Postan, Sir Michael Moissey (1899–1981)
© The Master and Fellows of Peterhouse, Cambridge
Along with his wife, Eileen Power, Postan was one of the most significant figures in the development of medieval economic history. As well as developing a theoretical basis for such history he was influential as a teacher.
- Forenames:
- Michael Moissey
- Surname:
- Postan
- Title:
- Sir
- Dates:
- 1899–1981
- Institutions:
- Cambridge Economic History of Europe
Economic History Review
University of London (London School of Economics) - Significant posts:
- Editor, Cambridge Economic History of Europe
Editor, Economic History Review
Professor of Economic History, University of Cambridge (Peterhouse) - Influences:
- Power, Eileen
Tawney, Richard Henry - Contemporaries:
- Hilton, Rodney Howard
Power, Eileen - Themes:
- Economic history
Medieval history
- Biographies:
- Blackwell Dictionary of Historians
Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Proceedings of the British Academy
- Obituaries:
- Times
Bibliography
Personal papers
Significant publications
- Cambridge Economic History of Europe, ed. M. M. Postan and H. J. Habakkuk (2nd edn., Cambridge, 1966–89)
- M. M. Postan, The Medieval Economy and Society: an Economic History of Britain in the Middle Ages (London, 1972)
- M. M. Postan, Medieval Trade and Finance (1973)
Other reading
- G. Kitson Clark, 'A hundred years of the teaching of history at Cambridge, 1873–1973', Historical Journal, 16 (1973), 535–53
