William E Kapelle
Degrees
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Ph.D.University of Kansas, M.A.
University of Kansas, B.A.
Expertise
Roman and Medieval history.Profile
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My main research lies in Domesday Book (the great survey made of the English kingdom in 1086), related land surveys, and English "feudalism."
Courses Taught
| HIST | 103a | Roman History to 455 CE |
| HIST | 110a | The Civilization of the Early Middle Ages |
| HIST | 110b | The Civilization of the High and Late Middle Ages |
| HIST | 112b | The Crusades and the Expansion of Medieval Europe |
| HIST | 113a | English Medieval History |
| HIST | 120a | Britain in the Later Middle Ages |
| HIST | 123a | The Renaissance |
Awards and Honors
Royal Historical Society (1984)
Adams Prize of American Historical Association (1980)
Wm. J. Branstrom Freshman Prize, University of Michigan (1962)
Scholarship
Kapelle, William E.. "Review." Rev. of Domesday Now: New Approaches to the Inquest and Book, by Edited by David Roffe and KSB Keats-Rohan. American Historical Review vol. 123 of Feb. 2018 2018: 286-87.
Kapelle, William E. "Review." Rev. of Henry II: New interpretations, by Christopher Harper-Bill and Nicholas Vincent (editors). Journal of British Studies vol. 48 April 2009: 469-70.
Kapelle, William E. The Norman Conquest of the North: The Region and its Transformation. University of North Carolina Press; Chapel Hill, 1979.