David Nicolle

David Nicolle in Berlin 2011

David Nicolle (born April 4, 1944 in London , United Kingdom ) is a British historian who specializes in military history of the Middle Ages , especially that of the Middle East .

Life

Nicolle worked for the Arabic service of the BBC before he graduated as a Master of Arts (MA) on the London SOAS made. He holds a PhD from Edinburgh University . He was a lecturer in World and Islamic Architecture at Yarmouk University in Irbid , Jordan .

Since the 1980s Nicolle has written, among other things, dozens of richly illustrated books, often published in series, on the military history of the entire world. Some of these works were created with other scholars and translated into several countries and published with great success.

Nicolle has been married to the American Colette Giroux since 1976. The couple have a son and a daughter. Nicolle lives and works today (2016) in Woodhouse Eaves in the county of Leicestershire .

Publications

• Early Medieval Islamic Arms and Armor. Instituto de Estudios sobre armas antiguas, Jarandilla , Cáceres , Spain 1976.
• Islamic weapons. Verlag für Collectors, Graz 1981, ISBN 3-85365-049-X .
• The Armies of Islam . Osprey Publishing, London 1982, ISBN 0-85045-448-4 .
  • The armies of Islam, 7th-11th centuries . Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus, Königswinter 2014, ISBN 978-3-943883-05-3 .
• Armies of the Ottoman Turks 1300-1774. Osprey Publishing, London 1983, ISBN 0-85045-511-1 .
• Arms and Armor of the Crusading Era 1050-1350. Vol. 1: Commentary. and Vol. 2: Illustrations. Kraus International Publications, White Plains, New York 1988, ISBN 0-527-67128-2 .
• Henry V and the conquest of France: 1416-1453. Osprey Publishing, Botley, Oxfordshire 1988.
• Hattin 1187: Saladin's Greatest Victory. Osprey Publishing, Oxford, England 1993, ISBN 1-85532-284-6 . (Praeger Illustrated Military History Series, Westport 2005, ISBN 0-275-98840-6 )
• The history of Medieval Life. Hamlyn, 1997.
  • German: Life in the Middle Ages: 1100–1500. Tosa-Verlag, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-85492-171-3 .
• Constantinople 1453. The End of Byzantium. Osprey Publishing, Elms Court, England 2000, ISBN 1-84176-091-9 . (Praeger, Westport, Connecticut, USA 2005, ISBN 0-275-98856-2 )
• French Armies of the Hundred Years' War. Osprey Publishing, Botley, Oxfordshire, 2000, ISBN 1-85532-710-4 .
• Knight Hospitaller. Illustrated by Christa Hook. vol. 1: 1100-1306. and vol. 2: 1306-1556. Osprey Publishing, Botley, Oxfordshire 2001.
  • German: The Knights of the Order of St. John: 1100–1565. Siegler, St. Augustin 2004, ISBN 3-87748-637-1 .
• with Ian Heath and Angus McBride: Vikings and Normans. Siegler, St. Augustin 2003, ISBN 3-87748-630-4 .
• Poitiers 1356: The Capture of a King . Osprey Publishing, Botley, Oxfordshire 2004, ISBN 1-84176-516-3 .
• Crecy 1346: Triumph of the Longbow . Greenwood Press, 2005, ISBN 0-275-98843-0 .
• The Armies of the Hundred Years War: 1337–1453. Part 1: French Armies of the Hundred Years War. and Part 2: The Armies of Henry V and the Conquest of France. Siegler Verlag, St. Augustin 2005, ISBN 3-87748-645-2 .
• Crusader Castles in the Holy Land 1192-1302. Osprey Publishing, Botley, Oxfordshire 2005, ISBN 1-84176-827-8 .
• Crusader Castles in Cyprus, Greece and the Aegean 1191-1571. Osprey Publishing, Oxford 2007, ISBN 978-1-84176-976-9 .
• The Ottomans. Empire of Faith . Thalamus Publishing, Ludlow, Shropshire, England 2008, ISBN 978-1-902886-11-4 .
  • German: The Ottomans. 600 years of the Islamic world empire. Tosa Verlag, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-85003-219-3 .
• with Terence Wise: Saladin and the Saracens. Lempertz, Königswinter 2008, ISBN 978-3-939908-61-6 .
• Saracen Strongholds AD 630-1050. The Middle East and Central Asia. Osprey Publishing, Oxford 2008, ISBN 978-1-84603-115-1 .
• with Terence Wise: The Crusaders. Lempertz, Königswinter 2009, ISBN 978-3-939908-79-1 .
• The Fall of English France, 1449-53 . Osprey Publishing, Oxford, England 2012, ISBN 978-1-84908-616-5 .
• The first crusade 1096–99 . Lempertz, Königswinter 2013, ISBN 978-3-939284-43-7 .
• The Conquest of Saxony AD 782-785. Charlemagne's Defeat of Widukind of Westphalia . Osprey Publishing, Oxford, England 2014, ISBN 978-1-78200-825-5 .

Web links

• Literature by and about David Nicolle in the catalog of the German National Library