Nic Morton
@nicmorton.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Middle Eastern and Global history (Medieval)
Speaker • Writer • Reviewer • Editor ✝️
University webpage: https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/arts-humanities/nicholas-morton
Speaker • Writer • Reviewer • Editor ✝️
University webpage: https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/arts-humanities/nicholas-morton
Review copy just arrived!
"How the Holy Cross came from Antioch to Brogne"
By Nicholas L. Paul and
Wolfgang P. Müller
@boydellandbrewer.bsky.social
"How the Holy Cross came from Antioch to Brogne"
By Nicholas L. Paul and
Wolfgang P. Müller
@boydellandbrewer.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Review copy just arrived!
"How the Holy Cross came from Antioch to Brogne"
By Nicholas L. Paul and
Wolfgang P. Müller
@boydellandbrewer.bsky.social
"How the Holy Cross came from Antioch to Brogne"
By Nicholas L. Paul and
Wolfgang P. Müller
@boydellandbrewer.bsky.social
Thrilled to receive today a copy of Angus Donald's
"Templar Traitor"
I'm looking forward to getting started - looks like a good book for the holidays!
"Templar Traitor"
I'm looking forward to getting started - looks like a good book for the holidays!
November 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Thrilled to receive today a copy of Angus Donald's
"Templar Traitor"
I'm looking forward to getting started - looks like a good book for the holidays!
"Templar Traitor"
I'm looking forward to getting started - looks like a good book for the holidays!
New arrival!
It gives me great pleasure to announce that my book
"Mongol Storm" is now available in a splendid Turkish translation.
My author copies have just landed!
It gives me great pleasure to announce that my book
"Mongol Storm" is now available in a splendid Turkish translation.
My author copies have just landed!
November 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
New arrival!
It gives me great pleasure to announce that my book
"Mongol Storm" is now available in a splendid Turkish translation.
My author copies have just landed!
It gives me great pleasure to announce that my book
"Mongol Storm" is now available in a splendid Turkish translation.
My author copies have just landed!
I'm not sure how I feel about this.
October 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I'm not sure how I feel about this.
Scheduled for publication next year!
This is a first look at the forthcoming:
“Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades”
Edited by Jonathan Harris
… and including a chapter by me!
This is a first look at the forthcoming:
“Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades”
Edited by Jonathan Harris
… and including a chapter by me!
October 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Scheduled for publication next year!
This is a first look at the forthcoming:
“Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades”
Edited by Jonathan Harris
… and including a chapter by me!
This is a first look at the forthcoming:
“Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades”
Edited by Jonathan Harris
… and including a chapter by me!
New arrival...
"Warrior Monks: Politics and Power in Medieval Britain"
Author: Rory MacLellan
Publisher: The History Press
Rory's last book was excellent so I'm looking forward to getting started!
"Warrior Monks: Politics and Power in Medieval Britain"
Author: Rory MacLellan
Publisher: The History Press
Rory's last book was excellent so I'm looking forward to getting started!
October 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
New arrival...
"Warrior Monks: Politics and Power in Medieval Britain"
Author: Rory MacLellan
Publisher: The History Press
Rory's last book was excellent so I'm looking forward to getting started!
"Warrior Monks: Politics and Power in Medieval Britain"
Author: Rory MacLellan
Publisher: The History Press
Rory's last book was excellent so I'm looking forward to getting started!
Tonight at 9pm on More4
Suzannah Lipscomb explores the death of Chinggis Khan as part of the series
"Ancient Autopsy"
with a few contributions from me!
Suzannah Lipscomb explores the death of Chinggis Khan as part of the series
"Ancient Autopsy"
with a few contributions from me!
October 6, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Tonight at 9pm on More4
Suzannah Lipscomb explores the death of Chinggis Khan as part of the series
"Ancient Autopsy"
with a few contributions from me!
Suzannah Lipscomb explores the death of Chinggis Khan as part of the series
"Ancient Autopsy"
with a few contributions from me!
It gives me great pleasure to share the cover of my new book with you:
"The Crusader Storm: A Global History of the Wars for the Middle East."
Currently scheduled for release in June 2026.
"The Crusader Storm: A Global History of the Wars for the Middle East."
Currently scheduled for release in June 2026.
October 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
It gives me great pleasure to share the cover of my new book with you:
"The Crusader Storm: A Global History of the Wars for the Middle East."
Currently scheduled for release in June 2026.
"The Crusader Storm: A Global History of the Wars for the Middle East."
Currently scheduled for release in June 2026.
Wonderful to chat today with Ganzorig Vanchig (aka Vinzo) about my book "Mongol Storm" at the Mongolian embassy in London today.
Our interview for Syndicate Talk will be released soon!
Especial thanks to the embassy for their warm welcome.
Our interview for Syndicate Talk will be released soon!
Especial thanks to the embassy for their warm welcome.
October 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Wonderful to chat today with Ganzorig Vanchig (aka Vinzo) about my book "Mongol Storm" at the Mongolian embassy in London today.
Our interview for Syndicate Talk will be released soon!
Especial thanks to the embassy for their warm welcome.
Our interview for Syndicate Talk will be released soon!
Especial thanks to the embassy for their warm welcome.
One of the most interesting features of Crusader Castles is the builders' use of pillars and lumps of masonry taken from classical sites.
You can see this clearly in this section of wall from the castle of Jubail in Lebanon (which incidentally is one of my favourite castles!)
You can see this clearly in this section of wall from the castle of Jubail in Lebanon (which incidentally is one of my favourite castles!)
October 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
One of the most interesting features of Crusader Castles is the builders' use of pillars and lumps of masonry taken from classical sites.
You can see this clearly in this section of wall from the castle of Jubail in Lebanon (which incidentally is one of my favourite castles!)
You can see this clearly in this section of wall from the castle of Jubail in Lebanon (which incidentally is one of my favourite castles!)
New arrival ...
Manuel II Palaiologos (1350-1425):
A Byzantine Emperor in a Time of Tumult
Author: Siren Çelik
Cambridge University Press, 2021
Manuel II Palaiologos (1350-1425):
A Byzantine Emperor in a Time of Tumult
Author: Siren Çelik
Cambridge University Press, 2021
September 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
New arrival ...
Manuel II Palaiologos (1350-1425):
A Byzantine Emperor in a Time of Tumult
Author: Siren Çelik
Cambridge University Press, 2021
Manuel II Palaiologos (1350-1425):
A Byzantine Emperor in a Time of Tumult
Author: Siren Çelik
Cambridge University Press, 2021
It's the lastest addition to the Crusade Texts in Translation series!
"The Swan Knight texts of the Old French Crusade cycle"
Translated by Carol Sweetenham
@routledgehistory.bsky.social
"The Swan Knight texts of the Old French Crusade cycle"
Translated by Carol Sweetenham
@routledgehistory.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 8:56 AM
It's the lastest addition to the Crusade Texts in Translation series!
"The Swan Knight texts of the Old French Crusade cycle"
Translated by Carol Sweetenham
@routledgehistory.bsky.social
"The Swan Knight texts of the Old French Crusade cycle"
Translated by Carol Sweetenham
@routledgehistory.bsky.social
Today's arrival:
"Medieval Maritime Warfare"
By Charles D. Stanton
Published by Pen & Sword
"Medieval Maritime Warfare"
By Charles D. Stanton
Published by Pen & Sword
September 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Today's arrival:
"Medieval Maritime Warfare"
By Charles D. Stanton
Published by Pen & Sword
"Medieval Maritime Warfare"
By Charles D. Stanton
Published by Pen & Sword
New arrival:
"The Medieval Horse"
By Anastasija Ropa
I've already started it - it's really good!
"The Medieval Horse"
By Anastasija Ropa
I've already started it - it's really good!
September 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
New arrival:
"The Medieval Horse"
By Anastasija Ropa
I've already started it - it's really good!
"The Medieval Horse"
By Anastasija Ropa
I've already started it - it's really good!
Just published!
"The Land and the Cross"
Ed. Valentina Burgassi, George Alexander Said-Zammit and Valeria Vanesio
This is the latest addition to the "Military Religious orders" series that I edit with Jochen Burgtorf
@routledgehistory.bsky.social
"The Land and the Cross"
Ed. Valentina Burgassi, George Alexander Said-Zammit and Valeria Vanesio
This is the latest addition to the "Military Religious orders" series that I edit with Jochen Burgtorf
@routledgehistory.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Just published!
"The Land and the Cross"
Ed. Valentina Burgassi, George Alexander Said-Zammit and Valeria Vanesio
This is the latest addition to the "Military Religious orders" series that I edit with Jochen Burgtorf
@routledgehistory.bsky.social
"The Land and the Cross"
Ed. Valentina Burgassi, George Alexander Said-Zammit and Valeria Vanesio
This is the latest addition to the "Military Religious orders" series that I edit with Jochen Burgtorf
@routledgehistory.bsky.social
Delighted to receive a copy of:
"Military Orders and Crusades,"
ed. Edbury and Webster
A collection of essays (including one by me!) celebrating Professor Helen Nicholson's immense contributions to scholarship on these topics.
"Military Orders and Crusades,"
ed. Edbury and Webster
A collection of essays (including one by me!) celebrating Professor Helen Nicholson's immense contributions to scholarship on these topics.
September 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Delighted to receive a copy of:
"Military Orders and Crusades,"
ed. Edbury and Webster
A collection of essays (including one by me!) celebrating Professor Helen Nicholson's immense contributions to scholarship on these topics.
"Military Orders and Crusades,"
ed. Edbury and Webster
A collection of essays (including one by me!) celebrating Professor Helen Nicholson's immense contributions to scholarship on these topics.
It gives me great pleasure to announce the publication of the Turkish translation of my book: "Mongol Storm".
Published by Kronik Kitap @kronikkitap.bsky.social
Translated by Metehan Demirci
Published by Kronik Kitap @kronikkitap.bsky.social
Translated by Metehan Demirci
September 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It gives me great pleasure to announce the publication of the Turkish translation of my book: "Mongol Storm".
Published by Kronik Kitap @kronikkitap.bsky.social
Translated by Metehan Demirci
Published by Kronik Kitap @kronikkitap.bsky.social
Translated by Metehan Demirci
New arrival!
It's "Assassins and Templars: A battle in myth and blood"
By Steve Tibble
It's "Assassins and Templars: A battle in myth and blood"
By Steve Tibble
September 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
New arrival!
It's "Assassins and Templars: A battle in myth and blood"
By Steve Tibble
It's "Assassins and Templars: A battle in myth and blood"
By Steve Tibble
Crusader ships
Ships carrying crusaders to the Holy Land grew in size very quickly during the 12th century with the largest transporting over 1000 passengers.
This is a point maritime historians have been slow to recognise. Normally histories of ships ... (1/2)
Ships carrying crusaders to the Holy Land grew in size very quickly during the 12th century with the largest transporting over 1000 passengers.
This is a point maritime historians have been slow to recognise. Normally histories of ships ... (1/2)
September 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Crusader ships
Ships carrying crusaders to the Holy Land grew in size very quickly during the 12th century with the largest transporting over 1000 passengers.
This is a point maritime historians have been slow to recognise. Normally histories of ships ... (1/2)
Ships carrying crusaders to the Holy Land grew in size very quickly during the 12th century with the largest transporting over 1000 passengers.
This is a point maritime historians have been slow to recognise. Normally histories of ships ... (1/2)
... (2/2) Consequently he took the envoys on the most circuitous route to his capital imaginable, posting troops at every junction, thereby giving the impression that his empire was massive and crammed with soldiers.
The Byzantines were always good at diplomacy!
The Byzantines were always good at diplomacy!
September 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
... (2/2) Consequently he took the envoys on the most circuitous route to his capital imaginable, posting troops at every junction, thereby giving the impression that his empire was massive and crammed with soldiers.
The Byzantines were always good at diplomacy!
The Byzantines were always good at diplomacy!
The Byzantines and the Mongols
In 1257 the Mongols sent a deputation to demand the submission of the Byzantine Empire.
The Byzantine Empire was small at this time and Emperor Theodore II wished to strengthen his bargaining position. ...
(1/2)
In 1257 the Mongols sent a deputation to demand the submission of the Byzantine Empire.
The Byzantine Empire was small at this time and Emperor Theodore II wished to strengthen his bargaining position. ...
(1/2)
September 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Byzantines and the Mongols
In 1257 the Mongols sent a deputation to demand the submission of the Byzantine Empire.
The Byzantine Empire was small at this time and Emperor Theodore II wished to strengthen his bargaining position. ...
(1/2)
In 1257 the Mongols sent a deputation to demand the submission of the Byzantine Empire.
The Byzantine Empire was small at this time and Emperor Theodore II wished to strengthen his bargaining position. ...
(1/2)
... (2/2) According to one thirteenth century author, the best response is to plug your ears with wax and then shoot them down with crossbows.
Not perhaps the most gallant response, but certainly practical!
Not perhaps the most gallant response, but certainly practical!
September 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
... (2/2) According to one thirteenth century author, the best response is to plug your ears with wax and then shoot them down with crossbows.
Not perhaps the most gallant response, but certainly practical!
Not perhaps the most gallant response, but certainly practical!
What to do if your ship is attacked by Sirens
Medieval mariners who travelled to the Holy Land told many stories about sea monsters. They also offered practical advice.
If you are attacked by sirens then naturally you need to beware their alluring song. ... (1/2)
Medieval mariners who travelled to the Holy Land told many stories about sea monsters. They also offered practical advice.
If you are attacked by sirens then naturally you need to beware their alluring song. ... (1/2)
September 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
What to do if your ship is attacked by Sirens
Medieval mariners who travelled to the Holy Land told many stories about sea monsters. They also offered practical advice.
If you are attacked by sirens then naturally you need to beware their alluring song. ... (1/2)
Medieval mariners who travelled to the Holy Land told many stories about sea monsters. They also offered practical advice.
If you are attacked by sirens then naturally you need to beware their alluring song. ... (1/2)
... (2/2) If a Templar had some spare time, then he was allowed to whittle wooden tent pegs.
If you would like to find out more about the Templars and the military orders ⬇️
If you would like to find out more about the Templars and the military orders ⬇️
September 7, 2025 at 6:57 AM
... (2/2) If a Templar had some spare time, then he was allowed to whittle wooden tent pegs.
If you would like to find out more about the Templars and the military orders ⬇️
If you would like to find out more about the Templars and the military orders ⬇️
Templar leisure activities
The below picture is misleading. In fact the Templars were not permitted to play chess or backgammon.
They were allowed to wager, but only using candle stubs.
Still, some allowance was made for fun in Templars' regulations.... (1/2
The below picture is misleading. In fact the Templars were not permitted to play chess or backgammon.
They were allowed to wager, but only using candle stubs.
Still, some allowance was made for fun in Templars' regulations.... (1/2
September 7, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Templar leisure activities
The below picture is misleading. In fact the Templars were not permitted to play chess or backgammon.
They were allowed to wager, but only using candle stubs.
Still, some allowance was made for fun in Templars' regulations.... (1/2
The below picture is misleading. In fact the Templars were not permitted to play chess or backgammon.
They were allowed to wager, but only using candle stubs.
Still, some allowance was made for fun in Templars' regulations.... (1/2