Stephen Wilson (historian) explained

Stephen Wilson (born 1941^[1]) is an English historian. He was Reader in European History at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. His 1995 book Feuding, Conflict and Banditry in Nineteenth-Century Corsica was awarded the Prix du Livre Corse in 1996.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Wilson earned his doctorate from the University of Cambridge in 1967 for his thesis The Historians of the Action Française". He authored articles in history, historiography and religion.^[1]

Books

• (with B.C. Southam) The Magical Universe: Everyday Ritual and Magic in Pre-Modern Europe, First edition: Hambledon and London, 2000,
• The Means Of Naming: A Social and Cultural History of Naming in Western Europe First edition: 1998, - The book gives a background of European naming, with major attention to pre-1500s period.^[5]
• Feuding, Conflict and Banditry in Nineteenth-Century Corsica, Cambridge University Press, 2003,
  • (French language) Vendetta et banditisme en Corse au dix-neuvième siècle, 1995,^[6] 2002
• Ideology and Experience: Antisemitism in France at the Time of the Dreyfus Affair, 2007, (first edition: 1982 by Rutherford, London and Toronto)^[1] —The 1982 book was influential for the recognition of the effect of the undercurrent of antisemitism in French society on the Dreyfus Affair among the historians.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Saints and Their Cults: Studies in Religious Sociology, Folklore and History, Notes on contributors, p. xii
2. https://www.bloomsbury.com/author/stephen-wilson-28043 "Stephen Wilson"
3. https://www.albiana.fr/auteurs/1096-wilson-stephen "Livres de l'auteur Wilson Stephen"
4. https://www.albiana.fr/periode-contemporaine/743-vendetta-et-banditisme-en-corse-au-dix-neuvieme-siecle-periode-contemporaine.html "Vendetta et banditisme en Corse au dix-neuvième siècle"
5. Amy M. Hasfjord, "New Influences on Naming Patterns in Victorian Britain", Illinois State University, Theses and Dissertations. Paper 508, 2016, p.48
6. http://extranet.editis.com/it-yonixweb/images/LNP/art/doc/8/8425e72e6a539235313138343638383131353737.pdf
7. Paula E. Hyman, "New Perspectives on the Dreyfus Affair." Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques (2005): 335-349. online