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In a recent blog post, I requested the lists of several medieval historians ranking the ten “most important” books on the crusades. Currently, 18 historians have submitted their lists (with more scheduled to come in). Based on a count of the lists submitted so far, and not including books mentioned in the annotated commentary provided by each historian, I have pulled together the following ranking based on whose books have received the most mentions.
It was no surprise, perhaps, that Jonathan Riley-Smith was, by far, the most mentioned historian on the list. There were 19 mentions of his various works in the lists of the historians. Overall, British historians dominate the ranking.
The Top Five
- Jonathan Riley-Smith with 19 mentions.
- Christopher Tyerman with 11 mentions.
- Carole Hillenbrand with 9 mentions.
- [3 way tie] Thomas Madden, Norman Housley, and Steven Runciman each with 7 mentions.
- Carl Erdmann with 6 mentions.
*Honorable mention go to John France with 5 mentions.
Again, this is based on the rankings of 18 medieval historians who had submitted their lists as of August 1, 2017. In cases where historians submitted two lists, one for the impact of books on the field and another for personal impact (see Cecilia Gaposchkin’s contribution), I only included those considering the impact on the field. If someone submitted more than 10 choices, I only used the first 10 choices. If anyone notices any counting errors, please email me at aholt@fscj.edu and I will update immediately.
N.B. As additional contributors submit their rankings in the future, I will periodically update and reissue this list. This is an ongoing project. I also intend (eventually) to post a ranking of the most mentioned books, rather than historians.
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