Professor Matthew Strickland

Professor of Medieval History (History)

telephone: 01413306164
email: Matthew.Strickland@glasgow.ac.uk

R301 Level 3, History, 10 University Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QH

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-1912

Research interests

Chivalry and the conduct of war in medieval Britain and Europe
Kingship and political culture in the Anglo-Norman and Angevin realms, 11^th-13^th c
Aristocratic rebellion and concepts of treason
Medieval warfare, castles, fortifications

A main theme of my research has been the nature of conduct in medieval warfare, which I have explored in relation to the Anglo-Norman and Angevin period in War and Chivalry: The Conduct and Perception of War in England and Normandy, 1066-1217 (Cambridge University Press, 1996). A particular focus is on the ways in which those defeated in war were treated, and the crucial transition from the killing or enslavement of captives to the development in western Europe of customs regulating behaviour in war and of ‘chivalric’ concepts of ransom and clemency. I have also explored some of these themes in relation to Anglo-Scottish warfare, and with Edward Spiers and Jeremy Crang I co-edited A Military History of Scotland (Edinburgh University Press, 2012), which won the Saltire Society’s Scottish History Book of the Year, 2012, and the Society for Army Historical Research’s Templer Medal. My interest in medieval warfare more broadly is reflected in The Great Warbow: From Hastings to the Mary Rose (Haynes, 2005), co-authored with Robert Hardy, a military and social history of the longbow which explores how and why this weapon, and the archers who drew it, came to play so significant and distinctive a role in the English victories of the Hundred Years War, as well to trace its wider European dissemination and continuing use in insular armies until at least the late sixteenth century.

My second principal research theme is the nature of aristocratic rebellion in Britain and France between the eleventh and early fourteenth centuries, exploring how armed opposition to the ruler was justified, prosecuted, contained and punished, and the changing relationship of rebellion to concepts of treason. My biography of Henry the Young King, 1155-1183 (Yale University Press, 2016), which was shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize, explores notions of kingship, succession and rule within the Angevin ‘empire’ through a study of the brief but turbulent life of Henry, the eldest surviving son of Henry II. Widely admired as a paragon of chivalry, young Henry was the first and last heir since the Norman Conquest to be crowned during the lifetime of the reigning king, but his frustration at being denied effective co-rulership resulted in his leading two major rebellions against his own father. A closely related research strand has been to explore the ways in which the contexts of rebellion or civil war affected the nature of warfare and conflict.

Publications

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2023

Strickland, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-1912 (2023) Rebellion, resistance and restoration: strategies of limited violence in late Anglo-Saxon England, 1042–1066. Global Intellectual History, (doi: 10.1080/23801883.2023.2201951) (Early Online Publication)

2022

Strickland, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-1912 (2022) Warfare and violence. In: Pohl, Benjamin (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to the Age of William the Conqueror. Series: Cambridge Companions to Culture. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, pp. 225-243. ISBN 9781108728478 (doi: 10.1017/9781108628884.012)

2021

Strickland, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-1912 (2021) Le roi Jean et la répression de la rébellion, 1199-1216. In: Aurell, M. (ed.) Gouverner l’empire Plantagenêt (1152-1224): Autorité, symboles, ideologie. Series: Régions pays de la Loire et Éditions 303. Éditions 303, pp. 156-175. ISBN 9791093572666

Strickland, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-1912 (2021) Bella plus quam civilia? The place of battle in the context of civil war under the Anglo-Norman and Angevin Kings, c. 1100– c. 1217. In: France, John, DeVries, Kelly and Rogers, Clifford J. (eds.) Journal of Medieval Military History. Volume XIX. Boydell Press: Woodbridge, pp. 57-76. ISBN 9781783275915

2020

Strickland, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-1912 (2020) "Undying Glory by the Sword's Edge": writing and remembering battle in Anglo-Saxon England. In: Ní Mhaonaigh, Máire, Naismith, Rory and Rowe, Elizabeth Ashman (eds.) Writing Battles: New Perspectives on Warfare and Memory in Medieval Europe. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781788316743

2019

Strickland, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-1912 (2019) Dreaming of reform: visions and admonitions as criticism of the ruler in the Anglo-Norman and Angevin realms. In: Kellermann, Karina, Plassman, Alheydis and Schwermann, Christian (eds.) Kritik am Herrscher: Möglichkeiten, Chancen, Methoden. V&R Unipress, Bonn University Press: Gottingen, pp. 237-266. ISBN 9783847110880

2016

Strickland, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-1912 (2016) La chevalerie des Normands? La conquête et la conduit de la guerre dans le monde normand. In: Bates, David and Baudoin, Pierre (eds.) 911-2011 Penser les mondes normands médiévaux. Presses Universitaires de Caen: Caen, pp. 293-308. ISBN 9782841337743

Strickland, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-1912 (2016) Henry the Young King, 1155-1183. Yale University Press: New Haven. ISBN 9780300215519

Strickland, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-1912 (2016) Military technology and political resistance: castles, fleets and the changing face of comital rebellion in England and Normandy, c. 1026-1087. In: Hudson, John and Crumplin, Sally (eds.) ‘The Making of Europe’: Essays in Honour of Robert Bartlett. Brill: Leiden and Boston, pp. 145-183. ISBN 9789004248397

2015

Strickland, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-1912 (2015) Chivalry, Piety and Conduct. In: Curry, Anne and Mercer, Malcolm (eds.) The Battle of Agincourt. Yale University Press in association with the Royal Armouries: London and New Haven, pp. 36-49. ISBN 9780300214307

2014

Strickland, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-1912 (2014) Status, display and defence on the welsh march, circa 1067-1067. Reflection on context and functions of the great tower at Chepstow, Gwent. In: Zotz, T. and Zettler, A. (eds.) Die Burgen im mittelalterlichen Breisgau - Aspekte von Burg und Herrschaft im interdisziplinären und überregionalen Vergleich. Series: Archäologie und Geschichte (18). Thorbecke Verlag: Ostfildern, pp. 89-110. ISBN 9783799573689

2012

Spiers, E.M., Crang, J.A. and Strickland, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-1912 (Eds.) (2012) A Military History of Scotland. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, UK. ISBN 9780748633357

Strickland, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-1912 (2012) The kings of Scots at war, 1093-1286. In: Spiers, E.M., Crang, J.A. and Strickland, M. (eds.) A Military History of Scotland. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, UK. ISBN 9780748633357

2011

Strickland, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-1912 (2011) Henry I and the Battle of the Two Kings: Brémule, 1119. In: Crouch, D. and Thompson, K. (eds.) Normandy and its Neighbours, 900-1250: Essays for David Bates. Brepols, pp. 77-116. ISBN 9782503520629 (doi: 10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.5032)

2010

Strickland, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-1912 (2010) France, 900-1328. Sources, Historiography, Narrative. In: Rogers, C.J., Caferro, W. and Reid, S. (eds.) The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195334036

Strickland, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-1912 (2010) Mise à mort ou clémence? La rançon, la chevalerie et la transformation de l’attitude à l’égard des ennemis vaincus dans les îles Britanniques et dans la France du nord. In: Barthélemy, D. and Cheynet, J.-C. (eds.) Guerre et société au Moyen Âge Byzance – Occident (viiie – xiiie siècle). Series: Monographies (Centre de recherche d'histoire et civilisation de Byzance) (31). l’Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne: Paris, France. ISBN 9782916716220

2009

Strickland, M.J. (2009) 'All brought to nought and thy state undone': treason, disinvestiture and the disgracing of arms under Edward II. In: Keen, M.H., Coss, P.R. and Tyerman, C. (eds.) Soldiers, Nobles and Gentlemen: Essays in Honour of Maurice Keen. Boydell Press: Woodbridge, USA, pp. 279-304. ISBN 9781843834861

2008

Strickland, M.J. (2008) In coronam regiam iniuriam: The Barons' War and the legal status of rebellion, 1264-1266. In: Andersen, P., Munster-Swendsen, M. and Vogt, H. (eds.) Law and Power in the Middle Ages. Proceedings of the Fourth Carlsberg Academy Conference on Medieval Legal History. DJOF Publishing: Copenhagen, Denmark, pp. 171-198. ISBN 9788757418842

Strickland, M.J. (2008) Treason, feud and the growth of state violence: Edward I and the 'War of the Earl of Carrick', 1306-7. In: Given-Wilson, C., Kettle, A.J. and Scales, L. (eds.) War, Government and Aristocracy in the British Isles, c.1150-1500: Essays in Honour of Michael Prestwich. Boydell Press: Woodbridge, USA, pp. 84-113. ISBN 9781843833895

Strickland, M.J. (2008) The vanquished body: some comparisons and conclusions. In: Fierro, M.I. and García Fitz, F. (eds.) El Cuerpo Derrotado: Cómo Trataban Musulmanes y Cristianos a los Enemigos Vencidos: Península Ibérica, ss. VIII-XIII. Series: Estudios árabes e islámicos: monografías (15). Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas: Madrid, Spain, pp. 531-570. ISBN 9788400087210

2007

Strickland, M.J. (2007) On the instruction of a prince: the upbringing of Henry, the young king. In: Harper-Bill, C. and Vincent, N. (eds.) Henry II: New Interpretations. Boydell Press: Woodbridge, USA, pp. 184-214. ISBN 9781843833406

Strickland, M.J. (2007) Reconciliation ou humiliation? la suppression de la rébellion aristocratique dans les royaumes Anglo-Normand et Angevin. In: Bougy, C. and Poirey, S. (eds.) Images de la Contestation du Pouvoir dans le Monde Normand: Xe-XVIIIe Siècle: Actes du Colloque de Cerisy-la-Salle, 29 Septembre-3 Octobre 2004. Université de Caen-Basse Normandie: Caen, France. ISBN 9782841332724

2006

Strickland, M.J. (2006) Rules of war and war without rules, with special regard to the relationship of combatants and non-combatants in the Middle Ages. In: Kortüm, H.H. (ed.) Transcultural Wars from the Middle Ages to the Twenty-first Century. Academie Verlag: Berlin, pp. 107-140. ISBN 9783050041315

2005

Strickland, M.J. and Hardy, R. (2005) The Great Warbow: from Hastings to the Mary Rose. Sutton: Stroud. ISBN 0750931671

2003

Strickland, M.J. (2003) The bones of the kingdom and the treason of Count John. In: Aurell, M. (ed.) Culture Politique des Plantagenêt, 1154-1224. Centre d'études Supérieures de Civilisation Médiévale, pp. 143-172. ISBN 9782951450677

2001

Strickland, M.J. (2001) Killing or clemency? changing attitudes to conduct in war in eleventh and twelfth-century Britain and France. In: Kortüm, H.H. (ed.) Krieg im Mittelalter. Akademie Verlag: Berlin, Germany, pp. 93-122. ISBN 9783050034966

1998

Strickland, M.J. (Ed.) (1998) Armies, Chivalry And Warfare In Medieval Britain And France. Series: Harlaxton medieval studies. New series. Paul Watkins: Stamford, Lincs.. ISBN 9781871615890

1996

Strickland, M.J. (1996) War And Chivalry: The Conduct And Perception Of War In England And Normandy. Series: Cambridge studies in Medieval life and thought. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. ISBN 052144392X

1994

Strickland, M.J. (1994) Against the Lord's anointed: aspects of warfare and baronial rebellion in England and Normandy 1075-1265. In: Garnett, G. and Hudson, J. (eds.) Law and government in medieval England and Normandy: essays in honour of Sir James Holt. Cambridge University Press, pp. 56-79. ISBN 9780521430760

1992

Strickland, M.J. (Ed.) (1992) Anglo-Norman Warfare: Studies In Late Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman Military Organization And Warfare. Boydell Press. ISBN 9780851153285

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Number of items: 30.

Articles

Books

Strickland, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-1912 (2016) Henry the Young King, 1155-1183. Yale University Press: New Haven. ISBN 9780300215519

Strickland, M.J. and Hardy, R. (2005) The Great Warbow: from Hastings to the Mary Rose. Sutton: Stroud. ISBN 0750931671

Book Sections

Edited Books

Spiers, E.M., Crang, J.A. and Strickland, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-1912 (Eds.) (2012) A Military History of Scotland. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, UK. ISBN 9780748633357

Strickland, M.J. (Ed.) (1998) Armies, Chivalry And Warfare In Medieval Britain And France. Series: Harlaxton medieval studies. New series. Paul Watkins: Stamford, Lincs.. ISBN 9781871615890

Strickland, M.J. (Ed.) (1992) Anglo-Norman Warfare: Studies In Late Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman Military Organization And Warfare. Boydell Press. ISBN 9780851153285

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Supervision

Doctoral Theses Supervised

Adam McNeil, ‘King John’s Military Response to the Loss of Normandy: The Campaigns of 1206 and 1214’, with Dr Stephen Marritt (2024)

Lili Scott Lintott, ‘The Grief of the Kings of England, 1154-1216’, with Professor John Hudson, University of St Andrews (2024)

James Gallacher, ‘The Accomplishments of Their Ancestors: Memory and Crusading in England, France, and Burgundy in the Fifteenth Century’, with Dr Jochen Schenk (2023)

Olivia Blythe Goulet Paterson, ‘‘Againste the Invasion and Incourse of Scottes in tyme of warre’: An Examination of Motivations behind Fortified Building in Northumberland, 1296-1415’, with Professor Stephen Driscoll (2023)

Daniel Oliver, ‘Burying the Deposed: Commemoration of Edward II, Richard II and Henry VI’, with Dr Stuart Airlie (2021)

Matthew Leeper, ‘Henry II and the Church in his Continental Territories: Expression and Recognition of Authority in the Angevin Empire’, with Dr Stephen Marritt (2020)

Aoife Haberlin, ‘The Infrastructure and Mechanics of Pilgrimage to the Latin East in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries , with Dr Jochen Schenk (2018)

Justin Smith, ‘”Spare No Rebel”: Conduct in Warfare in the English Campaigns in the Netherlands and Ireland under Elizabeth I’, with Professor Tony Pollard (2018)

Fergus Oakes, ‘The Nature of War and its Impact on Society during Barons’ War in England, 1263-1267’, with Dr Stephen Marritt (2014)

Colette Bowie, ‘Power and Patronage: A Comparative Study of the Daughters of Eleanor of Aquitaine’, with Dr Stephen Marritt (2011)

Kathryn Dutton, ‘The Charters and Career of Geoffrey of Anjou’, with Dr Stephen Marritt (2011).

Laura Crombie, ‘War and Peace: the Guilds of Archers and Crossbowmen in Flanders, 1300-1500’, with Professor Graeme Small (2011).

Daniel Gerrard, ‘The Military Activities of Bishops, Abbots and Other Clergy in England c.900-1200’, with Dr Stephen Marritt (2010).

Georgios Theotokis, ‘The Campaigns of the Norman Dukes of Southern Italy against Byzantium, 1071-1108’ (2010).

Additional information

On Thursday 10 April 2008 Professor Strickland contributed to the BBC Radio 4 broadcast 'In Our Time':
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Norman Yoke: the idea that the Battle of Hastings sparked the cruel oppression of Anglo-Saxon liberties by a foreign ruling class. He is joined by Sarah Foot, Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Christ Church, Oxford; Richard Gameson, Professor in the Department of History at Durham University and Matthew Strickland, Professor of Medieval History at the University of Glasgow.

Matthew Strickland

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