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Runciman and noted
Stephen Runciman, who was at Eton with Blair, noted that he and his contemporaries appreciated Huxley's linguistic flair.
Sir Steven Runciman, younger son of the first Viscount and Hilda, Viscountess Runciman of Doxford, was a noted historian.
In one of the first formal definitions of the relative deprivation, Walter Runciman noted that there are four preconditions of relative deprivation ( of object X by person A ):
Runciman and had
" Steven Runciman wrote that " he had a broad vision ; he understood the significance of the great events of his time and the sequence of cause and effect in history.
Steven Runciman argued that the crusade was motivated by a combination of theological justification for holy war and a " general restlessness and taste for adventure ", especially among the Normans and the " younger sons " of the French nobility who had no other opportunities.
Runciman even implies that there was no immediate threat from the Islamic world, arguing that " in the middle of the 11th century the lot of the Christians in Palestine had seldom been so pleasant ".
It is commonly assumed, for example by Runciman as mentioned above, that only younger members of a family went on crusade, looking for wealth and adventure elsewhere, as they had no prospects for advancement at home.
Sir Steven Runciman is reported to have said that he had known all British Prime Ministers in his lifetime, except Bonar Law whom no one knew.
Steven Runciman reports that, infuriated by Palamas ' attacks against him, Barlaam vowed to humiliate Palamas by attacking the Hesychast teaching for which Palamas had become the chief proponent.
He was the son and heir apparent of the shipping magnate and Liberal politician Walter Runciman, who had been created a Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1906 and Baron Runciman, of Shoreston in the County of Northumberland, in 1933, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
* Walter Runciman, 2nd Baron Runciman ( 1870 – 1949 ) ( had been created Viscount Runciman of Doxford in 1937 )
At Cambridge, Bury became mentor to the medievalist Sir Steven Runciman, who later commented that he had been Bury's " first, and only, student.
Jennyfer Jewell ( Ellie ) and Ryan Runciman ( Ryan ) had worked on The Enid Blyton Adventure Series in 1996 and Jewell had also starred in The Enid Blyton Secret Series in 1997 alongside Daniel James ( Zoot ).
Runciman took the seat of St Ives, which his wife Hilda had won in a by-election the previous year.
Four years earlier his father had been created Baron Runciman and " of Doxford " was consequently used to differentiate from his father's title.
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs had recommended such a reclassification as early as 1979, a view endorsed by the Runciman Report in 1999.
As Steven Runciman relates in his last book about the Crusades, time ago before the siege of Antioch ( 1268 ), prince Bohemond IV of Antioch had settled his court in the city of Tripoli, capital of his other state, the County of Tripoli.
Pursuant to the Roca – Runciman Treaty of 1933, Central Bank reserves accrued from Argentine trade surpluses with the United Kingdom were deposited in escrow at the Bank of England, and this clause, which had led to over US $ 1 billion in inaccessible reserves ( more than half the total ) by 1945, prompted the BCRA's nationalization by order of Juan Perón on March 24, 1946.
Runciman and about
There has been much speculation about which of Childers's friends was the model for " Carruthers " in the novel and it seems that he is based not on Henry Childers but on yachting enthusiast Walter Runciman ; " Davies ", of course, is Childers himself.
On May 17, 2005, Runciman was chastised for remarks he made about federal member of Parliament Belinda Stronach decision to cross the floor from the Conservative Party of Canada to the Liberal Party of Canada.
Runciman and East
* Steven Runciman, A History of the Crusades, volume 2: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East.
* Sir Steven Runciman: Bridge to the East.
* Internet Movie Database webpage for Sir Steven Runciman: Bridge to the East ( 1987 ) ( TV )
* Alan Bates Archive webpage for " Bridge to the East ", Sir Steven Runciman ( 1987 )
* Steven Runciman, A History of the Crusades, Volume II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100-1187.
Weekend trips to East Troy, Wisconsin for barn parties further pushed him toward this new direction, as these parties are where he met Destro from Zod Records and Eiterherd from Widerstand Records ; both labels made plans with Runciman to release his upcoming tracks.
Runciman and family
Lyell trained with the firm associated with his stepmothers family, Walter Runciman and Co, called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1965.
Runciman and decided
When in late 1932 the official Liberals resigned their ministerial posts, Runciman very nearly resigned with them but decided not to.
Runciman and Blair
He taught French for a year at Eton, where Eric Blair ( later to become George Orwell ) and Stephen Runciman were among his pupils, but was remembered as an incompetent and hopeless teacher who couldn ’ t keep discipline.
Runciman and should
Indeed, Steven Runciman is certain that his nickname Magnus ( greater or elder ), applied to him by William of Tyre, is a copyist's error, and should be Minus ( younger ), referring to Hugh as younger brother of the King of France.
Addressing the Royal Musical Association in 1915, English musicologist Richard Runciman Terry put forward his belief that the genre should be spelled with " sh " on the grounds that the spelling should correspond obviously to pronunciation.
Runciman and join
According to Steven Runciman, the Sicilians at the church were engaged in holiday festivities and a group of French officials came by to join in and began to drink.
Runciman and Police
Runciman accused some members as trying to make a living off fuelling bad relations with Toronto Police.
Runciman and .
* Steven Runciman, A History of the Crusades, vol.
This is the interpretation offered by William of Tyre, who was firmly placed in the " noble " camp, and his view was taken up by subsequent historians ; in the 20th century, Marshall W. Baldwin, Steven Runciman, and Hans E. Mayer favoured this interpretation.
* Steven Runciman, A History of the Crusades.
* Runciman, Steven.
** Alexander Runciman, Scottish painter ( d. 1785 )
* Runciman ; Steven.
In the mid twentieth century, Marshall W. Baldwin, Steven Runciman, and Hans E. Mayer were influential in perpetuating this point of view, although the more recent re-evaluations of this period by Vessey, Peter Edbury and Bernard Hamilton have undone much of William's influence.
* Steven Runciman, A History of the Crusades, volume 1: The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
It may be though that he travelled overland to the Mediterranean and joined the fleet en route ; this is the view taken by Runciman.
* Steven Runciman, The Fall of Constantinople, 1453.
* Runciman, Steven.
* Runciman, Steven ( 1951 ) A History of the Crusades, Vol.
* Runciman, Steven.
* Runciman, Steven ( 1952 ) A History of the Crusades, Vol.
* Sir Steven Runciman.
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