My brother, Jim Bradbury, who has died aged 85, was a medieval historian who wrote books of popular interest and made a major contribution to the understanding of England in that period.
His first book, Shakespeare and His Theatre, was published in 1975 and is a useful reader for schools in providing a background to Shakespeare’s life and work. He went on to write nine more books including The Battle of Hastings (1998) and Robin Hood (2010). They were carefully researched and much aided by his knowledge of Latin and medieval French and English. He attended annual conferences at Pyke House in Battle, East Sussex, on Anglo-Norman studies and made many friends there.
