David Nicolle

David Nicolle ( born April 4, 1944 in London, United Kingdom) is a British historian who has been specializing in the military history of the Middle Ages, especially on the Middle East.

Life

Nicolle worked for the Arabic service of the BBC before he graduated with a Master of Arts ( MA) at the London School of Oriental and African Studies. He received his doctorate from Edinburgh University. He was professor of World and Islamic Architecture at Yarmouk University in Idlib, Jordan.

Since the 1980s, Nicolle wrote among other dozens of richly illustrated, often issued in series books on the military history of the entire world. These works were created partly with other scientists and translated laid with great success in several countries.

Nicolle is married to the American Colette Giroux since 1976. The couple has a son and a daughter. Nicolle lives and works today (2011) in Woodhouse Eaves in the county of Leicestershire.

Publications (selection)

  • Early Medieval Islamic Arms and Armour. Instituto de Estudios sobre armas antigua, Jarandilla, Cáceres, Spain in 1976.
  • Islamic weapons. Publishing for collectors, Graz 1981, ISBN 3-85365-049- X.
  • Armies of the Ottoman Turks 1300-1774. Osprey Publishing, London 1983, ISBN 0-85045-511-1.
  • Arms and Armour of the Crusading Era 1050-1350. Vol.1: Commentary and Vol.2: Illustrations. Kraus International Publications, White Plains, New York, 1988, ISBN 0-527-67128-2 ( as a set ).
  • Henry V and the Conquest of France: 1416-1453. Osprey Publishing, Botley, Oxfordshire in 1988.
  • Hattin 1187: Saladin 's Greatest Victory. Osprey Publishing, Oxford, England 1993, ISBN 1-85532-284-6; Praeger Illustrated Military History Series, Westport, 2005, ISBN 0-275-98840-6.
  • The history of Medieval Life. Hamlyn, 1997. German: Life in the Middle Ages: 1100-1500. Tosa -Verlag, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-85492-171-3.
  • German: The Knights of St John: 1100-1565. Siegler, St. Augustine 2004, ISBN 3-87748-637-1.
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