Prof. Simon Doubleday

BIOGRAPHY

Professor Simon Doubleday is a Professor of Medieval History at Hofstra University. He is an expert on the history of medieval Europe, in particular the Black Death. His recent publications include, The Wise King: A Christian Prince, Muslim Spain, and the Birth of the Renaissance (2015), The Lars Family: Crown and Nobility in Medieval Spain (2009), and In the Light of Medieval Spain: Islam, the West, and the Relevance of the Past (2008).