John D. Hosler
@medievalist1
Professor @USACGSC | Au/Ed of 9 books including a TLS & FT Book of 2018, _The Siege of Acre_ and the new _Routledge Handbook of Medieval Military Strategy_
Thrilled and humbled to learn that I've won the 2023 Verbruggen Prize for best book on medieval military history, awarded by De Re Militari! @YaleBooks @yalepress Jerusalem Falls: amazon.com/Jerusalem-Fall…
I wrote about the lack of administrative support for the liberal arts in @nytimes. The standard story we hear is that students don't want it. But a darker reality is that even when it wins big with students and donors it loses with those in power. nytimes.com/2025/07/17/opi…
I want to give a quick shout-out to @MedievalUpdates, which has alerted me to so many useful titles that I might never have encountered otherwise (and will be in the "Acknowledgements" of my next book, as a thanks.) Spread the word!
Writing about the Fourth Crusade today, a story in which the True Cross was a prominent feature!
Hey, it looks like the Spanish translation of my Acre book is fully viewable on @internetarchive! archive.org/details/hosler…
Thinking about writing a book on medieval war? Consider our book series with ARC Humanities, a press run by and for premodernists. 9 titles and counting, with the easiest proposal process in town! arc-humanities.org/search-results…
OPEN ACCESS🏆 The Historiography and Memory of the Crusades in the Modern Arab World, ed. A S Baadj, A M Sheir (@thetrivent, July 2025) facebook.com/MedievalUpdate… trivent-publishing.eu/home/210-394-t… #medievaltwitter #medievalstudies #medievalmuslims #crusades #crusading #medievalhistoriography
This came across my radar today: an M.A. thesis on "King Stephen at War: Military Strategy in a Time of Anarchy." Open access: proquest.com/openview/e852c…
Call for papers! This year's sessions on Arms, Armour, and the Arts of Combat produced some excellent research and much brilliant discussion. Please do circulate to any interested parties. #imc2025 #imc2026
I left literary studies 24 years ago, so it's awesome to see my old work still being cited!
Journal of Medieval Military History: Volume XXIII: Urban Communities and War in Medieval Europe, eds. Craig M Nakashian, Peter W Sposato (@boydellbrewer, July 2025) facebook.com/MedievalUpdate… boydellandbrewer.com/book/journal-o… #medievaltwitter #medievalstudies #medievalwar #medievalwarfare
The @ArmyUniversity would like to wish all of you a safe and happy Independence Day!!! #EducateToWin #TeamArmyU #ArmyUPeople #ArmyUFamily @USArmy @TRADOC @usacac @USACGSC @FortLeavenworth
Even if I live to be 120 years old, I will never understand why academic leaders make the bad decisions they sometimes make. This one takes the cake. After the University of Tulsa succeeded in recruiting the excellent Jennifer Frey to lead and build its new Honors College, and…
Two years ago, I moved to Tulsa to become the inaugural dean of a new honors college. Then President @bradrcarson convinced me to leave my endowed position at Carolina to build the university’s sixth college. I am so proud of all we accomplished over the last two years 🧵(1/21)
I spent four great years here while getting my PhD--my home away from home! Any books I couldn't find in the stacks were usually in my adviser's office there. :) @UDaily @UDelaware udel.edu/udaily/2025/ju…
Whoo-hoo, we have a splash page for the Third Crusade book! boydellandbrewer.com/9781805439134/…
"Anxious to win the goodwill of the English rank-and-file, Louis [XI] provided food and wine in great quantities and...free drinks to any English soldier...No English army is, or ever has been, proof against this temptation." 😄 --Charles Ross, _Edward IV_, pg. 231.
Looking for inspiration? Go to a museum! Happened to walk by Giaquinto's "Adoration of the Holy Cross on the Day of the Last Judgment" at the @nelson_atkins, and it just went into a chapter of my TRUE CROSS book. Right here in Kansas City--who knew? art.nelson-atkins.org/objects/22547/…
Shout-out to @HistorianAbel for his new book! _Guibert’s Defense of the System of Modern War_, "presented here for the first time in English, with extensive annotations by the translator." brill.com/display/title/…
I'm not an art historian, but I'm trying my hand at it today with Procaccini’s 1620 "Constantine Receiving the Instruments of Christ’s Passion."
A useful read. My own take is that the second and third-order effects of abolishing the term would be significant and self-defeating.
Here's an interesting little article. Since the titular question wouldn't be posed unless the answer was going to be "yes" in some regard, let's examine it more closely...