S1E17 Kelly DeVries - Loyola University, Maryland
Our guest today is Medival historan Kelly DeVries. Kelly is a Professor of History at Loyola University in Maryland, and is a world-renown historian of medieval military history. He has published widely - he is the author of A Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology, which won the Verbruggen Prize for the best book in medieval military history in 2007. He shared a Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award with his co-author, Michael Livingston, in 2017 for The Battle of Crecy: A Casebook. His many other publications include Joan of Arc: A Military Leader, The Artillery of the Dukes of Burgundy, 1363-1477, and Infantry Warfare in the Early Fourteenth Century: Discipline, Tactics, and Technology. These are merely a few of his numerous monographs and co-authored books. Kelly has also written more than 100 articles, that’s right, 100.
Kelly attended Brigham Young University as an undergraduate and earned his Ph.D. in Medieval Studies at The Centre of Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. He was the General Mark W. Clark Visiting Chair of Military History at the Citadel in 2011-2012, and he is an Honorary Historical Consultant at the Royal Armouries, UK. He serves as editor of the Journal of Medieval Military History and as co-editor of the History of Warfare series from Brill Publishers. Kelly has held just about every possible office in the Society for Military History, including trustee. He also served as a trustee and secretary-general of the United States Commission on Military History.
Kelly has appeared on the History Channel and National Geographic Channel, and his credits include History vs. Hollywood, Barbarians, and The Plague. Kelly’s knowledge of warfare in the medieval world is unrivaled. Check out his podcast Bow and Blade, which Kelly co-hosts with Michael Livingston.
If you want to know anything about medieval military history, and where to eat in Charleston, Kelly DeVries is your go-to guy.
Rec. 01/26/2022
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