John W. Baldwin
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John Wesley Baldwin is an American historian. He is Charles Homer Haskins professor of history emeritus at the Johns Hopkins University
. Born in Chicago
, he received his Hopkins Ph.D. in 1956 and joined the faculty in 1961. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
in 1992. Author of nine books, he has been elected to numerous academies including the American Philosophical Society
, the Medieval Academy, the British Academy, the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, and, most famously, the Académie des inscriptions et belles lettres. In 2007 Northwestern University conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. He has been decorated by the French Government with the Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. For an autobiographical sketch see "A Medievalist and Francophile Despite Himself," in Why France? American Historians Reflect on an Enduring Fascination, edited by Laura Lee Downs and Stéphan Gerson (Cornell University Press, 2007), French translation in Pourquoi la France? (Seul, 2007).
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
. Born in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, he received his Hopkins Ph.D. in 1956 and joined the faculty in 1961. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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in 1992. Author of nine books, he has been elected to numerous academies including the American Philosophical Society
American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society, founded in 1743, and located in Philadelphia, Pa., is an eminent scholarly organization of international reputation, that promotes useful knowledge in the sciences and humanities through excellence in scholarly research, professional meetings, publications,...
, the Medieval Academy, the British Academy, the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, and, most famously, the Académie des inscriptions et belles lettres. In 2007 Northwestern University conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. He has been decorated by the French Government with the Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. For an autobiographical sketch see "A Medievalist and Francophile Despite Himself," in Why France? American Historians Reflect on an Enduring Fascination, edited by Laura Lee Downs and Stéphan Gerson (Cornell University Press, 2007), French translation in Pourquoi la France? (Seul, 2007).
Books by John Baldwin
- Medieval Theories of the Just Price. Romanists, Canonists and Theologians in the twelfth and thirteen centuries (Philadelphia: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 1959)
- Masters, Princes, and Merchants; the Social Views of Peter the Chanter & his Circle (Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 1970), 2 vol.
- The Scholastic Culture of the Middle Ages, 1000-1300 (Lexington: Heath, 1971)
- Universities in Politics; Case Studies from the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern period. Edited with Richard A. Goldthwaite (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1972)
- The Government of Philip Augustus: Foundations of French Royal Power in the Middle Ages (Berkeley: University of California, 19860, French translation (Paris, Fayard, 1991).
- Les registres de Philippe Auguste (Paris :Imprimerie nationale, 1992)
- The Language of Sex: Five Voices from Northern France around 1200 (Chicago: University of Chicago, 1996), French translation (Paris, Fayard, 1997)
- Aristocratic Life in Medieval France: The Romances of Jean RenartJean RenartJean Renart, also known as Jean Renaut, was a Norman trouvère or troubadour from the end of the 12th century and the first half of the 13th century to whom three works are ascribed. Nothing else is known of him or his life...
and Gerbert de Montreuil, 1190–1230. (Baltimore: Johns Hoplkins, 2000) - Paris, 1200 (Paris: Flammarion, 2006), American edition (Stanford University Press, 2010)