Margaret L. King (born 1947)[1] is an American historian of the Italian Renaissance and a professor emerita of history at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York.[2]
Education and career edit
King is a 1967 graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, where she majored in history. She went to Stanford University for graduate study in history, earning a master's degree in 1968 and completing her Ph.D. in 1972.[3]
She became an assistant professor at California State University, Fullerton in 1969, and moved to Brooklyn College in 1972. She was promoted to associate professor in 1976 and full professor in 1987, at the same time adding an affiliation with the CUNY Graduate Center. From 2006 to 2010 she was Broeklundian Professor at Brooklyn College.[3]
She retired as professor emerita in 2012.[3]
Recognition edit
King received the 1986 Howard R. Marraro Prize of the American Catholic Historical Association for the best book in Italian history for her first book, Venetian Humanism in an Age of Patrician Dominance.[3][4] She received a different but similarly named prize in 1996, the Helen & Howard R. Marraro Prize of the American Historical Association, for The Death of the Child Valerio Marcello.[3][5]
In 2016 the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women gave King their lifetime achievement award in recognition of her editorship of the series The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe.[3] She was the 2018 recipient of the Paul Oskar Kristeller Lifetime Achievement Award of the Renaissance Society of America.[3][6]
Books edit
King is the author of books including:[3]
- Venetian Humanism in an Age of Patrician Dominance, Princeton University Press, 1986[7]
- Women of the Renaissance, University of Chicago Press, 1991[8]
- The Death of the Child Valerio Marcello, University of Chicago Press, 1994[9]
- Western Civilization: A Social and Cultural History, Prentice-Hall, 2000; 3rd ed., 2004
- The Renaissance in Europe (Laurence King, 2004); 3rd ed., A Short History of the Renaissance in Europe, University of Toronto Press, 2016[10]
- Humanism, Venice, and Women: Essays on the Italian Renaissance, Ashgate, 2005[11]
- How Mothers Shaped Successful Sons and Created World History: The School of Infancy, Mellen Press, 2014[12]
Books she has edited or translated include:[3]
- Her Immaculate Hand: Selected Works By and About the Women Humanists of Quattrocento Italy, with Albert Rabil Jr., Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1983; 2nd ed., 1992[13]
- Isotta Nogarola, Complete Writings: Letterbook, Dialogue on Adam and Eve, Orations, with Diana Robin, University of Chicago Press, 2004 [14]
- Teaching Other Voices: Women and Religion in Early Modern Europe, with Albert Rabil Jr., University of Chicago Press, 2007[15]
- Renaissance Humanism: An Anthology of Sources, Hackett Publishing, 2014[16]
- Francesco Barbaro, The Wealth of Wives: A Fifteenth-Century Marriage Manual, Iter Press, 2015[17]
- Reformation Thought: An Anthology of Sources, Hackett Publishing, 2016[18]
- Enlightenment Thought: An Anthology of Sources, Hackett Publishing, 2019
- The Western Literary Tradition: An Introduction in Texts, Volume 1: The Hebrew Bible to John Milton, Hackett Publishing, 2020
- The Western Literary Tradition: An Introduction in Texts, Volume 2: From Jonathan Swift to George Orwell, Hackett Publishing, 2022
References edit
- ^ Birth year from Library of Congress catalog entry, retrieved 2024-01-13
- ^ "Margaret L. King", Directory, CUNY Graduate Center, retrieved 2024-01-13
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Curriculum vitae, CUNY Graduate Center, January 2023, retrieved 2024-01-13
- ^ Marraro Prize, American Catholic Historical Association, retrieved 2024-01-13
- ^ Schwartz, Larry, The Helen & Howard R. Marraro Prize for Italian or Italian-U. S. history, Livingston Lord Library, Minnesota State University Moorhead, retrieved 2024-01-13
- ^ "Margaret L. King awarded P. O. Kristeller Lifetime Achievement Award", Renaissance News, 7 March 2018, retrieved 2024-01-13 – via ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages & Renaissance
- ^ Reviews of Venetian Humanism in an Age of Patrician Dominance:
- Jerry H. Bentley, The American Historical Review, doi:10.2307/1870001, JSTOR 1870001
- Elisabeth G. Gleason, The Sixteenth Century Journal, doi:10.2307/2540888, JSTOR 2540888
- Paul F. Grendler, The Catholic Historical Review, JSTOR 25022569
- Jean-Claude Hocquet, Revue Historique, JSTOR 40954584
- Peter Laven, The English Historical Review, JSTOR 571572
- Oliver Logan, Renaissance Quarterly, doi:10.2307/2861842, JSTOR 2861842
- M. E. Mallett, History, JSTOR 24415960
- John Martin, Manuscripta, doi:10.1484/J.MSS.3.1253
- Thomas F. Mayer, "Reform and Revisionism in the Study of Henrician England", doi:10.1086/385910
- Donald E. Queller, Speculum, doi:10.2307/2852678, JSTOR 2852678
- Gerhard Rösch, Historische Zeitschrift, JSTOR 27626007
- Guido Ruggiero, Journal of Social History, JSTOR 3787965
- Antonio Santosuosso, Canadian Journal of History/Annales Canadiennes d'Histoire, [1]
- ^ Reviews of Women of the Renaissance:
- Beatrix Bastl, Mediaevistik, JSTOR 42584879
- Barbara Becker-Cantarino, "'Feminist Consciousness' and 'Wicked Witches': Recent Studies on Women in Early Modern Europe", Signs, JSTOR 3174931
- Charmarie J. Blaisdell, Church History, doi:10.2307/3168432, JSTOR 3168432
- Peter Burke, The English Historical Review, JSTOR 576054
- Elke Dißelbeck-Tewes, Historische Zeitschrift, JSTOR 27630193
- Benjamin G. Kohl, The American Historical Review, doi:10.2307/2167589, JSTOR 2167589
- Jacqueline Murray, The Sixteenth Century Journal, doi:10.2307/2541841, JSTOR 2541841
- Barbara Corrado Pope, "Thinking about Women's History, Part Two", NWSA Journal, JSTOR 4316242
- Régine Reynolds-Cornell, Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance, JSTOR 20679357
- Guido Ruggiero, Renaissance Quarterly, doi:10.2307/3039065, JSTOR 3039065
- Zachary S. Schiffman, The History Teacher, doi:10.2307/494111, JSTOR 494111
- Sharon T. Strocchia, Speculum, doi:10.2307/2865129, JSTOR 2865129
- ^ Reviews of The Death of the Child Valerio Marcello:
- Ann Crabb, Speculum, doi:10.2307/2865230, JSTOR 2865230
- Paula Findlen, The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, doi:10.2307/205188, JSTOR 205188
- William V. Hudon, The Sixteenth Century Journal, doi:10.2307/2543813, JSTOR 2543813
- Didier Lett, Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales, JSTOR 27586524
- John McManamon, Renaissance Quarterly, doi:10.2307/3039339, JSTOR 3039339
- Kathryn Ann Taglia, The Medieval Review, [2]
- Nicholas Terpstra, Mediaevistik, JSTOR 42584880
- P. Vescovo, Studi Veneziani, hdl:10278/3069325
- ^ Reviews of The Renaissance in Europe / A Short History of the Renaissance in Europe:
- Janice Liedl, Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme, JSTOR 26549689
- Gabriele Neher, The Art Book, doi:10.1111/j.1467-8357.2005.515_3.x
- ^ Reviews of Humanism, Venice, and Women:
- Eleonora Carinci, European History Quarterly, doi:10.1177/02656914080380030
- Monica Chojnacka, Renaissance Studies, JSTOR 24416967
- Luciana Cuppo, The Sixteenth Century Journal, doi:10.2307/20478379, JSTOR 20478379
- Valentina Grohovaz, Aevum, JSTOR 20861895
- Alastair Hamilton, Heythrop Journal, doi:10.1111/j.1468-2265.2011.00682_34.x
- Holly S. Hurlburt, "A Renaissance for Renaissance Women?", Journal of Women's History, doi:10.1353/jowh.2007.0039
- Olga Zorzi Pugliese, Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance, JSTOR 20680063
- ^ Review of How Mothers Shaped Successful Sons:
- Martha C. Beck, Why Do Feminists Undervalue Motherhood? A Classicist's Review of Margaret King's How Mothers Shaped Successful Sons and Created World History, Mellen Press, 2017
- ^ Reviews of Her Immaculate Hand:
- Benjamin G. Kohl, Renaissance Quarterly, doi:10.2307/2861334, JSTOR 2861334
- Tonia Caterina Riviello, Italica, doi:10.2307/478518, JSTOR 478518
- ^ Reviews of Complete Writings:
- ^ Reviews of Teaching Other Voices:
- Bo Karen Lee, Early Modern Women, JSTOR 23541537
- Victoria L Mondelli, Renaissance Quarterly, doi:10.1353/ren.2007.0361, JSTOR 10.1353/ren.2007.0361
- Matteo Soranzo, Annali d'Italianistica, JSTOR 24016192
- Jennifer L. Welsh, The Sixteenth Century Journal, JSTOR 40540919
- ^ Reviews of Renaissance Humanism:
- Mark Jurdjevic, Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme, JSTOR 43919065
- RoseAnna Mueller, Italica, JSTOR 43895984
- Alan Perreiah, The Sixteenth Century Journal, JSTOR 43921301
- Sarah Gwyneth Ross, Renaissance Quarterly, doi:10.1086/681315, JSTOR 10.1086/681315
- ^ Reviews of The Wealth of Wives:
- ^ Reviews of Reformation Thought:
- Margaret W. Ferguson, "Moderation and Its Discontents: Recent Work on Renaissance Women", Feminist Studies, doi:10.2307/3178156, JSTOR 3178156
- Donald K. McKim, Renaissance Quarterly, JSTOR 26560839
- Angela Ranson, Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme, JSTOR 26398499
- Alec Ryrie, Journal of World History, JSTOR 26607637