Steven Muhlberger

Professor of History

Nipissing University

Course Information

My blog, Muhlberger's Early History

Information on my books

My trip to India, April 2005

My academic training focused on the Middle Ages, especially on historians in late ancient and early medieval times. I  am currently serving as editor of the section for Late Antiquity in the Mediterranean of the Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies, ORB. Have a look at it when you've got time.

I am also interested in the history of democracy as a world phenomenon. I have created a World History of Democracy Site at which I have pre-published some material written by me and my collaborator, Phil Paine. Also included are links to reference sites useful to other researchers.

Most of my time is now devoted to the investigation of formal combats (duels, tournaments, and jousts) in the later Middle Ages.  See some of the links on this page for more.

My lectures on the history of medieval England were chosen by ORB in 1999 as one of the first of their Online Textbooks.

Want to talk?   Write me at stevem{at}nipissingu.ca.

My CV and personal bibliography

• A short CV
• Publications on Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
• Publications on other subjects

Online scholarly material

• Late Antiquity

• Overview of Late Antiquity
• A Visual Tour through Late Antiquity. Designed for the students in my fourth-year seminar on the World of Gregory of Tours, this has proved to be a very popular Web resource.

• The Middle Ages

• Select Bibliography on Medieval Tournaments
• Tales from Froissart: selections from the 14th-century chronicler of war and chivalry.
• The Deeds of Arms collection: Accounts of formal deeds of arms of the 14th century.
• Deeds of Arms -- From the Archives:  archival records of formal deeds of arms.
• I edited the History section of the Knighthood, Chivalry and Tournaments Library.
• A conference paper on medieval re-creation in the present.

• History of Democracy

• Time Makes More Converts than Reason (with Phil Paine).
• Is There a History of Democracy? (with Phil Paine).
• Democracy at the Basic Level: Government by consent in small communities (with Phil Paine).
• Democracy in Ancient India (by Steve Muhlberger).
• A History of the Vote in Canada: A Review Article (by Steve Muhlberger).
• Chronology of Modern Democracy: Five Different Views (compiled by Steve Muhlberger).
• Democracy in World History Today (2004) (by Steve Muhlberger

Courses being taught in 2010-11

Undergraduate

History 3805 – History of Islamic Civilization

· Course outline

· Required Books for HIST 3805

• James L. Gelvin, The Modern Middle East: a history, 2nd ed.  ISBN 0-19-5327595

• Juan Cole, Napoleon's Egypt, ISBN 978-0230606032 

One of the following:

• Sattareh Farman Farmaian, Daughter of Persia, ISBN 978-030733974

o Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books, ISBN 978-0812979303

o Abdelrahman Munif, Cities of Salt. ISBN 978-039475526X

History 4505 – Topics in Medieval History – Chivalry and War

· Course outline

· Required Books for HIST 4505

o Steven Muhlberger, ed., Chivalry: A reader (coursepack)

o Nicholas Wright, Knights and Peasants: The Hundred Years War in the French Countryside. ISBN 978- 0851158064

o Geoffroi de Charny, A Knight's Own Book of Chivalry ISBN 978-0812219098

Graduate

History 5216 European History – Medieval Historians

· Course outline

· Required Books for HIST 5216

o Gregory of Tours, A History of the Franks ISBN 978-0140442953

o Jean de Joinville and Geoffrey de Villehardouin, Chronicles of the Crusades ISBN 978- 0140441246

o R.W. Southern, Western Society and the Church in the Middle Ages ISBN 978- 0140137552

Information on my books

The Fifth-Century Chroniclers:  Prosper, Hydatius, and the Gallic Chronicles of 452 (1990)

Jousts and Tournaments (2003)

Deeds of Arms (2005)

The Royal Book of Horsemanship, Jousting, and Knightly Combat  (2005; as editor)

 Updated June 24, 2010

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