Personal profile
Research areas
My research focuses on medieval history-writing from the High Middle Ages and its intersections with literary and documentary discourses. I work on texts in Latin and Old French and I am particularly interested how new literary languages (such as French) began to take on the authoritative functions of Latin writing. Much of my research focuses on how history-writers appropriated the techniques and epistemological frameworks of Roman rhetoric, and I am currently exploring the uneasy relationship between truth-telling and the emotions in medieval history-writing.
Research Interests
Medieval history-writing
Medieval Latin literature
Medieval French literature
Medieval literacy and cultures of writing
History of the emotions
Education/Academic qualification
Medieval Studies, PhD (York)
Award Date: 1. Jan 2011
Medieval Studies, MA (York)
Award Date: 1. Jan 2006
Modern History, BA (Oxon)
Award Date: 1. Aug 2004
Current external positions
Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark
1. Mar 2021 → 28. Feb 2022
Part-time lecturer, University of Copenhagen
1. Sept 2019 → 31. Aug 2021
Honorary Fellow, Department of English and Related Literature, University of York
1. Sept 2018 → 31. Aug 2023
Carlsberg Distinguished International Fellowship, University of Southern Denmark
1. Aug 2016 → 31. Jul 2018
Lektor, University of York
1. Aug 2011 → 31. Jul 2018
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History and the Written Word: Documents, Literacy, and Language in the Age of the Angevins
Bainton, H., 2020, United States: University of Pennsylvania Press. 272 p.Research output: Book/report › Monograph › Research › peer-review
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Emotional content and rhetorical form in herbert of Bosham’s historia of Thomas Becket
Bainton, H., 1. Jan 2018, In: Viator: Medieval and Renaissance studies. 49, 2, p. 111-135 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Epistolary Documents in High-Medieval History-Writing
Bainton, H., 17. Jan 2018, In: Interfaces. 4, p. 3–38Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Universal chronicles in the high middle ages
Bainton, H. (Editor) & Campopiano, M. (Editor), 1. Jul 2017, York: York Medieval Press. 328 p. (Writing History in the Middle Ages, Vol. 5).Research output: Book/report › Anthology › Research › peer-review
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Le Roman de Rou
Bainton, H., 1. Nov 2016, Vernacular Literary Theory from the French of Medieval England : Texts and Translations, c.1120-c.1450 . Fenster, T., Russell, D. & Wogan-Browne, J. (eds.). D.S. Brewer, p. 19-25 7 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
Activities
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Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (External organisation)
Bainton, H. (Member)
1. Jun 2022Activity: Membership › Membership of commitees, commissions, boards, councils, associations, organisations, or similar
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Carlsberg Foundation
Bainton, H. (Visiting researcher)
1. Sept 2016 → 31. Aug 2018Activity: Visiting another research institution
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York Medieval Press (External organisation)
Bainton, H. (Member)
2014 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of commitees, commissions, boards, councils, associations, organisations, or similar
Prizes
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Royal Historical Society Whitfield Prize (finalist)
Bainton, H. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions