Professor Denys Pringle
Contact Details
Cardiff School of History and Archaeology
Cardiff University
Humanities Building
Colum Road
Cardiff CF10 3EU
UK
Background
When and where did you initially develop an interest in the history of the crusades and/or the Latin East?
As an undergraduate at Southampton University 1970-73.
Who or what sparked your enthusiasm for the subject?
Professor Colin Morris.
Education
Please provide details of your Higher Education, including dates, institution(s) and the name(s) of your research supervisors.
1973-1978
Oxford University ( Keble College)
DPhil in Archaeology
(Thesis: ‘Sixth-century Fortifications in Byzantine Africa’)
1970-1973
Southampton University
BA (First Class)
Archaeology and History Combined Honours
1970
Università Italiana per Stranieri, Perugia, Italy
Diploma in Elementary Italian (grade 29/30)
Career History
Please provide details of your academic career history, including confirmation of your current institutional affiliation and contact details.
Present Position (since September 1999)
Professor
Cardiff School of History and Archaeology, Cardiff University
Previous Academic and Professional Career
February 1986-July 1999
Historic Buildings and Monuments Directorate, Scotland
later Historic Scotland
Principal Inspector of Ancient Monuments
August 1984-December 1985
Dumbarton Oaks ( University of Harvard), Washington, DC.
Fellow in Byzantine Studies and Fulbright Scholar
January 1979-July 1984
The British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem
Assistant-Director
February-March 1977
The Queen’s University of Belfast
Temporary Lecturer in Archaeology (Roman Britain)
Influences and Methodologies
What ideas and/or methodologies have informed your approach to your research?
N/C
Research Outlook
What do you consider to be the most important avenues for future research in the field of crusader studies?
N/C
Research Output
Please provide details of your research output, including publications and other media as appropriate.
Selected Publications
- The Red Tower (al-Burj al Ahmar): Settlement in the Plain of Sharon at the Time of the Crusaders and Mamluks (London 1986)
- Secular Buildings in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem (Cambridge 1997)
- Fortification and Settlement in Crusader Palestine (Aldershot 2000)
- [with RP Harper] Belmont Castle: The Excavation of a Crusader Stronghold in the Kingdom of Jerusalem (London 2000).
- The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: A Corpus, 2 volumes (Cambridge 1993, 1998, 2007)
