Richard Abels
Professor of history at the united states naval academy

Richard Abels

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Professor of history at the united states naval academy
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1 January 1951
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Richard Abels FRHistS (born 1951) is professor of history at the United States Naval Academy. Abels is a specialist in the military and political institutions of Anglo-Saxon England.

Selected honours

  • Member of the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (2007-2008)
  • The U.S. Naval Academy's Civilian Service Excellence Award (2008)
  • The U.S. Naval Academy's Civilian Research Excellence Award (2003)
  • The U.S. Naval Academy's Civilian Teaching Excellence Award (1991)
  • Dept. of the Navy Superior Civil Service Medal (2003)
  • Dept. of the Navy Meritorious Civil Service Medal (1991, 2008)
  • Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (elected 1990)

Selected publications

  • Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England. Longman, London, 1998.
  • Raoul of Cambrai: An Old French Epic, trans. J. Crosland (1926). Revised translation with introduction by R. Abels. American Heritage CP, 1994.
  • Lordship and Military Obligation in Anglo-Saxon England. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California, 1988.
  • The Normans and their Adversaries: Essays in Memory of C. Warren Hollister. Co-edited with Bernard Bachrach. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell and Brewer, 2001.