Jonathan McGovern (historian)
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Jonathan McGovern | |
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| Born | June 10, 1993 Derby, England |
| Education | University of Oxford University of York |
| Notable work | The Little History of England (2024) |
| Children | 1 |
Jonathan McGovern FRHistS (born 1993) is an English historian and author. He specializes in the study of Tudor England. He is one of the founders of the New Administrative History.[1][2]
Education and career
McGovern was born in Derby and studied at Landau Forte College, then a City Technology College.[3] He read History and English at St Peter's College, University of Oxford, where he won the Smith Prize.[4] He holds a PhD in English from the University of York and has taught at Nanjing University, China.[5][6] He is currently Professor of English at the College of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Xiamen University.[7]
Academic research
Historical perspective
An admirer of G. R. Elton, he has defended traditionalist historical methods, arguing for the importance of empiricism in history "as a practical benchmark, not a philosophical position".[8]
Thomas Becket
In 2021, he published his discovery of the eighteenth-century origin of the phrase "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest", which was formerly misattributed to Thomas Becket.[9] The phrase in fact originated with Robert Dodsley.
Awards and honours
He is winner of the Sir John Neale Prize (2018),[10] the Gordon Forster Essay Prize (2018)[11] and the Parliamentary History Essay Prize (2019).[12] He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[13]
Publications
Books
- The Little History of England. The History Press (2024).
- The Tudor Sheriff: A Study in Early Modern Administration. Oxford University Press (2022).
Selected articles
- "Was Elizabethan England Really a Monarchical Republic?", Historical Research, vol. 92, no. 257 (2019), 515–28. doi.org/10.1111/1468-2281.12275.
- "The Development of the Privy Council Oath in Tudor England", Historical Research, vol. 93, no. 260 (2020), 273–85. doi.org/10.1093/hisres/htaa003.
- "Royal Counsel in Tudor England, 1485–1603", The Historical Journal, vol. 65, no. 5 (2022), 1442–69. doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X21000820.
- "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.
- ^ "Dr. Jonathan McGovern: The Tudor Sheriff and the New Administrative History". Law & History Review.
- ^ 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".
- ^ McGovern, Jonathan (2022). "The Practical Historical Approach: A Review of the Principles and Methods of Fact-First History". World History Studies. 9 (2): 1–14.
- ^ Blackburn, Jack (24 March 2023). "Protestants added the 'à' to smear Thomas Becket". The Times.
- ^ "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".
- ^ "List of current Fellows" (PDF). May 2024.