Margaret L. King

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Margaret L. King (born 1947) [1] is an American historian of the Italian Renaissance and a professor emerita of history at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York. [2]

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Education and career

King is a 1967 graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, where she majored in history. She went to Stanford University for graduate study in history, earning a master's degree in 1968 and completing her Ph.D. in 1972. [3]

She became an assistant professor at California State University, Fullerton in 1969, and moved to Brooklyn College in 1972. She was promoted to associate professor in 1976 and full professor in 1987, at the same time adding an affiliation with the CUNY Graduate Center. From 2006 to 2010 she was Broeklundian Professor at Brooklyn College. [3]

She retired as professor emerita in 2012. [3]

Recognition

King received the 1986 Howard R. Marraro Prize of the American Catholic Historical Association for the best book in Italian history for her first book, Venetian Humanism in an Age of Patrician Dominance. [3] [4] She received a different but similarly named prize in 1996, the Helen & Howard R. Marraro Prize of the American Historical Association, for The Death of the Child Valerio Marcello. [3] [5]

In 2016 the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women gave King their lifetime achievement award in recognition of her editorship of the series The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. [3] She was the 2018 recipient of the Paul Oskar Kristeller Lifetime Achievement Award of the Renaissance Society of America. [3] [6]

Books

King is the author of books including: [3]

Books she has edited or translated include: [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Birth year from Library of Congress catalog entry, retrieved 2024-01-13
  2. ↑ "Margaret L. King", Directory, CUNY Graduate Center, retrieved 2024-01-13
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Curriculum vitae, CUNY Graduate Center, January 2023, retrieved 2024-01-13
  4. ↑ Marraro Prize, American Catholic Historical Association, retrieved 2024-01-13
  5. ↑ Schwartz, Larry, The Helen & Howard R. Marraro Prize for Italian or Italian-U. S. history, Livingston Lord Library, Minnesota State University Moorhead, retrieved 2024-01-13
  6. ↑ "Margaret L. King awarded P. O. Kristeller Lifetime Achievement Award", Renaissance News, 7 March 2018, retrieved 2024-01-13– via ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages & Renaissance
  7. ↑ Reviews of Venetian Humanism in an Age of Patrician Dominance:
  8. ↑ Reviews of Women of the Renaissance:
  9. ↑ Reviews of The Death of the Child Valerio Marcello:
  10. ↑ Reviews of The Renaissance in Europe / A Short History of the Renaissance in Europe:
  11. ↑ Reviews of Humanism, Venice, and Women:
  12. ↑ Review of How Mothers Shaped Successful Sons:
    • Martha C. Beck, Why Do Feminists Undervalue Motherhood? A Classicist's Review of Margaret King's How Mothers Shaped Successful Sons and Created World History, Mellen Press, 2017
  13. ↑ Reviews of Her Immaculate Hand:
  14. ↑ Reviews of Complete Writings:
  15. ↑ Reviews of Teaching Other Voices:
  16. ↑ Reviews of Renaissance Humanism:
  17. ↑ Reviews of The Wealth of Wives:
    • P. Renée Baernstein, Early Modern Women, JSTOR   26431497
    • Monica Chojnacka, Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme, JSTOR   26398443
    • Elizabeth M. McCahill, Renaissance Quarterly, JSTOR   26845786
    • Christine Meek, The Sixteenth Century Journal, JSTOR   44816363
  18. ↑ Reviews of Reformation Thought:
    • Margaret W. Ferguson, "Moderation and Its Discontents: Recent Work on Renaissance Women", Feminist Studies, doi:10.2307/3178156, JSTOR   3178156
    • Donald K. McKim, Renaissance Quarterly, JSTOR   26560839
    • Angela Ranson, Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme, JSTOR   26398499
    • Alec Ryrie, Journal of World History, JSTOR   26607637
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