Peter Biller

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Peter Biller
NationalityBritish
SpouseMiggy Biller
Academic background
EducationSt Benedict's School, Ealing
Alma materOriel College, Oxford
Academic work
DisciplineMedieval history
InstitutionsUniversity of York

Peter Biller FBA FRHistS is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of York, where he has taught since 1970.[1][2] Biller is general editor of the York Medieval Press,[3] a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow of the British Academy.[4] His research interests include academic thought, heresy, inquisition including AHRB funded research on inquisition trials, and medicine in medieval Europe.[5] He is a member of the board of Bollettino della Società di Studi Valdesi.[5] He is married to mathematician Miggy Biller.[6]

Education and fellowships[edit]

St Benedict's School, Ealing; Oriel College, Oxford (BA Modern Hist. 1966; MA 1970; DPhil 1974; Hon. Fellow 2017). FRHistS 1987. FBA 2012. Honorary Fellow Oriel College Oxford 2017. Corresponding Fellow Medieval Academy of America 2022. [7]

Selected publications[edit]

  • Biller, Peter; Hudson, Anne, eds. (1996). Heresy and Literacy, 1000-1530. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-57576-8.
  • The Waldenses 1170-1530: Between a Religious Order and a Church. Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot, 2001. Variorum Collected Studies[8]
  • The Measure of Multitude: Population in Medieval Thought. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pete Biller Professor of History. University of York. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  2. ^ "The Making of Medieval History". www.makingmedievalhistory.com.
  3. ^ Publishing. University of York Centre for Medieval Studies. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  4. ^ BILLER, Professor Peter. Archived 30 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine The British Academy. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Pete Biller - History, The University of York". www.york.ac.uk.
  6. ^ Biller, Miggy, Ian Heavens memorial, archived from the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 31 December 2015.
  7. ^ "WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO.
  8. ^ The Waldenses, 1170–1530. Ashgate. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  9. ^ Reviewed Work: The Measure of Multitude: Population in Medieval Thought by Peter Biller William Chester Jordan, Social History, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Feb., 2004), pp. 116-118.