Jonathan Jarrett

Jonathan Jarrett is an Associate Professor of Early Medieval History at the University of Leeds, with expertise spanning power dynamics on medieval frontiers, Carolingian Europe, and numismatic studies. He previously worked at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Queen's College Oxford, University of Birmingham, and Barber Institute of Fine Arts.

• B.A. and M.Phil. in History from the University of Cambridge
• Ph.D. from Birkbeck, University of London

His research focuses on early medieval authority structures through charters and coinage, particularly in Catalonia, Byzantium, and cross-regional frontier studies. Recent projects include Not The Final Frontier: The World of Medieval Islands and trans-regional analyses of Northern Iberia.

His 15 most recent articles (2013-2025) address topics ranging from Byzantine concave coinage to frontier church-building networks, with strong emphasis on documentary culture, economic history, and digital methodologies. Articles reveal interdisciplinary engagement with numismatics, social memory theory, and comparative island studies.

Teaching commendations highlight his excellence in late antique to early medieval instruction at all undergraduate levels and MA programs. He uses computational methods for charter analysis and coin cataloging, including experimental X-ray examination funded by the Royal Numismatic Society.