Rosamond Joscelyne Mitchell Explained
Rosamond Joscelyne Mitchell (13 June 1902 – 19 November 1963) was an English historian, writer and archivist.[1]
She won the Royal Historical Society's Alexander Medal in 1936,[2] and in 1938 won the British Archaeological Association's Reginald Taylor Prize. Roberto Weiss cited her in his book Humanism in England during the Fifteenth Century[3] and she cited him in her book John Free, From Bristol to Rome in the Fifteenth Century.[4] [5] After marrying John Alan Leys, "she chose not to seek an academic post".[3]
Bibliography
- English People of the Past, with M. J. Whicher (Longmans Green, 1931)
- Life and Adventure in Medieval Europe (Longmans Green, 1934)
- Ye Good Olde Dayes, with Ierne L. Plunket (Methuen, 1934)
- John Tiptoft, 1427–1470 (Longmans Green, 1938)
- A History of the English People, with M. D. R. Leys (Longmans Green, 1950)
- John Free, from Bristol to Rome in the fifteenth century (Longmans Green, 1955)
- A History of London Life, with M. D. R. Leys (Longmans Green, 1958)
- The Medieval Feast (Longmans Green, 1958)
- The Medieval Tournament (Longmans Green, 1958)
- A Country Doctor in the Days of Queen Anne (Longmans Green, 1959)
- The Laurels and the Tiara: Pope Pius II, 1458–1464 (Harvill Press, 1962)
- The Spring Voyage: The Jerusalem Pilgrimage in 1458 (John Murray, 1964)
References
- Clough . C. H. . In Memory of Rosamond Joscelyne Mitchell . Italian Studies . January 1966 . 21 . 1 . 101–102 . 10.1179/its.1966.21.1.101 .
- Her Alexander Prize Essay was published as R. J. Mitchell, "English students at Padua",Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 4th ser., xix (1936), pp. 101–117.
- Editor's Introduction to the fourth edition of Roberto Weiss, Humanism in England during the Fifteenth Century. David Rundle. Academia.edu. January 2010 . 31 December 2015.
- R. J. Mitchell: John Free, From Bristol to Rome in the Fifteenth Century (London, 1955), p. vii.
- To the citations in Weiss's bibliography could have been added: R. J. Mitchell, "English students at Ferrara in the fifteenth century", Italian Studies, i (1937), pp.75–82; and R. J. Mitchell, "A Renaissance Library: The Collection of John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester", The Library, xviii (1937), pp. 67–83. Her John Tiptoft (1427–1470) (London, 1938) – a now rare volume as stocks of it were destroyed during the Blitz – was positively reviewed by Cecilia Ady in Italian Studies, i (1938), pp. 177–78 (though the journal attributes the work to "Ruth J. Mitchell"); cf. E. F. Jacob, English Historical Review, liv (1939), pp. 362–63; A. Steel in History, xxiv (1939), pp. 143–45; A. L. Rowse in The Spectator, 6 May 1938, pp. 816–18; and [D. M. M. Morrah] in Times Literary Supplement, 2 July 1938, p. 445.
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