Thomas Madden

For other people named Thomas Madden, see Thomas Madden (disambiguation).
Thomas F. Madden

Madden, 2012
Born 1960
Residence St. Louis, Missouri
Nationality US
Alma mater University of New Mexico, University of Illinois
Occupation Historian
Employer Saint Louis University
Known for Crusades historian, Venice historian
Title Professor of History, Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, SLU
Website http://www.thomasmadden.org

Thomas F. Madden (born 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.[1] 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.[2][3][4][5] He has frequently appeared in the media, as a consultant for various programs on the History Channel and National Public Radio.[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.

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.

Awards

Writing

Madden has written numerous books and journal 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.[13] 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.[9][10] 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."[14]

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

Select scholarly articles

Recorded lectures

History Channel documentaries

Notes

  1. ↑ Townsend, Tim (December 1, 2007). "Louis IX's spirit of charity lives on in work of a city church". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  2. ↑ Thompson, Bob (May 9, 2005). "How Muslims View the Crusades". Washington Post.
  3. ↑ Mahoney, Dennis M. (May 6, 2005). "New view of Crusades abandons simple stereotypes". Columbus Dispatch.
  4. ↑ Derbyshire, John (November 25, 2001). "For all their crimes, medieval Crusaders were our spiritual kin". Star-Tribune (Minneapolis).
  5. ↑ Davis, Bob (September 23, 2001). "A war that began 1,000 years ago". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
  6. ↑ Media | Thomas F. Madden
  7. ↑ http://sscle.slu.edu/
  8. ↑ Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies
  9. 1 2 WMU News - Grundler Prize awarded for book on Venetian leader
  10. 1 2 MAA Haskins Medal Winner
  11. ↑ Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America
  12. ↑
  13. ↑ Madden, Thomas F. (November 2, 2001). "Crusade Propaganda". National Review. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
  14. ↑ Johns Hopkins University Press | Books | Enrico Dandolo and the Rise of Venice

References

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