Ian N. Wood,FBA (born 1950) is an English scholar of early medieval history, and a professor at theUniversity of Leeds who specializes in the history of theMerovingian dynasty and the missionary efforts on the European continent.[1]Patrick J. Geary called him "the leading British historian of Francia".[2]
Wood taught at theUniversity of Leeds from 1976 onwards. He becameProfessor of Early Medieval History in 1995, the same year he delivered theJarrow Lecture. He retired from teaching in 2015. Wood taught a range of courses on Roman history and early medieval history at Leeds including a special subject on 'The Fall of the Roman Empire'.
He is the author of several monographs and edited collections as well as around two hundred scholarly articles. His first monograph,The Merovingian Kingdoms (450-751), was called a "wonderful book" and "one of the finest results of this new interest" in theMerovingian dynasty.[3]
In July 2019, Wood was elected aFellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[4] AFestschrift in his honour was published in 2021.[5]
^Boldrick, Stacy (2008). "Out of Place:Fragments of History. Rethinking the Ruthwell and Bewcastle Monuments by Fred Orton, Ian Wood, Clare Lees".Oxford Art Journal.31 (3):431–35.doi:10.1093/oxartj/kcn032.
