James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
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Edition 26 (1944) Winner
C. V. Wedgwood
シー・ブイ・ウェッジウッド
C. V. Wedgwood
Aliases:
Cicely Veronica Wedgwood / Dame Veronica Wedgwood / Veronica Wedgwood
Pen Names:
C. V. Wedgwood（Nom de plume used for publishing to disguise her gender）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1910-07-20 （Stocksfield, Northumberland, England）
- Died
- 1997-03-09 （London, England） age 86
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Stocksfield, Northumberland, England → London, England → Near Polegate, Sussex
Career
- Occupations
- Historian
- Active Years
- 1935-1987
- Affiliations
- 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)
- Memberships
- Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS), English Association (President, 1955-1956)
- Influenced By
- A. L. Rowse, R. H. Tawney
- Influenced
- Patrick Leigh Fermor
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Degree:
First Class Honours
Period:
1928-1932
Year of Graduation:
1932
Country:
United Kingdom
A. L. Rowse's first outstanding pupil
London School of Economics
History
Period:
1932-
Country:
United Kingdom
Enrolled for PhD, not completed, supervised by R. H. Tawney
Norland Place School
Country:
United Kingdom
After home education
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Work:
William the Silent
Organization:
University of Edinburgh
Result:
winner
Order of Orange-Nassau
Organization:
Government of the Netherlands
Result:
受章
Goethe Medal
1958
Organization:
City of Frankfurt
Result:
受賞
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
1956
Organization:
British Government
Result:
受章
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
1968
Organization:
British Government
Result:
受章
Order of Merit (OM)
1969
Organization:
British Monarch
Result:
メンバー
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Thirty Years War
1938 HistoryComprehensive narrative history of the Thirty Years' War.
WarPoliticsEuropean History
Strafford
1935 BiographyBiography of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford.
English Civil WarStatesman
William the Silent
1944 BiographyBiography of William the Silent, Prince of Orange.
Dutch RevoltLeadership
The King's Peace
1955 HistoryVolume 1 of The Great Rebellion, 1637-1641.
English Civil WarCharles I
The King's War
1958 HistoryVolume 2 of The Great Rebellion, 1641-1647.
Civil WarChaos
Bibliography
- 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)
Translations by Author
- Auto-da-Fé (by Elias Canetti, 1946)
- The Emperor Charles V (by Carl Brandi)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Narrative historyAccessible to general readers and scholarsLiterary stylePassionate
- Recurring Motifs
- 17th-century EuropeIndividuals in historyChaos and warMoral lessons
Health
-
Alzheimer's disease晩年 (1990年代-1997)Prevented completion of Short History of the World project
Legacy
Specialist in 17th-century English and continental European history, providing clear, entertaining narrative histories bridging popular and scholarly works.
In Popular Culture
- Referenced in Edmund Crispin's novel as 'male C.V. Wedgwood'
- Invoked in studies of historical narrative tradition
Quotes
-
Historians should always draw morals.
Source: Articles (1960) -
The whole value of the study of history is... its delightful undermining of certainty.
Source: Essays (1960) -
The poetic nature of all historical imagining.
Source: C. V. Wedgwood
Trivia
- 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