Thomas Madden

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This article is about the modern historian at Saint Louis University. For the business dean at New York University, please see John Thomas Madden.

Thomas F. Madden (born 1960) is an American historian, the 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] He is considered one of the foremost historians of the Crusades in the United States, and was often called upon as a historical consultant after the events of September 11th, to discuss the connections between the medieval Crusades and modern Islamic terrorism.[2][3][4][5]

He has written four books, and many journal articles, including the "Crusades" entry for the Encyclopedia Britannica. His specialties are the Fourth Crusade, and medieval Italian history. His 1997 book The Fourth Crusade: The Conquest of Constantinople was a selection of the History Book Club. He is also known for speaking about how the history of the Crusades is often used for manipulation of modern political agendas.[6]

His book Enrico Dandolo and the Rise of Venice has won multiple awards, including the 2007 Haskins Medal from the Medieval Academy of America, and was selected as Book of the Month by the BBC History magazine. He has frequently appeared in the media, as a consultant for various programs on the History Channel and National Public Radio.[7]

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[edit] Biography

Madden received his Bachelors from the University of New Mexico in 1986, and his Masters (1990) and PhD (1993) from the University of Illinois.

Madden is active with the Society for the Study of the Crusades in the Latin East, and organizes panels for the International Congress on Medieval Studies that takes place annually in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

[edit] Works

[edit] Books

  • A New Concise History of the Crusades, 2005, Rowman & Littlefield
  • Enrico Dandolo and the Rise of Venice, 2003

[edit] Selected articles

  • "The Real History of the Crusades", Crisis magazine, April 2002[8]

[edit] Awards

  • 2005 Otto Grundler Prize, Medieval Institute
  • 2007 Haskins Medal, Medieval Academy of America

[edit] History Channel documentaries

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Townsend, Tim. "Louis IX's spirit of charity lives on in work of a city church", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 1, 2007. 
  2. ^ Thompson, Bob. "How Muslims View the Crusades", Washington Post, May 9, 2005. 
  3. ^ Mahoney, Dennis M.. "New view of Crusades abandons simple stereotypes", Columbus Dispatch, May 6, 2005. 
  4. ^ Derbyshire, John. "For all their crimes, medieval Crusaders were our spiritual kin", Star-Tribune (Minneapolis), November 25, 2001. 
  5. ^ Davis, Bob. "A war that began 1,000 years ago", Fort Worth Star-Telegram, September 23, 2001. 
  6. ^ Madden, Thomas F.. "Crusade Propaganda", National Review, November 2, 2001. Retrieved on 2007-12-03. 
  7. ^ Media | Thomas F. Madden
  8. ^ The Real History of the Crusades

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