Sidney Painter

Sidney Painter (September 23, 1902 – 1960) was an American medievalist at Johns Hopkins University.

Painter was born in New York City; after the Taft School he attended Yale University (AB 1925; PhD 1930). He wrote many influential books. His doctoral thesis was later published as "William Marshal: Knight-Errant, Baron, and Regent of England", and was supervised by Professor Sydney K. Mitchell at Yale University.

Bibliography

• William Marshal: Knight-Errant, Baron, and Regent of England
• A History of the Middle Ages: 284-1500. Later published as Western Europe in the Middle Ages 300-1475 co-authored by Brian Tierney.
• French Chivalry: Chivalric Ideas and Practices in Mediaeval France
• Feudalism and Liberty: Articles and Addresses
• The Scourge of the Clergy: Peter of Dreux, Duke of Brittany
• The Reign of King John
• Mediaeval Society
• The Rise of the Feudal Monarchies