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Steven Gunn
Born
Steven J. Gunn
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Historian and academic
TitleProfessor of Early Modern History
Academic background
ThesisThe life and career of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, c. 1484-1545 (1986)
Doctoral advisorC. S. L. Davies
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-discipline
InstitutionsMerton College, Oxford
Doctoral studentsYuval Noah Harari

Steven J. Gunn FRHistS[1] is an English historian and fellow of Merton College, University of Oxford. He teaches and researches the history of late medieval and early modern Britain and Europe, and is the author of a number of academic texts.

Biography[edit]

Gunn's doctoral thesis, a study of the life and career of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, was supervised by C. S. L. Davies and completed in 1986.[2]

Gunn's research interests lie in the political, social, cultural and military history of England and its European neighbours, spanning the mid-fifteenth to the late sixteenth century.[3]

Gunn was awarded the Title of Distinction of Professor of Early Modern History by the University of Oxford in October 2015.[4]

Gunn delivered the 2015 James Ford Lectures in British History at the University of Oxford, taking as his subject 'The English people at war in the age of Henry VIII'. A book of the same title based on the lectures was published in 2018.[5]

In 2021 Gunn was appointed to the board of trustees of the Royal Armouries by Oliver Dowden, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, serving a four-year term.[6]

Selected publications[edit]

  • Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales: Life, Death and Commemoration, Edited with Linda Monckton (Woodbridge, 2009)[7]
  • War and the Emergence of the State: Western Europe 1350-1600, in European Warfare 1350-1750, edited by Frank Tallett and David Trim (Cambridge, 2010), 50-73[7]
  • Henry VII’s New Men and the Making of Tudor England, Oxford University Press, August 2016[7]
  • The English People at War in the Age of Henry VIII, Oxford University Press, January 2018[7]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "List of current Fellows (February 2024)" (PDF). Royal Historical Society. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  2. ^ Gunn, Steven (2016). Henry VII's New Men and the Making of New England. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. vii. ISBN 9780199659838.
  3. ^ Steven Gunn at Merton College website Retrieved 5 August 2020
  4. ^ "Recognition of Distinction: Successful Applicants 2015", The University of Oxford Gazette, no. 510915, October 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  5. ^ Gunn, Steven (2018). The English People at War in the Age of Henry VIII. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. vii. ISBN 0-19-252389-9.
  6. ^ "The Secretary of State has appointed Professor Steven Gunn as Academic/Research Trustee of the Royal Armouries". UK Government. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d Steven Gunn at Oxford Faculty of History Retrieved 5 August 2020

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