Eileen Power

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Eileen Power (1889-1940) was a British economic historian. She became Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics in 1931, having held a position there since 1921, and Professor of Economic History at the University of Cambridge in 1940. She founded the Economic History Review in 1927.

She married the historian Michael Postan in 1937, having previously been engaged to Reginald Johnston.

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The Paycockes of Coggeshall (1919)
The Unconquered Knight. A Chronicle of the Deeds of Don Pero Nino, Count of Buelna de Gamez (1920) editor
Medieval English Nunneries (1922)
Medieval People (1924)
Tudor Economic Documents (1924, three volumes) editor with R. H. Tawney
Don Juan of Persia: A Shiah Catholic (1926) editor with E. Denison Ross
Pero Tafur travels and adventures 1435-1439 (1926) editor with E. Denison Ross
Boys & Girls of History (1926) with Rhoda Power
The Diary of Henry Teonge, Chaplain on Board H.M.'s Ships Assistance, Bristol, and Royal Oak, 1675-1679, editor with E. Denison Ross
John Macdonald Travels (1745-1779) (1927) editor with E. Denison Ross
Cities and Their Stories, an Introduction to the Study Of European History (1927) with Rhoda Power
Hans Staden. The True History of His Captivity - 1557 (1928) editor with E. Denison Ross
Hernando Cortes - Five Letters 1519-1526 (1928) editor with E. Denison Ross
Huc & Gabet. Travels in Tartary, Thibet and Chinal 1844-46 (1928, 2 volumes) editor with E. Denison Ross
The Goodman of Paris (Le Menagier De Paris): A Treatise on Moral and Domestic Economy By A Citizen of Paris c. 1393 (1928) translator
More Boys & Girls of History (1928) with Rhoda Power
Memoirs of Lorenzo Da Ponte : Mozart's Librettist (1929) editor with Elizabeth Drew
Sir Lancelot of the Lake : a French Prose Romance of the Thirteenth Century (1929) editor with G. G. Coulton
The Autobiography of Ousama (1929) editor with G. G. Coulton
The Works of Liudprand of Cremona (1930) editor with G. C. Coulton
Madame D'Aulnoy: Travels into Spain (1930) editor with E. Denison Ross
English Trade in 15th Century (1933) with Michael Postan
Bernal Diaz Del Castillo, the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico 1517-1521 (1936) editor with E. Denison Ross
The Wool Trade in English Medieval History (1941) Ford Lectures
Cambridge Economic History of Europe, Vol. 1: The Agrarian Life of the Middle Ages (1942) editor with J. H. Clapham
Medieval Women (1975)
Jahangier and the Jesuits editor with E. Denison Ross
Thomas Gage The English-American A New Survey of the West Indies 1648 editor with E. Denison Ross