Thomas F. Madden
Madden in 2012
Born (1960-06-10) 10 June 1960
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of New Mexico (BA)
University of Illinois (MA, PhD)
OccupationHistorian
EmployerSaint Louis University
TitleProfessor of History, Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, SLU
Websitehttp://www.thomasmadden.org

Thomas Francis Madden[1] (born 10 June 1960) is an American historian, a former chair of the history department at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri, and director of Saint Louis University's Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.[2]

A specialist on the Crusades, he has often commented in the popular media after the events of September 11, to discuss topics such as how Muslims have viewed the medieval Crusades and their parallels to today's interventions in the Middle East.[3][4][5][6] In 2007, he was awarded the Haskins Medal from the Medieval Academy of America for his book Enrico Dandolo and the Rise of Venice, also a "Book of the Month" selection by the BBC History magazine. In 2012, he was named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. In 2018, he was named a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar.

Biography

Madden received his bachelor's degree from the University of New Mexico in 1986, and his Masters (1990) and PhD (1993) degrees in history from the University of Illinois.

Madden is active in the Society for the Study of the Crusades in the Latin East,[7] and organizes panels for the Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies in Saint Louis, Missouri.[8] He is the Director of the Crusades Studies Forum and the Medieval Italy Prosopographical Database Project, both housed at Saint Louis University.

Writing

Madden has books and articles including the "Crusades" entry for the Encyclopædia Britannica. His research specialties are ancient and medieval history, including the Fourth Crusade, as well as ancient and medieval Italian history. His 1997 revision of The Fourth Crusade: The Conquest of Constantinople (originally authored by Donald Queller) was a selection of the History Book Club. He is also known for speaking about the ways that the history of the Crusades is often used for manipulation of modern political agendas.[9] His book, The New Concise History of the Crusades has been translated into seven foreign languages.

His book Enrico Dandolo and the Rise of Venice won multiple awards, including the 2007 Haskins Medal from the Medieval Academy of America and the Otto Gründler Prize from the Medieval Institute.[10][11] According to the Medieval Review, with this book "Madden more than ever stakes out his place as one of the most important medievalists in America at present."[12]

His 2008 book, Empires of Trust, was a comparative study that sought elements in historic republics that led to the development of empires. In the case of Rome, he argued that their citizens and leaders acquired a level of trust among allies and potential enemies that was based upon an unusual rejection of hegemonic power. His most recent book, Venice: A New History is the culmination of decades of work in the archives and libraries of Venice.

Books

  • Istanbul: City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World, 2016 Viking LCCN 2016-44048 ISBN 9780670016600; 2017 pbk edition. Penguin Books. ISBN 9780143129691.
  • Venice: A New History, 2012, Viking[13] LCCN 2012-5304 ISBN 9780670025428
  • as editor: Crusades: Medieval Worlds in Conflict, 2010, Ashgate LCCN 2010-21524 ISBN 9781409400615
  • Empires of Trust, 2008, Dutton/Penguin ISBN 9780525950745[14]
  • as editor: The Fourth Crusade: Event, Aftermath, and Perceptions, 2008, Ashgate LCCN 2007-16269 ISBN 9780754663195
  • Crusades: The Illustrated History, 2005, University of Michigan Press LCCN 2004-304592 ISBN 0472114638
  • Enrico Dandolo and the Rise of Venice, 2003, Johns Hopkins University Press LCCN 2002-13623 ISBN 0801873177
  • as editor: The Crusades: The Essential Readings, 2002, Blackwell[15] LCCN 2002-20872 ISBN 063123022X
  • A Concise History of the Crusades, 1999, Rowman & Littlefield LCCN 99-27012
    • The New Concise History of the Crusades, 2005, updated edition; LCCN 2005-27720 ISBN 0742538222
    • The Concise History of the Crusades, 2014, 3rd edition; ISBN 978-1-4422-1574-0[16]
  • as editor with Ellen E. Kittell: Medieval and Renaissance Venice, 1999, University of Illinois Press LCCN 98-58020
  • The Fourth Crusade: The Conquest of Constantinople, co-author with Donald Queller, 1997, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2nd revised edition LCCN 96-39139

Select scholarly articles

  • "The Venetian Version of the Fourth Crusade: Memory and the Conquest of Constantinople in Medieval Venice," Speculum 87 (2012): 311–44.
  • "The Latin Empire of Constantinople’s Fractured Foundation: The Rift Between Boniface of Montferrat and Baldwin of Flanders," in The Fourth Crusade: Event, Aftermath, and Perceptions (Brookfield: Ashgate Publishing, 2008): 45–52.
  • "Food and the Fourth Crusade: A New Approach to the 'Diversion Question,'" in Logistics of Warfare in the Age of the Crusades, John H. Pryor, ed. (Brookfield: Ashgate Publishing, 2006): 209–28.
  • "Venice, the Papacy, and the Crusades before 1204," in The Medieval Crusade, Susan J. Ridyard, ed. (Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer, 2004): 85–95.
  • "The Enduring Myths of the Fourth Crusade," World History Bulletin 20 (2004): 11–14.
  • "The Chrysobull of Alexius I Comnenus to the Venetians: The Date and the Debate," Journal of Medieval History 28 (2002): 23–41.
  • "Venice's Hostage Crisis: Diplomatic Efforts to Secure Peace with Byzantium between 1171 and 1184," in Ellen E. Kittell and Thomas F. Madden, eds., Medieval and Renaissance Venice (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1999): 96–108.
  • "Outside and Inside the Fourth Crusade," The International History Review 17 (1995): 726–43.
  • "Venice and Constantinople in 1171 and 1172: Enrico Dandolo’s Attitude towards Byzantium," Mediterranean Historical Review 8 (1993): 166–85.
  • "Vows and Contracts in the Fourth Crusade: The Treaty of Zara and the Attack on Constantinople in 1204," The International History Review 15 (1993): 441–68.
  • "Father of the Bride: Fathers, Daughters, and Dowries in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Venice," Renaissance Quarterly 46 (1993): 685–711. (with Donald E. Queller)
  • "The Fires of the Fourth Crusade in Constantinople, 1203-1204: A Damage Assessment," Byzantinische Zeitschrift 84/85 (1992): 72–93.
  • "The Serpent Column of Delphi in Constantinople: Placement, Purposes, and Mutilations," Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 16 (1992): 111–45.

Recorded lectures

History Channel documentaries

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Madden, Thomas F." at Library of Congress Linked Data Service: "Fuller Name - Thomas Francis".
  2. ↑ Townsend, Tim (December 1, 2007). "Louis IX's spirit of charity lives on in work of a city church". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  3. ↑ Thompson, Bob (May 9, 2005). "How Muslims View the Crusades". Washington Post.
  4. ↑ Mahoney, Dennis M. (May 6, 2005). "New view of Crusades abandons simple stereotypes". Columbus Dispatch.
  5. ↑ Derbyshire, John (November 25, 2001). "For all their crimes, medieval Crusaders were our spiritual kin". Star-Tribune (Minneapolis).
  6. ↑ Davis, Bob (September 23, 2001). "A war that began 1,000 years ago". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
  7. ↑ "Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East".
  8. ↑ Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies
  9. ↑ Madden, Thomas F. (November 2, 2001). "Crusade Propaganda". National Review. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
  10. 1 2 WMU News – Grundler Prize awarded for book on Venetian leader
  11. 1 2 MAA Haskins Medal Winner Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ↑ Johns Hopkins University Press | Books | Enrico Dandolo and the Rise of Venice
  13. ↑ Begley, Adam (January 25, 2013). "Review of Venice: A New History by Thomas F. Madden". The New York Times.
  14. ↑ Frum, David (December 2008). "Review of Empire of Trust by Thomas F. Madden". Commentary.
  15. ↑ Harris, Jonathan (August 2002). "Review of The Crusades: The Essential Readings edited by Thomas F. Madden". Reviews in History (Reviews.history.ac.uk).
  16. ↑ Lock, Peter (2015). "Review of The Concise History of the Crusades, 3rd ed". Speculum. 90 (3): 834. doi:10.1017/S0038713415001013.
  17. ↑ Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America
  18. ↑ "Thomas F. Madden F'15". www.acls.org. Archived from the original on 2015-06-17.
  19. ↑ "Public Scholars 2018".
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