Stephen Wilson (born 1941''Saints and Their Cults: Studies in Religious Sociology, Folklore and History'', Notes on contributors
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. His 1995 book ''Feuding, Conflict and Banditry in Nineteenth-Century Corsica'' was awarded the Prix du Livre Corse in 1996."Vendetta et banditisme en Corse au dix-neuvième siècle"
at Albiana Publishers Wilson earned his doctorate from the

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in 1967 for his thesis ''The Historians of the

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''". He authored articles in history, historiography and religion.

Books

* (with B.C. Southam) ''The Magical Universe: Everyday Ritual and Magic in Pre-Modern Europe'', First edition:

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, 2000, *''The Means Of Naming: A Social and Cultural History of Naming in Western Europe'' First edition: 1998, - The book gives a background of European naming, with major attention to pre-1500s period. *''Feuding, Conflict and Banditry in Nineteenth-Century Corsica'',

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, 2003, **(French language) ''Vendetta et banditisme en Corse au dix-neuvième siècle'', 1995, 2002 *''Ideology and Experience: Antisemitism in France at the Time of the Dreyfus Affair'', 2007, (first edition: 1982 by Rutherford, London and Toronto)—The 1982 book was influential for the recognition of the effect of the undercurrent of antisemitism in French society on the

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among the historians.Paula E. Hyman, "New Perspectives on the Dreyfus Affair." ''Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques'' (2005): 335-349
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Stephen Living people 20th-century English historians Academics of the University of East Anglia Alumni of the University of Cambridge 1941 births