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{{Short description|American historian (1932–2024)}}
'''Elizabeth Atkinson Rash Brown''' (b. February 16, 1932) born in Louisville, Ky., is a ] of History at ], of the ]<ref name="newsletter">{{cite journal|journal=Medieval Academy News|volume=161 |issue=Fall 2008|pages=2|url=http://www.medievalacademy.org/pdf/Fall08Newsletter.pdf}}</ref>, a scholar and published author, known for her writings on ]. In 2009 Elizabeth A. R. Brown was elected the Second Vice-President of the ]<ref></ref>
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'''Elizabeth Atkinson Rash Brown''' (February 16, 1932 August 8, 2024) was an American historian. She was ] of history at ], of the ],<ref name="newsletter">{{cite journal |journal=Medieval Academy News |volume=161 |issue=Fall 2008 |pages=2 |url=http://www.medievalacademy.org/pdf/Fall08Newsletter.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219134911/http://medievalacademy.org/pdf/Fall08Newsletter.pdf |title=Fall 08 Newsletter |archivedate=February 19, 2009 }}</ref> a scholar and published author, known for her writings on ].
==Works==
===Monographs===


== Career ==
*''Customary Aids And Royal Finance in Capetian France: The Marriage Aid of Philip the Fair''; (Hardcover, Medieval Academy of Amer)
Brown received her B.A. from ] and A.M. and PhD. from ] and ]. In 2009 Elizabeth A. R. Brown was elected the Second Vice-President of the ] and in 2010–2011 served as its president.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MAA Annual Meeting 2009 Report |url=http://www.medievalacademy.org/annualmeetings/annualmeetingreport.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225020644/http://www.medievalacademy.org/annualmeetings/annualmeetingreport.htm |archive-date=December 25, 2008 |access-date=January 5, 2010 |website=Medieval Academy}}</ref> She taught at ] in New York for decades and taught at ] and ] after retiring.<ref name=":0" />
:ISBN 0915651009 (0-915651-00-9)


Brown first began publishing academic works in 1958, and wrote more than 130 articles and books in total. Much of her research focused on the ] in 13th- and 14th-century France.<ref name="medievalists" />
*''"Franks, Burgundians, and Aquitanians" and the Royal Coronation Ceremony in France''; (Diane Pub Co.)
:ISBN 0871698277 (0-87169-827-7)


In her groundbreaking 1974 article "The Tyranny of a Construct: Feudalism and Historians of Medieval Europe", Brown initiated an ongoing inconclusive discussion as to whether use of the term ] is a useful construct for understanding medieval society.<ref name="medievalists" /><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Amitrajeet |first1=Amitrajeet A. |title=Review of "The Coming of Neo Feudalism" by Joel Kotkin |journal=Rochester Institute of Technology |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344211660}}</ref> In her critique, Brown highlights the potential for constructs to influence research agendas and warns constructs that we use to analyze the past can be exclusive.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Laughlin |first1=Kathleen A. et all |title=Is It Time to Jump Ship? Historians Rethink the Waves Metaphor |journal=Feminist Formations |year=2010 |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=76–135 |doi=10.1353/nwsa.0.0118 |s2cid=145237650 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317155376 |access-date=November 10, 2022 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816005602/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317155376_Is_It_Time_to_Jump_Ship_Historians_Rethink_the_Waves_Metaphor |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Jean Du Tillet and the French Wars of Religion: Five Tracts, 1562-1569''; (Hardcover, Mrts)
:ISBN 0866981551 (0-86698-155-1)


In 1987, Brown was elected a Fellow of the ] (MAA). She later served as the president of the MAA in 2010–2011.<ref name="medievalists" />
*''The Monarchy of Capetian France and Royal Ceremonial''; (Hardcover, Variorum)
:ISBN 0860782794 (0-86078-279-4)


Brown died on August 8, 2024, at the age of 92.<ref name="medievalists">{{Cite web |last= |date=August 15, 2024 |title=Elizabeth A. R. Brown passes away |url=https://www.medievalists.net/2024/08/elizabeth-a-r-brown-passes-away/ |access-date=August 15, 2024 |website=Medievalists.net |language=en-US |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816005558/https://www.medievalists.net/2024/08/elizabeth-a-r-brown-passes-away/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=August 14, 2024 |title=Elizabeth Brown Obituary (1932–2024) |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/elizabeth-brown-obituary?id=55820627&__cf_chl_tk=LRiy2zQFXmFZw.6CMkCpayrl5jbWovNUXI2QI_4tgck-1723551652-0.0.1.1-4073#guestbook |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814215757/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/elizabeth-brown-obituary?id=55820627&__cf_chl_tk=LRiy2zQFXmFZw.6CMkCpayrl5jbWovNUXI2QI_4tgck-1723551652-0.0.1.1-4073#guestbook |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |website=Legacy}}</ref> In 2024, she gave a bequest to the University of Pennsylvania Libraries (the Penn Libraries) to establish an archive to hold the papers of medieval historians – including her own collection – and to endow a curator to manage it.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-05 |title=Penn Libraries receives $5M bequest from medieval historian Elizabeth A.R. Brown |url=https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-libraries-receives-5m-bequest-medieval-historian-elizabeth-ar-brown?utm_content=Staff&utm_source=Penn+Today+-+Newsletters&utm_campaign=21d177b9c8-12/6/24:+Korea+Q&A&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-a88f34f16b-43410321 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=Penn Today |language=en}}</ref>
*''Oxford Collection of the Drawings of Roger De Gaigni'Eres and the Royal Tombs of Saint-Denis''; (Diane Pub. Co.
:ISBN 0871697858 (0-87169-785-8)


==Works==
===Monographs===
*''Customary Aids And Royal Finance in Capetian France: The Marriage Aid of Philip the Fair''; (Hardcover, Medieval Academy of Amer)
:{{ISBN|0-915651-00-9}} (0-915651-00-9)
*''"Franks, Burgundians, and Aquitanians" and the Royal Coronation Ceremony in France''; (Diane Pub Co.)
:{{ISBN|0-87169-827-7}} (0-87169-827-7)
*Jean Du Tillet and the French Wars of Religion: Five Tracts, 1562–1569''; (Hardcover, Mrts)
:{{ISBN|0-86698-155-1}} (0-86698-155-1)
*''The Monarchy of Capetian France and Royal Ceremonial''; (Hardcover, Variorum)
:{{ISBN|0-86078-279-4}} (0-86078-279-4)
*''Oxford Collection of the Drawings of Roger De Gaigni'Eres and the Royal Tombs of Saint-Denis''; (Diane Pub. Co.
:{{ISBN|0-87169-785-8}} (0-87169-785-8)
*''Politics & Institutions in Capetian France''; (Ashgate Pub. Co.) *''Politics & Institutions in Capetian France''; (Ashgate Pub. Co.)
:ISBN 0860782980 (0-86078-298-0) :{{ISBN|0-86078-298-0}} (0-86078-298-0)


===Articles=== ===Articles===
*{{Cite journal |last=Brown |first=Elizabeth A. R. |date=January 1958 |title=The Cistercians in the Latin Empire of Constantinople and Greece, 1204–1276 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/traditio/article/abs/cistercians-in-the-latin-empire-of-constantinople-and-greece-12041276/29AD626C2818B8792D5A0A89099B6650 |journal=Traditio |language=en |volume=14 |pages=63–120 |doi=10.1017/S0362152900010072 |issn=0362-1529}}
*"The Tyranny of a Construct: Feudalism and Historians of Medieval Europe," ''The American Historical Review'', Vol. 79, No. 4 (Oct., 1974), pp.&nbsp;1063-1088, at 1075-1076.
*"Taxation and Morality in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries: Conscience and Political Power and the Kings of France," ''French Historical Studies'', Vol. 8, No. 1 (Spring, 1973), pp. 1-28.
*{{Cite journal |last=Brown |first=Elizabeth A. R. |date=1974 |title=The Tyranny of a Construct: Feudalism and Historians of Medieval Europe |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1869563 |journal=The American Historical Review |volume=79 |issue=4 |pages=1063–1088 |doi=10.2307/1869563 |jstor=1869563 |issn=0002-8762}}
*"The Ceremonial of Royal Succession in Capetian France: The Funeral of Philip V," ''Speculum'', Vol. 55, No. 2 (Apr. 1980), pp. 266-293.
*{{Cite journal |last=Brown |first=Elizabeth A.R. |date=December 1981 |title=Reform and resistance to royal authority in fourteenth-century France: The leagues of 1314–1315∗ |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02606755.1981.9525590 |journal=Parliaments, Estates and Representation |language=en |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=109–137 |doi=10.1080/02606755.1981.9525590 |issn=0260-6755}}
*{{Cite journal |last=Brown |first=Elizabeth A. R. |date=July 1988 |title=The Political Repercussions of Family Ties in the Early Fourteenth Century: The Marriage of Edward II of England and Isabelle of France |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.2307/2852635?journalCode=spc |journal=Speculum |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=573–595 |doi=10.2307/2852635|jstor=2852635 }}
*"Authority, the Family, and the Dead in Late Medieval France," ''French Historical Studies'', Vol. 16, No. 4 (Autumn, 1990), pp. 803-832.
*"Philip V, Charles IV, and the Jews of France: The Alleged Expulsion of 1322," ''Speculum'', Vol. 66, No. 2 (Apr. 1991), pp.&nbsp;294–329.


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American historian (1932–2024)

Elizabeth A. R. Brown
Brown in 2013
BornElizabeth Atkinson Rash Brown
(1932-02-16)February 16, 1932
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedAugust 8, 2024(2024-08-08) (aged 92)
New York City , U.S.
Other namesPeggy Brown
Academic background
EducationB.A. Swarthmore College
Alma materPh.D. Harvard University
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
InstitutionsBrooklyn College
Main interestsMedieval History, Feudalism, French History, Philip the Fair, French Wars of Religion, Capetian France
Notable works"The Tyranny of a Construct: Feudalism and Historians of Medieval Europe"

Elizabeth Atkinson Rash Brown (February 16, 1932 – August 8, 2024) was an American historian. She was professor emerita of history at Brooklyn College, of the City University of New York, a scholar and published author, known for her writings on feudalism.

Career

Brown received her B.A. from Swarthmore College and A.M. and PhD. from Radcliffe College and Harvard University. In 2009 Elizabeth A. R. Brown was elected the Second Vice-President of the Medieval Academy of America and in 2010–2011 served as its president. She taught at Brooklyn College in New York for decades and taught at Yale and Berkeley after retiring.

Brown first began publishing academic works in 1958, and wrote more than 130 articles and books in total. Much of her research focused on the Capetian dynasty in 13th- and 14th-century France.

In her groundbreaking 1974 article "The Tyranny of a Construct: Feudalism and Historians of Medieval Europe", Brown initiated an ongoing inconclusive discussion as to whether use of the term feudalism is a useful construct for understanding medieval society. In her critique, Brown highlights the potential for constructs to influence research agendas and warns constructs that we use to analyze the past can be exclusive.

In 1987, Brown was elected a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America (MAA). She later served as the president of the MAA in 2010–2011.

Brown died on August 8, 2024, at the age of 92. In 2024, she gave a bequest to the University of Pennsylvania Libraries (the Penn Libraries) to establish an archive to hold the papers of medieval historians – including her own collection – and to endow a curator to manage it.

Works

Monographs

  • Customary Aids And Royal Finance in Capetian France: The Marriage Aid of Philip the Fair; (Hardcover, Medieval Academy of Amer)
ISBN 0-915651-00-9 (0-915651-00-9)
  • "Franks, Burgundians, and Aquitanians" and the Royal Coronation Ceremony in France; (Diane Pub Co.)
ISBN 0-87169-827-7 (0-87169-827-7)
  • Jean Du Tillet and the French Wars of Religion: Five Tracts, 1562–1569; (Hardcover, Mrts)
ISBN 0-86698-155-1 (0-86698-155-1)
  • The Monarchy of Capetian France and Royal Ceremonial; (Hardcover, Variorum)
ISBN 0-86078-279-4 (0-86078-279-4)
  • Oxford Collection of the Drawings of Roger De Gaigni'Eres and the Royal Tombs of Saint-Denis; (Diane Pub. Co.
ISBN 0-87169-785-8 (0-87169-785-8)
  • Politics & Institutions in Capetian France; (Ashgate Pub. Co.)
ISBN 0-86078-298-0 (0-86078-298-0)

Articles

References

  1. ^ "Elizabeth A. R. Brown passes away". Medievalists.net. August 15, 2024. Archived from the original on August 16, 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
  2. "Fall 08 Newsletter" (PDF). Medieval Academy News. 161 (Fall 2008): 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 19, 2009.
  3. "MAA Annual Meeting 2009 Report". Medieval Academy. Archived from the original on December 25, 2008. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
  4. ^ "Elizabeth Brown Obituary (1932–2024)". Legacy. August 14, 2024. Archived from the original on August 14, 2024. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
  5. Amitrajeet, Amitrajeet A. "Review of "The Coming of Neo Feudalism" by Joel Kotkin". Rochester Institute of Technology.
  6. Laughlin, Kathleen A. et all (2010). "Is It Time to Jump Ship? Historians Rethink the Waves Metaphor". Feminist Formations. 22 (1): 76–135. doi:10.1353/nwsa.0.0118. S2CID 145237650. Archived from the original on August 16, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  7. "Penn Libraries receives $5M bequest from medieval historian Elizabeth A.R. Brown". Penn Today. December 5, 2024. Retrieved December 6, 2024.


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