Sidney Painter (September 23, 1902 – January 12, 1960) was an American medievalist and historian. He was a fellow of the Mediaeval Academy and professor of history and chairman of the department of history at

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. Painter was born in

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; after the Taft School he attended

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(AB 1925; PhD 1930). He was an influential member of American academia in the 1950s and served on many boards and committees. He was treasurer and secretary of the American Council of Learned Societies and was a member of the council of the Mediaeval Academy. He was made a fellow in 1953. He wrote many influential books. His doctoral thesis was later published as "William Marshal: Knight-Errant, Baron, and Regent of England", and was supervised by Professor Sydney K. Mitchell at

. He was an expert in medieval institutions but also believed in relating history from personal perspectives. He argued that the reign of King John cannot be understood without an intimate knowledge of the barons and their families and the division of family lands at the time. He died in Baltimore at the age of 57.

Works

''William Marshal: Knight-Errant, Baron, and Regent of England''
(1933)
''The Scourge of the Clergy: Peter of Dreux, Duke of Brittany''
(1937)
''Studies in the History of the English Feudal Barony''
(1943)
''The Reign of King John''
(1949) *''A History of the Middle Ages, 284–1500'' (1953), re-published as ''Western Europe in the Middle Ages, 300–1475'', co-authored by Brian Tierney (1983)
''French Chivalry: Chivalric Ideas and Practices in Mediaeval France''
(1961) *''Feudalism and Liberty: Articles and Addresses'' (1961) *''Mediaeval Society'' *''The Rise of the Feudal Monarchies''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Painter, Sidney Painer, Sidney 1960 deaths 20th-century American historians 20th-century American male writers American medievalists Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America Johns Hopkins University faculty Yale University alumni American male non-fiction writers