Christopher's research has specialised in the history of western Europe in the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth centuries. His recent research has focused on the English aristocracy and its connections with both wider society and the state during this period. In 2015 he was closely involved with the UK Parliament's commemorations of the 800th anniversary of the issuing of Magna Carta and the 750th anniversary of town representatives at parliament.
His doctoral thesis examined the aristocratic community of the lordship centred on the castle of Wallingford on the River Thames in Berkshire, England, using Latin administrative texts and legal documents to understand social and political change brought about after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, and the causes and effects of Magna Carta and the development of the English Parliament.
Christopher's ongoing research work deals with the following areas:
Christopher has taught at King's College, University of London, and spoken at a number of academic conferences.
His doctoral thesis examined the aristocratic community of the lordship centred on the castle of Wallingford on the River Thames in Berkshire, England, using Latin administrative texts and legal documents to understand social and political change brought about after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, and the causes and effects of Magna Carta and the development of the English Parliament.
Christopher's ongoing research work deals with the following areas:
- global comparative history
- land tenure and property law
- northern Iraq, Iran and western Asia
- aristocratic societies and culture
- state-formation and political imagination
- economic development
- social networks
Christopher has taught at King's College, University of London, and spoken at a number of academic conferences.
