He also began his teaching career at Princeton. in 1957 under the direction of eminent medievalist Joseph R. He returned to Princeton and received his Ph.D. degree (1953) from Princeton University, then spent a year as a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford. He moved to the United States to obtain an M.A. Life īorn in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to a Jewish family, Cantor received a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Manitoba in 1951. He estimated that his textbook The Civilization of the Middle Ages, first published in 1963, had a million copies in circulation. Known for his accessible writing and engaging narrative style, Cantor's books were among the most widely read treatments of medieval history in English. Norman Frank Cantor (Novem– September 18, 2004) was a Canadian-American historian who specialized in the medieval period.
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