Dr. Peter Frankopan is a historian at Oxford University, where he is Senior Research Fellow at Worcester College, Oxford and Director of the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research.
He works on the history of the Mediterranean, the Balkans, the Caucasus, Russia and on relations between Christianity and Islam. He also specializes in medieval Greek literature, and translated The Alexiad for Penguin Classics (2009).
The First Crusade: The Call from the East was published to wide acclaim by Bodley Head (a division of Random House) and Harvard University Press in 2012. Described as ‘an astonishing debut from a gifted young historian’, it was hailed as 'the most significant contribution to re-thinking the origins and causes of the First Crusade for a generation' (TLS). It has been shortlisted for several prestigious awards, including the Criticos prize and the Royal Historical Society's Gladstone Prize.
Peter is now working on a major new book about trade, communication and the exchange of ideas between Europe and Asia.
He works on the history of the Mediterranean, the Balkans, the Caucasus, Russia and on relations between Christianity and Islam. He also specializes in medieval Greek literature, and translated The Alexiad for Penguin Classics (2009).
The First Crusade: The Call from the East was published to wide acclaim by Bodley Head (a division of Random House) and Harvard University Press in 2012. Described as ‘an astonishing debut from a gifted young historian’, it was hailed as 'the most significant contribution to re-thinking the origins and causes of the First Crusade for a generation' (TLS). It has been shortlisted for several prestigious awards, including the Criticos prize and the Royal Historical Society's Gladstone Prize.
Peter is now working on a major new book about trade, communication and the exchange of ideas between Europe and Asia.
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