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R. J. W. Evans

Author of Rudolf II and His World: A Study in Intellectual History, 1576-1612

22+ Works 248 Members

About the Author

Includes the names: R.J. W. Evans, Robert J. W. Evans, editor R. J. W. Evans, Robert John Weston Evans

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Brill's Companions to European History

Works by R. J. W. Evans

Rudolf II and His World: A Study in Intellectual History, 1576-1612 (1973) 77 copies

The Making of the Habsburg Monarchy, 1550-1700: An Interpretation (1979) 64 copies

Austria, Hungary, and the Habsburgs: Central Europe c.1683-1867 (2006) 36 copies

The Coming of the First World War (1988) — Editor — 16 copies

The Holy Roman Empire, 1495-1806: A European Perspective (2012) — Editor — 13 copies

Curiosity and wonder from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment (2006) 10 copies

The Revolutions in Europe, 1848-1849: From Reform to Reaction (2002) 10 copies

The Language of History and the History of Language: An Inaugural Lecture Delivered Before the University of Oxford on 11 May 1998 (1999) 3 copies

Crown, church, and estates : central European politics in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (1991) 3 copies

The Stylish image : printmakers to the court of Rudolf II (1991) 2 copies

The Wechel presses : humanism and Calvinism in central Europe, 1572-1627 2 copies

The Holy Roman Empire, 1495-1806 (2011) — Editor — 2 copies

'The Gambler in Blood and Iron' in NYRB 59/3, 23 Feb 2012 [review of Steinberg's 'Bismarck: a life' and Bled's 'Bismarck'] 1 copy

Crown, Church and Estates Central European Politics in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (1991) 1 copy

The English Historical Review Vol CVIII No 429 1 copy

Great Britain & East-Central Europe, 1908-48: A Study in Perceptions 1 copy

'In the Lost World of East Prussia' in NYRB 59/12, 12 July 2012 [review of Max Egremont's 'Forgotten Land: journeys among the ghosts of East Prussia'] 1 copy

'The rise and fall of mighty Prussia' in AFR, 5 Oct 2007 [review of Clark's 'Iron Kingdom'] 1 copy

THE ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW: VOLUME CVIII, NUMBER 428. 1 copy

Brasenose College : a short guide 1 copy

The Wechel presses: Humanism and Calvinism in central Europe, 1572-1627 (Past and present : Supplement) (1975) 1 copy

A Short History Of St. Michael's Church Cumnor Oxford (1981) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Arcimboldo Effect (1987) — Contributor — 35 copies

Princes, Patronage, and the Nobility: The Court at the Beginning of the Modern Age, c. 1450-1650 (1991) — Contributor, some editions — 22 copies, 1 review

Prag um 1600 : Kunst und Kultur am Hofe Rudolfs II. (1988) — Contributor — 21 copies

Transactions of the Royal Historical Society - Fifth Series, Volume 39 (1990) — Contributor — 5 copies

Language and community in the nineteeth century (1998) — Contributor — 4 copies

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16th century (5) Asburgo (2) Austria (9) Austrian History (5) Austro-Hungarian History (2) Baroque (2) biography (7) Bohemia (2) Central Europe (4) culture (2) dropbox (5) Europe (2) European History (6) Germany (3) guidebook (2) Habsburg (8) Habsburg Empire (2) history (33) Holy Roman Empire (4) House of Habsburg (2) Hungary (3) intellectual history (4) military history (3) non-fiction (3) PDF (2) Prague (3) review article (3) Rudolf II (5) to-read (8) war (2)

Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Evans, R. J. W.
Legal name: Evans, Robert John Weston
Other names: Evans, Robert
Birthdate: 1943-10-07
Gender: male
Education: Dean Close School, Cheltenham
Jesus College, Cambridge University (BA|MA|Ph.Dl|1969)
Occupations: historian
professor
Organizations: Oriel College, Oxford
Brasenose College, Oxford
University of Oxford
Awards and honors: Fellow, British Academy (1984)
Fellow, Royal Historical Society (1973)
Honorary Silver Medal of Jan Masaryk (2019)
Honorary Fellow, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1995)
Corresponding Fellow, Austrian Academy of Sciences (1997)
Fellow, Academia Europaea (1999) (show all 10)
Foreign Fellow of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic (2004)
Wolfson Literary Award for History (1980)
Anton Gindely-Preis (1986)
František Palacký Medal (1991)
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Places of residence: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Associated Place (for map): England, UK

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Wolfson History Prize

The Making of the Habsburg Monarchy, 1550-1700: An Interpretation (Winner – 1981)

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Works: 22
Also by: 5
Members: 248
Popularity: #92,013
Rating: ½ 3.7

ISBNs: 37
Languages: 4

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