Chris Given-Wilson spent his career teaching Medieval History at the University of St Andrews, as lecturer (from 1978) and then Professor of Medieval History (from 1998). His work has focused on the political and social history of late medieval England and upon historical writing, especially chronicles. He was for many years Chair of the Medieval History Department at St Andrews, and subsequently Head of School of History. He retired in 2014 and is now Emeritus Professor of Medieval History. He is the author or editor of eleven books and some thirty articles; his books include Chronicles: The Writing of History in Medieval England (2004), and Henry IV (2016), and he was the general editor of The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England 1275-1504 (16 vols, 2005). He was awarded the Alexander Prize of the Royal Historical Society in 1987, and Henry IV was shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2017.