Norman Cantor
Norman Frank Cantor was a Canadian-American medievalist. Known for his accessible writing and engaging narrative style, Cantor's books were among the most widely read treatments of medieval history in English. He estimated that his textbook The Civilization of the Middle Ages, first published in 1963, had a million copies in circulation.
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- Born in
- Winnipeg
- Educated at
- Princeton UniversityOriel CollegeUniversity of Manitoba
- Awards
- 🏆 Rhodes Scholarship
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1929
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