cultural Encounter, Conference Münster, 6-8 December 2012. Schriften des Instituts für Interdisziplinäre Zypern-Studien Vol. 11. Munster: Waxmann, pp. 29-51.
- Edbury, P. W. 2015. Reflections on the Mamluk destruction of Acre (1291). In: Christ, G. et al. eds. Union in Separation: Diasporic Groups and Identities in the Eastern Mediterranean (1100-1700). Viella, pp. 199-205.
- Edbury, P. W. and Coureas, N. 2015. The chronicle of Amadi. Nicosia: Cyprus Research Centre.
2014
- Edbury, P. W. 2014. Thoros of Armenia and the Kingdom of Jerusalem. In: John, S. and Morton, N. eds. Crusading and warfare in the middle Ages: Realities and Representations. Ashgate, pp. 181-190.
- Edbury, P. W. 2014. Law and history in the Latin East. Ashgate.
2013
- Edbury, P. W. 2013. cultural encounters in th elatin East: John of Jaffa and Philip of Novara. In: Salonen, K., Vogt, H. and Jensen, V. eds. Cultural Encounters during the Crusades. Odense: University Press of Southern Denmark, pp. 229-236.
- Edbury, P. W. 2013. The Assises d'Antioche: law and custom in the Principality of Antioch. In: Stringer, K. and Jotischky, A. eds. Norman Expansion - Connections, Continuities and Contrasts. Ashgate, pp. 241-248.
- Edbury, P. 2013. ‘The 1191 Conquest of Cyprus Revisited’. In: Doratli, N. ed. Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Cyprus Studies., Vol. 1. Salamis: EMU publication, pp. 1-12.
2012
- Edbury, P. 2012. Famagusta and the Tradition of History Writing in Frankish Cyprus. In: Walsh, M. J. K., Edbury, P. and Coureas, N. eds. Medieval and Renaissance Famagusta: Studies in Architecture, Art and History. Studies in Architecture, Art and History Farnham: Ashgate, pp. 43-52.
- Edbury, P. W. ed. 2012. The military orders: Vol 5: Politics and power. Ashgate.
- Edbury, P. W. 2012. The Last Lusignans (1432-1489): A political history. Epeterida tou Kentrou Epistimonikon Erevnon, pp. 147-234.
- Walsh, M. J. K., Edbury, P. and Coureas, N. eds. 2012. Medieval and Renaissance Famagusta: Studies in architecture, art and history. Aldershot: Ashgate.
2011
- Edbury, P. W. 2011. Gerard of Ridefort and the Battle of Le Cresson (1 May 1187: The developing narrative tradition. In: Nicholson, H. J. ed. On the Margins of Crusading: The Military Orders, the Papacy and the Christian World. Crusades: Subsidia Vol. 4. Farnham: Ashgate, pp. 45-60.
- Edbury, P. W. 2011. The Assises d'antioche: law and custom in the Principality of Antioch. Presented at: Norman Expansion - Connections, Continuities and Contrasts, Lancaster University, Lancashire, UK, 2011.
- Edbury, P. W. 2011. Machaut, Mézières, Makhairas and Amadi: Constructing the reign of Peter I (1359-1369). In: Blumenfeld-Kosinski, R. and Petkov, K. eds. The age of Philippe de Mezieres. Brill, pp. 347-358., (10.1163/9789004211445_019)
2010
- Edbury, P. W. 2010. The arrest of the Templars in Cyprus. In: Burgtorf, J., Crawford, P. F. and Nicholson, H. J. eds. The Debate on the Trial of the Templars (1307-1314). Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, pp. 249-258.
- Edbury, P. W. 2010. New perspectives on the Old French continuations of William of Tyre. Crusades 9, pp. 107-136.
2009
- Edbury, P. W. ed. 2009. Philip of Novara: Le livre de forme de plait [Critical edition and translation].Edbury, P. W. Texts and Studies in the History of Cyprus Vol. 61. Nicosia: Cyprus Research Centre.
2008
- Edbury, P. W. 2008. Cultural encounters in the Latin East: John of Jaffa and Philip of Novara. Presented at: Cultural Encounters during the Crusades, Damascus, Syria, 2008.
- Edbury, P. W. 2008. Celestine III, the Crusade and the Latin East. In: Doran, J. and Smith, D. A. eds. Pope Celestine III (1191-1198): Diplomat and Pastor. Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West Farnham: Ashgate, pp. 129-144.
2007
- Edbury, P. W. 2007. The French Translation of William of Tyre's Historia: the Manuscript Tradition. Crusades 6, pp. 69-105.
- Edbury, P. W. 2007. British historiography on the Crusades and military orders: from Barker and Smail to contemporary historians. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/share/resources/CHP3%20Edbury.pdf
2005
- Edbury, P. W. 2005. Franks. In: Nicolaou-Konnari, A. and Schabel, C. D. eds. Cyprus: Society and Culture 1191-1374. Brill, Leiden, pp. 63-101.
2003
- Edbury, P. W. ed. 2003. John of Ibelin: le livre des assises. The Medieval Mediterranean Vol. 50. Leiden: Brill.
2002
- Edbury, P. W. 2002. Latins and Greeks on crusader Cyprus. In: Abulafia, D. and Berend, N. eds. Medieval Frontiers: Concepts and Practices. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, pp. 133-142.
Articles
- Edbury, P. 2024. Setting the record straight? Ernoul’s account of the fall of Jerusalem. Crusades 23(1), pp. 17-24. (10.1080/14765276.2024.2359668)
- Edbury, P. W. 2021. A threat to invade Cyprus: Pope John XXII, Walter of Brienne Duke of Athens, and the Latin East in 1331. Frankokratia 2(2), pp. 179–195. (10.1163/25895931-12340011)
- Edbury, P. 2020. The old French translation of William of Tyre and templars. Medievalista 27 (10.4000/medievalista.2786)
- Edbury, P. W. 2012. The Last Lusignans (1432-1489): A political history. Epeterida tou Kentrou Epistimonikon Erevnon, pp. 147-234.
- Edbury, P. W. 2010. New perspectives on the Old French continuations of William of Tyre. Crusades 9, pp. 107-136.
- Edbury, P. W. 2007. The French Translation of William of Tyre's Historia: the Manuscript Tradition. Crusades 6, pp. 69-105.
Book sections
- Edbury, P. 2022. The Colbert-Fontainebleau continuation of William of Tyre, 1184-1247: structure and composition. In: Buck, A. and Smith, T. eds. Outremer. Outremer. Studies in the Crusades and the Latin East Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Publishers, pp. 203-222., (10.1484/M.OUTREMER-EB.5.128889)
- Edbury, P. 2020. ‘Sultan al-Kamil, the Emperor Frederick II and the Surrender of Jerusalem as presented by the anonymous Chronique d’Ernoul’. In: Edbury, P., Pringle, R. and Major, . eds. Bridge of Civilizations: The Near East and Europe c. 1100-1300. Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 297-301.
- Edbury, P. 2019. ‘Conrad versus Saladin: the siege of Tyre, November-December 1187’. In: Lippiatt, G. E. M. and Bird, J. L. eds. Crusading Europe: Essays in Honour of Christopher Tyerman. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 237-247.
- Edbury, P. 2018. The Lyon Eracles revisited. In: Menache, S., Kedar, B. Z. and Balard, M. eds. Crusading and Trading between West and East: Studies in Honour of David Jacoby. London: Routledge, pp. 40-53., (10.4324/9781315142753-4)
- Edbury, P. W. 2018. The Assizes of Jerusalem and legal practice: the political crisis in Cyprus in the early fourteenth century. In: Devard, J. and Ribemont, B. eds. Autour des Assises de Jérusalem. Paris: Classiques Garnier, pp. 143-157.
- Edbury, P. 2018. Ernoul, Eracles and the collapse of the kingdom of Jerusalem. In: Morreale, L. and Paul, N. L. eds. The French of Outremer: Communities and Communication in the Crusading Mediterranean. New York: Fordham U.P., pp. 44-67., (10.5422/fordham/9780823278169.003.0004)
- Edbury, P. 2016. Making sense of the Annales de Terre Sainte: thirteenth-century vernacular narratives from the Latin east’. In: Crusader Landscapes in the Medieval Levant: the Archaeology and History of the Latin East. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pp. 403-413.
- Edbury, P. 2016. Ernoul, Eracles and the Fifth Crusade. In: The Fifth Crusade in Context The Crusading Movement in the Early Thirteenth Century. London: Routledge, pp. 163-174., (10.4324/9781315574059-28)
- Edbury, P. W. 2015. Ernoul, Eracles and the beginnings of Frankish rule in Cyprus, 1192-1232. In: Rogge, S. and Grunbart, M. eds. Medieval Cyprus - A Place of Cultural Encounter, Conference Münster, 6-8 December 2012. Schriften des Instituts für Interdisziplinäre Zypern-Studien Vol. 11. Munster: Waxmann, pp. 29-51.
- Edbury, P. W. 2015. Reflections on the Mamluk destruction of Acre (1291). In: Christ, G. et al. eds. Union in Separation: Diasporic Groups and Identities in the Eastern Mediterranean (1100-1700). Viella, pp. 199-205.
- Edbury, P. W. 2014. Thoros of Armenia and the Kingdom of Jerusalem. In: John, S. and Morton, N. eds. Crusading and warfare in the middle Ages: Realities and Representations. Ashgate, pp. 181-190.
- Edbury, P. W. 2013. cultural encounters in th elatin East: John of Jaffa and Philip of Novara. In: Salonen, K., Vogt, H. and Jensen, V. eds. Cultural Encounters during the Crusades. Odense: University Press of Southern Denmark, pp. 229-236.
- Edbury, P. W. 2013. The Assises d'Antioche: law and custom in the Principality of Antioch. In: Stringer, K. and Jotischky, A. eds. Norman Expansion - Connections, Continuities and Contrasts. Ashgate, pp. 241-248.
- Edbury, P. 2013. ‘The 1191 Conquest of Cyprus Revisited’. In: Doratli, N. ed. Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Cyprus Studies., Vol. 1. Salamis: EMU publication, pp. 1-12.
- Edbury, P. 2012. Famagusta and the Tradition of History Writing in Frankish Cyprus. In: Walsh, M. J. K., Edbury, P. and Coureas, N. eds. Medieval and Renaissance Famagusta: Studies in Architecture, Art and History. Studies in Architecture, Art and History Farnham: Ashgate, pp. 43-52.
- Edbury, P. W. 2011. Gerard of Ridefort and the Battle of Le Cresson (1 May 1187: The developing narrative tradition. In: Nicholson, H. J. ed. On the Margins of Crusading: The Military Orders, the Papacy and the Christian World. Crusades: Subsidia Vol. 4. Farnham: Ashgate, pp. 45-60.
- Edbury, P. W. 2011. Machaut, Mézières, Makhairas and Amadi: Constructing the reign of Peter I (1359-1369). In: Blumenfeld-Kosinski, R. and Petkov, K. eds. The age of Philippe de Mezieres. Brill, pp. 347-358., (10.1163/9789004211445_019)
- Edbury, P. W. 2010. The arrest of the Templars in Cyprus. In: Burgtorf, J., Crawford, P. F. and Nicholson, H. J. eds. The Debate on the Trial of the Templars (1307-1314). Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, pp. 249-258.
- Edbury, P. W. 2008. Celestine III, the Crusade and the Latin East. In: Doran, J. and Smith, D. A. eds. Pope Celestine III (1191-1198): Diplomat and Pastor. Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West Farnham: Ashgate, pp. 129-144.
- Edbury, P. W. 2005. Franks. In: Nicolaou-Konnari, A. and Schabel, C. D. eds. Cyprus: Society and Culture 1191-1374. Brill, Leiden, pp. 63-101.
- Edbury, P. W. 2002. Latins and Greeks on crusader Cyprus. In: Abulafia, D. and Berend, N. eds. Medieval Frontiers: Concepts and Practices. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, pp. 133-142.
Books
- Edbury, P., Pringle, R. D. and Major, B. eds. 2020. Bridge of civilizations: The Near East and Europe c. 1100-1300. Oxford: Archaeopress.
- Edbury, P. W. and Coureas, N. 2015. The chronicle of Amadi. Nicosia: Cyprus Research Centre.
- Edbury, P. W. 2014. Law and history in the Latin East. Ashgate.
- Edbury, P. W. ed. 2012. The military orders: Vol 5: Politics and power. Ashgate.
- Walsh, M. J. K., Edbury, P. and Coureas, N. eds. 2012. Medieval and Renaissance Famagusta: Studies in architecture, art and history. Aldershot: Ashgate.
- Edbury, P. W. ed. 2009. Philip of Novara: Le livre de forme de plait [Critical edition and translation].Edbury, P. W. Texts and Studies in the History of Cyprus Vol. 61. Nicosia: Cyprus Research Centre.
- Edbury, P. W. ed. 2003. John of Ibelin: le livre des assises. The Medieval Mediterranean Vol. 50. Leiden: Brill.
Conferences
- Edbury, P. W. 2011. The Assises d'antioche: law and custom in the Principality of Antioch. Presented at: Norman Expansion - Connections, Continuities and Contrasts, Lancaster University, Lancashire, UK, 2011.
- Edbury, P. W. 2008. Cultural encounters in the Latin East: John of Jaffa and Philip of Novara. Presented at: Cultural Encounters during the Crusades, Damascus, Syria, 2008.
Monographs
- Edbury, P. W. 2007. British historiography on the Crusades and military orders: from Barker and Smail to contemporary historians. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/share/resources/CHP3%20Edbury.pdf
- Edbury, P. W. 2011. Gerard of Ridefort and the Battle of Le Cresson (1 May 1187: The developing narrative tradition. In: Nicholson, H. J. ed. On the Margins of Crusading: The Military Orders, the Papacy and the Christian World. Crusades: Subsidia Vol. 4. Farnham: Ashgate, pp. 45-60.
- Edbury, P. W. 2011. Machaut, Mézières, Makhairas and Amadi: Constructing the reign of Peter I (1359-1369). In: Blumenfeld-Kosinski, R. and Petkov, K. eds. The age of Philippe de Mezieres. Brill, pp. 347-358., (10.1163/9789004211445_019)
- Edbury, P. W. 2010. The arrest of the Templars in Cyprus. In: Burgtorf, J., Crawford, P. F. and Nicholson, H. J. eds. The Debate on the Trial of the Templars (1307-1314). Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, pp. 249-258.
- Edbury, P. W. 2010. New perspectives on the Old French continuations of William of Tyre. Crusades 9, pp. 107-136.
- Edbury, P. W. ed. 2009. Philip of Novara: Le livre de forme de plait [Critical edition and translation].Edbury, P. W. Texts and Studies in the History of Cyprus Vol. 61. Nicosia: Cyprus Research Centre.
- Edbury, P. W. 2007. The French Translation of William of Tyre's Historia: the Manuscript Tradition. Crusades 6, pp. 69-105.
- Edbury, P. W. 2007. British historiography on the Crusades and military orders: from Barker and Smail to contemporary historians. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/share/resources/CHP3%20Edbury.pdf
- Edbury, P. W. 2005. Franks. In: Nicolaou-Konnari, A. and Schabel, C. D. eds. Cyprus: Society and Culture 1191-1374. Brill, Leiden, pp. 63-101.
- Edbury, P. W. ed. 2003. John of Ibelin: le livre des assises. The Medieval Mediterranean Vol. 50. Leiden: Brill.
- Edbury, P. W. 2002. Latins and Greeks on crusader Cyprus. In: Abulafia, D. and Berend, N. eds. Medieval Frontiers: Concepts and Practices. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, pp. 133-142.
Biography
Education
- MA Medieval History, St Andrews, 1970
- PhD, St Andrews, 1974
Career overview
- 1973-1977 – Research Lecturer, Christ Church, Oxford.
- 1977-2013 – Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer, Reader and (from 2000) Professor of Medieval History, Cardiff University