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Tom Oliver Licence[1] FSA, FRHistS, is a British historian specialising in the period 950–1200, with an additional interest in Victorian consumer waste. He is Professor of Medieval History and Literature at the University of East Anglia[2] and a former director of the Centre of East Anglian Studies.[3]

Education

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Licence attended Westcliff High School for Boys and has an MA in History (2002), MPhil in Medieval History (2003) and PhD (2006) from Magdalene College, University of Cambridge.[2][4] His thesis title was "England's hermits, 970–1220".[1]

Career

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Licence was appointed lecturer at the University of East Anglia in 2009 and became a professor there in 2019.[4] For three years from 2021 he held a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship, which relieved him from teaching duties, to support him in writing a biography of Harold Godwinson for the Yale English Monarchs series.[4] For three years from September 2022 he held a senior research fellowship at Magdalene College, Cambridge.[4]

His work on Victorian consumer waste, represented in his book and website What the Victorians threw away, has attracted international press coverage.[5][6][7]

He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, the Society of Antiquaries and the Higher Education Academy.[2]

Selected publications

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  • Hermits and Recluses in English society, 950–1200 (2011, Oxford UP: ISBN 978-0199592364)[8][9]
  • Herman the Archdeacon and Goscelin of Saint-Bertin: Miracles of St Edmund, ed. (2014), Clarendon Press ISBN 978-0199689194
  • Bury St Edmunds and the Norman Conquest (2014, edited, Boydell Press: ISBN 978-1843839316)
  • What the Victorians Threw Away (2015, Oxbow book: ISBN 978-1782978756)
  • Edward the Confessor: Last of the Royal Blood (2020), Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0300211542[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Catalogue record for 'England's hermits, 970–1220'". Jisc Library Hub. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Tom Licence". University of East Anglia. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  3. ^ "What East Anglia Threw Away". What the Victorians Threw Away. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2026. Dr Tom Licence is Director of the Centre of East Anglian Studies at the University of East Anglia.
    "The Centre for East Anglian Studies – UEA – University of East Anglia". CEAS. Retrieved 18 January 2026. ... current CEAS Director Dr Richard Mills
  4. ^ a b c d "Tom Licence". www.magd.cam.ac.uk. Magdalene College. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  5. ^ Fallon, Fionnuala (2 April 2016). "Unearthing hidden treasures while working in old gardens". Irish Times. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  6. ^ Frayer, Lauren (1 June 2016). "Digging Up The Roots Of Modern Waste In Victorian-Era Rubbish". National Public Radio. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  7. ^ Sebastian, Shevlin (24 January 2017). "Finding beauty in rubbish". New Indian Express. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  8. ^ Barr, Jessica (July 2012). "Tom Licence, Hermits and Recluses in English Society, 950–1200 (review)". Speculum. 87 (3): 897. doi:10.1017/S0038713412002461.
  9. ^ Jones, E.A. "Hermits and Recluses in English Society, 950–1200 (review)". Reviews in History. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  10. ^ Giandrea, Mary Frances (1 January 2023). "Edward the Confessor: Last of the Royal Blood". Speculum. 98 (1): 296–298. doi:10.1086/723139.
  11. ^ Shippey, Tom (3 December 2020). "Men Who Keep Wolves". London Review of Books. 42 (23). ISSN 0260-9592. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
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