Rosemary Morris (historian)

Rosemary Morris is a British historian specializing in Byzantium, and a translator from French to English of historical books on a broad range of topics. Morris taught medieval history at the University of Manchester from 1974 to 2003, and subsequently became a visiting fellow at the University of York.[1]

She was chair of the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies from 2008 to 2012.[2]

Books

Morris is the author of:

  • The Hypotyposis of the Monastery of the Theotokos Evergetis, Constantinople (11th—12th Centuries) (with R. H. Jordan, Ashgate, 2012)[3]
  • Monks and Laymen in Byzantium, 843–1118 (Cambridge University Press, 1995)[4]
  • The Character of King Arthur in Medieval Literature (Rowman & Littlefield, 1982)[5]

She is also the translator into English of:

  • Cannibals: The Discovery and Representation of the Cannibal from Columbus to Jules Verne (Frank Lestringant, University of California Press, 1997)[6]
  • The Westernization of the World: The Significance, Scope and Limits of the Drive Towards Global Uniformity (Serge Latouche, Polity Press, 1996)[7]
  • Subversive Words: Public Opinion in Eighteenth-Century France (Arlette Farge, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994)[8]
  • Voluntary Death in Japan (Maurice Pinguet, Polity Press, 1993)[9]
  • History of Childbirth: Fertility, Pregnancy, and Birth in Early Modern Europe (Jacques Gélis, Northeastern University Press, 1991)[10]
  • The Body and Surgery in the Middle Ages (Marie-Christine Pouchelle, Rutgers University Press, 1990)[11]

References
  1. Author biography from back cover of The Hypotyposis of the Monastery of the Theotokos Evergetis, via Google Books, retrieved 2022-01-26
  2. "Hon. Secretary's Business" (PDF). Society News. Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies (19): 6. November 2012.
  3. Reviews of The Hypotyposis of the Monastery of the Theotokos Evergetis:
  4. Reviews of Monks and Laymen in Byzantium:
  5. Reviews of The Character of King Arthur in Medieval Literature:
  6. Reviews of Cannibals:
  7. Review of The Westernization of the World:
  8. Reviews of Subversive Words:
  9. Review of Voluntary Death in Japan:
  10. Review of History of Childbirth:
  11. Review of The Body and Surgery in the Middle Ages:
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