Overview
Overview
I joined the School of History, Welsh History and Archaeology (as it then was) at Bangor in September 2007. I was awarded my Ph.D. by the University of St Andrews in 1998, worked for a time as a solicitor in the City of London, but returned to academia in October 2003. From then until the summer of 2006 I was employed in the History Faculty at Oxford University as a post-doctoral research assistant on a project to edit the charters and writs of Henry I (1100–1135). I am a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a member of the council of the Pipe Roll Society, a trustee of the Allen Brown Memorial Trust and currently Director of the annual Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies.
My research focuses on the rule and government of Normandy and England from the tenth to the twelfth centuries. I published a monograph, Norman rule in Normandy, 911-1144, in 2017, and am currently beginning work on the subsequent period of Angevin rule in the duchy between 1144 and 1204.
That research goes hand in hand with work on the rule and government of the Norman and Angevin kings in England, with a focus here on both the charters and writs that the various kings issued, as well as on the pipe rolls—the records of the annual audit of the king’s revenues.
Teaching
Undergraduate
Monarchs, Monks, and Miracles: Europe in the High Middle Ages, 1000–1250
The Kingdom in the Sun: Norman Sicily, 1130–1189
The Lion of Justice: The Life and Reign of Henry I (1068–1135)
Going to the Devil? The Life and Rule of Henry II, 1133–1189
Postgraduate
Documents and Sources for Medieval and Early Modern History (convener and contributor)
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
I am willing to supervise a PhD
Publications
2024
- PublishedRichard, bishop of Syracuse and archbishop of Messina (d. 1195), and the History of the Tyrants of Sicily
Hagger, M., 1 Apr 2024, In: History. p. 3-33 30 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe making and meaning of the Bayeux Tapestry revisited
Hagger, M., 2024, In: Journal of Medieval History. 50, 2, p. 214-235
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2023
- PublishedNorman borders in the work of William of Jumièges and Orderic Vitalis, c. 1057–1141
Hagger, M., Dec 2023, Borders and the Norman World: New Frontiers in Scholarship . Armstrong, D., Kecskés, Á., Rozier, C. & Hicks, L. (eds.). Woodbridge: Boydell Press, p. 273-300
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedThe Infeudationes militum of 1172: some aspects of lordship in Henry II's Normandy
Hagger, M., 26 Oct 2023, The Various Models of the Lordship. Antonetti, A. & Berardi , R. (eds.). Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 57-79 23 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
2020
- PublishedAngevin rule in the west of Normandy: the view from Mont-Saint-Michel, 1154–1186
Hagger, M., 2020, Anglo-Norman Studies XLII: Proceedings of the Battle Conference. Church, S. (ed.). Woodbridge: Boydell Press, Vol. 42. (Anglo-Norman Studies; vol. 42).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
2017
- PublishedNorman Rule in Normandy, 911-1144
Hagger, M., Sept 2017, Woodbridge: Boydell Press. 824 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
2016
- PublishedLe gouvernment in absentia: la Normandie sous Henri Beauclerc, 1106–1135
Hagger, M., 31 Jul 2016, 911–2011 : Penser les mondes normands médiévaux: Actes de colloque international de Caen et Cerisy (29 septembre - 2 octobre 2011). Bates, D. & Bauduin, P. (eds.). Caen: Presses universitaires de Caen, p. 429 441 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
2013
- PublishedConfrontation and Unification: Approaches to the Political History of Normandy, 911–1035
Hagger, M., 10 Jun 2013, In: History Compass. 11, 6, p. 429-42 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2012
- PublishedHow the west was won: the Norman dukes and the Cotentin, c.987–1087
Hagger, M. S., 1 Jan 2012, In: Journal of Medieval History. 38, 1, p. 20-55
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedLordship and lunching: interpretations of eating and food in the Anglo-Norman world, 1050–1200, with reference to the Bayeux Tapestry
Hagger, M. S., Hagger, M. & Roffe, D. (Editor), 1 Jan 2012, The English and their Legacy: 900-1200: Essays in Honour of Ann Williams. 2012 ed. Unknown, p. 229-244
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedWilliam: King and Conqueror
Hagger, M. S. & Hagger, M., 1 Jan 2012, I.B.Taurus.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
2010
- PublishedSecular law and Custom in Ducal Normandy, c. 1000-1144.
Hagger, M. S., 1 Oct 2010, In: Speculum. 85, 4, p. 827-867
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2009
- PublishedThe earliest Norman writs revisited.
Hagger, M. S., 1 May 2009, In: Historical Research. 82, 216, p. 181-205
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedTheory and practice in the making of twelfth-century pipe rolls.
Hagger, M. S., Hagger, M. & Vincent, N. (Editor), 1 Jan 2009, Records, Administration, and Aristocratic Society in the Anglo-Norman Realm.. 2009 ed. Boydell Press, p. 45-74
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
2008
- PublishedThe Gesta Abbatum Monasterii Sancti Albani : litigation and history at St. Albans.
Hagger, M. S., 1 Aug 2008, In: Historical Research. 81, 213, p. 373-398
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2007
- PublishedA pipe roll for 25 Henry I.
Hagger, M. S. & Hagger, M., 1 Feb 2007, In: English Historical Review. 122, 495, p. 133-140
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe Norman vicomte, c1035-1135: What did he do?
Hagger, M. S. & Hagger, M., 1 Jan 2007, In: Anglo-Norman Studies. 29, p. 65-83
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2006
- PublishedKinship and identity in eleventh-century Normandy: The case of Hugh de Grandmesnil, c. 1040–1098.
Hagger, M. S. & Hagger, M., 1 Sept 2006, In: Journal of Medieval History. 32, 3, p. 212-230
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2001
- PublishedThe Fortunes of a Norman Family: The de Verduns in England, Ireland and Wales, 1066–1316.
Hagger, M. S. & Hagger, M., 1 Jan 2001, Dublin: Four Courts Press.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Activities
2024
- 48th Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies
48th Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies
22 Jul 2024 – 26 Jul 2025
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Director) - Meeting to discuss activities to mark the millennium of the birth of William the Conqueror
Meeting to discuss activities to mark the milennium of the birth of William the Conqueror
19 Apr 2024
Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups (Contributor)
2023
- Millième de la naissance de Guillaume le Conquérant/Millenium of the Birth of William the Conqueror
Reception to introduce plans to celebrate the birth of William the Conqueror - to be celebrated in 2027
30 Nov 2023
Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups (Contributor) - 47th Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies
47th Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies
19 Jul 2023 – 22 Jul 2024
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Director)