J. H. Shennan
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Joseph Hugh Shennan FRHistS (born 13 March 1933 - 25 May 2015) was a British historian who taught at the University of Lancaster from 1965 to 1998. His research focussed primarily on the history of France during the Ancien Régime, as well as on the history of early modern Europe. He was also one of the pioneers in European Studies.
Life
Shennan was born in 1933 to primary school teachers Hugh and Mary Shennan. He studied history at the University of Liverpool where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1955. From 1955 to 1957 he did his National Service. In 1957 he continued his studies at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge where he received his doctorate in 1960. He taught as assistant lecturer and later as lecturer in history at the University of Liverpool. In October 1965 he was employed at the University of Lancaster and played an important role in the establishment of the department. Over the years he taught as a senior lecturer and reader. In the 1970s he was one of the pioneers of European Studies. In 1971 he and like-minded people founded the journal European Studies Review (which later became the European History Quarterly). In 1974 he was appointed Professor for European Studies. As such, he worked on building the interdisciplinary School of European Studies and was its first director. From 1979 to 1984 he headed the History Department.[1][2][3]
During this time he founded the Lancaster Pamphlets, edited by the History Department, to which he also contributed three titles, France before the Revolution (1983), Louis XIV (1986), and International Relations in Europe, 1689-1789 (1995). In 1985 he was appointed provisional Chancellor and in 1993 he was appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the university. In 1998 he retired.[1]
Publications
• The Parlement of Paris (1968)
• Government and Society in France, 1461-1661 (1969)
• The Origins of the Modern European State, 1450-1725 (1974)
• Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France, 1715-1723 (1979)
• Liberty and Order in Early Modern Europe: the Subject and the State, 1650-1800 (1986)
• The Bourbons: the History of a Dynasty (2007)
References
- ^ a b "Joe Shennan obituary". the Guardian. 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ "J.H. Shennan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ Swann, Julian (2015-10-01). "J. H. Shennan (1933–2015), Our First Editor". European History Quarterly. 45 (4): 613–614. doi:10.1177/0265691415606884. ISSN 0265-6914.
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