Marcus Bull Explained

Marcus Graham Bull, FSA, FRHistS (; born 1962), is a British historian and religious scholar who is the Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of Mediaeval and Early Modern Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.^[1]

Career

Bull graduated from the University of London (B.A. in 1987 and Ph.D. in 1991). His thesis supervisor was Jonathan Riley-Smith. Later he worked at the Department of History of Royal Holloway and Bedford New College of the University of London (1991–1993) and the University of Bristol (the Department of Historical Studies from 1993 to 2008 and the School of Humanities from 2008 to 2010).^[2] From 2010 he is the Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of Mediaeval and Early Modern Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.^[3]

Bull primarily focused his research in the narratology of historical texts. He is an author of numerous books about the Crusades and the history 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 book Eyewitness and Crusade Narrative published in 2018. According to historian John France '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

• Book: Bull, Marcus . Knightly Piety and the Lay Response to the First Crusade: the Limousin and Gascony, c. 970-c. 1130 . . 1993 . 978-0-198-20354-4 . Oxford University Press Academic Monograph Reprints Series . Oxford . en . .
• Book: Bull, Marcus . [{{Google books|plainurl=y|id=9YV8EAAAQBAJ|pg=1}} The Miracles of Our Lady of Rocamadour: Analysis and Translation ]. . 1999 . 978-0-851-15765-8 . Woodbridge . en . 10.1017/9780585163796 . j.ctv136c266 . . limited.
• Book: France in the Central Middle Ages 900–1200 . Oxford University Press . 2002 . 978-0-198-73184-9 . Oxford . Bull . Marcus . The Short Oxford History of France . 1 . the Internet Archive . registration.
• Book: The Experience of Crusading: Western Approaches. Presented to Jonathan Riley-Smith on his 65th Birthday . . 2003 . 978-0-521-81168-2 . Cambridge . en . Bull . Marcus . Western Approaches Series . 1 . Housley . Norman . Norman Housley . the Internet Archive . ^[6]
• Book: [{{Google books|plainurl=y|id=0A3icQUC|page=1}} The Experience of Crusading ]. Cambridge University Press . 2003 . 978-0-521-78151-0 . Cambridge . en . Bull . Marcus . Defining the Crusader Kingdom Series . 2 . Edbury . Peter W. . Peter W. Edbury . Housley . Norman . Phillips . Jonathan . Google Books . limited.
• Book: [{{Google books|plainurl=y|id=TXjvB0034DkC|pg=1}} The World of Eleanor of Aquitaine: Literature and Society in Southern France Between the Eleventh and Thirteenth Centuries ]. Boydell Press . 2005 . 978-1-843-83114-3 . Woodbridge . en . Bull . Marcus . Léglu . Catherine Léglu . Catherine . Google Books . limited.
• Book: Bull, Marcus . Thinking Medieval: An Introduction to the Study of the Middle Ages . . 2005 . 978-1-4039-1294-7 . Basingstoke . en . Palgrave History Collection . 10.1057/9780230501577 . the Internet Archive .
• Book: Bull, Marcus . Crusade and conquest . Rubin . Miri . Miri Rubin . Simons . Walter . Walter P. Simons . . 4 . Cambridge University Press . 2009 . 340–352 . 10.1017/CHOL9780521811064 . 978-1-139-05602-1.
• Book: Robert the Monk . .

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  . Boydell Press . 2013 . 978-1-84383-808-1 . Woodbridge . en . Bull . Marcus . Marcus Bull.
• Book: [{{Google books|plainurl=y|id=XjE3BAAAQBAJ|pg=1}} Writing the Early Crusades: Text, Transmission and Memory ]. Boydell & Brewer, Ltd. . 2014 . 978-1-843-83920-0 . Woodbridge . en . Bull . Marcus . j.ctt5vj7k3 . Kempf . Damien . Google Books . limited.
• Book: Bull, Marcus . Eyewitness and Crusade Narrative: Perception and Narration in Accounts of the Second, Third and Fourth Crusades . Boydell & Brewer, Ltd. . 2018 . 978-1-783-27335-5 . Woodbridge . en . Crusading in Context . 1 . 10.1515/9781787443433.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marucs Bull . 7 June 2024 . Boydell & Brewer.
2. Web site: Marcus Bull, CV . 7 June 2024 . Bull . Marcus G. . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
3. Web site: Marcus Bull . 7 June 2024 . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
4. 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. . . Buck . Andrew . 1 . 95 . 204–206 . . 2020 . 10.1086/706552.
5. Book Review: [Eyewitness and Crusade Narrative: Perception and Narration in Accounts of the Second, Third and Fourth Crusades by Marcus Bull] . . France . John . 30 December 2019 . 1 . 27 . 139–140 . . 10.1177/0968344519887617b . free.
6. News: Book Review [The Experience of Crusading: Volume 1, Western Approaches] ]. 27 February 2007 . . 0009-658X .