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Thomas Madden, Ph.D.

Professor
History

Courses Taught

Studies in Medieval History; Advanced Studies in Medieval History: The Crusades; Seminar in Medieval History: The Crusades Advanced Studies in Medieval History: Medieval Italy.

Education

 Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1993;

M.A., University of Illinois, 1990;

B.A., University of New Mexico, 1986

Research Interests

My primary academic research interest is the history and culture of the Mediterranean world. The bulk of my scholarly publications have focused on the crusading movement, the medieval republic of Venice, and the interaction between the cultures of Latin Christendom, the Byzantine Empire, and the Muslim Middle East. These are topics of enduring and timely interest.

Publications and Media Placements

Books

  • Istanbul: City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World (New York: Penguin/Viking, 2016).
  • The Concise History of the Crusades (Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2013; second edition, 2005; first edition, 1999).
  • Venice: A New History (New York: Penguin/Viking, 2012).
  • Empires of Trust (New York: Penguin/Dutton, 2008).
  • Enrico Dandolo and the Rise of Venice (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003). 
    • Winner of the Medieval Academy of America's 2007 Haskins Medal
    • Winner of the Medieval Institute's 2005 Otto Grundler Prize
  • The Fourth Crusade (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997). (Co-author)

Journal Articles

  • "The Venetian Version of the Fourth Crusade: Memory and the Conquest of Constantinople in Medieval Venice," Speculum 87 (2012): 311-44.
  • "Rivers of Blood: An Analysis of One Aspect of the Crusader Conquest of Jerusalem," Revista Chilena de Estudios Medievales 1 (2012): 25-37.
  • "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.
  • "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.
  • "Father of the Bride: Fathers, Daughters, and Dowries in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Venice," Renaissance Quarterly 46 (1993): 685-711. (Co-author).
  • "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.
  • "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.
  • "Some Further Arguments in Defense of the Venetians on the Fourth Crusade," Byzantion 62 (1992): 433-73. (Co-author)

Edited Books

  • Crusades: Medieval Worlds in Conflict (Brookfield, Ashgate Publishing, 2010) (co-editor).
  • The Fourth Crusade: Event, Aftermath, and Perceptions (Brookfield: Ashgate Publishing, 2008).
  • Crusades: The Illustrated History (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2004).
  • The Crusades: The Essential Readings (Oxford: Blackwell, 2002).
  • Medieval and Renaissance Venice (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1999). (Co-editor)

Essays in Edited Books

  • "Reinventing the Crusades," in The Time We Share, Daniel Blanga-Gubbay and Lars Kwakkenbos, eds. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2016): 132-38.
  • "Triumph Re-imagined: The Golden Gate and Popular Memory in Byzantine and Ottoman Constantinople," in Shipping, Trade and Crusade in the Medieval Mediterranean, Ruthy Gertwagen and Elizabeth Jeffreys, eds. (Brookfield: Ashgate Publishing, 2012), pp. 317-28.
  • "Alexander III and Venice," in Pope Alexander III (1159-1181): The Art of Survival, Peter D. Clarke and Anne J. Duggan, eds. (Brookfield, Ashgate Publishing, 2012), pp. 315-40.
  • "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), pp. 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), pp. 209-28.
  • "Venice, the Papacy, and the Crusades before 1204," in The Medieval Crusade, Susan J. Ridyard, ed. (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2004), pp. 85-95.
  • "Venice's Hostage Crisis: Diplomatic Efforts to Secure Peace with Byzantium between 1171 and 1184," in Medieval and Renaissance Venice (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1999), pp. 96-108.

Honors and Awards

  • American Council of Learned Societies, Fellow, 2015-2016
  • Medieval Academy of America, Fellow, elected 2013
  • John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Fellow, 2012-2013
  • Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, Research Grant, 2012
  • National Endowment for the Humanities, Collaborative Research Grant, 2009-2010
  • Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Visiting Scholar, 2009
  • Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, Research Grant, 2009
  • Edward J. McGuire Teaching Award, Historical Society of Saint Louis County, 2008
  • The Haskins Medal, Medieval Academy of America, 2007
  • Otto Grundler Award, The Medieval Institute, 2005
  • Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, Research Grant, 2004-2005
  • Midwest Medieval History Conference, President, 2000-01
  • Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, Research Grant, 1998-1999