My research is centred around the literature of the Crusades, with a particular focus on the First Crusade and the texts known as the First and Second Crusade Cycles. I work mainly on Old French and Latin, and have also done some work on Occitan epic.
My current projects include an online edition and translation of a hitherto unpublished narrative of the Old French Siège d'Antioche from manuscripts in the Bodleian and British Libraries, in collaboration with Simon Parsons, Linda Paterson and the Fordham Center for Medieval Studies.
I'm also in the early stages of planned collaborations with

• Jonathan Phillips (Royal Holloway College) and Patrick De Brosse (Fordham University) on translation of Third Crusade texts and
• Lorris Chevalier on translation of the satirical Bibles of Hugues de Berzé and Guiot de Provins

Academic Affiliation

I am an Honorary Research Fellow at Warwick University and have held an Honorary Research Associate position at Royal Holloway College, University of London.

Main publications

The Pas Saladin: edition, translation and study in collaboration with Linda Paterson and Richard Leson. Forthcoming in Revue d’études médiévales et de philologie romane.

The Swan Knight texts of the Old French Crusade Cycle (Abingdon: Routledge, 2025)

Completing the central trilogy of the Old French Crusade Cycle; the Chanson des Chétifs and the Chanson de Jérusalem. Translation, introduction and notes. (Guildford: Ashgate, 2016)

The Chanson’d’Antioche: an Old French chanson de geste about the First Crusade. Translation, introduction and notes in collaboration with Dr Susan Edgington. (Guildford; Ashgate, 2011)

Historia Iherosolimitana: Robert the Monk’s History of the First Crusade. Translation, introduction and notes. (Guildford: Ashgate, 2005)

The Canso d'Antioca:an Epic Chronicle of the First Crusade in collaboration with Linda Paterson (Ashgate, 2003)

Further publications

Non-academic Activities

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