Overview
Overview
I joined the School of History, Welsh History and Archaeology 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, and a trustee of the Allen Brown Memorial Trust (which organizes the annual Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies).
My research focuses on the rule and government of England and, principally, Normandy from the tenth to the twelfth centuries. I published a monograph on Norman rule in Normandy between 911 and 1144 in 2017, and am currently beginning work on the subsequent period of Angevin rule in the duchy, looking initially at the reigns of Geoffrey V and Henry II (1144–1189).
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.
In addition, I am developing an interest in the life and reign of Robert the Pious, king of the French between 996 and 1030.
Teaching
Undergraduate
Monarchs, Monks, and Miracles: Europe in the High Middle Ages, 1000–1250
Europe in the Early Middle Ages, c. 476–c. 987
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)
Normandy under the Normans, 911–1144
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
I am willing to supervise a PhD
Publications
2023
- Accepted/In pressNorman borders in the work of William of Jumièges and Orderic Vitalis, c. 1057–1141
Hagger, M., 7 Feb 2023, (Accepted/In press) Borders and the Norman World: New Frontiers in Scholarship . Armstrong, D., Kecskés, Á., Rozier, C. & Hicks, L. (eds.). Woodbridge: Boydell Press
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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., Sep 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. (ed.), 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. (ed.), 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 Sep 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