Marcus Bull

Marcus Graham Bull
Marcus Graham Bull
Born	1962 (age 61–62)
Citizenship	UK
Alma mater	University of London
	Scientific career
Institutions	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; University of Bristol; University of London
Thesis	Knightly Piety in South-Western France c.970-c.1130 and the Lay Response to the First Crusade
Doctoral advisor	J. S. C. Riley-Smith

Marcus Graham Bull,FSA,FRHistS^[1](/bʊl/;born 1962), is a British historian and religious scholar who is theAndrew W. MellonDistinguished Professor of Mediaeval and Early Modern Studies in theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.^[2]

Career

Bull graduated from theUniversity of London(B.A.in 1987 andPh.D.in 1991). His thesis supervisor wasJonathan Riley-Smith.Later he worked in the Department of History ofRoyal Holloway and Bedford New Collegeof the University of London (1991–1993) and theUniversity of Bristol(the Department of Historical Studies from 1993 to 2008 and the School of Humanities from 2008 to 2010).^[1]From 2010 he is the Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of Mediaeval and Early Modern Studies in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.^[3]

Bull primarily focused his research in thenarratologyof historical texts. He is an author of numerous books about theCrusadesand thehistory of Christianity.^[3]He is one of the leading proponents of the ideas for considering the literary and cultural heritage of the Crusades.^[4]Bull is a "highly respected specialist on the crusades". His most recent bookEyewitness and Crusade Narrativepublished in 2018. Historian John France writing: "This is a stimulating book, but the methodology, while useful in the hands of a historian as learned as Bull, has grave risks".^[5]

Selected publications

Bull, Marcus (1993).Knightly Piety and the Lay Response to the First Crusade: the Limousin and Gascony, c. 970-c. 1130.Oxford University Press Academic Monograph Reprints Series. Oxford:Clarendon Press.ISBN 978-0-198-20354-4– via theInternet Archive.
Bull, Marcus (1999).The Miracles of Our Lady of Rocamadour: Analysis and Translation.Woodbridge:Boydell Press.doi:10.1017/9780585163796.ISBN 978-0-851-15765-8.JSTOR j.ctv136c266– viaGoogle Books.
Bull, Marcus, ed. (2002).France in the Central Middle Ages 900–1200.The Short Oxford History of France. Vol. 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press.ISBN 978-0-198-73184-9– via the Internet Archive.
Bull, Marcus;Housley, Norman,eds. (2003).The Experience of Crusading: Western Approaches. Presented to Jonathan Riley-Smith on his 65th Birthday.Western Approaches Series. Vol. 1. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.ISBN 978-0-521-81168-2– via the Internet Archive.^[6]
Bull, Marcus;Edbury, Peter W.;Housley, Norman; Phillips, Jonathan, eds. (2003).The Experience of Crusading.Defining the Crusader Kingdom Series. Vol. 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.ISBN 978-0-521-78151-0– via Google Books.
Bull, Marcus; Léglu, Catherine, eds. (2005).The World of Eleanor of Aquitaine: Literature and Society in Southern France Between the Eleventh and Thirteenth Centuries.Woodbridge: Boydell Press.ISBN 978-1-843-83114-3– via Google Books.
Bull, Marcus (2005).Thinking Medieval: An Introduction to the Study of the Middle Ages.Palgrave History Collection. Basingstoke:Palgrave Macmillan.doi:10.1057/9780230501577.ISBN 978-1-4039-1294-7– via the Internet Archive.
Bull, Marcus (2009). "Crusade and conquest". In Rubin, Miri; Simons, Walter (eds.).The Cambridge History of Christianity.Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. pp. 340–352.doi:10.1017/CHOL9780521811064.ISBN 978-1-139-05602-1.
Robert the Monk[in French](2013). Bull, Marcus (ed.).The Historia Iherosolimitana of Robert the Monk.Woodbridge: Boydell Press.ISBN 978-1-84383-808-1.
Bull, Marcus; Kempf, Damien, eds. (2014).Writing the Early Crusades: Text, Transmission and Memory.Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.ISBN 978-1-843-83920-0.JSTOR j.ctt5vj7k3– via Google Books.
Bull, Marcus (2018).Eyewitness and Crusade Narrative: Perception and Narration in Accounts of the Second, Third and Fourth Crusades.Crusading in context. Vol. 1. Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.doi:10.1515/9781787443433.ISBN 978-1-783-27335-5.

References

^^a ^bBull, Marcus G."Marcus Bull, CV"(PDF).University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Retrieved7 June2024.
^"Marucs Bull".Boydell & Brewer.Retrieved7 June2024.
^^a ^b"Marcus Bull".University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Retrieved7 June2024.
^Buck, Andrew (2020). "Marcus Bull, Eyewitness and Crusade Narrative: Perception and Narration in Accounts of the Second, Third, and Fourth Crusades. (Crusading in Context.) Woodbridge, UK: Boydell, 2018. Pp. x, 396. $99. ISBN: 978-1-78327-335-5".Speculum.95(1).University of Chicago Press:204–206.doi:10.1086/706552.
^France, John (30 December 2019)."Book Review: Eyewitness and Crusade Narrative: Perception and Narration in Accounts of the Second, Third and Fourth Crusades by Marcus Bull".War in History.27(1).Sage Publishing:139–140.doi:10.1177/0968344519887617b.
^"The Experience of Crusading: Volume 1, Western Approaches".Church Times.27 February 2007.

[CV-1] Bull, Marcus G."Marcus Bull, CV"(PDF).University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Retrieved7 June2024.

[2] "Marucs Bull".Boydell & Brewer.Retrieved7 June2024.

[members-3] "Marcus Bull".University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Retrieved7 June2024.

[4] Buck, Andrew (2020). "Marcus Bull, Eyewitness and Crusade Narrative: Perception and Narration in Accounts of the Second, Third, and Fourth Crusades. (Crusading in Context.) Woodbridge, UK: Boydell, 2018. Pp. x, 396. $99. ISBN: 978-1-78327-335-5".Speculum.95(1).University of Chicago Press:204–206.doi:10.1086/706552.

[5] France, John (30 December 2019)."Book Review: Eyewitness and Crusade Narrative: Perception and Narration in Accounts of the Second, Third and Fourth Crusades by Marcus Bull".War in History.27(1).Sage Publishing:139–140.doi:10.1177/0968344519887617b.

[6] "The Experience of Crusading: Volume 1, Western Approaches".Church Times.27 February 2007.

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