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Sir James Cochran Stevenson Runciman CH (7 July, 1903 - 1 November, 2000), better known as Sir Steven Runciman, was a British mediaeval historian known for his work on the Middle Ages
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- Faced by the mountainous heap of the minutiae of knowledge and awed by the watchful severity of his colleagues, the modern historian too often takes refuge in learned articles or narrowly specialized dissertations, small fortresses that are easy to defend from attack. Steven Runciman »
- I believe that the supreme duty of the historian is to write history, that is to say, to attempt to record in one sweeping sequence the greater events and movements that have swayed the destiny of man. Steven Runciman »
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