Phillipp Schofield

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Phillipp Richard SchofieldFRHistSFAcSSFLSWis a medieval historian and a professor inAberystwyth University's Department of History andWelsh History.

Career

Schofield graduated fromUniversity College Londonin 1986, with aBAin ancient and medieval history. He then undertook a doctorate atWadham College, Oxford,under the supervision ofBarbara Harvey:hisDPhilwas awarded in 1992 for his thesis "Land, family and inheritance in a later medieval community:Birdbrook,1292–1412 ". After spending a year working for acommercial lawfirm, Schofield returned to theUniversity of Oxfordto take up a research position at the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine in 1993. Three years later, he took up a post in theCambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structureat theUniversity of Cambridge,before joiningAberystwyth Universityin 1998. As of 2018, he is a Professor in the Department of History and Welsh History; he is currently head of that department. He understands and speaks Welsh. Since 2011, he has been co-editor of theEconomic History Review,a scholarly journal. Schofield's research focuses on the English medieval rural economy and society.

Honours

In 2016, Schofield was elected aFellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.He is also aFellow of the Royal Historical Societyas of 2018.In 2019, Schofield was elected aFellow of the Learned Society of Wales.

Selected works

• Peasants and Historians: Debating the Medieval English Peasantry,Manchester Medieval Studies series (Manchester University Press, 2016).
• (Co-edited with Elizabeth New, Susan Johns and John McEwan)Seals and Society: Medieval Wales, the Welsh Marches and Their English Border Counties(University of Wales Press, 2016).
• (Co-edited withMaryanne KowaleskiandJohn Langdon)Peasants and Lords in the Medieval English Economy: Essays in Honour ofBruce M. S. Campbell(Brepols, 2015).
• (Edited)Seals and their Context in the Middle Ages(Oxbow Books, 2014).
• (Co-edited with Gérard Béaur, Jean-Michel Chevet and María Teresa Piréz Picazo)Property Rights, Land Markets and Economic Growth in the European Countryside(Brepols, 2013).
• (Co-edited withR. A. Griffiths)Wales and the Welsh in the Middle Ages: Essays Presented toJ. Beverley Smith(University of Wales Press, 2011)
• (Co-edited withThijs Lambrecht)Credit and the Rural Economy in North-Western Europe, c. 1200–c. 1850(Brepols, 2009).
• (Co-edited withBas J. P. van Bavel)The Development of Leasehold in Northwestern Europe, c. 1200–1600(Brepols, 2009).
• (Co-edited with Peter Lambert)Making History: An Introduction to the History and Practices of a Discipline(Taylor & Francis, 2004).
• Peasant and Community in Medieval England, 1200–1500(Palgrave Macmillan, 2003).
• (Co-authored withNicholas Mayhew)Credit and Debt in Medieval England, c. 1180–c. 1350 (Oxbow Books, 2002).