Neil Murphy is Associate Professor in History at Northumbria University. He has authored two books, The Captivity of John II, 1356-60: The Royal Image in Later Medieval England and France (2016) and Ceremonial Entries, Municipal Liberties and the Negotiation of Power in Valois France, 1328-1589 (2016) as well as almost twenty articles and chapters. He is the review editor of the journal, Archives.