Steven Runciman (1903–2000)

Author of A History of the Crusades, Volume I: The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem

Includes the names: Steve Runciman, Steven Ruciman, Steven Runciman, Stiven Ransiman, Steven Runciman, Stephan Runciman, Stephen Runciman, Stephen Runciman, Steven Runciuman, Steven Runchiman ... (see complete list), Sir Steven Runciman, Sir Steven Runciman, Sir Stevens Runciman, Hon. Sir James Cochran Stevenson Runciman
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Sir Steven Runciman was one of the most acclaimed historians of the Byzantine ear and the author of many influential works, including the three-volume History of the Crusades. — biography from Mistra: Byzantine Capital of the Peloponnese

Series

History of the Crusades

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Works by Steven Runciman

A History of the Crusades, Volume I: The First Crusade and the Foundation… (Author) 1,022 copies, 13 reviews

A History of the Crusades [3-volume set] (Author) 725 copies, 12 reviews

The Fall of Constantinople, 1453 (Author) 720 copies, 14 reviews

A History of the Crusades. Volume II. The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the… (Author) 637 copies, 4 reviews

A History of the Crusades, Volume III: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later… (Author) 551 copies, 3 reviews

The Sicilian Vespers, a history of the Mediterranean world in the later… 440 copies, 10 reviews

Byzantine Civilization (Author) 196 copies, 2 reviews

Byzantine Style and Civilization 174 copies, 2 reviews

The Medieval Manichee: A Study of the Christian Dualist Heresy (Author) 158 copies, 6 reviews

The Great Church in captivity. A study of the Patriarchate of… (Author) 153 copies, 2 reviews

Mistra: Byzantine Capital of the Peloponnese (Author) 104 copies, 2 reviews

The Eastern Schism: A Study of the Papacy and the Eastern Churches During… (Author) 90 copies, 1 review

Age of Illumination (Three Volume Set) (Contributor) 78 copies, 1 review

The Assault on Jerusalem (Pocket Penguins 70's) 59 copies, 1 review

The Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and his reign, a study of tenth-century… (Author) 48 copies, 1 review

A traveller's Alphabet. Partial memoirs (Author) 34 copies, 1 review

The last Byzantine Renaissance (Author) 32 copies, 2 reviews

The White Rajahs. A history of Sarawak from 1841 to 1946 (Author) 31 copies, 1 review

The Byzantine Theocracy (Author) 30 copies

A History of the first Bulgarian Empire (Afterword) 15 copies, 1 review

Histoire des Croisades (Author) 4 copies

East and West Today and Yesterday (Institute for Cultural Research… 4 copies

The Families of Outremer. The feudal nobility of the Crusader Kingdom of… (Author) 4 copies

The Orthodox Churches and the Secular State (The Sir Douglas Robb… 3 copies

Histoire des Croisades 3 copies

Anglican initiatives in Christian unity: lectures delivered in Lambeth… 2 copies

De goddelijke keizers 1 copy

STORIA DELLE CROCIATE STEVEN RUNCIMAN 1967 EINAUDI 2 VOLUMI 1 copy

MYϚTRAϚ 1 copy

Three Billy Goats Gruff Read-Along Storybook and CD 1 copy

Bridge to the East 1 copy

Konstantinopolis Dustu 1 copy

The Fall of Constantinople, A symposium held at the school of Oriental and… 1 copy

The Children's Crusade 1 copy, 1 review

La sagrada Biblia 1 copy

Kindlers Kulturgeschichte Europas, v.8: Byzanz 1 copy

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Medieval Women (Contributor) 29 copies

Medieval and Renaissance Studies: Proceedings of the Southeastern… (Contributor) 1 copy

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Canonical name

Runciman, Steven

Legal name

Runciman, The Hon. Sir James Cochran Stevenson

Other names

Date of birth

1903-07-07

Date of death

2000-11-01

Burial location

Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK

Gender

male

Nationality

Country (for map)

Birthplace

Northumberland, England, UK

Place of death

Radway, Warwickshire, England, UK

Cause of death

Places of residence

Istanbul, Turkey

Northumberland, England, UK

Eton, Berkshire, England, UK

Radway, Warwickshire, England, UK

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

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Education

Eton College

University of Cambridge (BA | 1924 - Trinity College)

Occupations

Relationships

Agents

Organizations

Istanbul University (1942-1945)

University of Cambridge

Awards and honors

Royal Society of Literature Companion of Literature

Wolfson History Prize (1980)

Knighthood (1958)

British Academy (Fellow, 1957)

Companion of Honour (1984)

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Short biography

Steven Runciman was the highly erudite scholar, historian and linguist (in his work he used Latin, Greek, French, Russian, Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Hebrew, Syriac, Armenian and Georgian) who specialized in the Middle Ages, particularly the Byzantine Empire and the Crusades. After receiving a large inheritance in 1938, he resigned his lectureship at Cambridge to focus fully on his writing. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1957 and was knighted in 1958.

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