Glenn Richardson is Professor of Early-Modern History. He has taught and researched at St Mary’s since the late 1990s, on international political and cultural relations, on monarchy and the role of royal courts of European Renaissance.
Glenn graduated from the University of Sydney with First Class Honours in History, and went on to complete doctoral research at the London School of Economics and Political Science, before joining St Mary’s. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and is an Honorary Fellow of the Historical Association. He is President of the Society for Court Studies, established in 1995 to research the history of royal and princely courts. Its journal, The Court Historian, is published twice yearly.
Key qualifications and certifications
- BA in History with First Class Honours, University of Sydney
- PhD in Arts (History) University of London (London School of Economics and Political Science)
- Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
- Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
- Honorary Fellow of the Historical Association
- President of the Society for Court Studies
- Member, and former Committee Member, Society for the Study of French History
Areas of expertise
- Tudor History
- Henry VIII
- Renaissance
- International Relations in the 16th century
Publications and media
- Francis I: The Knight- King (2025)
- Renaissance Monarchs at War: The Battle of Pavia 1525 (2025).
- Wolsey (2020)
- The Field of Cloth of Gold (2013 and 2020)
- 'The Contending Kingdoms': France and England 1420-1700 [editor] (2008); Tudor England and its Neighbours [co-edited with Susan Doran] (2005)
- Renaissance Monarchy: The Reigns of Henry VIII, Francis I and Charles V (2002).
Media appearances and press features
- Podcast for Reaktion Books. Francis I: The Knight-King, Warburg Institute, 19 March 2026
- King vs Emperor: Not Just the Tudors
- , recorded July 2025
- , 2017
- The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family (BBC Productions) Premiered on Smithsonian, August 2022/UK BBC 2021.