Sarah Speight

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Speight has published articles in venues such as Journal of Educational Administration and History , Château Gaillard: Études de castellologie médiévale, History Compass , and the Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire.

Castle studies and archaeology

Education

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Château Gaillard</span> French medieval castle in Les Andelys, Normandy

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Pamela Marshall is an archaeologist and historian specialising in the study of castles. Marshall was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2007. She worked at the University of Nottingham, teaching in the departments of archaeology and continuing education until her retirement. Marshall's research on castles has examined castles in England and France, as they had a shared castle culture, and is an authority on great towers. Between 2000 and 2014, Marshall was chair/secretary of the Castle Studies Group and is Comité Permanent of the Colloques Château Gaillard, a biannual conference for castellologists.

David James Cathcart King was a British historian, archaeologist, and school-teacher. While working as a teacher he perused his research in his free time, becoming "one of the leading authorities on the medieval castle". King was also president of the Cambrian Archaeological Association in 1976–77. A festschrift dedicated to King was published in 1987, titled Castles in Wales and the Marches.

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Sarah Speight
Awards National Teaching Fellowship
Academic background
Alma mater
Thesis Family, faith and fortification: Yorkshire 1066–1250  (1993)
Doctoral advisorPhilip Dixon