Christopher N. L. Brooke
Christopher Nugent Lawrence Brooke was a British medieval historian. From 1974 to 1994 he was Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Cambridge.
Early life and education
Born on 23 June 1927, Brooke was the son of Zachary Nugent Brooke and his wife Rosa Grace Brooke. Following schooling at Winchester College, Brooke undertook his undergraduate work at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he studied with David Knowles.
Academic career
Brooke spent his early years as head of department at Westfield College, University of London, before taking up a post at Caius from 1977 to 1994, where he remained a life fellow. He held the position of Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Cambridge and before becoming a professor emeritus. He was President of the Ecclesiastical History Society.
Personal life
Brooke met his future wife and fellow medievalist Rosalind Brooke at Cambridge in 1951. She died in 2014.
Death
Brooke died on 27 December 2015 at the age of 88.
Selected works
Among Brooke's publications are:The Church and the Welsh Border in the Central Middle AgesLondon, 800–1216: The Shaping of a CityThe English Church & the Papacy, From the Conquest to the Reign of JohnThe Medieval Idea of MarriageA History of the University of Cambridge. Vol. 4, 1870–1990Churches and Churchmen in Medieval EuropeThe Normans as Cathedral BuildersThe Architectural History of Winchester CathedralThe Saxon and Norman KingsFrom Alfred to Henry III 871–1272Carte Nativorum: A Peterborough Abbey Cartulary of the Fourteenth CenturyThe Letters of John of SalisburyThe Letters of John of Salisbury. Vol. 2, The Later Letters A History of Gonville and Caius CollegeGilbert Foliot and His LettersThe Heads of Religious Houses, England and Wales: Volume 1, 940–1216The Investiture DisputesReligious Sentiment and Church Design in the Later Middle AgesArchbishop Lanfranc, the English Bishops and the Council of London of 1075The Monastic Constitutions of LanfrancCouncils and Synods, with Other Documents Relating to the English Church: Volume I: A.D. 871–1204Hugh the Chanter: The History of the Church of York, 1066–1127Oxford and Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, 1988