On his faculty page at the University of Bristol, Dr. Bull welcomes research enquiries concerning various aspects of central medieval history including the early crusading movement, pilgrimage movements, studies of aristocracy, historiography, the cult of saints, and lay religiousity.
Dr. Bull's publications on the crusading movement include:
Knightly Piety and the Lay Response to the First Crusade (Oxford University Press, 1993),
"The Roots of Lay Enthusiasm for the First Crusade" History, 78, (1993), 353-372.
"The Confraternity of La Sauve Majeure: A Foreshadowing og the Military Order" In The Military Orders: Fighting for the Faith and Caring for the Sick. Ed. M. Barber (Variorum: Aldershot, 1994), 313-319.
"Origins" in The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades Ed. Jonathan Riley-Smith (Oxford University Press, 1995), 13-33.
"The Capetian Monarchy and the Early Crusade Movement: Hugh of Vermandois and Louis VII." Nottingham Medieval Studies, 40 (1996), 25-46.
"The Diplomatic of the First Crusade" In The First Crusade: Origins and Impact. Ed. J.P. Phillips (Manchester University Press: Manchester, 1997), 35-54.
"Overlapping and Competing Identities in the Frankish First Crusade." In Le Concile de Clermont de 1095 et l'appel a la croisade. Actes du Colloque universitaire international de Clermont-Ferrand, 23-25, June 1995 (Collection de L'Ecole Francais de Rome, 236: Rome, 1997), 195-211.
"The Pilgrimage Origins of the First Crusade." History Today, 47 (3) (March 1997), 10-15.
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Article on The University of Bristol Medieval Studies Program Medieval Academy News, Fall 2004.
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