Ralph Henry Carless Davis (7 October 1918 – 12 March 1991), always known publicly as R. H. C. Davis, was a British historian specialising in the European Middle Ages. 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 teacherProceedings of the British Academy, volume 82, pp. 381-397, a biographical memoire by G. W. S. Barrow: "Ralph Henry Carless Davis, 1918–1991"..