Steven Runciman (1903–2000)
Författare till A History of the Crusades, Volume I: The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
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Sir Steven Runciman was one of the most acclaimed historians of the Byzantine ear and the author of many influential works, including the three-volume History of the Crusades.
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A History of the Crusades, Volume I: The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem (1951) — Författare — 1,023 exemplar
A History of the Crusades. Volume II. The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100-1187 (1952) — Författare — 648 exemplar
A History of the Crusades, Volume III: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades (1954) — Författare — 556 exemplar
The Sicilian Vespers, a history of the Mediterranean world in the later 13th century (1958) 441 exemplar
The Great Church in captivity. A study of the Patriarchate of Constantinople from the eve of the Turkish conquest to… (1968) — Författare — 156 exemplar
The Eastern Schism: A Study of the Papacy and the Eastern Churches During the XIth and XIIth Centuries (1955) — Författare — 91 exemplar
The Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and his reign, a study of tenth-century Byzantium (1929) — Författare — 48 exemplar
The Families of Outremer. The feudal nobility of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1099-1291 (1960) — Författare — 4 exemplar
Anglican initiatives in Christian unity: lectures delivered in Lambeth Palace Library, 1966 2 exemplar
La sagrada Biblia 1 exemplar
De goddelijke keizers 1 exemplar
Bridge to the East 1 exemplar
The Children's Crusade 1 exemplar
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Medieval and Renaissance Studies: Proceedings of the Southeastern Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Summer… (1966) — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
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Allmänna fakta
- Vedertaget namn
- Runciman, Steven
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Runciman, The Hon. Sir James Cochran Stevenson
- Födelsedag
- 1903-07-07
- Avled
- 2000-11-01
- Begravningsplats
- Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Land (för karta)
- England, UK
- Födelseort
- Northumberland, England, UK
- Dödsort
- Radway, Warwickshire, England, UK
- Bostadsorter
- Istanbul, Turkey
Northumberland, England, UK
Eton, Berkshire, England, UK
Radway, Warwickshire, England, UK
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Dumfrieshire, Scotland, UK (visa alla 7)
London, England, UK - Utbildning
- Eton College
Trinity College, University of Cambridge (BA | 1924) - Yrken
- historian
scholar
writer
medievalist - Organisationer
- Istanbul University (1942-1945)
University of Cambridge - Priser och utmärkelser
- Royal Society of Literature Companion of Literature (1987)
Wolfson History Prize (1980)
Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire (1958)
Fellow, British Academy (1957)
Companion of Honour (1984)
Knight Commander, Order of the Phoenix (1961) (visa alla 16)
American Philosophical Society (1965)
Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of London (1964)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature (1952)
Order of the Madara Horseman (1983)
Grand Orator ofthe Great Church of Constantinople (1969)
David Livingstone Medal (1992)
Wolfson Literary Award (1982)
Gold Medal of the City of Athens (1991)
Onassis Prize for Culture (1997)
Fellow, Royal Historical Society - Kort biografi
- Steven Runciman was the highly erudite scholar, historian and linguist (in his work he used Latin, Greek, French, Russian, Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Hebrew, Syriac, Armenian and Georgian) who specialized in the Middle Ages, particularly the Byzantine Empire and the Crusades. After receiving a large inheritance in 1938, he resigned his lectureship at Cambridge to focus fully on his writing. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1957 and was knighted in 1958.
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La Caída de Constantinopla av Steven Runciman
Narra la pérdida del imperio bizantino por parte de los cristianos, tras una resistencia realmente heroica, y la conquista, ya para siempre hasta hoy, de la ciudad por parte de los turcos. Fue una catástrofe impresionante en el mundo de entonces, 1453, el papado, las repúblicas de Florencia y Venecia, las colonias catalanas, el reino de Nápoles, etc.
More fun and games in the Middle East by French knights. I’ll give away the ending: they lose.
Readable but somewhat out of fashion historical narrative that nevertheless gets my money for still the best. Certainly, the most influential when it comes to the modern conception of the First Crusade. Runciman’s moral opinions are largely read-between-the-lines obvious but rarely stated overtly, more in the style of a Johnson or Gibbons.
The last book in Runciman's survey of the Crusading Movement. The final chapter of this volume has the title the summing up. He ends with a judgement that the Crusades were "A tragic and destructive episode." Runciman has presented, in these three volumes, a balanced and clear picture of the European side of the period. The appendix dealing with the sources is a very good summary. there are very useful genealogical tables, and the maps are reasonably clear. I recommend this book for the ideal medieval library.… (mer)
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- Verk
- 35
- Även av
- 2
- Medlemmar
- 5,367
- Popularitet
- #4,641
- Betyg
- 4.2
- Recensioner
- 75
- ISBN
- 162
- Språk
- 15
- Favoritmärkt
- 22
- Proberstenar
- 72
