Professor John Blair

Professor of Medieval History and Archaeology

Queen's College

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john.blair@queens.ox.ac.uk

Research Interests

Early medieval settlement and landscape
Early medieval buildings and material culture
Early medieval ritual and belief

Social, cultural, ecclesiastical and landscape history and archaeology of early medieval England.

My interests lie in the settlement, landscape and society of Anglo-Saxon England, especially the built landscape, with an emphasis on archaeological evidence.My book The Church in Anglo-Saxon Society was published in 2005. I gave the Ford Lectures in British History for 2013 under the title `Building the Anglo-Saxon Landscape'.

See page on The Queen's College website

The Church in Anglo-Saxon Society (OUP, 2005)

From the impact of the first monasteries in the seventh century, to the emergence of the local parochial system five hundred years later, the Church was a force for change in Anglo-Saxon society. It shaped culture and ideas, social and economic behaviour, and the organization of landscape and settlement.

Professor John Blair

Featured Publication

The Church in Anglo-Saxon Society (OUP, 2005)

Publications