Frederick Maurice Powicke

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Sir Frederick Maurice Powicke (born June 16, 1879 in Alnwick , † May 19, 1963 in Oxford ) was a British medieval historian.

Life

Powicke was the son of the clergyman and historian of Puritanism Frederick James Powicke. He studied at Owens College , Manchester and Balliol College, Oxford University , where he was a student of Thomas Frederick Tout . From 1908 to 1915 he was a fellow at Merton College, Oxford. From 1909 to 1919 he was Professor of Modern History at Queen's University Belfast . From 1919 to 1928 he was Professor of Medieval History at Victoria University of Manchester . In 1927 he was a Ford Lecturer in Oxford and in 1928 he became Regius Professor of Modern History there. In 1947 he retired. Since 1927 he was a member of the British Academy .

He developed Oxford into a center of medieval studies in England, taking a more biographically oriented approach (e.g. taking into account family and friendship relationships) than was usual in Oxford at the time. He wrote the volume on the 13th century Oxford History of England. In addition to medieval history, he also dealt with modern history, for example he published a book about Bismarck in 1914.

In 1946 he was knighted as a Knight Bachelor . He was a multiple honorary doctor. From 1920 to 1933 he was on the council of the Chetham Society , a society for the publication of historical sources. From 1933 to 1937 he was President of the Royal Historical Society .

Richard William Southern was one of his students .

Fonts

  • The Loss of Normandy 1189-1204: Studies in the History of the Angevin Empire , 1913
  • Bismarck and the Origin of the German Empire , 1914
  • Ailred of Rievaulx and his biographer Walter Daniel , 1922
  • Editor with AG Little: Essays in Medieval History Presented to Thomas Frederick Tout , 1925
  • Stephen Langton , Oxford 1928 (Ford Lectures 1927)
  • Gerald of Wales 1928
  • Historical Study at Oxford , 1929
  • Robert Grosseteste and the Nicomachean Ethics , 1930
  • Sir Henry Spelman and the Concilia , 1930 (Raleigh Lecture on History)
  • The Medieval Books of Merton College , catalog, 1931
  • Medieval England 1066-1485 , London 1931, 1948
  • Editor: Oxford Essays in Medieval History. Presented to Herbert Edward Salter , 1934
  • The Christian Life in the Middle Ages , 1935 (essays)
  • History, Freedom and Religion , 1938 (Riddell Memorial Lectures)
  • Publisher: Handbook of British Chronology , 1939
  • with L. Fox: The Administration of the Honor of Leicester in the Fourteenth Century , 1940
  • Three Lectures , 1947
  • King Henry III and the Lord Edward: the Community of the Realm in the Thirteenth Century , 2 volumes, 1947
  • Ways of Medieval Life and Thought: Essays and Addresses , 1949
  • Editor: Walteri Danielis: Vita Ailredi Abbatis Rievall: The Life of Ailred of Rievaulx by Walter Daniel , 1950
  • Oxford History of England - Thirteenth Century 1216-1307 , 1953
  • The Reformation in England , 1953
  • Modern Historians and the Study of History: Essays and Papers , 1955
  • with RF Treharne, Charles Lemmon: The Battle of Lewes 1264 , 1964
  • Editor with AB Emden: Hastings Rashdall: The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages , 3 volumes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed July 20, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Knights and Dames at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
personal data
SURNAME Powicke, Frederick Maurice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British medieval historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Alnwick
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1963
Place of death Oxford