Research Output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Secondary school teacher (11-18 History) 2001-2012; FE Lecturer (History) 2012-13; Senior Lecturer (Education Studies) 2013-2019. I was 'A' level examiner for History and authored four textbooks for GCSE and A level (Medieval England 2004; Raiders and Invaders, Power and Control 2006; The First Crusade and the Crusader States 2010).I am also a fiction author and my novel The Zaharoff Conspiracy was published by Methuen in 2014.
Research Interests
History of Education (curricula, pedagogy, great educators); Medieval History (gentry communities, government and politics, social history)
Teaching Interests
History of Education; curriculum studies; politics and culture; schooling strutures and organisations
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Southampton
Master, University of Oxford
Bachelor, University of Oxford
Keywords
- LA History of education
- LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools
- L Education (General)
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feudalism
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twelfth century
Social Sciences
Medieval History
Arts & Humanities
redundancy
Social Sciences
resources
Social Sciences
Research Output 1998 2014
The Zaharoff Conspiracy
Purser, T., 27 Mar 2014, York: Methuen. 323 p.Research output: Book/Report types › Book
England
Conspiracy
Spies
Marriage
Mystery
The First Crusade and the Crusader States 1073-1130
Purser, T., 23 Jun 2010, Heinemann. 168 p.Research output: Book/Report types › Book
Optical character recognition
Students
Specifications
Power and Control: Kingship in the Middle Ages: Kingship in the Middle Ages c1100-1500
Purser, T., 14 Nov 2006, Heinemann. 72 p.Research output: Book/Report types › Book
History
Resources
Medieval Period
Kingship
Medieval History
Raiders and Invaders: The British Isles 400-1100: The British Isles c400-1100
Purser, T., 17 Aug 2006, Heinemann. 72 p.Research output: Book/Report types › Book
history
redundancy
resources
pupil
student
Medieval England 1042-1228
Purser, T., 15 Nov 2004, Heinemann. 240 p.Research output: Book/Report types › Book
Thrones
Medieval England
Invasion
English Society
Module
Activities 2010 2020
Rich widows and naughty knights: Sir John Sandys and social climbing in late Medieval England
Toby Purser (Speaker)16 Jan 2020
Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Invited talk › Research
Bede or Beowulf? The hidden narratives of Medieval History in the secondary school curricula
Toby Purser (Speaker)13 Mar 2019
Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Seminar › Research
The dog that didn’t bark: Sir John Sandys, social mobility and the community of Hampshire knights and esquires of the late fourteenth century.
Toby Purser (Speaker)24 Oct 2018
Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Seminar › Research
What is Education Studies?
Toby Purser (Speaker)24 Apr 2018
Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Oral presentation › Teaching
Turning His(stories) into Research: Mythology, legends and literature
Toby Purser (Speaker)Jul 2014
Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Seminar › Research
Press / Media
Thesis
The County Community of Hampshire c1300-c1530 with special reference to the knights and esquires
Author: Purser, T., Jun 2001Supervisor: Hicks, M. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis