Marc Morris
Medieval historian and broadcaster
Marc Morris is a British historian of the Middle Ages and a broadcaster. He wrote The Anglo-Saxons, a history of the beginnings of England.
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British Born 1973
About Marc Morris
Marc Morris was born in 1973 and is a British historian who specializes in the Middle Ages. He studied at King's College London and the University of Oxford, where he completed a doctorate in 2004 on the Bigod earls of Norfolk. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He presented the Channel 4 television series Castle and wrote the book that accompanied it. His books include A Great and Terrible King, The Norman Conquest, King John and The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England, which was a Sunday Times bestseller. Morris has also written articles for History Today, BBC History Magazine and Heritage Today. He gives talks to schools, historical societies and literary festivals, and leads tours of castles in the UK.