Kenneth M. Setton headshot

Kenneth M. Setton

Past Faculty
School of Historical Studies

Medieval and Renaissance History

Affiliation

Historical Studies

From the New York Times, February 23, 1995:

Dr. Kenneth M. Setton [was] one of the foremost interpreters of medieval Europe and the Crusades, the papacy and the dawn of the Renaissance[.] Dr. Setton spent nearly two decades finishing his four-volume "The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571" (American Philosophical Society, 1976-1984). A classic study of the era, it remains in print.

Wolfgang Saxon, "Kenneth M. Setton, 80, Scholar And Author on Medieval Europe," New York Times, February 23, 1995.

Dates at IAS

Emeritus
School of Historical Studies
Faculty
School of Historical Studies

Degrees

Columbia University
Ph.D.
1941

Honors

1976
Premi Catalònia Inst d'Estudis Catalans, Barcelona
1976
Prix Gustave Schlumberger Acad Inscript et Belles-Lettres, Paris
1967
Gold Cross of the Order of George I, Greece
1957
LittD(hc) Boston University
1957
John Frederick Lewis Prize Am Philos Soc