Jonathan McGovern (historian) explained

Jonathan McGovern
Birth Date:	10 June 1993
Birth Place:	Derby, England
Education:	University of Oxford University of York
Notable Works:	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

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 King Henry II of England.^[9] The phrase actually 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 was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2022^[13] and is a member of the Selden Society, a learned society dedicated to the study of English legal history.^[14]

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.

Notes and References

1. Wright . Kirsty . 2023 . Revisiting the War in the Receipt, 1572–1609 . Parliamentary History . 42 . 1 . 13 . 10.1111/1750-0206.12668. free .
2. Web site: Dr. Jonathan McGovern: The Tudor Sheriff and the New Administrative History . Law & History Review.
3. Dobson . Nick . Spring 2010 . Public Speaking and Debating . Newslink.
4. Book: McGovern, Jonathan . The Tudor Sheriff: A Study in Early Modern Administration . Oxford University Press . 2022 . vii.
5. Web site: Author Bio (Jonathan McGovern), The History Press .
6. Kesselring . K. J. . 2023 . Review of The Tudor Sheriff: A Study in Early Modern Administration, by Jonathan McGovern . English Historical Review . 138 . 592 . 649 . 10.1093/ehr/cead038.
7. Web site: "Jonathan McGovern", Google Scholar .
8. 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.
9. Web site: Blackburn . Jack . March 24, 2023 . Protestants added the 'à' to smear Thomas Becket . The Times.
10. Web site: Jon McGovern wins prestigious Sir John Neale Prize .
11. 2019 . Editorial . Northern History . 56 . 1–2 . 1 . 10.1080/0078172X.2019.1662684.
12. Web site: John McGovern wins Parliamentary History Essay Prize .
13. Web site: May 2024 . List of current Fellows .
14. Web site: Selden Society: Report of the Council for the Year 2022 .