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'''Peter Linehan''' (11 July 1943-9 July 2020<ref name="Zamora">{{Cite web|url=https://www.laopiniondezamora.es/opinion/2020/07/13/memoria-peter-linehan-7955016.html|title=A la memoria de Peter Linehan|first=José Carlos de Lera|last=Maíllo|date=July 13, 2020|website=La Opinión de Zamora}}</ref>) was a British historian of [[Spain in the Middle Ages|medieval Spain]].<ref name="Times">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/peter-linehan-obituary-j8msw3k3n|title=Peter Linehan obituary|via=www.thetimes.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph">{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/07/15/peter-linehan-learned-well-liked-historian-medieval-spain/|title=Peter Linehan, learned and well-liked historian of medieval Spain – obituary|first=Telegraph|last=Obituaries|date=July 15, 2020|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="El Pais">{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2020-07-12/peter-linehan-el-analisis-lucido-de-la-edad-media-en-espana-y-portugal.html|title=Peter Linehan, el análisis lúcido de la Edad Media en España y Portugal|first=Francisco J.|last=Hernández|date=July 12, 2020|website=EL PAÍS}}</ref>
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'''Peter Anthony Linehan''', [[Fellow of the British Academy|FBA]] (11 July 1943 – 9 July 2020) was a British historian of [[Spain in the Middle Ages|medieval Spain]].<ref name="Times">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/peter-linehan-obituary-j8msw3k3n|title=Peter Linehan obituary|via=www.thetimes.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph">{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/07/15/peter-linehan-learned-well-liked-historian-medieval-spain/|title=Peter Linehan, learned and well-liked historian of medieval Spain – obituary|first=Telegraph|last=Obituaries|date=July 15, 2020|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="El Pais">{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2020-07-12/peter-linehan-el-analisis-lucido-de-la-edad-media-en-espana-y-portugal.html|title=Peter Linehan, el análisis lúcido de la Edad Media en España y Portugal|first=Francisco J.|last=Hernández|date=July 12, 2020|website=EL PAÍS|language=es}}</ref>


He was a fellow of [[St John's College, Cambridge]], where he was Dean of Discipline, and a fellow of the [[British Academy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/peter-linehan-FBA/|title=Dr Peter Linehan FBA|website=The British Academy}}</ref><ref name="El Pais"/>
He was a fellow of [[St John's College, Cambridge]], where he was Dean of Discipline,<ref name="John's">{{Cite web|url=https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/incisively-intelligent-fellow-st-johns-dies-aged-76|title='Incisively intelligent' Fellow of St John's dies aged 76 &#124; StJohns|website=StJohns}}</ref> and a fellow of the [[British Academy]].<ref name="British Academy">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/peter-linehan-FBA/|title=Dr Peter Linehan FBA|website=The British Academy}}</ref><ref name="El Pais"/>


==Life==
==Life==
Linehan first visited Spain in 1959.<ref name="Vanguardia">https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/madrid/20180920/451934582568/la-autonoma-inviste-doctores-honoris-causa-a-peter-linehan-y-a-anil-k-jain.html</ref> He joined St John's College in 1961 as an undergraduate to study History. He remained at St John's where he completed his PhD on "Reform and reaction: the Spanish kingdoms and the Papacy in the thirteenth century".<ref name="John's">{{Cite web|url=https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/incisively-intelligent-fellow-st-johns-dies-aged-76|title=‘Incisively intelligent’ Fellow of St John’s dies aged 76 &#124; StJohns|website=www.joh.cam.ac.uk}}</ref> This won the Thirlwall Prize and Seeley medal for 1970-1, and formed the basis for his first book, "The Spanish Church and the Papacy in the Thirteenth Century" (1971).<ref name="Faculty">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/peter-linehan-memoriam|title=Peter Linehan, in memoriam &#124; Faculty of History University of Cambridge|website=www.hist.cam.ac.uk}}</ref>
Linehan was born in [[Mortlake]], London, the son of a brokerage clerk and a teacher, and attended [[St Benedict's School, Ealing]].<ref name="Medievalista">{{cite journal |last1=Evangelista Marques |first1=André |last2=João Branco |first2=Maria |last3=Farelo |first3=Mário |last4=Vitória |first4=André |title=Peter Linehan, in memoriam: Quatro olhares sobre um historiador |journal=Medievalista |date=31 December 2020 |issue=29 |pages=13–48 |doi=10.4000/medievalista.4032 |url=https://journals.openedition.org/medievalista/4032 |access-date=6 September 2021 |trans-title=Peter Linehan, in memoriam: Four Portraits of an Historian |language=pt |issn=1646-740X |doi-access=free }}</ref> He first visited Spain in 1959.<ref name="Vanguardia">{{cite web |title=La Autónoma inviste doctores 'honoris causa' a Peter Linehan y a Anil K. Jain |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/madrid/20180920/451934582568/la-autonoma-inviste-doctores-honoris-causa-a-peter-linehan-y-a-anil-k-jain.html |website=La Vanguardia Madrid |access-date=6 September 2021 |language=es |date=20 September 2018}}</ref> He joined St John's College in 1961 as an undergraduate to study History. He remained at St John's where he became a research fellow in 1966.<ref name="Medievalista"/><ref name="Fund launch">{{cite web |title=St John's launches fund to support new generation of historians |url=https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/st-johns-launches-fund-support-new-generation-historians |website=StJohns |access-date=6 September 2021 |date=2 July 2021}}</ref> He completed his PhD on "Reform and reaction: the Spanish kingdoms and the Papacy in the thirteenth century", under the supervision of [[Walter Ullmann]].<ref name="Medievalista"/> This won the Thirlwall Prize and Seeley medal for 1970-1, and formed the basis for his first book, "The Spanish Church and the Papacy in the Thirteenth Century" (1971).<ref name="John's"/><ref name="Faculty">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/peter-linehan-memoriam|title=Peter Linehan, in memoriam|website=Faculty of History University of Cambridge}}</ref>


At St John's, Linehan served as a Tutor, Tutor for Graduate Affairs, Director of Studies in History three times, and Dean of Discipline for 11 years.<ref name="Fund">{{cite web |title=Dr Peter Linehan Fund |url=https://johnian.joh.cam.ac.uk/linehan-fund/ |website=StJohns |access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="Fund launch"/>
He was influenced by [[Walter Ullmann]], [[C. R. Cheney|Christopher Cheney]], [[Raymond Carr]], and his tutor [[Ronald Robinson]].<ref name="Zamora"/>


Linehan was influenced by [[Walter Ullmann]], [[C. R. Cheney|Christopher Cheney]], [[Raymond Carr]], [[Geoffrey Barraclough]], and his tutor [[Ronald Robinson]].<ref name="Zamora"/><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Valero Moreno |first1=Juan Miguel |date=2008 |title=Peter Linehan on history and Europe, una entrevista |url=http://www.pliegosdeyuste.eu/n78pliegos/pdf/n78p5.pdf |language=es |magazine=Pliegos de Yuste |issue=7–8 |pages=5–12 |issn=1697-0152 | access-date=6 September 2021 }}</ref>
In 2018, Linehan was awarded an honorary degree from the [[Autonomous University of Madrid]].<ref name="Vanguardia"/><ref name="Economista">https://www.eleconomista.es/ecoaula/noticias/9393797/09/18/-La-Universidad-Autonoma-de-Madrid-investira-doctores-honoris-causa-a-Peter-Linehan-y-Anil-K-Jain.html</ref>

He became a fellow of the [[Royal Historical Society]] in 1971<ref name="Medievalista"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Dr Peter Linehan |url=https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/dr-peter-linehan |website=StJohns |access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref> and a corresponding member of the [[Real Academia de la Historia]] in 1996.<ref name="Medievalista"/><ref name="El Pais"/> He was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 2002.<ref name="British Academy"/> In 2018, he was awarded an honorary degree from the [[Autonomous University of Madrid]].<ref name="Vanguardia"/><ref name="Economista">{{cite web |title=La Universidad Autónoma de Madrid investirá doctores 'honoris causa' a Peter Linehan y Anil K. Jain |url=https://www.eleconomista.es/ecoaula/noticias/9393797/09/18/-La-Universidad-Autonoma-de-Madrid-investira-doctores-honoris-causa-a-Peter-Linehan-y-Anil-K-Jain.html |website=elEconomista.es |access-date=6 September 2021 |language=es |date=18 September 2018}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
He died in 2020 from a heart problem.<ref name="Zamora"/> He was survived by his wife Christine and their three children, Gabriel, Frances and Samuel.<ref name="John's" />
He died in 2020 aged 76 from heart disease.<ref name="Zamora">{{Cite web|url=https://www.laopiniondezamora.es/opinion/2020/07/13/memoria-peter-linehan-7955016.html|title=A la memoria de Peter Linehan|first=José Carlos de Lera|last=Maíllo|date=July 13, 2020|website=La Opinión de Zamora|language=es}}</ref> He was survived by his wife and their three children.<ref name="John's" />


==Books==
==Books==
* The Spanish Church and the Papacy in the Thirteenth Century (1971)

* Spanish Church and Society, 1150-1300 (1983)
* Past and Present in Medieval Spain (1992)
* History and the Historians of Medieval Spain (1993)
* History and the Historians of Medieval Spain (1993)
* The Ladies of [[Zamora, Spain|Zamora]] (1997)
* The Ladies of [[Zamora, Spain|Zamora]] (1997)
* The Processes of Politics and the Rule of Law (2002)
* The Mozarabic Cardinal: the life and times of [[Gonzalo Pérez Gudiel]] (2004, with Francisco J. Hernández)
* The Mozarabic Cardinal: the life and times of [[Gonzalo Pérez Gudiel]] (2004, with Francisco J. Hernández)
* Spain 1157-1300: a partible inheritance (2008)
* Spain 1157–1300: a partible inheritance (2008)
* St John's College, Cambridge: A History (2011)
* St John's College, Cambridge: A History (2011)
* Historical Memory and Clerical Activity in Medieval Spain and Portugal (2012)
* Portugalia Pontificia. Materials for the history of Portugal and the Papacy 1198-1417 (2012)
* Portugalia Pontificia: Materials for the history of Portugal and the Papacy 1198–1417 (2012)
* At the Edge of Reformation: Iberia before the Black Death (2019)
* At the Edge of Reformation: Iberia before the Black Death (2019)


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 01:47, 12 October 2024

Peter Anthony Linehan, FBA (11 July 1943 – 9 July 2020) was a British historian of medieval Spain.[1][2][3]

He was a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, where he was Dean of Discipline,[4] and a fellow of the British Academy.[5][3]

Life

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Linehan was born in Mortlake, London, the son of a brokerage clerk and a teacher, and attended St Benedict's School, Ealing.[6] He first visited Spain in 1959.[7] He joined St John's College in 1961 as an undergraduate to study History. He remained at St John's where he became a research fellow in 1966.[6][8] He completed his PhD on "Reform and reaction: the Spanish kingdoms and the Papacy in the thirteenth century", under the supervision of Walter Ullmann.[6] This won the Thirlwall Prize and Seeley medal for 1970-1, and formed the basis for his first book, "The Spanish Church and the Papacy in the Thirteenth Century" (1971).[4][9]

At St John's, Linehan served as a Tutor, Tutor for Graduate Affairs, Director of Studies in History three times, and Dean of Discipline for 11 years.[10][8]

Linehan was influenced by Walter Ullmann, Christopher Cheney, Raymond Carr, Geoffrey Barraclough, and his tutor Ronald Robinson.[11][12]

He became a fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1971[6][13] and a corresponding member of the Real Academia de la Historia in 1996.[6][3] He was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 2002.[5] In 2018, he was awarded an honorary degree from the Autonomous University of Madrid.[7][14]

Personal life

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He died in 2020 aged 76 from heart disease.[11] He was survived by his wife and their three children.[4]

Books

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  • The Spanish Church and the Papacy in the Thirteenth Century (1971)
  • Spanish Church and Society, 1150-1300 (1983)
  • Past and Present in Medieval Spain (1992)
  • History and the Historians of Medieval Spain (1993)
  • The Ladies of Zamora (1997)
  • The Processes of Politics and the Rule of Law (2002)
  • The Mozarabic Cardinal: the life and times of Gonzalo Pérez Gudiel (2004, with Francisco J. Hernández)
  • Spain 1157–1300: a partible inheritance (2008)
  • St John's College, Cambridge: A History (2011)
  • Historical Memory and Clerical Activity in Medieval Spain and Portugal (2012)
  • Portugalia Pontificia: Materials for the history of Portugal and the Papacy 1198–1417 (2012)
  • At the Edge of Reformation: Iberia before the Black Death (2019)

References

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  1. ^ "Peter Linehan obituary" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  2. ^ Obituaries, Telegraph (15 July 2020). "Peter Linehan, learned and well-liked historian of medieval Spain – obituary" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  3. ^ a b c Hernández, Francisco J. (12 July 2020). "Peter Linehan, el análisis lúcido de la Edad Media en España y Portugal". EL PAÍS (in Spanish).
  4. ^ a b c "'Incisively intelligent' Fellow of St John's dies aged 76 | StJohns". StJohns.
  5. ^ a b "Dr Peter Linehan FBA". The British Academy.
  6. ^ a b c d e Evangelista Marques, André; João Branco, Maria; Farelo, Mário; Vitória, André (31 December 2020). "Peter Linehan, in memoriam: Quatro olhares sobre um historiador" [Peter Linehan, in memoriam: Four Portraits of an Historian]. Medievalista (in Portuguese) (29): 13–48. doi:10.4000/medievalista.4032. ISSN 1646-740X. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  7. ^ a b "La Autónoma inviste doctores 'honoris causa' a Peter Linehan y a Anil K. Jain". La Vanguardia Madrid (in Spanish). 20 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  8. ^ a b "St John's launches fund to support new generation of historians". StJohns. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Peter Linehan, in memoriam". Faculty of History University of Cambridge.
  10. ^ "Dr Peter Linehan Fund". StJohns. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  11. ^ a b Maíllo, José Carlos de Lera (13 July 2020). "A la memoria de Peter Linehan". La Opinión de Zamora (in Spanish).
  12. ^ Valero Moreno, Juan Miguel (2008). "Peter Linehan on history and Europe, una entrevista" (PDF). Pliegos de Yuste (in Spanish). No. 7–8. pp. 5–12. ISSN 1697-0152. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Dr Peter Linehan". StJohns. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  14. ^ "La Universidad Autónoma de Madrid investirá doctores 'honoris causa' a Peter Linehan y Anil K. Jain". elEconomista.es (in Spanish). 18 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
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