Thomas Asbridge
Thomas Scott Asbridge (born 1969) is a historian at Queen Mary University of London,[1] a position he has held since 1999.[2] 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.
Asbridge graduated from Cardiff University with a BA in Ancient and Medieval History, before earning his PhD at the Royal Holloway, University of London.[3] Asbridge's first major work was a revised version of his doctoral thesis, entitled 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).
Asbridge has, more recently, expanded his retinue with books on
References
- Queen Mary, University of London. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ "Dr Tom Asbridge". School of History. Queen Mary University of London. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "Dr Tom Asbridge. Senior Lecturer in Medieval History". School of History. Queen Mary University of London. Archived from the original on 12 January 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- OCLC 795454364.
- ^ 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.
- BBC Programmes. BBC. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
Bibliography
- Walter the Chancellor, Walter the Chancellor's The Antiochene Wars, eds. & trans. T. S. Asbridge & S. B. Edgington (Aldershot, 1999).
- 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., Richard I, The Crusader King (Penguin Monarchs) (London, 2018).
- 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. S., The Creation of the Principality of Antioch, 1098-1130 (Woodbridge, 2000).
- Asbridge, T., The Crusades: The War for the Holy Land (London, 2010).
- Asbridge, T., The First Crusade: A New History (London, 2005).
- Asbridge, T., The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshall (London, 2015).
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