Christopher N. L. Brooke

Born on 23 June 1927, Brooke was the son of Zachary Nugent Brooke (1883–1946) and his wife Rosa Grace Brooke (1888–1964). Following schooling at Winchester College, Brooke undertook his undergraduate work at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he studied with David Knowles.{{cite web |year=2008 |title=Professor Christopher Brooke: Interview Transcript |url=https://archives.history.ac.uk/makinghistory/resources/interviews/Brooke_Christopher.html |website=Making History |location=London |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |access-date=19 December 2019}}

Brooke spent his early years as head of department at Westfield College, University of London, before taking up a post at Caius from 1977 to 1994, where he remained a life fellow. He held the position of Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Cambridge and before becoming a professor emeritus.{{cite web |url=http://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/people/christopher-brooke |title=Professor Christopher Brooke CBE, FBA, Hon VPSA |publisher=Gonville & Caius College |accessdate=31 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231200650/http://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/people/christopher-brooke |archive-date=31 December 2013 |url-status=dead }} He was President of the Ecclesiastical History Society (1968–1969).[https://www.history.ac.uk/ehsoc/about/past-ehs-presidents Past Presidents - Ecclesiastical History Society]

Brooke died on 27 December 2015 at the age of 88.[https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/professor-christopher-brooke-8fxqh8v0vng Professor Christopher Brooke]

He met his future wife and fellow medievalist Rosalind Brooke (née Clark) at Cambridge in 1951. She died in 2014.{{cite web|title=In memoriam: Dr Rosalind Brooke|url=http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/099-in-memorium-dr-rosalind-brooke|accessdate=30 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054341/http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/099-in-memorium-dr-rosalind-brooke|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}} Christopher N. L. Brooke died on 27 December 2015.

Among Brooke's publications are:

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• The Church and the Welsh Border in the Central Middle Ages{{cite book|title= The church and the Welsh border in the central Middle Ages|publisher=World Cat |oclc = 14358922}}
• London, 800–1216: The Shaping of a City{{cite book|title= London, 800–1216 : the shaping of a city |publisher=World Cat |oclc = 1377073}}
• The English Church & the Papacy, From the Conquest to the Reign of John{{cite book |title= The English church & the papacy, from the Conquest to the reign of John |publisher=World Cat |oclc= 18833115 }}
• The Medieval Idea of Marriage{{cite book |title= The medieval idea of marriage |publisher=World Cat |oclc=18947995 }}
• A History of the University of Cambridge. Vol. 4, 1870–1990{{cite book|title= A history of the University of Cambridge. Vol. 4, 1870–1990 |publisher=World Cat |oclc= 186482642 }}
• Churches and Churchmen in Medieval Europe{{cite book |title= Churches and churchmen in medieval Europe|publisher=World Cat|oclc=185660510}}
• The Normans as Cathedral Builders{{cite book|title= The Normans as cathedral builders|publisher=World Cat |oclc=7098010 }}
• The Architectural History of Winchester Cathedral{{cite book|title= The architectural history of Winchester Cathedral|publisher=World Cat |oclc=7097982 }}
• The Saxon and Norman Kings{{cite book|title= The Saxon and Norman Kings|publisher=World Cat|oclc=63447340}}
• From Alfred to Henry III 871–1272{{cite book|title= From Alfred to Henry III 871–1272|publisher=World Cat |oclc=185648057 }} Accessed on 10 March 2009
• Carte Nativorum: A Peterborough Abbey Cartulary of the Fourteenth Century{{cite book|title= Carte nativorum : a Peterborough Abbey cartulary of the fourteenth century|publisher=World Cat|oclc=185781571}}
• The Letters of John of Salisbury{{cite book |title= The letters of John of Salisbury|publisher=World Cat|oclc=48318911}} Accessed on 10 March 2009
• The Letters of John of Salisbury. Vol. 2, The Later Letters (1163–1180){{cite book|title= The letters of John of Salisbury. Vol. 2, The later letters (1163–1180)|publisher=World Cat|oclc=186720386}}
• A History of Gonville and Caius College{{cite book|title= A history of Gonville and Caius college|publisher=World Cat|oclc=185477127}} Accessed on 10 March 2009
• Gilbert Foliot and His Letters{{cite book|title= Gilbert Foliot and his letters|publisher=World Cat|oclc=64512070}}
• The Heads of Religious Houses, England and Wales: Volume 1, 940–1216{{cite book|title= The heads of religious houses, England and Wales. [1], 940–1216|publisher=World Cat|oclc=270781519}}
• The Investiture Disputes{{cite book|title= The investiture disputes|publisher=World Cat|oclc=221050799}}
• Religious Sentiment and Church Design in the Later Middle Ages{{cite book|title= Religious sentiment and church design in the later Middle Ages|publisher=World Cat|oclc=66298679}}
• Archbishop Lanfranc, the English Bishops and the Council of London of 1075{{cite book|title= Archbishop Lanfranc, the English bishops and the Council of London of 1075|publisher=World Cat|oclc=49413804}}
• The Monastic Constitutions of Lanfranc{{cite book|title= The monastic constitutions of Lanfranc|publisher=World Cat|oclc=48154671}}
• Councils and Synods, with Other Documents Relating to the English Church: Volume I: A.D. 871–1204{{cite book|title= Councils and synods, with other documents relating to the English church, I, A.D. 871–1204|publisher=World Cat|oclc=224372669}}
• Hugh the Chanter: The History of the Church of York, 1066–1127{{cite book|title= Hugh the chanter : the history of the church of York, 1066–1127|publisher=World Cat|oclc=213035056}}
• Oxford and Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, 1988 (with Roger Highfield)

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