John Lister Illingworth Fennell

John Lister Illingworth Fennell(30 May 1918 – 9 August 1992) was a British historian of medievalRussianhistory and ofRussian literature.He taught atCambridge,Nottingham,andLondonuniversities, and from 1964 atOxford,where he was a fellow first atUniversity College,and later atNew College.He retired in 1985. His specialty was as a historian, translator, philologist, editor, and teacher of advanced students.

His specialty was theera of Ivan IIIand 15th century Russia. In evaluating the overall significance of Ivan the Great, Fennell concludes that his reign was "militarily glorious and economically sound," and especially points to his territorial annexations and his centralized control over local rulers. However Fennell adds that his reign was also "a period of cultural depression and spiritual barrenness. Freedom was stamped out within the Russian lands. By his bigoted anti-Catholicism Ivan brought down the curtain between Russia and the west. For the sake of territorial aggrandizement he deprived his country of the fruits of Western learning and civilization."

Dimnick says of Fennell, "His achievements are unrivaled in the West, and almost so in theSoviet Unionand Russia ".

Bibliography

• J.L.I. Fennell, M.A., PH.D. (1955).The Correspondence Between Prince A.M. Kurbsky and Tsar Ivan IV of Russia, 1564-1579.Oxford University Press.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• John Lister Illingworth Fennell (1959).Ivan the Great of Moscow.Macmillan.
• John Lister Illingworth Fennell, editor,Prince A. M. Kurbsky's History of Ivan IV(Cambridge, 1965)
• John Lister Illingworth Fennell (1968).The emergence of Moscow, 1304-1359.U. of California Press.ISBN9780436152504.
• John Lister Illingworth Fennell; Boris Ottokar Unbegaun (1968).The Ermolinskij Chronicle and the Literary Prelude to "The Tale of the Murder of Mixail of Tver".New York University Press.
• John Lister Illingworth Fennell; Antony Stokes (1974).Early Russian literature.U. of California Press.ISBN978-0-520-02343-7.
• John Lister Illingworth Fennell (1976).Nineteenth Century Russian Literature: Studies of Ten Russian Writers.University of California Press.ISBN978-0-520-03203-3.
• John Lister Illingworth Fennell (1981).Textology as a Key to the Study of Old Russian Literature and History.Ams Press.
• John Lister Illingworth Fennell (1983).The crisis of medieval Russia, 1200-1304.Longman.ISBN978-0-582-48150-3.
• John Lister Illingworth Fennell (1995).A History of the Russian Church to 1448.Longman.ISBN978-2-07-037805-0.

External links

• Translated Penguin Book - atPenguin First Editionsreference site of early first edition Penguin Books.