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第26回（1944年） Winner
C. V. Wedgwood
シー・ブイ・ウェッジウッド
C. V. Wedgwood
別名:
Cicely Veronica Wedgwood / Dame Veronica Wedgwood / Veronica Wedgwood
ペンネーム:
C. V. Wedgwood（Nom de plume used for publishing to disguise her gender）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1910-07-20 （Stocksfield, Northumberland, England）
- 死没
- 1997-03-09 （London, England） 86歳
- 国籍
- British
- 言語
- English
- 宗教
- Unknown
- 居住地歴
- Stocksfield, Northumberland, England → London, England → Near Polegate, Sussex
経歴
- 職業
- Historian
- 活動期間
- 1935年〜1987年
- 所属
- Somerville College, Oxford (Tutor), University College London (Special Lecturer, 1962-1991), London Library, International PEN Club London (President, 1951-1957), Society of Authors (President, 1972-1977)
- 所属団体
- Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS), English Association (President, 1955-1956)
- 影響を受けた人物
- A. L. Rowse, R. H. Tawney
- 影響を与えた人物
- Patrick Leigh Fermor
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford | Classics and Modern History | Classics and Modern History | First Class Honours | 1928-1932 | United Kingdom |
| London School of Economics | — | History | — | 1932- | United Kingdom |
| Norland Place School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Classics and Modern History
/ Classics and Modern History
学位:
First Class Honours
期間:
1928-1932
卒業年:
1932
国:
United Kingdom
A. L. Rowse's first outstanding pupil
London School of Economics
History
期間:
1932-
国:
United Kingdom
Enrolled for PhD, not completed, supervised by R. H. Tawney
Norland Place School
国:
United Kingdom
After home education
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | William the Silent | — | University of Edinburgh | winner |
| — | Order of Orange-Nassau | — | — | Government of the Netherlands | 受章 |
| 1958 | Goethe Medal | — | — | City of Frankfurt | 受賞 |
| 1956 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) | — | — | British Government | 受章 |
| 1968 | Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) | — | — | British Government | 受章 |
| 1969 | Order of Merit (OM) | — | — | British Monarch | メンバー |
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1944
対象作品:
William the Silent
主催:
University of Edinburgh
結果:
winner
Order of Orange-Nassau
主催:
Government of the Netherlands
結果:
受章
Goethe Medal
1958
主催:
City of Frankfurt
結果:
受賞
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
1956
主催:
British Government
結果:
受章
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
1968
主催:
British Government
結果:
受章
Order of Merit (OM)
1969
主催:
British Monarch
結果:
メンバー
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
The Thirty Years War
1938年 HistoryComprehensive narrative history of the Thirty Years' War.
WarPoliticsEuropean History
Strafford
1935年 BiographyBiography of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford.
English Civil WarStatesman
William the Silent
1944年 BiographyBiography of William the Silent, Prince of Orange.
Dutch RevoltLeadership
The King's Peace
1955年 HistoryVolume 1 of The Great Rebellion, 1637-1641.
English Civil WarCharles I
The King's War
1958年 HistoryVolume 2 of The Great Rebellion, 1641-1647.
Civil WarChaos
全著作
- Strafford, 1593–1641 (1935)
- The Thirty Years War (1938)
- Oliver Cromwell (1939)
- William the Silent (1944)
- Velvet Studies (1946)
- Richelieu and the French Monarchy (1949)
- Seventeenth-Century English Literature (1950)
- The Last of the Radicals (1951)
- The King's Peace, 1637–1641 (1955)
- The King's War, 1641–1647 (1958)
- The Trial of Charles I (1964)
- Poetry and Politics Under the Stuarts (1960)
- Truth and Opinion (1960)
- Montrose (1966)
- The Sense of the Past (1967)
- The World of Rubens (1973)
- The Spoils of Time: A Short History of the World, Vol. 1 (1985)
作家による翻訳
- Auto-da-Fé (by Elias Canetti, 1946)
- The Emperor Charles V (by Carl Brandi)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Narrative historyAccessible to general readers and scholarsLiterary stylePassionate
- 頻出モチーフ
- 17th-century EuropeIndividuals in historyChaos and warMoral lessons
健康
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Alzheimer's disease晩年 (1990年代-1997)Prevented completion of Short History of the World project
評価・遺産
Specialist in 17th-century English and continental European history, providing clear, entertaining narrative histories bridging popular and scholarly works.
大衆文化への影響
- Referenced in Edmund Crispin's novel as 'male C.V. Wedgwood'
- Invoked in studies of historical narrative tradition
引用
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Historians should always draw morals.
出典: Articles (1960年) -
The whole value of the study of history is... its delightful undermining of certainty.
出典: Essays (1960年) -
The poetic nature of all historical imagining.
出典: C. V. Wedgwood
豆知識
- Great-great-great-granddaughter of potter Josiah Wedgwood
- Wrote biography of uncle Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood
- Used initials to disguise gender due to prejudice against female historians
- Long-term partner Jacqueline Hope-Wallace (lesbian)
- Related to composer Ralph Vaughan Williams