About the lecture

In this module, we think about the evidence for the reign of Henry II, focusing in particular on the historical accounts written in the later part of his reign, his royal charters (of which there are more than 3,000) and the financial accounts contained in the pipe rolls.

About the lecturer

Hugh Doherty is Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of East Anglia. He was taught at King’s College, London, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Oxford, where he completed a thesis under Rees Davies and Richard Sharpe. He has worked on two ARHC-funded research projects on royal writs and charters in the twelfth and early thirteenth century, and between September 2008 and September 2013 was a research fellow at Jesus College, Oxford. He joined the School of History at UEA in September 2013.