Andrew W. Lewis

Andrew W. Lewis
Born(1943-09-05)September 5, 1943
Savannah, Georgia
DiedOctober 24, 2017 (2017-10-25) (aged 74)
Springfield, Missouri
Alma materDartmouth College
University of Chicago
Harvard University
OccupationProfessor of History
Years active1973–present
EmployerMissouri State University
Known forResearch in medieval Europe and the Renaissance
Notable workRoyal Succession in Capetian France: Studies on Familial Order and the State (1981)
AwardsMacArthur Fellowship, (1984)
John Nicholas Brown Prize, best first book in any area of medieval studies, Medieval Academy of America (1985)

Andrew W. Lewis (5 September 1943 – 24 October 2017[1]) was an American historian and professor at Missouri State University. His areas of interest were medieval Europe and the Renaissance.[2]

Awards and honors

  • Session 8: Autour du livre d'Andrew Lewis, Le Sang royal. La famille capétienne et l'Etat, France, Xe-XIVe siècles/ Royal Succession in Capetian France: Studies on Familial Order and the State, 1981
  • MacArthur Fellows Program,[3] 1984.
  • John Nicholas Brown Prize,[4] 1985.
  • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 1984–1989.
  • International Medieval Society Annual Symposium, June 2008.

Works

  • "Anticipatory Association of the Heir in Early Capetian France", The American Historical Review 83.4 (October 1978:906-927)
  • "The Capetian apanages and the nature of the French kingdom ", Journal of Medieval History, Volume 2, Issue 2, June 1976, Pages 119-134
  • Royal succession in Capetian France: studies on familial order and the state, Harvard University Press, 1981, ISBN 978-0-674-77985-3
  • "The Birth and Childhood of King John: Some Revisions," Eleanor of Aquitaine; Lord and Lady, Edited Bonnie Wheeler, John C. Parsons, Palgrave Macmillan, January 2003, ISBN 0-312-29582-0
  • English translation of French chronicler Bernard Itier's The chronicle and historical notes of Bernard Itier

References

  1. ^ "Obituary for Andrew Lewis - Springfield, MO". www.gormanscharpf.com. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Faculty and Staff". Archived from the original on 2010-01-12. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
  3. ^ "Fellows List - L - MacArthur Foundation". Archived from the original on 2010-04-10. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
  4. ^ "MAA Recipients of Brown Prize". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-03-25.

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