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English historian (born 1964) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stephen Christopher Rowell (born 9 May 1964 in Leicester) is a British historian, translator and author of many publications and books about the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.[3][4][5] His book Lithuania Ascending: A Pagan Empire within East-Central Europe, 1295–1345 was published by Cambridge University Press in 1994.[6]
Stephen Christopher Rowell | |
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Born | Stephen Christopher Rowell 9 May 1964 Leicester, England |
Nationality | English |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | |
Thesis | The role of Christianity in the last pagan state in Europe: Lithuania, 1315-1342 (1990) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | History |
School or tradition | Cambridge School |
Institutions | |
Notable works | Lithuania Ascending: A Pagan Empire within East-Central Europe, 1295–1345 (1994),[1] Chartularium Lithuaniae res gestas magni ducis Gedeminne illustrans (2003)[2] |
Stephen Rowell studied history, Latin, French, and Russian languages at Magdalene College, Cambridge, graduating in 1985, before working at the college as a researcher in 1988–89.[3][4] From 1990 to 1993, Rowell lectured at Clare College, Cambridge about the History of Europe and Ruthenia in the Middle Ages.[3]
Rowell visited Lithuania for the first time in 1985.[3] He subsequently wrote a dissertation on The Role of Christianity in the Last Pagan State in Europe: Lithuania, 1315-1342, for which he obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Cambridge in 1990.[4][3][7]
In 1992–94, Rowell lectured in history at Vilnius University, Vytautas Magnus University, and Klaipėda University.[3][4] From 1993 to 1999, he was a professor at the Klaipėda University.[3][4] Since 2001, he has been the editor-in-chief of the periodical Lithuanian Historical Studies.[8]
Rowell has published more than 50 articles on medieval Europe and the early history of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, in both Lithuanian and foreign publications.[3][4][5]
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