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Nic Morton
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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

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Nic Morton @nicmorton.bsky.social · 10h
Thank you Franz-Stefan Gady for your very generous review of my book:

"The Crusader States and Their Neighbours: A Military History, 1099–1187"

Published in "War, Conflict and the Military" (2025).

Link to review: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Nic Morton @nicmorton.bsky.social · 12h
Just arrived...

"Sigismund"

A short text offering advice by Aeneas Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini
(future Pope Pius II)

Translated by D.P. Curtin

Reposted by Charles West, Klaus Oschema

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Nic Morton @nicmorton.bsky.social · 4d
Review copy just landed!

"Becoming Arab: The Formation of Arab Identity in the Medieval Middle East"

by Yossef Rapoport
@princetonupress.bsky.social

Reposted by Nicholas Morton

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Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 4d
A little history of the medieval horse | @nicmorton.bsky.social

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A little history of the medieval horse
Horses were essential to the medieval world, shaping everything from warfare to cultural status.
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Nic Morton @nicmorton.bsky.social · 6d
Review copy just arrived!

"How the Holy Cross came from Antioch to Brogne"

By Nicholas L. Paul and
Wolfgang P. Müller

@boydellandbrewer.bsky.social ‬⁩

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Nic Morton @nicmorton.bsky.social · 7d
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!

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Nic Morton @nicmorton.bsky.social · 11d
Yes absolutely thanks so much!

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Nic Morton @nicmorton.bsky.social · 13d
I haven't seen this kind of distinction being drawn in the UK. Cheddar - the place - is in the south west.

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Nic Morton @nicmorton.bsky.social · 14d
It gives me great pleasure to announce that my interview for Syndicate Talk with Ganzorig Vanchig about my book

"The Mongol Storm"

is now available on YouTube (in Mongolian).

youtu.be/5rCKgUajOx0?...
Syndicate Talk #27 Exclusive: Монгол Түрлэг
YouTube video by Syndicate talk
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Nic Morton @nicmorton.bsky.social · 16d
Thank you!

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Nic Morton @nicmorton.bsky.social · 16d
Thank you for your review. I hope you enjoyed reading Mongol Storm.

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Ranjith Kollannur @arby-k.bsky.social · 16d
My newsletter is up with a dash of books, history and science. This week, I review The Mongol Storm by @nicmorton.bsky.social , which covers the impact of the Mongols on the Near East.

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A View From My Disjointed Laptop - Issue #129
Welcome to my newsletter for a dash of books, history and science. This week, I review The Mongol Storm by Nicholas Morton, which covers the impact of the Mongols on the societies of the junction of A...
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