Steven Muhlberger
Professor of History
Nipissing University
My academic training focused on the Middle Ages, especially on historians in late ancient and early medieval times. I have served as editor of the section for Late Antiquity in the Mediterraneanof the pioneering web resource, Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies, ORB. Although it is suffering from link-rot, my section still can lead you to useful resources.
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 an Online Textbook.
Want to talk? Write me at stevem {at}nipissingu.ca.
My CV and personal bibliography
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 now-inactive 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 2013-4
History 3137 -- Crusade and Jihad
- Course outline
- Required Books for HIST 3137
- Thomas F. Madden, The New Concise History of the Crusades, ISBN 978-0742538238
- S. J. Allen and E. Amt, eds., Crusades: A reader, ISBN 978 -1551115375
History 3805 – History of Islamic Civilization
- Course outline
- Required Books for HIST 3805
- James L. Gelvin, The Modern Middle East: a history, 3nd ed. ISBN 0-19-976605-5
- Maria Rosa Menocal, The Ornament of the World, ISBN 978-0316168717
History 4505 – Topics in Medieval History – Chivalry
- Course outline
- Required Books for HIST 4505
- Steven Muhlberger, ed., Topics in Medieval History –Chivalry(coursepack)
- Nicholas Wright, Knights and Peasants: The Hundred Years War in the French Countryside ISBN 978-0851158068/li>
- Geoffroi de Charny, A Knight's Own Book of Chivalry ISBN 978-0812219098
- Ramon Llull, The Book of the Order of Chivalry ISBN 978-1843838494
- Steven Muhlberger, The Combat of the Thirty ISBN 978-1-937439-02-6
The Fifth-Century Chroniclers: Prosper, Hydatius, and the Gallic Chronicles of 452 (1990)
Royal Jousts at the End of the Fourteenth Century (2012)
The Combat of the Thirty (2013)
Formal Combats in the Fourteenth Century (2013)