Caroline Mary BarronOBE (néeHogarth; born 7 December 1939)^[1] is a retired Britishmedieval historian. She isprofessor emerita in the department of history atRoyal Holloway,University of London.^[2] Barron's research relates to "late medieval British history, particularly thehistory of the City of London, the reign ofRichard II and the history of women."^[3] She studied atSomerville College, Oxford.

Barron served as president of theLondon and Middlesex Archaeological Society from 2008 to 2011. She was named president of theBritish Association For Local History in June 2016, succeedingDavid Hey.^[4]

Barron is an honorary fellow ofSomerville College, Oxford and was former president of the Somerville Association.^[5]

She was appointedOfficer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the2019 Birthday Honours for services to education.^[6]

Barron is the granddaughter ofDavid George Hogarth, a noted archaeologist and decorated naval intelligence officer. In 1962, the then Caroline Hogarth marriedJohn Barron, a classical scholar and later Master ofSt Peter's College, Oxford. John Barron died in 2008; they had two daughters.^[7]

• Medieval London: Collected Papers of Caroline M. Barron, ed. Martha Carlin andJoel T. Rosenthal. Kalamazoo, Medieval Institute Publications, 2017.
• London in the Later Middle Ages: Government and People 1200-1500. Oxford,Oxford University Press, 2004.^[8]
• Pilgrim Souls: Margery Kempe and other Women Pilgrims. London,Confraternity of St James, 2004.
• Hugh Alley's Caveat: the Markets of London in 1598.London Topographical Society, 1988. (with Ian Archer and Vanessa Harding)
• Revolt in London 11th to 15th June 1381.Museum of London, 1981.
• The Parish of St Andrew Holborn: the history of the western suburbs of London from Roman times to the Second World War. London, 1979.
• The Medieval Guildhall of London.Corporation of London, 1974.

• Caroline Barron talking on supervising PhD candidates.Institute of Historical Research.
• " Caroline Barron: Did the Black Death Create A 'Golden Age' For Women In Medieval London?" onYouTube

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