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Richard Barber

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British historian

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Richard William Barber is a British historian who has published several books about medieval history and literature. His book The Knight and Chivalry, about the interplay between history and literature, won the Somerset Maugham Award, a British literary prize, in 1971.

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1978Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
1971Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
1971Somerset Maugham Award
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society

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Richard William Barber is a British historian who has published several books about medieval history and literature. His book The Knight and Chivalry, about the interplay between history and literature, won the Somerset Maugham Award, a British literary prize, in 1971. A similarly-themed 2004 book, The Holy Grail: Imagination and Belief, was widely praised in the UK press, and received major reviews in The New York Times and The New Republic.

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Born 1941 · age 84
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