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Cantor, Norman Frank was born on November 19, 1929 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Max W. and Elizabeth (Niznick) Cantor. came to the United States, 1951, naturalized, 1968.
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Now revised and expanded, this edition of the splendidly detailed and lively history of the Middle Ages contains more than 30 percent new material.
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INVENTING THE MIDDLE AGES The Lives, Works, and Ideas of the Great Medievalists of the Twentieth Century In this ground-breaking work, Norman Cantor explains how our current notion of the Middle Ages-with its vivid images of wars, tournaments, plagues, saints and kings, knights and ladies-was born in the twentieth century. The medieval world was not simply excavated through systematic research. It had to be conceptually created: It had to be invented, and this is the story of that invention. Norman Cantor focuses on the lives and works of twenty of the great medievalists of this century, demonstrating how the events of their lives, and their spiritual and emotional outlooks, influenced their interpretations of the Middle Ages. Cantor makes their scholarship an intensely personal and passionate exercise, full of color and controversy, displaying the strong personalities and creative minds that brought new insights about the past. A revolution in academic method, this book is a breakthrough to a new way of teaching the humanities and historiography, to be enjoyed by student and general public alike. It takes an immense body of learning and transmits it so that readers come away fully informed of the essentials of the subject, perceiving the interconnection of medieval civilization with the culture of the twentieth century and having had a good time while doing it! This is a riveting, entertaining, humorous, and learned read, compulsory for anyone concerned about the past and future of Western civilization.
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At a time when the role of the legal profession, the jury system and other key aspects of American law are under much dispute, Imagining the Law provides a historical perspective on these critical public issues. Historian Norman Cantor explains how and why common law developed out of Roman law, in response to the needs and assumptions of English society and culture from 1000 to 1780, and how it became the basis of the American legal system. Professor Cantor shows that many of the current debates about the jury trial, the adversarial model and other parts of our legal system stem from this history. He highlights the minds and personalities of prominent judicial leaders, from Cicero and Justinian in the ancient world, through Glanville and Bracton in the Middle Ages, to Coke, Blackstone and Bentham in later centuries. A concluding chapter relates the social and cultural history of common law to the American system of Supreme Court Justices John Marshall and Oliver Wendell Holmes and to the legal profession in the United States today. Imagining the Law is authoritatively based on the extensive amount of recent research and writing in the field of legal history, and on Professor Cantor's reading of thousands of court cases. It is the first book to examine legal history in a cultural and sociological context and thus illuminates one of our most important institutions in a whole new way.
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IN THE WAKE OF THE PLAGUE is a social history, not just of collapse but of rebirth. It is a fascinating investigation into how the Plague rocked the sociological, commercial, cultural and religious foundations of medieval civilisation. Arguably the greatest biomedical disaster in history - the Black Death wiped out 40% of the European population - the results are not confined to figures of mass fatality. They are diverse and long standing, extending to the present day: with the population depleted, the peasants could claim land for themselves, creating Europe's first class of independent farmers, hastening the modern capitalist era; the Catholic Church, powerless in the face of such disaster, watched as the faith healers became influential; efforts to block windows and doors against supposed airborne germs with woven tapestries generated a whole textile industry. Cantor presents an eclectic mix of individuals directly affected by the plague, some are well known today - Robin Hood, Richard the Lionheart, Edward the Black Prince - others have been forgotten by history books but have valuable stories to tell. Underlying this vivid recreation of a grave chapter of history is an interrogation of the medical facts. How closely linked are the Plague and the infamous 1918 flu epidemic? Is it something closer to today's medical phobia, Mad Cow disease? Cantor undermines the confidence we have in our world, doused in disinfectant and dosed with antibiotics, challenging us: can we be sure the Black Death is extinct - or is it just dormant?
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Offering a comprehensive, up-to-date, readable history of the Jews, a distinguished historian focuses on how the Jewish identity and consciousness were formed through three millennia, from ancient times to the present, developing a unique and persistent culture.
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Cantor, Norman Frank was born on November 19, 1929 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Max W. and Elizabeth (Niznick) Cantor. came to the United States, 1951, naturalized, 1968.
Bachelor with honors, University Manitoba, 1951. Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy (Porter Ogden Jacobus fellow), Princeton University, 1957.
Postgraduate (Rhodes scholar), Oxford University, England, 1955. Honorary Doctor of Laws, University Winnipeg, 1973.
Instructor, Princeton University, 1955-1959;
assistant professor of history, Princeton University, 1959-1960;
associate professor, Columbia University, 1960-1965;
professor, Columbia University, 1965-1966;
Leff professor, Brandeis U., 1966-1970;
distinguished professor, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1970-1976;
provost for graduate studies, State University of New York, 1974-1975;
vice president academic affairs, State University of New York, 1975-1976;
vice chancellor for academic affairs, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1976-1978;
dean faculty Arts and Science, New York University, 1978-1981;
professor of history, sociology and comparative literature, New York University, since 1981;
director Institute Cultural Analysis, New York University, 1981-1987;
Fulbright professor, Tel Aviv U., 1987-1988. Affiliated professor New York University School Law, 1982-1988. Visiting distinguished professor Adelphi U., 1988-1989.
Lecturer Institute for Secular Jewish Humanism, Farmington Hills, Michigan, since 1996.
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Fellow Royal History Society.
Married Mindy Mozart, August 25, 1957. Children: Howard, Judith.