Sophie T. Ambler
Education	Doctor of Philosophy
Alma mater	King's College London
Occupation	Medieval historian, university teacher
Employer	Lancaster University University of East Anglia
Awards	Philip Leverhulme Prize (2020)

Sophie Ambler FRHistS is a medieval historian, focussing on politics, ethics, and warfare, often through the lens of the Crusades.^[1] She undertook her PhD at King's College London, supervised by David A. Carpenter.^[1] Since 2021, she has been Reader in Central & Later Medieval History at Lancaster University, and before that was Lecturer since 2017.^[1] Earlier in her career, Ambler worked at the University of East Anglia.^[2] In 2020, Ambler was one of the recipients of the Philip Leverhulme Prize.^[3] Ambler frequently contributes to TV and radio, like her piece on the Second Barons' War as part of In Our Time.^[1][4]

Selected works

Books

• — (2016). Bishops in the Political Community of England, 1213−1272. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-875402-2. OL 27415575M. Wikidata Q107305460.
• — (2019). The Song of Simon de Montfort: The Life and Death of a Medieval Revolutionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-094623-7. OL 34087677M. Wikidata Q72932472.
• — (2019). The Song of Simon de Montfort: England's First Revolutionary and the Death of Chivalry. London: Picador. ISBN 978-1-5098-3757-1. OL 30157277M. Wikidata Q107669769.^[5]