Sydney Anglo, FSA, FRHistS, FLSW, FBA (born 1 March 1934) is a British historian, academic, and scholar. He is currently serving as

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Career

Anglo began his academic career at the

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, where he was a senior fellow from 1970 to 1971. In 1981, Anglo joined Swansea University as a professor of the History of Ideas, a position he held until 1986. From 1986 to 1999, Anglo served as a research professor at Swansea University. Concurrently, he held the position of Chairman of the

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from 1986 to 1989. He was eventually appointed as Professor Emeritus at Swansea University. Anglo is a Founding Fellow of the

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Bibliography

*Anglo, Sydney
'The Court Festivals of Henry VII: A Study Based Upon the Account Books of John Heron, Treasurer of the Chamber', ''Bulletin of John Rylands Library'', 43, 1960–1961
* Anglo, Sydney (1969). ''Spectacle, Pageantry, and Early Tudor Policy'' * Anglo, Sydney (1969). ''Machiavelli: A Dissection'' * Anglo, Sydney (1992). ''Images of Tudor Kingship'' * Anglo, Sydney (2000). ''The Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe'' * Anglo, Sydney (2000). ''Machiavelli - The First Century: Studies in Enthusiasm, Hostility, and Irrelevance'' * Anglo, Sydney (2012). ''The Noble Art of the Sword: Fashion and Fencing in Renaissance Europe, 1520–1630''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anglo, Sydney 1934 births Living people 20th-century British historians Academics of Swansea University Academics of the Warburg Institute Fellows of the Learned Society of Wales Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London Fellows of the Royal Historical Society