Eric Jager (born April 27, 1957) is an American literary critic and a specialist in medieval literature. He is a professor in the department of English at University of California, Los Angeles, having received his B.A. from Calvin College (1979), and his M.A and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan (1982, 1987). He has also taught at Columbia University as an associate professor.

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Articles

Books

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• The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France, 2004, London: Random House.

• Blood Royal: A True Tale of Crime and Detection in Medieval Paris, 2014, Little Brown and Company.

References

External links

• "The Book of the Heart in Late Medieval Piety", by Eric Jager, 1995.

• "Lost in the Archives", by Eric Jager, in The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 6, 2009 - discusses the writing of The Last Duel

• 'The Last Duel' Between French Knights, by Sheilah Kast, NPR interview, December 26, 2004 (audio, 10-mins)