CURRICULUM VITAE

updated December 12, 2005

Steven Muhlberger
Professor
Department of History
Nipissing University
North Bay, Ontario P1B 8L7

Phone: 705-474-3461 ext 4458
Fax: 705-474-1947
E-mail (preferred): stevem@nipissingu.ca

Academic Qualifications

1981 Ph.D. University of Toronto (Early Medieval History)
1974 M.A. University of Toronto (Medieval History)
1972 B.A. Michigan State University (History)

Academic Appointments

2004-         Professor, Nipissing University
1993-2004 Associate Professor, Nipissing University
1989-1993 Assistant Professor, Nipissing University
1988-1989 Assistant Professor, Trent University (Peterborough, Ont.) and Brock University (St. Catharines, Ont.)
1985-1988 Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
1982-1984 Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

Scholarly Publications

Books

2005 -- (as editor) The Royal Book of Jousting, Hunting, and Knightly Combat: A translation into English of King Dom Duarte’s 1438 treatise Livro da Ensinança de Bem Cavalgar Toda Sela, “The Art of Riding on Every Saddle.”  Trans. Antonio Franco Preto.   Ed.  Steven Muhlberger.   Highland Village, Texas:  The Chivalry Bookshelf.

2005 -- Deeds of Arms:  Formal combats in the late fourteenth century.  Highland Village, Texas:  The Chivalry Bookshelf.

2003 -- Jousts and Tournaments:  Charny and the rules for chivalric sport in fourteenth-century France.  Union City, California:   The Chivalry Bookshelf.

1990 -- The Fifth-Century Chroniclers: Prosper, Hydatius and the Chronicler of 452. Leeds: Francis Cairns Publications, Ltd.

On-line essays

2004 -- "Democracy in World History Today" at http://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/muhlberger/histdem/dwht2004.htm

2001 -- "Fighting for Fun?  What Was At Stake in Formal Deeds of Arms of the 14th Century?" at
http://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/muhlberger/froissart/fp.htm

1999 -- "A History of the Vote in Canada: A review article" at http://www.nipissingu.ca./department/history/muhlberger/histdem/canvote.htm.

1998 -- "Is There a History of Democracy?" at http://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/muhlberger/histdem/history1.htm (with Phil Paine).

1998 -- "Democracy at the Basic Level: Government by consent in small communities" (with Phil Paine) at http://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/muhlberger/histdem/localdem.htm.

1998 -- "Democracy in Ancient India" at "http://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/muhlberger/histdem/indiadem.htm".

1996 -- Overview of Late Antiquity. In ORB: On-line Reference Book for Medieval Studies (http://orb.rhodes.edu/) at http://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/muhlberger/orb/ovindex.htm

On-line reference works

1999 -- Editor, Chronology of Modern Democracy: Five Different Views in the World History of Democracy site at http://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/muhlberger/histdem/chronpag.htm.

1998 to present -- Editor,World History of Democracy site, at http://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/muhlberger/histdem/.

1997 to present -- Editor, Tales from Froissart, at tales.htm.

1997 to present -- Editor, "A Visual Tour through Late Antiquity" (using materials originally compiled by Haines Brown for his Images from History site), at http://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/muhlberger/4505/show.htm.

1996 to present -- Editor, Late Antiquity in the Mediterranean. In ORB: On-line Reference Book for Medieval Studies (http://the-orb.net/) at http://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/muhlberger/orb/lt-atest.htm.

Articles in print

1998 -- "War, Warlords and Christian Historians from the Fifth to the Seventh Century." In After Rome's Fall: Narratives and Sources of Early Medieval History, ed. Alexander Callander Murray (Toronto: University of Toronto Press), pp. 83-98.

1996 -- "Eugippius and the Life of St. Severinus," Medieval Prosopography, 17: 107-124

1993 -- (in collaboration with Phil Paine) "Democracy's Place in World History," Journal of World History, 4: 23-45.
Reprinted, 1997 in Bring History Alive!: A Source Book For Teaching World History, ed. Ross Dunn. Los Angeles, National Center for History in the Schools [UCLA]. Pp. 200-10.

1992 -- "Looking back from from mid-century: The Gallic Chronicler of 452 and the crisis of Honorius' reign." In Fifth-Century Gaul: A Crisis of Identity? ed. John Drinkwater and Hugh Elton, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), pp. .

 1986 -- "Prosper's Epitoma Chronicon: Was there an edition of 443?" Classical Philology 81: 240-244.

 1984 -- "Heroic Kings and Unruly Generals: The `Copenhagen' Continuation of Prosper Reconsidered" Florilegium 6: 50-70.

 1984 -- "The Copenhagen Continuation of Prosper" (translation) Florilegium 6: 71-95.

 1983 -- "The Gallic Chronicle of 452 and its authority for British events" Britannia4:23-33.

Book Reviews

 Forthcoming – Review of Anne Curry, Agincourt:  A New History.  In Journal of the Society of Army Historical Research.

2005 – “Diverse Views of the Medieval Warrior,” review of Adrian R. Bell, War and the Soldier in the Fourteenth Century, and Rachel Ann Dressler, Of Armor and Men in Medieval England: The chivalric rhetoric of three English knights' effigies.  In H-Albion reviews (H-Net); http://www.h-net.org/reviews/ (not yet posted to the web site).

2004 – Review of Catherine Hanley, War and Combat 1150-1270: The evidence from Old French literature.  In De Re Militari, http://www.deremilitari.org/REVIEWS/Hanley_WarCombat.htm

2004 -- Review of Alessandro Marcigliano, Chivalric Festivals at the Ferrarese Court of Alfonso II d’Este. In: Sehepunkte 4 n. 5,  http://www.sehepunkte.historicum.net/2004/05/5185.html.
 
2003 -- Review of Duccio Balestracci, La Festa in Armi:  Giostre, tornei, e giochi de Medioevo.  In The Medieval Review http://www.hti.umich.edu/t/tmr/ under Muhlberger 2001 -- Review of Peter S. Wells, The Barbarians Speak: How the conquered peoples shaped Roman Europe. In American Historical Review, 106: 1430-1.

 2003 -- Review of  Marilyn Dunn, The Emergence of Monasticism: From the Desert Fathers to the Early Middle Ages.  In Canadian Journal of History, 38: 86-7.

 2001 -- Review of Mary Arlene Santina, The Tournament and Literaure: Literary representations of the Medieval Tournament in Old French Works, 1150-1226. In The Medieval Review http://www.hti.umich.edu/t/tmr/ under Muhlberger.

 2000 -- Review of Richard W. Kaeuper, Chivalry and Violence in Medieval Europe.  In International History Review, 22: 884-6.

 1997 -- Review of Guy Halsall, Settlement and Social Organization: The Merovingian Region of Metz. In Speculum 72: 831-832.

 1996 -- Review of H.W. Byrd, tr., Aurelius Victor: De Caesaribus. In Bryn Mawr Medieval Reviews (http://www.hti.umich.edu/b/bmr/search.html, under Muhlberger).

 1994 -- Review of John Dunn, ed., Democracy: The Unfinished Journey. In Journal of World History, 5: 378-380.

 1993 -- Review of Peter Heather, Goths and Romans: 334-489. In International History Review, 15: 336-337.

 1992 -- Review of Donald W. Treadgold, Freedom. A History. In Journal of World History, 3: 267-271.

Conference Papers

2005 – “The Combat of the Thirty,” International Congress of Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University.

2005 – “Ancient Democracy:  Comparisons between India and Greece,” Seminar, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi.  April 13.

 2005 – “Indian Democracy and World Perspectives,” at “The Distinctiveness of Indian Democracy,” Conference at the University of Delhi, April 8-9.

 2004 -- "Practical Chivalry 1350:  Geoffroi de Charny’s Questions on War,"
International Congress of Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University.

 2001 -- "We May Lose More Than We May Gain:  Boldness and Prudence Among Froissart’s Warriors," International Congress of Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University.

 2000 -- "Web Resources and Scholarly Readers" at "Ancient Studies -- New Technology: The World Wide Web and Scholarly Research, Communication, and  Publication in Ancient, Byzantine, and Medieval  Studies," conference at Salve Regina University.

 1996 -- "The Middle Ages as They Were, or as They Should Have Been? Recreation and Re-Creation in the Society for Creative Anachronism," at "The Middle Ages in Contemporary Popular Culture," conference at McMaster University.

 1989 -- Lead-off speaker at "Fifth-Century Gaul: A Crisis of Identity," conference at the University of Sheffield. Paper: "Looking Back from Mid-Century: The Gallic Chronicler of 452 and the Crisis of Honorius' reign."

 1989 -- "The Economic Significance of the Roman Empire and its Meaning for the Early Middle Ages," Seminar, Department of History, University of Leeds.

 1988 -- "Hydatius and the editors: How good is our knowledge of early medieval chronology?" International Congress of Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University.

 1987 -- "Perseverance in a Post-Roman World: Eugippius and the Life of St. Severinus," Annual Meeting, Medieval Academy of America.

 1986 -- Co-organizer of session: "Medieval historians and their sources;" International Congress of Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University. Paper: "History vs. Chronology: Medieval Chronicles and Modern Preconceptions."

 1985 -- "Military Power and Legitimate Authority in the Seventh-century West," and "The Church, the Empire, and the Barbarians: Fifth-century Attitudes toward War and Peace," International Congress of Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University.

 1984 -- "Unruly Generals and Heroic Kings: A Seventh-century Look at the Decline of Rome." International Congress of Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University.

 1983 -- "The Roman Resistance to the Barbarian Invasions: The Case of Fifth-century Gallaecia." International Congress of Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University.

 1982 -- "Count Sebastian." International Congress of Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University.

 1981 -- "Latin Ascetic Historians of Late Antiquity." International Congress of Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University.