Peter Burke

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Professor Peter Burke in 2009.

Peter Burke (born 1937, Stanmore, England) is a British historian and professor.

He was born to a Roman Catholic father and Jewish mother (who later converted to Roman Catholicism). He was educated by the Jesuits and at St John's College, Oxford, and was a doctoral candidate at St Antony's College. From 1962 to 1979, he was part of the School of European Studies at Sussex University, before moving to the University of Cambridge, where he holds the title of Professor Emeritus of Cultural History and Fellow of Emmanuel College. Burke is celebrated as a historian not only of the early modern era, but one who emphasizes the relevance of social and cultural history to modern issues. He is married to Brazilian historian Maria Lúcia Garcia Pallares-Burke.

Works

Among his most important works are:

• The Italian Renaissance (1972)
• Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe (1978)
• Sociology and History (1980)
• The Renaissance (1987)
• History and Social Theory (1991)
• Varieties of cultural history (1997)
• New perspectives on historical writing (2001) (editor and contributor)
• The Fabrication of Louis XIV (1992)
• The Art of Conversation (1993)
• A Social History of Knowledge (2000)
• The European Renaissance: Centres and Peripheries (1998)
• Eyewitnessing (2000)
• What is Cultural History? (2004)
• Languages and Communities in Early Modern Europe (2004)

External links

• Emmanuel College biography
• Works by or about Peter Burke in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Peter Burke interviewed by Alan Macfarlane on 31st July 2004 (film)