Jonathan McGovern (historian)
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Jonathan McGovern | |
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| Born | Derby, England |
| Education | University of Oxford |
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Jonathan McGovern FRHistS (born 1993) is an English historian and author. He is Professor of English at Xiamen University. McGovern specializes in the study of Tudor England. He is one of the founders of the New Administrative History.[1]
Education and career
McGovern was born in Derby, where he went to
Landau Forte College, then a City Technology College.[2] He read History and English at St Peter's College, University of Oxford.[3] He holds a PhD in English from the University of York and has taught at Nanjing University, China.[4][5] He is currently Professor of English at the College of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Xiamen University.[6] He is winner of the Sir John Neale Prize (2018),[7] the Gordon Forster Essay Prize (2018)[8] and the Parliamentary History Essay Prize (2019).[9]
Publications
Books
- The Little History of England (2024)
- The Tudor Sheriff: A Study in Early Modern Administration (2022)
Selected articles
- "Was Elizabethan England Really a Monarchical Republic?", Historical Research, vol. 92, no. 257 (2019), 515–28.
- "The Development of the Privy Council Oath in Tudor England", Historical Research, vol. 93, no. 260 (2020), 273–85.
- "Royal Counsel in Tudor England, 1485–1603", The Historical Journal, vol. 65, no. 5 (2022), 1442–69.
- "The Practical Historical Approach: A Review of the Principles and Methods of Fact-First History", World History Studies, vol. 9, no. 2 (2022), 1‒14.
References
- ^ Wright, Kirsty (2023). "Revisiting the War in the Receipt, 1572–1609". Parliamentary History. 42 (1): 13. doi:10.1111/1750-0206.12668.
- ^ Dobson, Nick (Spring 2010). "Public Speaking and Debating" (PDF). Newslink.
- ^ McGovern, Jonathan (2022). The Tudor Sheriff: A Study in Early Modern Administration. Oxford University Press. p. vii.
- ^ "Author Bio (Jonathan McGovern), The History Press".
- ^ Kesselring, K. J. (2023). "Review of The Tudor Sheriff: A Study in Early Modern Administration, by Jonathan McGovern". English Historical Review. 138 (592): 649. doi:10.1093/ehr/cead038.
- ^ ""Jonathan McGovern", Google Scholar".
- ^ "Jon McGovern wins prestigious Sir John Neale Prize".
- ^ "Editorial". Northern History. 56 (1–2): 1. 2019. doi:10.1080/0078172X.2019.1662684.
- ^ "John McGovern wins Parliamentary History Essay Prize".