Marc Morris

Marc Morris is a British historian and broadcaster who specialises in medieval England, particularly monarchy, aristocratic power and the political development of the English kingdom. He studied and taught history at the universities of London and Oxford, and his doctoral research examined the powerful Bigod earls of Norfolk during the thirteenth century. Morris is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He first became widely known through the television series Castle, which he presented in 2003, and its accompanying book, an accessible history of how castles transformed warfare, government and society in medieval Britain.

His books combine detailed scholarship with clear, strongly narrative accounts of medieval rulers and periods. The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England traces the development of England from the end of Roman rule to 1066, while The Norman Conquest examines both the events leading to the Battle of Hastings and the profound social and political transformation that followed. A Great and Terrible King is a major biography of Edward I, covering his crusading career, conquest of Wales and wars in Scotland, and King John reassesses the controversial ruler whose conflicts with his barons produced Magna Carta. Morris has also written a concise biography of William I for the Penguin Monarchs series, making his work particularly valuable to readers seeking authoritative but approachable introductions to medieval English history.