Norman Cantor

Norman Cantor was a Canadian and American medievalist, historian, writer and university teacher (1929–2004). He was born at Winnipeg and died at Miami.

Also recorded as Norman F. Cantor; Norman Frank Cantor.

Norman Cantor in brief

Born
1929
Died
2004
Known for
medievalist, historian, writer and university teacher
Place of birth
Winnipeg
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Career and activity

Norman Cantor worked in medieval history.

He was employed by New York University, Columbia University, Brandeis University, Binghamton University and Tel Aviv University.

Catalogued works

14 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1901 to 2010.

The American Century: Varieties of Culture in Modern Times. The Last Knight: The Twilight of the Middle Ages and the Birth of the Modern Era. The medieval imagination. My Eccentric Family. The Medieval World 300-1300 Second Edition. Inventing the Middle Ages. The History of Popular Culture Since 1815. Medieval History. Be, Do, Have. In the Wake of the Plague, dated 2002. After we die : the life and times of the human cadaver / Norman L. Cantor., dated [2010], held by Wellcome Collection. In the wake of the plague : the Black Death and the world it made / Norman F. Cantor., dated [2001], held by Wellcome Collection. Fell, Dame Honor Bridget (1900-1986), dated 1919-1988, held by Wellcome Collection. Strangeways Research Laboratory, dated c.1901-1999, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

7 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Book Review: After We Die: The Life and Times of the Human Cadaver, by Norman Cantor, 2011. Inventing the Middle Ages, by Norman F. Cantor, The Chesterton Review, 1993. <i>Church, Kingship, and Lay Investiture in England, 1089-1135</i>. Norman F. Cantor, Speculum, 1959. Pimlico Encyclopaedia of the Middle Ages Norman F. Cantor, The English Historical Review, 2000. Medieval History: The Life and Death of a Civilization, <i>by Norman F. Cantor</i>, Political Science Quarterly, 1964. What do you think?, World Nutrition, 2014. Broadening the concept of suffering is a less than adequate strategy for respecting patients in advanced dementia, Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 2024.

Digitised editions and texts

3 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

The Medieval World 300-1300 Second Edition (1968) — Internet Archive. Medieval thought : Augustine & Thomas Aquinas (1969) — Internet Archive. medieval history (1966) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 11 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Norman Cantor studied at Princeton University, Oriel College and University of Manitoba. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is medieval history.

Employment is recorded with New York University, Columbia University and Brandeis University.

Distinctions recorded are Rhodes Scholarship.

Chronology

  1. 1929Norman Cantor born at Winnipeg.
  2. 1966medieval history digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1968The Medieval World 300-1300 Second Edition digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1969Medieval thought : Augustine & Thomas Aquinas digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 2004Norman Cantor died at Miami.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Norman Cantor”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1348881: Norman Cantor

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