Rosemary Morris (historian)
Rosemary Morris is a British historian specializing in Byzantium, and a translator from French to English of historical books on a broad range of topics. Morris taught medieval history at the University of Manchester from 1974 to 2003, and subsequently became a visiting fellow at the University of York.[1]
She was chair of the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies from 2008 to 2012.[2]
Books[]
Morris is the author of:
- The Hypotyposis of the Monastery of the Theotokos Evergetis, Constantinople (11th—12th Centuries) (with R. H. Jordan, Ashgate, 2012)[3]
- Monks and Laymen in Byzantium, 843–1118 (Cambridge University Press, 1995)[4]
- The Character of King Arthur in Medieval Literature (Rowman & Littlefield, 1982)[5]
She is also the translator into English of:
- Cannibals: The Discovery and Representation of the Cannibal from Columbus to Jules Verne (Frank Lestringant, University of California Press, 1997)[6]
- The Westernization of the World: The Significance, Scope and Limits of the Drive Towards Global Uniformity (Serge Latouche, Polity Press, 1996)[7]
- Subversive Words: Public Opinion in Eighteenth-Century France (Arlette Farge, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994)[8]
- Voluntary Death in Japan (Maurice Pinguet, Polity Press, 1993)[9]
- History of Childbirth: Fertility, Pregnancy, and Birth in Early Modern Europe (Jacques Gélis, Northeastern University Press, 1991)[10]
- The Body and Surgery in the Middle Ages (Marie-Christine Pouchelle, Rutgers University Press, 1990)[11]
References[]
- ^ Author biography from back cover of The Hypotyposis of the Monastery of the Theotokos Evergetis, via Google Books, retrieved 2022-01-26
- ^ "Hon. Secretary's Business" (PDF). Society News. Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies (19): 6. November 2012.
- ^ Reviews of The Hypotyposis of the Monastery of the Theotokos Evergetis:
- Olivier Delouis, Revue des études byzantines, [1]
- Peter Hatlie, The English Historical Review, doi:10.1093/ehr/ceu219, JSTOR 24474617
- Catherine Holmes, History, JSTOR 24809713
- Glenn Peers, The Medieval Review, [2]
- Alice-Mary Talbot, Speculum, doi:10.1017/S0038713412003508, JSTOR 23488668
- ^ Reviews of Monks and Laymen in Byzantium:
- John L. Boojamra, Church History, doi:10.2307/3169475, JSTOR 3169475
- Jean-Claude Cheynet, Revue des études byzantines, [3]
- Steven Fanning, The Historian, JSTOR 24451614
- Charles A. Frazee, The American Historical Review, doi:10.2307/2650802, JSTOR 2650802
- Andrew Louth, The Journal of Theological Studies, JSTOR 23966830
- Margaret Mullett, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, doi:10.1179/byz.1997.21.1.278
- Joseph A. Munitiz, The Journal of Hellenic Studies, doi:10.2307/632621, JSTOR 632621
- Jonathan Shepard, The English Historical Review, JSTOR 577119
- John Thomas, Speculum, doi:10.2307/2886935, JSTOR 2886935
- Mark Whittow, The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, doi:10.1017/S0022046900015189
- ^ Reviews of The Character of King Arthur in Medieval Literature:
- P. J. C. Field, Medium Ævum, doi:10.2307/43628927, JSTOR 43628927
- Douglas Kelly, Studies in the Age of Chaucer, doi:10.1353/sac.1984.0008
- Karl Heinz Göller, Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen, [4]
- Donald Maddox, Speculum, doi:10.2307/2852169, JSTOR 2852169
- Jeff Rider, Modern Philology, doi:10.1086/391458, JSTOR 437009
- ^ Reviews of Cannibals:
- Lesley B. Cormack, The Sixteenth Century Journal, doi:10.2307/2544583, JSTOR 2544583
- Peter Hulme, The Hispanic American Historical Review, JSTOR 2518220
- John E. Kicza, Renaissance Quarterly, doi:10.2307/2901986, JSTOR 2901986
- Roland Littlewood, The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, JSTOR 2660793
- Richard C. Trexler, Ethnohistory, doi:10.2307/483304, JSTOR 483304
- Natalia Wawrzyniak, Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance, JSTOR 44514910
- ^ Review of The Westernization of the World:
- Nergelius, Nordic Journal of International Law, doi:10.1163/15718109820295589
- ^ Reviews of Subversive Words:
- James R. Beniger, The Public Opinion Quarterly, JSTOR 2749645
- Cynthia Story Bisson, The Historian, JSTOR 24451988
- Daniel Gordon, The American Historical Review, doi:10.2307/2169490, JSTOR 2169490
- Bette W. Oliver, Libraries & Culture, JSTOR 25548620
- ^ Review of Voluntary Death in Japan:
- Stuart D. B. Picken, Monumenta Nipponica, doi:10.2307/2385523, JSTOR 2385523
- ^ Review of History of Childbirth:
- Doreen A. Evenden, History of Education Quarterly, doi:10.2307/369241, JSTOR 369241
- ^ Review of The Body and Surgery in the Middle Ages:
- Vern L. Bullough, The American Historical Review, doi:10.2307/2164569, JSTOR 2164569
Categories:
- Living people
- British women historians
- 20th-century British historians
- 21st-century British historians
- 20th-century British women writers
- 21st-century British women writers
- Academics of the University of Manchester
- British Byzantinists
- Women Byzantinists
- Scholars of Byzantine history
- French–English translators