Martyn Rady

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Martyn Rady (born 1955) is Professor of Central European History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), University College London. While a teacher at Mill Hill School in the 1980s he wrote several books for sixth-formers, including Emperor Charles V (Longman, 1987). He moved to SSEES in 1990, where he had previously completed his PhD, publishing books and articles primarily on the history of Romania and Hungary. His principal interest is Hungarian legal history. In 1996, he was elected chair of SSEES Academic Assembly. In 2003 he was appointed Head of the History Department at SSEES. In 2004 he was made an Honorary Life Member of the Modern Humanities Research Association.

His publications include:

Medieval Buda: A Study of Municipal Government and Jurisdiction in the Kingdom of Hungary (East European Monographs, 1985).

Emperor Charles V (Longman, 1988)

Romania in Turmoil: A Contemporary History (IB Tauris, 1992)

(ed. with Peter J.S. Duncan) Towards a New Community: Culture and Politics in Post- Totalitarian Europe (SSEES and LitVerlag, 1993)

(joint author) Cultural Atlas of the Renaissance (Prentice-Hall/Time-Life, 1993)

Nobility, Land and Service in Medieval Hungary (Palgrave, 2000)

(ed. with László Péter and P. Sherwood) 'Lajos Kossuth Sent Word...' Papers delivered on the occasion of the bicentenary of Kossuth's Birth (SSEES, 2003)

(ed.) Custom and Law in Central Europe (Cambridge Centre for European Law, 2003)

(ed. with László Péter) British-Hungarian Relations Since 1848 (SSEES, 2004)

(ed. & trans with J. Bak and P. Banyo): Werbőczy, The Customary Law of the Renowned Kingdom of Hungary: A Work in Three Parts (the Tripartitum) (CEU and Schlacks, Budapest and Idyllwild, 2005).

Martyn Rady also acts as Warden for one of the University of London Intercollegiate Halls of Residence, Hughes Parry Hall, located in Cartwright Gardens, London WC1. Whilst the reception and Bursar's staff deal with everyday issues, he remains the figurehead of authority in the building which houses some 300 students. An unassuming figure, Prof. Rady is regarded as a true University Don or Hawk. He is sometimes affectionately referred to as "Lord" Rady by students past & present.