Sir Maurice Powicke (1879–1963)
Author of The Thirteenth Century, 1216-1307
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Works by Sir Maurice Powicke
King Henry III and The Lord Edward: The Community of the Realm in the Thirteenth Century (2 volumes) (1947) 13 copies
King Henry III and The Lord Edward: The Community of the Realm in the Thirteenth Century, Volume I (1216 - 1274) (1947) 4 copies
King Henry III and The Lord Edward: The Community of the Realm in the Thirteenth Century, Volume II (1947) 3 copies
Associated Works
The Life Of Aelred Of Rievaulx: And the Letter to Maurice (Cistercian Fathers) (1951) — Translator — 41 copies
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- Legal name
- Powicke, Frederick Maurice
- Other names
- Powicke, F. M.
Powicke, Sir F. Maurice
Powicke, Sir Maurice - Birthdate
- 1879-06-16
- Date of death
- 1963-05-19
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Alnwick, Northumberland, England, UK
- Place of death
- Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Education
- Stockport Grammar School
University of Manchester
University of Oxford (Balliol College) - Occupations
- historian
medievalist - Relationships
- LaBarge, Margaret Wade (student)
- Organizations
- Royal Historical Society
Chetham Society - Awards and honors
- Fellow of the British Academy
Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford
Knighthood (1946) - Short biography
- Sir Maurice Powicke became Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford in 1928, and held that position for nearly 20 years. He was President of the Royal Historical Society from 1933 to 1937. He was considered an innovator in his time for utilizing European scholarship in his teaching and writing of history, as well as his more empathetic approach to his subjects. He was a prolific author and was noted for his skills as a teacher, which helped make Oxford the preeminent university in the field of medieval history. He was knighted in 1946.
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