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The Encyclopedia of the Crusades
Editor: Dr. Alan V. Murray (University of Leeds).
Editorial Consultant: Prof. James Powell (Syracuse University)
Publisher: ABC-Clio (Santa Barbara, Denver and Oxford)
Editorial Advisory Board
Dr. Gary Dickson (University of Edinburgh), Prof. Bernard F. Hamilton (University of Nottingham), Dr. Nikolas Jaspert (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg), Dr. Kurt Villads Jensen (University of Southern Denmark), Prof. Benjamin Z. Kedar (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Prof. Jean Richard (Institut de France), Prof. Jonathan Riley-Smith (University of Cambridge), Prof. Dr. Jürgen Sarnowsky (University of Hamburg)
Scope and Content
The Encyclopedia of the Crusades is conceived as a major reference work, intended to represent the state of scholarship on the crusades at the beginning of the 21st century. It will cover the crusading movement from its origins in the eleventh century to the end of the Middle Ages (with extensions to later periods where appropriate), including the major personalities, places, events, concepts and institutions associated with it. It will deal with the crusades and crusader settlements in the eastern Mediterranean region, Iberia and the Baltic region, as well as the military orders, crusading against heretics, and crusading literature.
Format
The Encyclopedia of the Crusades will be 650,000-750,000 words in length, consisting of over 1000 entries in 4 volumes, with introduction, chronology, historical gazetteer, classified bibliography, documents in translation, index, maps and illustrations.
Articles will be signed, and each will be followed by a short bibliography.
The following categories will be included:
(1) Persons, e.g. Innocent III, Godfrey of Bouillon, Peter of Vaux-de-Cernay, Mindaugas
(2) Families and dynasties, e.g. Ibelins, Ayyubids, Fatimids
(3) Countries, e.g. France and the crusades, Constantinople (Latin empire), Livonia
(4) Places, e.g. Caesarea, Aigues Mortes, Riga
(5) Institutions and concepts, e.g. First Crusade, Albigensian Crusade, indulgences, Templars
(6) Events, e.g. battle of Ascalon (1099), treaty of Stensby
(7) Historiographical and literary works, e.g. Chanson d’Antioche, Livonian Rhymed Chronicle
Individual crusades, countries, key concepts and institutions will be treated in articles of 2,000-4,000 words in length. The majority of articles on individuals, events and places will be 200-1,000 words in length.
Methodology
The aim of the Encyclopedia will be to present a first point of reference for the user. The guiding principles will be clarity, accessibility, accuracy and bibliography, presenting material in accessible form, with references to the most useful specialist literature on each topic. The writing of articles is not meant to involve original research, but rather to reflect the current state of knowledge. Wherever possible, authors will have the opportunity to write on subject on which they are already acknowledged authorities, or on directions in which their own research is moving.
Contributions
Articles should be written in English and submitted as text files in Microsoft Word 2000 or earlier version. Delivery by negotiation, preferably staggered between December 2001 and January 2003. Authors who contribute a total of 4,500 words will be entitled to a free 4-volume set of the Encyclopedia. Authors who contribute 2,000-4,500 words will be entitled to purchase the Encyclopedia at half price. Authors willing to contribute more than 4,500 words will be paid for the excess at a rate of £30 per 1000 words.
Contact
Dr Alan V. Murray, International Medieval Institute, The University of Leeds, LEEDS LS3 9JT, United Kingdom. E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Authors include
Anna Sapir Abulafia (University of Cambridge), Marianne Ailes (University of Reading), Jan Anckaer (Antwerp City Archives), Alfred Andrea (University of Vermont), Jeffrey Ashcroft (University of St Andrews), Muntis Auns (University of Latvia), Malcolm C. Barber (University of Reading), George T. Beech (Western Michigan University), Jessalynn Bird (Chicago), Karl Borchardt (University of Würzburg), Jochen Burgtorf (California State University), Brian Catlos (Institució Milà i Fontanals, Barcelona), Niall Christie (University of Toronto), Geert H.M. Claassens (Catholic University of Leuven), Michael Costen (University of Bristol), Nicholas Coureas (Cyprus), Paul Crawford (Alma College, Michigan), Gary Dickson (University of Edinburgh), Peter Edbury (Cardiff University), Susan Edgington (The Open University, U.K.), Sven Ekdahl (University of Copenhagen), Taef El-Azhari (Helwan University), Michael Evans (University of Kent at Canterbury), Mary Fischer (Napier University), Jean Flori (CESCM, Poitiers), John France (University of Wales, Swansea), Deborah Gerish (Emporia State University), John Gillingham (London School of Economics), Bernard Hamilton (University of Nottingham), Carole Hillenbrand (University of Edinburgh), Martin Hoch (Konrad Adenauer Foundation), Natasha Hodgson (University of Hull), Bernd Ulrich Hucker (University of Vechta), Zsolt Hunyadi (University of Szeged), Peter Jackson (University of Keele), David Jacoby (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Nikolas Jaspert (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg), Carsten Selch Jensen (University of Southern Denmark), Kurt Villads Jensen (University of Southern Denmark), Andrew Jotischky (University of Lancaster), K. S. B. Keats-Rohan (University of Oxford), Benjamin Z. Kedar (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Hugh Kennedy (University of St Andrews), Beverley Mayne Kienzle (Harvard University), Klaus-Peter Kirstein (Essen), Juhan Kreem (Tallinn Town Archives), Yaacov Lev (Bar-Ilan University), John H. Lind (University of Southern Denmark), Peter Lock (York St John College), Graham A. Loud (University of Leeds), Christopher MacEvitt (Dumbarton Oaks), Thomas F. Madden (Saint Louis University), Christoph Maier (University of Zürich), Michael Matzke (University of Marburg), Rasa Mazeika (University of Klaipeda), Sophia Menache (University of Haifa), Laura Minervini (University of Naples), Piers Mitchell (University of London), Johannes A. Mol (Frisian Academy), Kristian Molin (University of Nottingham), John C. Moore (Hofstra University), Rosemary Morris (University of Manchester), Alec Mulinder (Public Record Office, London), Alan V. Murray (University of Leeds), Helen Nicholson (Cardiff University), David Nicolle (University of Nottingham), Torben K. Nielsen (University of Aalborg), Peter Noble (University of Reading), Johannes Pahlitzsch (Free University of Berlin), Aphrodite Papayianni (University of London), Linda Paterson (University of Warwick), Jacques Paviot (University of Paris XII), Jonathan Phillips (University of London), James Powell (Syracuse University), Denys Pringle (Cardiff University), Jean Richard (Institut de France), Jeff Rider (Wesleyan University), Stephen Rowell (University of Vilnius), Jürgen Sarnowsky (University of Hamburg), Alexios G. C. Savvides (University of the Aegean), Sylvia Schein (University of Haifa), Anti Selart (University of Tartu), Elizabeth Siberry (Surbiton), Angus Stewart (University of St Andrews), Daniella Talmon-Heller (Ben Gurion University of the Negev), Heather Tanner (Ohio State University), Kathleen Thompson (University of Sheffield), R. M. Thomson (University of Tasmania), John Tolan (University of Nantes), Christopher Tyerman (University of Oxford), William L. Urban (Monmouth College), Theresa Vann (Hill Monastic Manuscript Library), Dorothea Weltecke (University of Göttingen), Brett Whalen (Stanford University)
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