Stephen Wilson (born 1941 [1]) is an English historian. He was Reader in European History at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. His 1995 book Feuding, Conflict and Banditry in Nineteenth-Century Corsica was awarded the Prix du Livre Corse in 1996. [2] [3] [4]
Wilson earned his doctorate from the University of Cambridge in 1967 for his thesis The Historians of the Action Française". He authored articles in history, historiography and religion. [1]
Books
- (with B.C. Southam) The Magical Universe: Everyday Ritual and Magic in Pre-Modern Europe, First edition: Hambledon and London, 2000, ISBN 1852852518
- The Means Of Naming: A Social and Cultural History of Naming in Western Europe First edition: 1998, ISBN 1857282450 - The book gives a background of European naming, with major attention to pre-1500s period. [5]
- Feuding, Conflict and Banditry in Nineteenth-Century Corsica,
Cambridge University Press, 2003,
ISBN
0521522641
- (French language) Vendetta et banditisme en Corse au dix-neuvième siècle, 1995, [6] 2002
- Ideology and Experience: Antisemitism in France at the Time of the Dreyfus Affair, 2007, ISBN 1904113591 (first edition: 1982 by Rutherford, London and Toronto) [1]—The 1982 book was influential for the recognition of the effect of the undercurrent of antisemitism in French society on the Dreyfus Affair among the historians. [7]
References
- ^ a b c Saints and Their Cults: Studies in Religious Sociology, Folklore and History, Notes on contributors, p. xii
- ^ "Stephen Wilson", a profile at Bloomsbury Publishing
- ^ "Livres de l'auteur Wilson Stephen"
- ^ "Vendetta et banditisme en Corse au dix-neuvième siècle" at Albiana Publishers
- ^ Amy M. Hasfjord, "New Influences on Naming Patterns in Victorian Britain", Illinois State University, Theses and Dissertations. Paper 508, 2016, p.48
- ^ [1], p.22
- ^ Paula E. Hyman, "New Perspectives on the Dreyfus Affair." Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques (2005): 335-349. online