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John Horace Round
1854–1928
A sharp, sometimes combative historian of medieval England, he helped change how scholars read Domesday Book, genealogy, and the early Norman period. His work on peerage and family history made him an unusually influential voice in British historical studies.
3 Audiobooks
The Commune of London, and other studies
by John Horace Round
Feudal England: Historical Studies on the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
by John Horace Round
Geoffrey de Mandeville: A study of the Anarchy
by John Horace Round
About the author
Born on 22 February 1854 and educated at Balliol College, Oxford, he became one of the best-known historians and genealogists of his day. He focused on medieval England, especially the Norman Conquest, feudal society, and the close reading of difficult records.
He is particularly remembered for his studies of Domesday Book and for major books such as Feudal England. He also translated the Essex section of Domesday Book into English, and his work on lineage and the British peerage gave him a strong reputation beyond university history.
Round was known as an energetic and forceful scholar whose arguments could be fierce, but his research had lasting impact. He died on 24 June 1928, and he is still remembered as an important figure in medieval history and historical genealogy.