Richard Abels

Richard Abels FRHistS (born 1951) is professor emeritus of history at the United States Naval Academy.[1] Abels is a specialist in the military and political institutions of Anglo-Saxon England.[2] He was Elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (elected 1990).[3]

Selected publications
  • Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England. London: Longman, 1998.
  • Æthelred the Unready: The Failed King. Penguin Monarchs Series, Penguin U.K., 2018.
  • 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.
gollark: It would be more than "oh no, I have slightly worse food choices".
gollark: Full anarchoprimitivism, as komrad suggested, would *not* have that, and pre-industrial-revolution you have way worse productive capacity (so less of those things/worse things), and no access to modern medicine.
gollark: You still have access to presumably clean water of some form, the knowledge that you *can* go somewhere with that if you need medical treatment or whatever, and the ability to buy stuff if it's needed.
gollark: Or, I guess, for full monke™ any technology.
gollark: I feel like you're drastically underestimating how bad life is without any modern technology.

References
  1. "Chivalry is a Medical Ethos that has evolved over time". nytimes.com. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
  2. Prof. Richard Abels. United States Naval Academy. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  3. "Richard Abels". ias.edu. Retrieved August 11, 2017.


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