Background
Prestwich, Michael Charles was born on January 30, 1943 in Oxford, England. Son of John Oswald and Menna (Roberts) Prestwich.
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A history of the war experience of 13th and 14th century England. With anecdotes and illustrations, it explores how English medieval armies fought, how men were recruited, how the troops were fed, supplied and deployed, the development of weapons, and the structure of military command.
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Prestwich, Michael Charles was born on January 30, 1943 in Oxford, England. Son of John Oswald and Menna (Roberts) Prestwich.
He was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford, and then went to a well-known public school Charterhouse, before winning a scholarship to Magdalen College, Oxford. After being awarded an Master of Arts and First in History, he completed his Doctorate.Phil on Edward I"s wars and their financing at Christ Church, Oxford.
Michael"s father was John Prestwich (historian), "the redoubtable mediaevalist.. who know so much and published so little". He had worked at Bletchley Park during the war, working among other things on the breaking of U-boat codes. After a year as a lecturer at Christ Church, Michael moved in 1969 to Street Andrews where he stayed for ten years before moving to Durham as a Reader.
He soon became Professor, and has been head of the department for two spells.
Foreign seven years in the 1990s he was Pro-Vice-Chancellor, with a wide brief which even extended to health and safety. He was chairman of the trustees of the Durham Union Society until 2013.
He twice chaired the History panel for the Research Assessment Exercise, in 1996 and 2001. Prestwich has provided support and encouragement to other historians, in particular Ann Hyland, who recognised his assistance in her work on medieval warhorses.
Prestwich wrote the foreword for both of her books on the subject.
On his retirement, he was presented with a festschrift, War, Government and Aristocracy in the British Isles c.1150-1500, edited by Chris Given-Wilson, Ann Kettle and Len Scales. Prestwich was appointed Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in the 2010 New Year Honours.
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(In this thorough and illuminating work, Michael Prestwich...)
(Professor Prestwich's study of Edward I, first published ...)
(Armies and Warfare in the Middle Ages : The English Exper...)
(A history of the war experience of 13th and 14th century ...)
Fellow Royal History Society, Society Antiquaries. Member Surtees Society (vice president since 1987).
Married Margaret Joan Daniel. Children: Robin James, Christopher Michael, Kate Elizabeth.