Steven Runciman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Steven Runciman

British historian

Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1903

Place of Birth: Northumberland, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Nov-2000

Profession: historian, medievalist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Sir James Cochran Stevenson Runciman (7 July 1903 – 1 November 2000), known as Steven Runciman, was an English historian best known for his three-volume A History of the Crusades (1951–54). His three-volume history has had a profound impact on common conceptions of the Crusades, primarily portraying the Crusaders negatively and the Muslims favourably.
Runciman was a strong admirer of the Byzantine Empire, and consequently held a bias against the Crusaders for the Fourth Crusade evident in his work.
While praised by older crusade historians as a storyteller and prose stylist, he is viewed as biased by some contemporary historians.