Bryan Ward-Perkins
English archaeologist and historian
Bryan Ward-Perkins is an archaeologist and historian of the later Roman Empire and early Middle Ages , with a particular focus on the transitional period between those two eras, an historical sub-field also known as Late Antiquity . Ward-Perkins is a fellow and tutor in history at Trinity College, Oxford . [1]
Early life and education
The son of historian John Bryan Ward-Perkins , he was born and raised in Rome and spoke Italian from childhood. [2] He graduated from the University of Oxford with a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1980: his doctoral thesis was titled "Urban public building in Italy, north of Salerno 300–850 AD". [3]
Academic interests
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Ward-Perkins' published work has focused primarily on the urban and economic history of the Mediterranean and western Europe during Late Antiquity . His 2005 book, The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization , included statements addressing what he saw as an over-correction in the approaches of modern historiography to late Roman history. Using primarily archaeological evidence, Ward-Perkins takes issue with what he says is the "fashionable" idea that the western Roman Empire did not actually fall but instead experienced a mostly-benign transformation into the Christian kingdoms of medieval Europe . In his contrasting view, "the coming of the Germanic peoples was very unpleasant for the Roman population, and the long-term effects of the dissolution of the empire were dramatic." [4]
Ward-Perkins' contributions to fourteenth volume of The Cambridge Ancient History were praised by Jan Willem Drijvers and Geoffrey Greatrex , with the latter declaring that Ward-Perkins' chapters on the economy of the late Roman Empire were "among the finest of the volume". [5] [6]
Awards and honours
- 2006 Hessell-Tiltman Prize , The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization
Selected works
- 1984: From Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages: urban public building in Northern and Central Italy AD 300–850 . Oxford: Clarendon Press ISBN 0-19-821898-2
- 1998: "The Cities", in The Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. XIII: 337–425
- 2000: "Why did the Anglo-Saxons not become more British?" ( English Historical Review , June 2000)
- 2001: The Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. XIV: 425–600 (edited with Averil Cameron and Michael Whitby ). Cambridge University Press
- 2005: The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization. Oxford: Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-280564-9
- Smith, R. R. R. ; Ward-Perkins, Bryan, eds. (2016). The Last Statues of Antiquity . Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198753322 .
References
- ↑ Bryan Ward-Perkins Archived March 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Trinity College, University of Oxford, 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ↑ "A personal (and very patchy) account of medieval archaeology in the early 1970s in northern Italy" Archived 2014-05-18 at the Wayback Machine by Bryan Ward-Perkins in European Journal of Post-Classical Archaeologies , Vol. 1, 2011.
- ↑ Ward-Perkins, B. (1980). "Urban public building in Italy, north of Salerno 300–850 AD" . E-Thesis Online Service . The British Library Board.
- ↑ Ward-Perkins, Bryan (2005). The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization . Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-280728-5 .
- ↑ Jan Willem Drijvers, 'Reviewed Work: The Cambridge Ancient History XIV. Late Antiquity: Empire and Successors, AD 425–600 by Averil Cameron, Bryan Ward-Perkins and Michael Whitby', Mnemosyne , Fourth Series, Vol. 56, Fasc. 2 (2003), p. 242.
- ↑ Geoffrey Greatrex, 'Reviewed Work: The Cambridge Ancient History XIV. Late Antiquity: Empire and Successors, AD 425–600 by Averil Cameron, Bryan Ward-Perkins and Michael Whitby', Phoenix , Vol. 57, No. 1/2 (Spring - Summer, 2003), p. 183.
External links
- Staff profile at University of Oxford History Faculty
- A joint interview with Bryan Ward-Perkins and Peter Heather at Oxford University Press
- Podcast Bryan Ward-Perkins on the Fall of the Roman Empire
- Interview about The Fall of Rome for Historically Speaking . (archived from the original)
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