Norman Cantor

Norman F. Cantor ( born November 19, 1929 in Winnipeg, Manitoba; † 18 September 2004 in Miami, Florida) was a Canadian- American historian specializing in the Middle Ages. Especially in the Anglo- Saxon world he is known by his standard textbook on the Middle Ages The civilization of the Middle Ages ( 1963). A heavily revised edition appeared in 1994 and contains recent research results, especially on topics that interest you straight from a contemporary point of view, such as the role of women in medieval society and history.

Cantor studied history at the University of Manitoba in Canada, where he received his BA in 1952. Later that year he moved to the U.S. in 1953 and received his MA from Princeton University. He spent a year as a Rhodes Scholar at the British University of Oxford. From the Princeton University, he finally received his Ph. D. in 1957 and began teaching there.

In 1960 he became a professor at Columbia University and remained there until 1966. He taught at Brandeis University until 1970, at Binghamton University until 1976. At the University of Illinois at Chicago, he became vice chancellor for Academic Affairs. From 1978 to 1981 he was Dean of the faculty of the College of Arts and Science at New York University. There, he finished his career in 1999 as a professor emeritus of history, sociology and comparative literature. In the meantime, he was a Fulbright Professor at the University of Tel Aviv from 1987 through 1988.

Cantor died on 18 September 2004 in his home in Miami of a heart attack. He leaves behind his wife married in 1957 Mindi ( born Mozart), his daughter Jew and his son Howard.

Works (selection)

  • The Medieval World 300-1300. New York 1963
  • Perspectives on the European Past. New York, London 1971
  • The Civilization of the Middle Ages.. New York 1993 Revised and expanded edition of Medieval History: the Life and Death of a Civilization. (1963). The new edition includes recent research results, especially on topics that interest you, from today's perspective, such as the role of women in medieval society.
  • How to Study History. ( Along with Richard I. Schneider ), 1967. A textbook develops the basic methods and principles of the science of history, including the treatment of primary and secondary sources.
  • Medieval Society, 400-1450. 1967
  • The English: a history of politics and society to 1760, New York 1967.
  • Western Civilization: Its Genesis and Destiny. Edition in two volumes, 1969
  • The Meaning of the Middle Ages: a Sociological and Cultural History. Boston 1973
  • Inventing the Middle Ages: The Lives, Works and Ideas of the Great medievalists of the Twentieth Century. New York 1991. During this historiography of the Middle Ages, Cantor tells about the life and work of twenty medieval historians, including CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien and other founders of the conception of history of the 20th century. "Any bright American college sophomore who today takes a good survey course on medieval history Has A better understanding of the components of the medieval world than anyone who wrote before 1895 ," said Cantor.
  • Medieval Lives: Eight Charismatic Men and Women of the Middle Ages. Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1994
  • Twentieth Century Medieval Culture.
  • In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made. New York in 2001
  • The Last Knight: The Twilight of the Middle Ages and the Birth of the Modern Era. New York in 2004, a book about John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
  • Alexander the Great: . Journey to the End of the Earth, along with Dee Ranieri, posthumously in 2005
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