David Nicolle is an historian specialising in the Military history of the Middle Ages, with a particular interest in the Middle East. An historian is someone who writes history, a written accounting of the past. ... Military history is composed of the events in the history of humanity that fall within the category of conflict. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ...

Nicolle has worked for the BBC Arabic Service, and also lectured in World and Islamic art and architecture at Yarmouk University, Jordan. He currently lives in the United Kingdom. BBC Arabic was launched on 1938 and is the first foreign language service of the BBC World Service. ... Islam (Arabic: ; ( ▶ (help· info)), the submission to God) is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions and the worlds second-largest religion. ... The Bath, a painting by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926). ... Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, a master builder, from αρχι- chiefs, leader , builder, carpenter)[1] is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... Yarmouk University is a university in Jordan. ...

Nicolle was on the editorial board of the Medieval History Magazine. Medieval History Magazine was a magazine dedicated to the medieval era, with a readership encompassing historians, re-enactors and other individuals interested in the history of the Middle Ages. ...

Selected works

• (1991) French Medieval Armies 1000-1300. London: Osprey Publishing, ISBN 1-85532-127-0

• (1992) Arthur and the Anglo-Saxon Wars: Anglo-Celtic Warfare, A.D.410-1066, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 0850455480
• (1993) Armies of the Muslim Conquest Osprey Publishing, ISBN 185532279X
• (1995) Medieval Warfare Source Book: Warfare in Western Christendom, Brockhampton Press, ISBN 1860198899
• (1996) Medieval Warfare Source Book: Christian Europe and its Neighbours, Brockhampton Press, ISBN 1860198619
• (1997) The History of Medieval Life, Hamlyn
• (1998) Crusader Warfare: Muslims, Mongols and the Struggle Against the Crusades, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 1855326973
• (1999) Arms and Armour of the Crusading Era, 1050-1350: Western Europe and the Crusader States, Greenhill Books, ISBN 1853673471
• (2000) Crecy, 1346: Triumph of the Black Prince, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 1855329662
• (2000) French Armies of the Hundred Years War. London: Osprey Publishing, ISBN 1-85532-710-4
• (2002) Warriors and Their Weapons Around the Time of the Crusades: Relationships Between Byzantium, the West and the Islamic World, Ashgate, ISBN 0860788989
• (2004) Poitiers 1356: The Capture of a King, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 1841765163
• (2005) Crecy 1346: Triumph of the Longbow, Greenwood Press, ISBN 0275988430
• (2007) Crusader Castles in Cyprus, Greece and the Aegean 1191-1571, Osprey Publishing, 1841769762
• (2007) Fighting for the Faith: Crusade and Jihad 1000-1500 AD, Pen & Sword Military, ISBN 1844156141

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Collaborations

• (2005) with Christopher Gravett: Battles of the Middle Ages, Greenwood Press, ISBN 0275988376
• (2007) with J. Haldon and Stephen Turnbull: Fall of Constantinople: The Ottoman Conquest of Byzantium, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 1846032008

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As editor

• (2002) Companion to Medieval Arms and Armour, Boydell Press, ISBN 0851158722