Informazioni generali

Nome canonico: Cantor, Norman
Nome legale: Cantor, Norman Frank
Data di nascita: 1929-11-19
Data di morte: 2004-09-18
Sesso: male
Nazionalità: Canada
Luogo di nascita: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Luogo di morte: Greenwich Village, New York, USA
Causa della morte: Heart Failure
Luogo di residenza: Miami, Florida, USA (death)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (birth)
New York, New York, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Istruzione: University of Manitoba (B.A. ∙ 1951)
Princeton University (MA ∙ 1953)
Oriel College, Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar)
Princeton University (PhD - 1957)
Attività lavorative: medievalist
historian
writer
author
professor
Organizzazioni: Princeton University
Columbia University
Brandeis University
Binghamton University
University of Illinois at Chicago
New York University
Premi e riconoscimenti: Rhodes Scholar
Agente: Alexander C. Hoyt
Breve biografia: Norman Frank Cantor was a historian who specialized in the medieval period. He received his bachelor's degree at the University of Manitoba and his master's degree from Princeton. He spent a year at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and then earned his doctorate from Princeton in 1957. After teaching at Princeton, Prof. Cantor moved to Columbia University from 1960 to 1966; Brandeis University until 1970; SUNY Binghamton until 1976; and the University of Illinois at Chicago for two years. He went on to New York University, where he was professor of history, sociology and comparative literature. After a brief stint as Fulbright Professor at Tel Aviv University, he began to devote himself writing full-time.

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In the Wake of the Plague : The Black Death and the… di Norman F. Cantor

I'd never thought of the Black Death beyond its being an unimaginable human tragedy. It's almost impossible to think of a world in which up to half the inhabitants of your community die a horrible and quick death in a three year period. Not just those in your community, but in your region. Not just in your region, but in your country, and througout Europe. Population numbers took nearly four centuries to recover.

Cantor however focusses on the plague, linking it both to bubonic plague and to anthrax. He discusses how its ravages had an impact on every possible area of life: on internal and external politics, on royal, noble and yeoman dynasties, on class structures, economics, religious thought, on war. He looks at how earlier outbreaks of such plagues affected the decline of the Roman Enpire. He discusses how scientific thought at the time had little or nothing to offer in the fight against the disease. There's a lot here.

It's an interesting, often fascinating read. It is however a little disjointed, as though Cantor himself could nor decide how best to organise his material. The other jarring note comes when he frequently refers to the 'ranches' of sheep and cattle of the farms and estates of central and northern England.

However, as an introduction to aspects of medieval European history and the mindset of its inhabitants, this is an accessible and readable account.… (altro)

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Margaret09 | 57 altre recensioni | Apr 15, 2024 |

The Age of Protest: Dissent and Rebellion in the… di Norman F. Cantor

This book examines significant protest movements of the twentieth century and looks at the similarities and differences between the various dissents and rebellions. Beginning with the mood of weariness and dissatisfaction with the old regimes at the turn of the century, it discusses the emergence of protest as an ideal, a viable force for reform. From radical unionism, it traces the thread through bohemianism, international communism and anticolonialism in the twenties; fascism and Nazism and protest as a way of life up to 1945; the Afro-Asian and early civil rights movements of the fifties; and the agitating students and revolutionary movements of the sixties.… (altro)

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PendleHillLibrary | Mar 14, 2024 |

In the wake of the plague : the Black death and the… di Norman F. Cantor

A very general survey of the topic. A few interesting bits on remedies tried at the time along with some speculative fairy tales on origin. Not much in the way of personal histories, but the point of the book was the overall effect.

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cspiwak | 57 altre recensioni | Mar 6, 2024 |