# Barbara Hanawalt

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{{Short description|American historian and author (born 1941)}}
'''Barbara Ann Hanawalt''' (born 4 March 1941) is an American historian and bestselling author. She specializes in [English medieval social history](/source/England_in_the_Middle_Ages).

== Life ==

Hanawalt was born in [New Brunswick](/source/New_Brunswick%2C_New_Jersey), [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey). Her father was a university professor and her mother was a schoolteacher.{{cn|date=August 2022}}

== Career ==

Hanawalt received her bachelor's degree from Douglass College in 1963, a master's degree from the [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan) in 1964, and a Ph.D., also from the University of Michigan, in 1970.{{cn|date=August 2022}}

Hanawalt taught for a number of years at [Indiana University](/source/Indiana_University) and the [University of Minnesota](/source/University_of_Minnesota). She then moved to [Ohio State University](/source/Ohio_State_University) as the King George III Chair of British History in 1999.<ref name="osu">{{cite web|url=https://history.osu.edu/people/hanawalt.4|publisher=history.osu.edu|title=Barbara A. Hanawalt &#124; Department of History|accessdate=2016-12-04}}</ref>

== Awards ==

Hanawalt was named fellow of the [Royal Historical Society](/source/Royal_Historical_Society) and of the [Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin](/source/Berlin_Institute_for_Advanced_Study) and the Center for Advanced Studies at [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University).{{cn|date=August 2022}}

== Bibliography ==

Some of Hanawalt's notable books are:<ref name="osu">{{cite web|url=https://history.osu.edu/people/hanawalt.4|publisher=history.osu.edu|title=Barbara A. Hanawalt &#124; Department of History|accessdate=2016-12-04}}</ref>

* ''The Middle Ages: An Illustrated History''
* ''The Ties That Bound: Peasant Families in Medieval England''
* ''The European World, 400-1450''
* ''Growing Up in Medieval London: The Experience of Childhood in History''
* ''The Wealth of Wives: Women, Law, and Economy in Late Medieval London''
* ''Of Good and Ill Repute: Gender and Social Control in Medieval England''
* ''Crime and Conflict in English Communities, 1300–1348''

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://history.osu.edu/people/hanawalt.4 Ohio State University]

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