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V. H. (Vivian Hunter) Galbraith
1889–1976
An influential medieval historian with a gift for reading the evidence hidden in old documents, he helped shape the study of English history at Oxford in the mid-20th century. His work is especially associated with chronicles, charters, and the methods historians use to test what medieval records really mean.
1 Audiobook
The Abbey of St. Albans from 1300 to the dissolution of the monasteries : The Stanhope essay, 1911
by V. H. (Vivian Hunter) Galbraith
About the author
Born in Sheffield in 1889, Vivian Hunter Galbraith became one of Britain's leading medieval historians. He studied at the University of Manchester and Balliol College, Oxford, and went on to build a long academic career centered on medieval England and the careful interpretation of historical documents.
Galbraith was known for combining close technical scholarship with a strong feel for the bigger historical picture. He wrote on medieval chronicles, royal records, and historical method, and later served as Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford. He was also elected a fellow of the British Academy, a sign of the high regard in which his work was held.
Readers coming to his books today will find a historian deeply interested in how historians know what they know. Even when dealing with distant centuries, he wrote with a practical sense of evidence, argument, and the craft of history itself.