Thomas F. Madden
Thomas F. Madden (born June 10, 1960 in Phoenix , Arizona ) is an American Medievalist.
Madden is a member of the History Department at Saint Louis University in St. Louis , Missouri and director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies there .
His work deals with the Crusades , which is why he was occasionally used as a political advisor after the attacks of September 11, 2001 . He has worked many times as a scientific advisor to the History Channel and National Public Radio . He is one of the mediaevalists in the USA with the greatest exposure to the media.
life and work
Madden studied at the University of New Mexico until 1986 , where he received his bachelor's degree, then he moved to the University of Illinois , where he received his doctorate in 1993. There he became director of the Crusades Studies Forum and the Medieval Italy Prosopographical Database Project . He also works with the Society for the Study of the Crusades in the Latin East .
Madden wrote for Encyclopaedia Britannica 's contribution Crusades . In addition to the Crusades, Madden mainly works on Italian history , particularly that of the Venetian Republic in the Middle Ages . In his work Enrico Dandolo and the Rise of Venice , published in 2003 and awarded the Haskins Medal of the Medieval Academy of America and the Otto Gründler Prize in 2007 , the focus is on the Venetian Doge Enrico Dandolo . With Venice. A New History he presented an overview of the history of the Maritime Republic . In 2008 he studied in Empires of Trust the correlation between Republic and Imperienbildung .
Awards and memberships
- 2005 Otto Grundler Prize , Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University
- 2007 Haskins Medal , Medieval Academy of America , for Enrico Dandolo and the Rise of Venice
- 2012 Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation .
- 2013 Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America
- 2015 Fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies
Works (selection)
- The Serpent Column of Delphi in Constantinople: Placement, Purposes, and Mutilations , in: Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 16 (1992) 111-145.
- The Fires of the Fourth Crusade in Constantinople, 1203-1204: A Damage Assessment , in: Byzantinische Zeitschrift 84/85 (1992) 72-93.
- with Donald E. Queller : Father of the Bride: Fathers, Daughters, and Dowries in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Venice , in: Renaissance Quarterly 46 (1993) 685-711.
- Vows and Contracts in the Fourth Crusade: The Treaty of Zara and the Attack on Constantinople in 1204 , in: The International History Review 15 (1993) 441-468.
- Venice and Constantinople in 1171 and 1172: Enrico Dandolo's Attitude towards Byzantium , in: Mediterranean Historical Review 8 (1993) 166-185.
- The Fourth Crusade: The Conquest of Constantinople , 1997, University of Pennsylvania Press
- Medieval and Renaissance Venice , University of Illinois Press, 1999.
- The New Concise History of the Crusades , Rowman & Littlefield, 1999.
- Venice's Hostage Crisis. Diplomatic Efforts to Secure Peace with Byzantium between 1171 and 1184 , in: Ellen E. Kittell, Thomas F. Madden (Eds.): Medieval and Renaissance Venice , University of Illinois Press, Urbana 1999, pp. 96-108.
- The Crusades. The Essential Readings , Blackwell, 2002.
- The Chrysobull of Alexius I Comnenus to the Venetians: The Date and the Debate , in: Journal of Medieval History 28 (2002) 23-41.
- Enrico Dandolo and the Rise of Venice , Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
- Venice, the Papacy, and the Crusades before 1204 , in: Susan J. Ridyard (Eds.): The Medieval Crusade , Boydell & Brewer , Woodbridge 2004, pp. 85-95.
- The Fourth Crusade. Event, Aftermath, and Perceptions , Ashgate, 2008.
- Empires of Trust , Dutton / Penguin, 2008.
- Crusades. Medieval Worlds in Conflict , Ashgate, 2010.
- Venice. A New History , Viking, 2012.
- The Venetian Version of the Fourth Crusade: Memory and the Conquest of Constantinople in Medieval Venice in: Speculum 87 (2012) 311-344.
- Istanbul. City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World , Penguin / Viking, 2016.
Popular scientific works (selection)
- Crusaders and Historians , Orthodoxy Today, First Things, June / July 2005.
- America's Days Aren't Numbered , in: The Wall Street Journal , July 4, 2008.
- The Real History of the Crusades , Association for Renaissance Martial Arts, March 19, 2011.
- The Pope Joins a Fine but Rarely Seen Tradition , in: Wall Street Journal, February 14, 2013.
Web links
- Thomas F. Madden , Madden's website
- Medieval Academy Fellows
- Madden's contributions to the Encyclopedia Britannica
- Professor Thomas F. Madden , The Modern Scholar , Recorded Books
Remarks
- ^ How Muslims View the Crusades , in: Washington Post , May 9, 2005.
- ^ Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East .
- ↑ WMU News - Grundler Prize awarded for book on Venetian leader , May 12, 2005.
- ^ Haskins Medal Recipients , Medieval Academy website, 2007.
- ↑ THOMAS F. MADDEN, Fellow: Awarded 2012; Field of Study: Medieval and Renaissance History; Competition: US & Canada .
- ^ Fellows , Academy website
- ↑ Thomas F. Madden F'15
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Madden, Thomas F. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American medieval historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Phoenix , Arizona |