Background
He was born in Wrexham, Wales.
He was born in Wrexham, Wales.
He studied history at Oxford, and taught first in Exeter, then in Nottingham from 1967 to 2002, specialising in French medieval history.
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]
He is a member of many British and Breton historical societies: Royal Historical Society (1971), la Société d"Histoire et d"Archéologie de Bretagne (1972), Society of Antiquaries of London (1977), Société d"Etudes et de Recherches sur le Pays de Retz (1985), Society for the Study of French History. He is a member of the Breton ordre de l"Hermine and "Correspondant de l"Institut".