Thomas Asbridge
Thomas Scott Asbridge (born 1969) is a British historian at Queen Mary University of London, a position he has held since 1999.[1] He is the author of The First Crusade: A New History (2004), a book which describes the background, events, and consequences of the First Crusade, as well as of The Crusades: The War for the Holy Land (2010), a volume providing a view on the crusading movement, portraying the ideas of justified violence and jihad.[2][3]
Asbridge graduated from Cardiff University with a BA in Ancient and Medieval History, before earning his PhD at the Royal Holloway, University of London.[1] Asbridge's first major work was a revised version of his doctoral thesis, titled The Creation of the Principality of Antioch, 1098–1130.[4] Asbridge also wrote and presented a three-part BBC Two series on The Crusades, and was the historical consultant for Kingdom of Heaven (2005).[5][6]
Asbridge has, more recently, expanded his output with books on Medieval England and France, the first major release being The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power behind Five English Thrones in 2015,[7] based on the life of William Marshal, a knight within Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henry the Young King, and Richard I's retinue. Asbridge presented a BBC documentary on Marshal in 2014.[8] He wrote a book for the Penguin Books monarch series on Richard I, which came out in 2018.[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Dr Tom Asbridge Senior Lecturer in Medieval History". Queen Mary University of London. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
- ↑ Massie, Allan (April 2004). "The Cross and the Crescent". Literary Review (309). Retrieved 12 May 2026.
- ↑ Ruthven, Malise (3 January 2010). "The Crusades: The War for the Holy Land by Thomas Asbridge and Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades by Jonathan Phillips". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
- ↑ Rubenstein, Jay (1 November 2011). Armies of Heaven. The First Crusade and the Quest for Apocalypse. Printed 2011. Basic Books. p. 402. doi:10.1017/S0009640713001273. ISBN 9780465019298. OCLC 795454364.
- ↑ "The Crusades - Episode guide". BBC. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
- 1 2 "Richard I: The Crusader King". Biblio.com. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
- ↑ Asbridge, Thomas. "The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English Thrones". Thomasasbridge.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2018.
- ↑ "The Greatest Knight: William the Marshal". BBC Programmes. BBC. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
Bibliography
[edit]- Walter the Chancellor, Walter the Chancellor's The Antiochene Wars, eds. & trans. T. S. Asbridge & S. B. Edgington (Aldershot, 1999).
- Asbridge, T. S., The Creation of the Principality of Antioch, 1098-1130 (Woodbridge, 2000).w
- Asbridge, T. S., 'Alice of Antioch: A Case Study of Female Power in the Twelfth Century', The Experience of Crusading: Defending the Crusader Kingdom, eds. P. W. Edbury & J. P. Philips (Cambridge, 2003).
- Asbridge, T., The First Crusade: A New History (London, 2005).[1]
- Asbridge, T., The Crusades: The War for the Holy Land (London, 2010).[2]
- Asbridge, T., Talking to the Enemy: The Role and Purpose of Negotiations between Saladin and Richard the Lionheart During the Third Crusade, Journal of Medieval History (2013) vol. 39 (3), pp. 275–296.
- Asbridge, T., The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshall (London, 2015).[3]
- Asbridge, T., Richard I, The Crusader King (Penguin Monarchs) (London, 2018).[4]
- Asbridge, T., The Black Death: A Global History (London, 2026).[5]
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- ↑ The First Crusade. 26 January 2012. ISBN 978-1-84983-769-9.
- ↑ The Crusades. 9 July 2020. ISBN 978-1-4711-9643-0.
- ↑ The Greatest Knight. 15 January 2015. ISBN 978-1-4711-3951-2.
- ↑ Asbridge, Thomas (22 February 2018). Richard I (Penguin Monarchs).
- ↑ Asbridge, Thomas (30 April 2026). The Black Death.