John gillingham biography

John Bennett Gillingham (born 3 August 1940) is.
CAREER: Economist, political scientist, historian, educator, and author.
John Bennett Gillingham is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Gillingham, John 1940–

(John Bennett Gillingham)

PERSONAL: Born August 3, 1940, in London, England; divorced; children: two. Education:Oxford University, B.A., B. Phil.

ADDRESSES: Home—Brighton, Sussex, England. Office—London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, Houghton St., London, England.

CAREER: Economist, political scientist, historian, educator, and author. University of London, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, England, beginning 1965, became senior lecturer and professor of history emeritus.

WRITINGS:

The Kingdom of Germany in the High Middle Ages (900–1200), Historical Association (London, England), 1971.

(Translator) H.E. Mayer, The Crusades, Oxford University Press (London, England), 1972.

The Life and Times of Richard I, introduction by Antonia Fraser, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London, England), 1973.

Cromwell: Portrait of a Soldier, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London, England), 1976.

Charlemagne, W. & R. Chambers, 1977.

Richard the Lionheart, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London,

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As a unified, organised state England has a very long history indeed – more than a thousand years of continuous existence, so far. This, writes James Campbell, is the defining contrast between England and the other great European states. Despite some redrawing of county boundaries in 1974, most of the administrative geography of England remains today much as it was in the tenth and 11th centuries. No other European country can point to anything like this. Though the country was conquered by Duke William of Normandy in 1066 the structures of the English state survived – and if the main point of governmental institutions is to perpetuate themselves, then those which the Anglo-Saxons founded have been remarkably successful. The six centuries of Anglo-Saxon rule witnessed more than just the emergence of a stable political system, however. This long period saw the English language firmly established, so firmly indeed that the centuries of dominance by a French-speaking élite after 1066 proved, in the end, to be insufficient to root it out. It also saw the establishm

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John Rowley Gillingham

Biography

Gillingham is University of Missouri Board of Curators Professor at University of Missouri and was Professor of History there until 2007. He has authored books on European integration, heavy industry in the Third Reich and the economy of Belgium under Nazi occupation. Gillingham is listed in Marquess's Who's Who in America and has received numerous awards and recognitions.

Gillingham has a long affiliation with CES having been a Visiting Scholar twice before. His latest project will be a book on the present EU crisis and the options for the European Union. Gillingham will argue that successful negotiations of the Trade Agreement Parity (TAP) initiative and the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) could become the EU’s greatest achievement by creating a global common market that in turn could strengthen Europe’s economy.

This information is accurate for the time period that the scholar is affiliated with CES.

Affiliations

University of Missouri Board of Curators Professor, University of Missouri

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