David Edward Luscombe FSA FRHistS FBA (22 July 1938 – 30 August 2021) was a British medievalist. He was professor emeritus of medieval history at the University of Sheffield. He was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1986. He was also a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Society of Antiquaries of London.^[1] He was the joint editor of volume four of The New Cambridge Medieval History.^[2] He was from 1997 to 2002 the President of the Société Internationale pour l'Étude de la Philosophie Médiévale (S.I.E.P.M.). He died on 30 August 2021, at the age of 83.^[3][4]

In 2014, Luscombe was awarded the British Academy Medal for his book The Letter Collection of Peter Abelard and Heloise.^[5]

• Medieval Thought. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997.
• The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 4, c. 1024–c. 1198. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004. (Editor with Jonathan Riley-Smith)
• The School of Peter Abelard. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2008.
• A Monastic Community in Local Society: The Beauchief Abbey Cartulary. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2012. (Editor with David Hey & Lisa Liddy)

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