Background

Giles Constable was born on June 1, 1929 in London, England, in the family of William George and Olivia (Carson-Roberts) Constable. Giles became a naturalized citizen of the United States.

Education

Constable got his Bachelor of Arts at Harvard University in 1950 and his Doctor of Philosophy at the same University in 1957.

Career

Giles taught at the University of Iowa from 1955 to 1958 and at Harvard University from 1958 to 1984. He was the Henry Charles Lea-Professor of Medieval History at Harvard University from 1966 to 1977. From 1977 to 1984 he was Director of the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library. He joined the faculty of the Institute for Advanced Studies as a Medieval History Professor in the School of Historical Studies in 1985.

Achievements

• Giles Constable is famous for his books "Monastic Tithes from Their Origins to the Twelfth Century", "Peter the Venerable", "Medieval Monasticism: A Select Bibliography", and "Cluniac Studies."

Works

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  • Monastic Tithes: From their Origins to the Twelfth Century (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: New Series) 1964
  • CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL LIFE AND THOUGHT, NEW SERIES VOL. X: MONASTIC TITHES: FROM THEIR ORIGINS TO THE TWELFTH CENTURY. 1964
  • The Letters of Peter the Venerable, Volume II 1967
  • Medieval monasticism : a select bibliography 1976
  • Religious Life and Thought, 11th-12th Centuries (Variorum reprint ; CS 89) 1978
  • The Reformation of the Twelfth Century 1998
  • Three Studies in Medieval Religious and Social Thought: The Interpretation of Mary and Martha, the Ideal of the Imitation of Christ, the Orders of Society 1995
  • People and Power in Byzantium: An Introduction to Modern Byzantine Studies (Dumbarton Oaks Other Titles in Byzantine Studies) 1982
  • Sacrilege and Redemption in Renaissance Florence: The Case of Antonio Rinaldeschi (Essays and Studies, Vol. 8) 2008
  • Medieval Monasticism (Variorum Collected Studies) 2017
  • Rothschilds and the Gold Rush: Benjamin Davidson and Heinrich Schliemann in California, 1851-52: Transactions, APS (Vol. 105, Part 4) 2015
  • The Abbey of Cluny: A Collection of Essays to Mark the Eleven-Hundredth Anniversary of its Foundation (Vita regularis - Ordnungen und Deutungen religiosen Lebens im Mittelalter. Abhandlungen) 2010
  • Crusaders and Crusading in the Twelfth Century 2009
  • Three Treatises From Bec on the Nature of Monastic Life (Medieval Academy Books) 2008

Membership

• fellow, vice-president, president

  Medieval Academy of America

  1978 - 1980

• fellow

  Royal Historical Society

• American Historical Association

• vice-president, president

  New England Historical Association

  1975 - 1978

• president

  New England Medieval Conference

  1976 - 1977

Connections

In 1959 Giles married Esther Van Horne Young, with whom he has two children, Olivia Renie and John Van Horne.

Father:

William George Constable

Mother:

Olivia (Carson-Roberts) Constable

Spouse:

Esther Van Horne Young

Daughter:

Olivia Renie Constable

Son:

John Van Horne Constable