Steven Gunn (historian)

Steven Gunn
Born
Steven J. Gunn
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Historian and academic
Years activeEarly modern
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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