Ralph Henry Carless Davis (7 October 1918 – 12 March 1991), always known publicly as R.
H.
C.
Davis, was a British historian and educator specialising in the European Middle Ages.
Davis was born and died in Oxford.
He was a leading exponent of strict documentary analysis and interpretation, was keenly interested in architecture and art in history, and was successful at communicating to the public and as a teacher.