Laura Ashe

Laura Ashe is a historian of English medieval literature, history and culture (c. 1000-1550). She lectures in English and is a Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford.[1][2] She was educated at Leeds Girls' High School (independent).

In 2009 Ashe won a Philip Leverhulme Prize, for the international impact of her research. In 2015 she was the presenter for BBC Radio 3's A Cultural History of the Plague[3] and has taken part as an expert panelist for BBC Radio 4's In Our Time on the topics of The 12th Century Renaissance,[4] Beowulf,[5] Chivalry[6] Le Morte d'Arthur,[7] Thomas Becket and Gawain and the Green Knight.

Selected publications
  • Ashe, Laura (2016), Richard II: a brittle glory, Penguin Monarchs, Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, ISBN 0141979895
  • Ashe, Laura (2015), Early Fiction in England: from Geoffrey of Monmouth to Chaucer, Penguin Classics, Penguin Books, ISBN 0141392878
  • Ashe, Laura; Patterson, Ian (2014), War and Literature, Essays and Studies, v. 67, Boydell & Brewer Ltd, ISBN 1843843811
  • Ashe, Laura (2011), Fiction and History in England, 1066-1200, Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature, 68, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521174368
  • Ashe, Laura; Djordjević, Ivana; Weiss, Judith (2010), The Exploitations of Medieval Romance, Studies in Medieval Romance, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 1846157889

References
  1. "Laura Ashe". Georgina Capel Associates. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
  2. "Dr Laura Ashe". Oxford University. 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
  3. "Sunday Feature, A Cultural History of the Plague". BBC Radio 3. 2015-08-13. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
  4. "BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The 12th Century Renaissance". BBC. 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
  5. "BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Beowulf". BBC. 2015-03-05. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
  6. "BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Chivalry". BBC. 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
  7. "BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Le Morte d'Arthur". BBC. 2013-01-10. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
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