| Description | Papers of John Rigby Hale including manuscript notes and research materials for 'Civilisation of Europe in the Renaissance'; papers relating to an unrealised project to publish a complete account of all European Renaissance fortifications, includes maps and photographs; offprints of articles by Hale with related notes and reference material; papers relating to Hale's lectures, TV and radio broadcasts; papers relating to the museums and galleries with which Hale was involved; correspondence, chiefly with publishers; biographical material relating to Hale's schooldays, Merchant Navy service, Oxford University, University of Warwick and University College London; honours, certificates and awards; photographs and three films from University College London Foundation days, 1981 and 1983 and press cuttings including reviews of Hale's publications. |
| AdminHistory | Born, 1923; educated, Eastbourne College; war service in the merchant navy as a radio operator, 1941-1945; Jesus College, Oxford, 1945-1948; Commonwealth fellowship in the United States, 1948; fellowship and college tutorship in modern history at Jesus College, Oxford, [1949]-1964; founding chair of history at the University of Warwick, 1964-1969; visiting professorship at the University of California, Berkeley, 1969; chair of Italian at University College London, 1970-1988; Head of the Italian History Department, University College London, 1970-1985; Chairman of the Trustees of the National Gallery, 1974-1980; Fellow of the British Academy, 1977; retired, 1988; died, 1999.
Publications: 'England and the Italian Renaissance' (1954)
'Machiavelli and Renaissance Italy' (1961)
'Renaissance Europe, 1480-1520' (1971)
'Renaissance War Studies' (1983)
'The Military Organisation of a Renaissance State: Venice, c.1400-1617' (1984)
'Artists and Warfare in the Renaissance' (1990)
'Civilisation of Europe in the Renaissance' (1993). |