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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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Værker af Steven Runciman

The Fall of Constantinople, 1453 (1965) — Forfatter — 740 eksemplarer
A History of the Crusades [3-volume set] (1957) — Forfatter — 730 eksemplarer
Byzantine Civilization (1933) — Forfatter — 205 eksemplarer
Byzantine Style and Civilization (1975) 179 eksemplarer
The Medieval Manichee: A Study of the Christian Dualist Heresy (1949) — Forfatter — 162 eksemplarer
Mistra: Byzantine Capital of the Peloponnese (1980) — Forfatter — 108 eksemplarer
Age of Illumination (Three Volume Set) (2004) — Bidragyder — 80 eksemplarer
The last Byzantine Renaissance (1970) — Forfatter — 36 eksemplarer
The White Rajahs. A history of Sarawak from 1841 to 1946 (1960) — Forfatter — 34 eksemplarer
A traveller's Alphabet. Partial memoirs (1991) — Forfatter — 34 eksemplarer
The Byzantine Theocracy (1977) — Forfatter — 31 eksemplarer
A History of the first Bulgarian Empire (1930) — Efterskrift — 15 eksemplarer
Histoire des croisades : Tome 2, 1188-1464 (2000) — Forfatter — 4 eksemplarer
La sagrada Biblia 1 eksemplar
Bridge to the East 1 eksemplar

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Kanonisk navn
Runciman, Steven
Juridisk navn
Runciman, The Hon. Sir James Cochran Stevenson
Fødselsdato
1903-07-07
Dødsdag
2000-11-01
Begravelsessted
Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK
Køn
male
Nationalitet
UK
Land (til kort)
England, UK
Fødested
Northumberland, England, UK
Dødssted
Radway, Warwickshire, England, UK
Bopæl
Istanbul, Turkey
Northumberland, England, UK
Eton, Berkshire, England, UK
Radway, Warwickshire, England, UK
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Dumfrieshire, Scotland, UK (vis alle 7)
London, England, UK
Uddannelse
Eton College
Trinity College, University of Cambridge (BA | 1924)
Erhverv
historian
scholar
writer
medievalist
Organisationer
Istanbul University (1942-1945)
University of Cambridge
Priser og hædersbevisninger
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) (vis alle 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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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 | 12 andre anmeldelser | 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 | 4 andre anmeldelser | 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 | 12 andre anmeldelser | 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.… (mere)
 
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DinadansFriend | 2 andre anmeldelser | Jan 16, 2022 |

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John Freely Foreword
Denis-Armand Canal Translator, Traduction
Peter de Mendelssohn Übersetzer, Translator
Guillaume Villeneuve Traduction, Translator
Hélène Pignot Traduction
Laurent Motte Introduction
Bernard Roberts Typography
Wolfgang A. Taube Cover designer
E.J. Lévy Translator
Jacques Marty Translator
Hugues Defrance Translator
Jan Gawroński Translator

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Værker
35
Also by
2
Medlemmer
5,484
Popularitet
#4,542
Vurdering
4.2
Anmeldelser
75
ISBN
164
Sprog
16
Udvalgt
22

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