Prof John Blair

Fellow and Praelector in History

Professor John Blair

Telephone: 01865 279120
E-mail: john.blair@queens.ox.ac.uk

Personal Details

Fellow and Praelector in History at The Queen’s College, and Lecturer (CUF) in the University of Oxford, since 1981. At Queen’s I am Fellow Librarian, Fellow Archivist, and Curator of Pictures.

I teach a range of papers, mainly in British medieval history, for Queen’s and other Colleges. I also supervise MSt and DPhil students in areas related to my own research; currently I have six doctoral students working on their theses.

I am one of the General Editors of Oxford Medieval Texts and of Oxford Studies in Medieval History and Archaeology, and edited the journal Oxoniensia for several years. I am a member of the Committee on Anglo-Saxon Charters, the English Heritage Research Panel, and the Oxford Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches, and a former member of the Advisory Board for Redundant Churches.

I have appeared several times on Channel 4’s ‘Time Team’ programme, including the recent documentary (‘The King of Bling’) on the rich seventh-century burial found at Southend-on-Sea.

Research

My research interests centre on the history, archaeology and landscape of medieval England, notably churches, settlements and material culture. After the recent completion of my biggest book so far, The Church in Anglo-Saxon Society, I am pursuing further themes in the areas of Anglo-Saxon belief, ritual and economic development.

Selected Publications

The Church in Anglo-Saxon Society, pp.xix + 604, ISBN 0-19-822695-0, OUP, Oxford, 2005
Bampton Folklore, pp.48, ISBN 1-898937-50-8, Merton Priory Press, Cardiff, 2001
*Anglo-Saxon Oxfordshire, pp.xxv + 230, ISBN 0-7509-0147-0 (hbk.), 0-7509-1750-4 (pbk.), Sutton Publishing, Stroud, 1994
Early Medieval Surrey, pp.x + 226, ISBN 0-86299-780-1, Sutton Publishing, Stroud, 1991
`A Saint for Every Minster?’ and ‘A Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Saints’ in A. Thacker and R. Sharpe (eds.), Local Saints and Local Churches, ISBN 0-19-820394-2, OUP, Oxford, 2002
‘Hall and Chamber: English Domestic Planning 1000-1250’, in G. Meirion-Jones and M. Jones (eds.), Manorial Domestic Buildings in England and Northern France, ISBN 0-85431-263-3, Society of Antiquaries, London, 1993
(ed. with Nigel Ramsay), English Medieval Industries, pp.xxxiv + 446, ISBN 0-907628-87-7, Hambledon Press, London, 1991