Wolfson History Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 23 (1982, held 2 times in year) Special Award
Steven Runciman
すてぃーぶん・らんしまん
Suteibun Ranshiman
Aliases:
Sir Steven Runciman / James Cochran Stevenson Runciman
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1903-07-07 （Northumberland）
- Died
- 2000-11-01 （Radway, Warwickshire） age 97
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English, Greek, Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Hebrew, Syriac, Armenian, Georgian, Russian, Bulgarian
- Religion
- Christian
- Residence History
- Northumberland → Cambridge → Sofia → Cairo → Istanbul → Athens
Career
- Occupations
- Historian
- Active Years
- 1929-2000
- Affiliations
- British Academy, American Philosophical Society
- Influenced By
- J. B. Bury
- Influenced
- Jonathan Riley-Smith, Christopher Tyerman
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eton College | — | King's Scholar | — | 1917-1921 | United Kingdom |
Eton College
King's Scholar
Period:
1917-1921
Country:
United Kingdom
Close friend of George Orwell
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Knight Bachelor | — | — | British Monarch | 受賞 |
| 1984 | Companion of Honour | — | — | UK Government | 受賞 |
| 1957 | Fellow of the British Academy | — | — | British Academy | 選出 |
Knight Bachelor
1958
Organization:
British Monarch
Result:
受賞
Companion of Honour
1984
Organization:
UK Government
Result:
受賞
Fellow of the British Academy
1957
Organization:
British Academy
Result:
選出
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
A History of the Crusades
1951 HistoryThree-volume history of the Crusades, portraying them as barbaric invasions of superior Eastern civilizations.
CrusadesByzantine EmpireMedieval History
Bibliography
- The Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and His Reign: A Study of Tenth-Century Byzantium
- A History of the First Bulgarian Empire
- Byzantine Civilization
- The Medieval Manichee: A Study of the Christian Dualist Heresy
- A History of the Crusades, Volume One
- A History of the Crusades, Volume Two
- A History of the Crusades, Volume Three
- The Eastern Schism
- The Sicilian Vespers
- The White Rajahs
- The Fall of Constantinople 1453
- The Great Church in Captivity
- The Last Byzantine Renaissance
- The Orthodox Churches and the Secular State
- Byzantine Style and Civilization
- The Byzantine Theocracy
- Mistra: Byzantine Capital of the Peloponnese
- The First Crusade
- A Traveller's Alphabet: Partial Memoirs
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Elegant proseLiterary styleRomantic narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- Byzantine EmpireTragic view of CrusadesSuperiority of Eastern civilizations
Legacy
Renowned for his History of the Crusades, shaping popular views; leading Byzantine historian.
Academic Societies
- British Academy
- American Philosophical Society
In Popular Culture
- Runciman Lectures held annually at King's College London
- Streets named after him in Sofia and Mystras
Trivia
- Close friend of George Orwell at Eton
- Interest in occult; played piano duets with last Emperor of China
- Openly homosexual but discreet
- Lived to 97