David Levesley d'Avray FBA FRHistS (born 3 February 1952) is a British historian who specialises in the religious and social history of the Middle Ages.
[5] D'Avray's early publications focused on medieval preaching as a form of mass communication and as evidence for popular attitudes to monarchy, death and marriage.
The next defining theme of his research was the practical influence of symbolism on the social and legal history of marriage in the medieval period.
He then moved on to exploring rationalities in history, comparatively and with reference to the Middle Ages, and his most recent published works have focused on the relationship between royal marriage and papal government.
[1] Between 1996 and 1998 he held a British Academy Research Readership and in 1999 he won the Distinguished Teacher Award for the Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences at University College London.