David A. Carpenter (born 1947) is an English historian and writer, and Professor of Medieval History at King's College London where he has been working since 1988.
[5] Carpenter has written widely on English social, economic, architectural, military and political history in the thirteenth century; many of his essays on this subject being brought together in a volume of his collected papers The Reign of Henry III (Hambledon, 1996).
The collaboration between researchers at the universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, and KCL created a database of all people in Scotland between 1093 and 1286 for whom there are records.
Dan Jones described the book as "a fine, judicious, illuminating work that should be the standard study of the reign for generations to come".
In 2003, David A. Carpenter served as a historical advisor in all four episodes of the four-part series Warrior Challenge which aired on PBS.