Dr Caroline Burt
Caroline Burt is a medieval historian whose research to date has focused on the reigns of Edward I (1272-1307) and Edward II (1307-27) and on English governance during that period. She is particularly interested in ideas about governance and the practical implementation of royal authority and policy within England as a whole.
She has published several articles and a monograph on Edward I with Cambridge University Press (Edward I and the Governance of England, 1272-1307). An article summarising her research in Edward II, which offers new perspectives on the reign, was published in 2015.
Her latest book Arise England: Six Kings and the Making of the English State, 1199-1399, for which she secured Newton Trust sabbatical funding in 2015-16, is due for publication by Faber & Faber in 2023-4.
She is currently working on a monograph on The Lancasters, 1267-1399.
Dr Burt's research to date has focused on the reigns of Edward I (1272-1307) and Edward II (1307-27) and on English governance during that period. She is particularly interested in ideas about governance and the practical implementation of royal authority and policy within England as a whole. She has published several articles and most recently a monograph on Edward I with Cambridge University Press (Edward I and the Governance of England, 1272-1307). An article summarising her latest research in Edward II, which offers new perspectives on the reign, was published in 2015, and she is currently working on a major new monograph on English history from 1199 to 1399.
Caroline Burt is available for consultancy.
Dr Burt is very happy to consider proposals for research on thirteenth and fourteenth century British history.
Dr Burt teaches Part I papers 3 and 8 (medieval British political, and social and economic history, 1050-1500), as well as undergraduate dissertations. She also lectures in this field.
Undergraduate Admissions Tutor, Pembroke College
Director of Studies in History, Pembroke College
Board Member, Qualifications Wales
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Office Phone: 01223 338106
Key Publications
- 'The Demise of the General Eyre in the Reign of Edward I', English Historical Review, 2005, pp. 1-14
- ‘ “The Peace Less Kept”? The Origins, Revelations and Impact of Edward I’s Trailbaston Commissions of 1305-7’, in Thirteenth Century England, XII, eds. J. Burton, P. Schofield, B. Weiler (Woodbridge, 2009)
- 'A ‘Bastard Feudal’ Affinity in the Making? The Followings of William and Guy Beauchamp, Earls of Warwick, 1268-1315’ Midland History (autumn 2009)
- ‘Kings, Lords and Commons in Late Medieval England: A Contractual Relationship?’, in Political Contracts in the Medieval West, ed. F. Foronda (Madrid, Casa de Velazquez, 2010)
- Edward I and the Governance of England, 1272-1307 (Cambridge University Press, 2012)
- 'Edward I: A Model Medieval King?', BBC History Magazine (December 2012)
- 'Local Government in Warwickshire and Worcestershire under Edward II' in Political Society in Later Medieval England: A Festschrift for Christine Carpenter, eds. B. Thompson and J. L. Watts (Woodbridge, 2015)