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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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Obres de Steven Runciman

The Fall of Constantinople 1453 (1965) — Autor — 740 exemplars
A History of the Crusades [3-volume set] (1957) — Autor — 730 exemplars
Byzantine Civilization (1933) — Autor — 205 exemplars
Byzantine Style and Civilization (1975) 179 exemplars
Mistra: Byzantine Capital of the Peloponnese (1980) — Autor — 108 exemplars
Age of Illumination (Three Volume Set) (2004) — Col·laborador — 80 exemplars

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Nom normalitzat
Runciman, Steven
Nom oficial
Runciman, The Hon. Sir James Cochran Stevenson
Data de naixement
1903-07-07
Data de defunció
2000-11-01
Lloc d'enterrament
Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
UK
País (per posar en el mapa)
England, UK
Lloc de naixement
Northumberland, England, UK
Lloc de defunció
Radway, Warwickshire, England, UK
Llocs de residència
Istanbul, Turkey
Northumberland, England, UK
Eton, Berkshire, England, UK
Radway, Warwickshire, England, UK
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Dumfrieshire, Scotland, UK (mostra-les totes 7)
London, England, UK
Educació
Eton College
Trinity College, University of Cambridge (BA | 1924)
Professions
historian
scholar
writer
medievalist
Organitzacions
Istanbul University (1942-1945)
University of Cambridge
Premis i honors
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) (mostra-les totes 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
Biografia breu
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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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.
 
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Natt90 | Hi ha 12 ressenyes més | Dec 13, 2022 |
More fun and games in the Middle East by French knights. I’ll give away the ending: they lose.
 
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Gumbywan | Hi ha 4 ressenyes més | Jun 24, 2022 |
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.
 
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Gumbywan | Hi ha 12 ressenyes més | Jun 24, 2022 |
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.… (més)
 
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DinadansFriend | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Jan 16, 2022 |

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Obres
35
També de
2
Membres
5,491
Popularitat
#4,538
Valoració
4.2
Ressenyes
74
ISBN
164
Llengües
16
Preferit
22

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