Curriculum Vitae:

Research Interests

Dr. Paul’s research concerns the world of the nobility in the central Middle Ages, with special reference to crusading and the family He has published articles concerning the uses of the past in the formation of the political identity of the nobility and on the uses of literacy by the laity in the early twelfth century. He is currently preparing a book-length study of the crusading memories of medieval noble families, a comparative work drawing on the dynastic historical narratives that survive from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Future projects include a study of chapels and chaplains and analyses of various local and dynastic chronicles of Anjou and the Limousin.

Dr. Paul has offered undergraduate courses on the crusades, the medieval nobility, and Byzantium and the West and graduate courses on the historiography of the crusades and medieval political culture.

Selected publications:

‘Crusade, Memory and Regional Politics in Twelfth-Century Amboise’, Journal of Medieval history (2005), 127-141.

‘The Chronicle of Fulk le Réchin: a Reassessment’, Haskins Society Journal (2006), 19-35. (Winner of Bethell Prize)

‘Boamundus Sapientissmus: A Warlord’s Wisdom and the Written Word’, (in preparation)