
Dr Sophie Thérèse Ambler is a historian of the Middle Ages, with interests ranging widely across medieval Christendom, taking in the history of warfare, the Church, politics and society, through the prism of ideas and culture. She is Lecturer in Later Medieval History at Lancaster University and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and has appeared on radio and TV for BBC and Channel 4, as well as writing for BBC History Magazine.
Sophie's first book, BISHOPS IN THE POLITICAL COMMUNITY OF ENGLAND, 1213-1272 was published by Oxford University Press in 2016. Her second book, THE SONG OF SIMON DE MONTFORT: England’s First Revolutionary and the Death of Chivalry, was published by Picador in May 2019 (with publication in the USA following with Oxford University Press in September 2019). Her next book explores the experience of different combatants in a series of key battles across medieval Europe and the Holy Land.
Her book, THE SONG OF SIMON DE MONTFORT, was published in 2019 by Picador.
Sophie's first book, BISHOPS IN THE POLITICAL COMMUNITY OF ENGLAND, 1213-1272 was published by Oxford University Press in 2016. Her second book, THE SONG OF SIMON DE MONTFORT: England’s First Revolutionary and the Death of Chivalry, was published by Picador in May 2019 (with publication in the USA following with Oxford University Press in September 2019). Her next book explores the experience of different combatants in a series of key battles across medieval Europe and the Holy Land.
Her book, THE SONG OF SIMON DE MONTFORT, was published in 2019 by Picador.