John Langdon (historian)

John L. Langdon (December 24, 1944 – December 31, 2016)[1] was a British-born Canadian economic and social historian of medieval England, whose research focused on medieval English technology.

Career

Langdon undertook his doctoral work at the University of Birmingham, UK[1] under the supervision of Christopher Dyer.[2] He worked at the University of Alberta, Canada (1984–2010), being appointed professor of history and classics in 1995.[3][4]

He is best known for his contributions on medieval English technology, chiefly his book, Horses, Oxen and Technological Innovation: The Use of Draught Animals in English Farming from 1066–1500 (Cambridge University Press, 1986)[5][6][7] and Mills in the Medieval Economy: England 1300–1540 (Oxford University Press, 2004).[8][9][10] He has also co-edited a number of books. With Grenville G. Astill, he edited Medieval Farming and Technology: The Impact of Agricultural Change in Northwest Europe (Brill, 1997). With Richard Goddard and Miriam Müller he edited a festschrift for Professor Christopher Dyer: Survival and Discord in Medieval Society, Essays in Honour of Christopher Dyer.[11] Together with Maryanne Kowaleski and Phillipp R. Schofield he edited a festschrift for Professor Bruce Campbell: Peasants and Lords in the Medieval English Economy: Essays in Honour of Bruce M.S. Campbell.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 John Langdon Edmonton Journal (January 30, 2017)
  2. ↑ Langdon, John (1986). Horses, Oxen and Technological Innovation: The Use of Draught Animals in English Farming from 1066-1500. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. xiii. ISBN 0 521 26772 2.
  3. ↑ University Staff (PDF), University of Alberta, retrieved 8 April 2018
  4. ↑ University Staff, University of Alberta, retrieved 8 April 2018
  5. ↑ Elaine Clark (1987), "Reviewed Work: Horses, Oxen, and Technological Innovation: The Use of Draught Animals in English Farming from 1066-1500 by John Langdon", Agricultural History, 61: 80–81, JSTOR 3743899, (Registration required (help))
  6. ↑ Richard W. Unger (1988), "Reviewed Work: Horses, Oxen and Technological Innovation: The Use of Draught Animals in English Farming from 1066-1500 by John Langdon", The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 19: 307–08, doi:10.2307/204676, JSTOR 204676, (Registration required (help))
  7. ↑ Robert S. Gottfried (1988), "Reviewed Work: Horses, Oxen and Technological Innovation: The Use of Draught Animals in English Farming from 1066-1500 by John Langdon", Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies, 20: 80–81, doi:10.2307/4049802, JSTOR 4049802, (Registration required (help))
  8. ↑ Ben Dodds (2005), "Reviewed Work: Mills in the Medieval Economy: England 1300–1540 by John Langdon", The Economic History Review, 58: 408–09, JSTOR 3698699, (Registration required (help))
  9. ↑ Richard W. Unger (2005), "Reviewed Work: Mills in the Medieval Economy: England 1300–1540 by John Langdon", Technology and Culture, 46: 636–38, JSTOR 40060918, (Registration required (help))
  10. ↑ James Davis (2006), "Reviewed Work: Mills in the Medieval Economy: England 1300–1540 by John Langdon", The English Historical Review, 121: 193–95, JSTOR 3806248, (Registration required (help))
  11. ↑ Survival and Discord in Medieval Society: Essays in Honour of Christopher Dyer. Turnhout: Brepols. 2010. ISBN 978-2-503-52815-1.
  12. ↑ Peasants and Lords in the Medieval English Economy: Essays in Honour of Bruce M.S Campbell. Turnhout: Brepols. 2015. ISBN 978-2-503-55156-2.
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