Peter Biller
British historian
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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]
Peter Biller | |
|---|---|
| Spouse | Miggy Biller |
| Academic background | |
| Education | St Benedict's School, Ealing |
| Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Medieval history |
| Institutions | University of York |
Education and fellowships
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
- 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]
