Pauline Stafford
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Born
1 September 1946
Pauline Ann Johnson
1 September 1946
Leeds
CitizenshipBritish
AlmamaterSt Theresa's Roman Catholic Primary School, Leeds; Mount St Mary's Girls Grammar School, Leeds; Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
FieldsAnglo Saxon England
Pauline Stafford | |
|---|---|
| Born | Pauline Ann Johnson 1 September 1946 Leeds |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | St Theresa's Roman Catholic Primary School, Leeds; Mount St Mary's Girls Grammar School, Leeds; Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Anglo Saxon England |
| Institutions | Huddersfield University; Liverpool University |
Pauline Stafford is Professor Emerita of Early Medieval History at Liverpool University and a visiting professor at Leeds University in England. Dr. Stafford is a former vice-president of the Royal Historical Society.[1]
Her work focuses on the history of women and gender in England from the eighth to the early twelfth century, and on the same topics in the history of the Franks from the eighth to the ninth century, as well as on the Anglo Saxon Chronicles after Alfred.[2]
Education
Stafford studied medieval history at Oxford.[2] Her PhD thesis on Aethelraed the Unready was supervised by Pierre Chaplais and examined by Henry Loyn and Karl Leyser.[2]
