Steven Runciman Quotes:
Ocupation: Historian
Life: July 7, 1903 - November 1, 2000
Birthday: July 7
Death: November 1
I believe that the supreme duty of the historian is to write history, that is to say, to attempt to record in one sweeping sequence the greater events and movements that have swayed the destinies of man.
source: Steven Runciman (1951). “A History of the Crusades: Volume 1, The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem”, p.13, CUP Archive
topic: Believe, Writing, Destiny
