Robert I. Frost
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Robert I. Frost FBA (born 1958) is a British historian and academic.[1] His interests are in the history of Eastern and Northern Europe of 14th to the 19th centuries, with primary focus on Poland–Lithuania and the history of warfare of the period.[2]
He attended the University of St Andrews and the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. He earned his doctorate in the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at the University of London.
He was a schoolmaster for three years in the mid-1980s. Frost became a temporary and permanent lecturer in history at King's College London, in 1987 and 1988 respectively, and Reader in 2001. He served as head of department there for three years. In 2004, he was appointed professor of early modern history at the University of Aberdeen, and there he served as head of the School of Divinity, History and Philosophy from 2004 to 2009. In 2013, he was appointed to the Burnett-Fletcher Chair of History.[3]
Bibliography[edit]
- The Northern Wars, War, State and Society in Northeastern Europe, 1558-1721, 2000
- After the Deluge: Poland–Lithuania and the Second Northern War, 1655-1660, 1994
- Co-editor, with Anne Goldgar, Institutional Culture in Early Modern Society, 2004
- The Oxford History of Poland–Lithuania (The Oxford History of Early Modern Europe)
- Vol. I: "The Making of the Polish–Lithuanian Union, 1385-1569", 2015, ISBN 0198208693
References[edit]
- ^ "Frost, Robert I", Library of Congress Authorities
- ^ "About the author" from his book, The Oxford History of Poland–Lithuania
- ^ "Robert Frost profile". University of Aberdeen. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
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