Background
Stephen Steward Evans was born on May 11, 1954 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. He was the son of Philip Fenton Evans and Mary Lucille (Trego) Evans. He had three brothers.
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Newark, Delaware, United States
Stephen Evans had a graduate study at the University of Delaware from 1981 to 1982.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
In January 1995, Stephen Evans earned his Doctor of Philosophy from Temple University.
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Newark, Delaware, United States
Stephen Evans had a graduate study at the University of Delaware from 1981 to 1982.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
In January 1995, Stephen Evans earned his Doctor of Philosophy from Temple University.
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The Lords of Battle: Image and Reality of the Comitatus in Dark-Age Britain
(This book examines the image of the comitatus, or warband...)
This book examines the image of the comitatus, or warband, as it is portrayed in literary and historical sources from Britain's early medieval period, attempting to determine the extent to which it reflects an historical reality. Through an extensive use of a variety of source material, literary, historical, and archaeological, the book investigates both the structure of the warband, and the practices and institutions which supported it. After a review of the historical background of Dark Age Britain, Stephen Evans explores the practical characteristics of the comitatus: its military organisation; its internal social structure and its place within society as a whole; and the lord-retainer relationship, its duties and obligations. He also examines the cultural, social, and economic institutions which produced and supported the warband. Overall, the study provides a number of insights into the ideals and practices of Britain's Celtic and Anglo-Saxon warrior-élites during a turbulent period.
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1997
The Heroic Poetry of Dark-Age Britain: An Introduction to its Dating, Composition, and Use as a Historical Source
(This book provides a wide-ranging introduction to selecte...)
This book provides a wide-ranging introduction to selected aspects of Britain's principal works of Celtic and Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry regarding their dating, method of composition, and use as historical sources. The historical and cultural context in which these poems were composed is recounted by examining court poets and their poetry, and the importance that they were accorded by the warrior-elite for whom they sang. The author also gives a brief review of oral theory and examines the applicability of oral theory to the examples of dark-age poetry.
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1997
Stephen Stewart Evans
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On May 19, 1976 Stephen Evans received his Bachelor of Science in education from West Chester State College (West Chester University), and his Master of Arts degree in art in December 1980. He had a graduate study at the University of Delaware from 1981 to 1982. In January 1995, Evans earned his Doctor of Philosophy from Temple University.
Career
Stephen Evans served in the United States Marine Corps from 1977 to 1979. In 1979 he served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve and became lieutenant colonel. He was a social studies teacher at public schools in Aston, Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1981. In 1996 Evans was an educational adviser at the Command and Staff College at the Marine Corps University in Quantico, Virginia and became a lecturer in 1997.
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The Lords of Battle: Image and Reality of the Comitatus in Dark-Age Britain
(This book examines the image of the comitatus, or warband...)
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The Heroic Poetry of Dark-Age Britain: An Introduction to its Dating, Composition, and Use as a Historical Source
(This book provides a wide-ranging introduction to selecte...)
1997
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The Lords of Battle: Image and Reality of the Comitatus in Dark-Age Britain
Membership
Stephen Stewart Evans was a member of the Medieval Academy of America.
Interests
Connections
On November 1, 1980 Stephen Stewart Evans married Melody Jean Read. They divorced in May, 1997. Then he married Kristin. They have three children.
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Contemporary Authors
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Born
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June 22, 2014 (aged 60) -
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Washington Crossing National Cemetery, Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States -
Nationality
United States -
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Religion
Episcopalian -
Political Party
Republican party
Education
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1976
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1980
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1995
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1981 - 1982
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1979 - 1981
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1996
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1997