Margaret Aston (1932–2014)

Author of The Panorama of the Renaissance

14+ Works 452 Members 1 Review

About the Author

Margaret Aston is a leading authority on European history of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries Aston is a Fellow of the British Academy and a former lecturer at Cambridge University

Includes the names: Maragret Aston, Margaret Aston, Margaret ed. Aston

Works by Margaret Aston

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The Panorama of the Renaissance (1996) 251 copies

The Fifteenth Century: The Prospect of Europe (1968) 117 copies

Lollards and reformers : images and literacy in late medieval religion (1984) 21 copies

The King's Bedpost: Reformation and Iconography in a Tudor Group Portrait (1994) 15 copies

England's iconoclasts (1988) 10 copies

Lollardy and the Gentry in the Later Middle Ages (1997) 9 copies

Faith and Fire: Popular and Unpopular Religion 1350-1600 (1993) 9 copies

Broken Idols of the English Reformation (2015) 9 copies

Thomas Arundel: a study of church life in the reign of Richard II (1967) 5 copies

Renessansen : (mer enn 1000 bilder) (1998) 2 copies

Panorama du XVème siècle 1 copy

O século XV 1 copy

Faith and Fire: Popular and Unpopular Religion 1350-1600 by Margaret Aston (1993-12-31) 1 copy

La Renaissance dans la perspective de l'histoire 1 copy

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Associated Works

Peasants, Knights and Heretics (1976) — Contributor — 31 copies

Printed Images in Early Modern Britain (2010) — Contributor — 8 copies

Lordship and Learning: Studies in Memory of Trevor Aston (2004) — Contributor — 6 copies

History : the journal of the Historical Association, June 1964 (1964) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Bridges, Margaret Evelyn (birth)
Other names: Buxton, Margaret Evelyn
Birthdate: 1932-10-09
Date of death: 2014-11-22
Gender: female
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: Epsom, Surrey, England, UK
Place of death: Ongar Castle, Essex, England, UK
Education: Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford (BA|1954|MA|D.phil|1962
Downe House School
Relationships: Bridges, Robert (grandfather)
Aston, Trevor (ex-husband)
Buxton, Paul (husband)
Organizations: Newnham College, Cambridge
St Anne's College, Oxford
Catholic University of America
Queen's University Belfast
Awards and honors: Commander, Order of the British Empire (2013)
Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of London (1987)
Fellow, British Academy (1994)
Fellow, Royal Historical Society

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The Panorama of the Renaissance: An Encyclopaedic… by Margaret Aston

A wide collection of paintings and drawings showing life, characters, and the development of style during the mid 1400's to 1600's
Large color paintings

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