Jonathan Riley-Smith ( Eng.Jonathan Simon Christopher Riley-Smith ; June 27, 1938 , Harrogate , North Yorkshire , UK - September 13, 2016 ) - British historian , specialist in the Crusades . Professor of Cambridge (1994-2005).
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| Academic degree | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (1964), Doctor of Literature (2001) |
| Academic rank | cambridge professor |
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Biography
He graduated from Eaton and Cambridge Trinity College , where he received bachelor's degrees (1960) and master's degrees (1964), as well as a doctor of philosophy (1964) and a doctor of literature (2001).
From 1964 - assistant, in 1966-1972 - lecturer in the Department of Medieval History at St. Andrews University .
- 1972-1978 - Lecturer, Cambridge History Department,
- 1978-1994 - Professor of History , University of London ,
- 1994-2005 - Professor of Cambridge University and a member of his Emmanuel College, in 1997-1999 - Dean of the Department of History of Cambridge.
In 2006-2007 he was honored to give lectures to them. Gifford University of Edinburgh .
Member of the Royal Historical Society . Bailiff of the British Order of St. John .
He was married, has children.
He is credited with carrying out a coup in the history of the Crusades, which led to a revision of their foundations - not in pursuit of conquest, but on the basis of a religious feeling for the liberation of the Holy Lands and their return to Christians [3] .
Proceedings
- What Were the Crusades? - London, Macmillan, 1977, 2nd edition 1992, 3rd edition Basingstoke, Palgrave, 2002.
- “The Crusades: A Short History” (1987)
- History of the Crusades = The Oxford Illustrated History of The Crusades. (1995) / Ed. D. Riley-Smith. - M.: KRON-PRESS, 1998 .-- 494 p.
- The Crusades, Christianity, and Islam. - Columbia University Press , 2008.
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 121228975 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Cambridge University - 1209.
- ↑ Review of Jonathan Riley-Smith's The Crusades, Christianity, and Islam (Bampton Lectures in America) - BrothersJudd.com