Education
- Ph.D., Oxford University (United Kingdom)
Publications
Books:
• The Rise of the Carolingians And The 'Liber Historiae Francorum', Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987.
• Late Merovingian France: History and Hagiography 640-720 (Manchester Medieval Sources) (translated and edited with Paul Fouracre), Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1996.
• Medieval Worlds: An Introduction to European History, 300-1492 (with Jo Ann H. Moran Cruz) Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 2003.
• How To Be Old: The Thinking Person's Guide To Retirement (a modern adaptation of Ciceros' essay On Old Age [De Senectute] with commentary), adapted by R. Gerberding, illustrated by Lance Rossi, New Orleans, LA: Quid Pro Books, 2014.
Articles:
• "Paris Bibliothèque Nationale Latin 7906: An Unnoticed Very Early Fragment of the 'Liber Historiae Francorum'," Traditio XLIII (1987), pp. 381-386.
• "716: A Crucial Year For Charles Martel," in J. Jarnut, U. Nonn, M. Richter, eds., Karl Martel und seine Zeit, Sigmaringen: Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 1994, pp. 205-16.
• "Gregory of Tours", in William W. Kibler & Grover A. Zinn., eds., Medieval France: An Encyclopedia, New York & London: Garland Press, 1995, pp. 801-2.
• "Fredegar", in William W. Kibler & Grover A. Zinn., eds., Medieval France: An Encyclopedia, New York & London: Garland Press, 1995, p. 705.
• "The Later Roman Empire," in Rosamond McKitterick and Paul Fouracre, eds., The New Cambridge Medieval History, Vol. I: AD 500-700, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, pp. 13-34.
Reviews:
Book Reviews in Speculum, American Historical Review, and International History Review.