Stephen Turnbull (historian)

Stephen Richard Turnbull is an historian specializing in eastern military history, especially the Samurai of Japan.

He attended Cambridge University where he gained his first degree. He currently holds an MA in Theology, MA in Military History and a PhD from the University of Leeds where he is currently a lecturer in Far Eastern Religions.

He has also written a number of books on other medieval topics. He was on the editorial board of the short-lived "Medieval History Magazine" (2003–2005), which was published in association with the Royal Armouries.

elect bibliography

* "The Book of the Medieval Knight." London: Arms and Armour Press, 1985. ISBN 0-85368-715-3.
* "The Knight Triumphant". 2001, London: Cassell & Co, ISBN 0304359718
* "Tannenberg 1410 Disaster for the Teutonic Knights", 2003, Oxford: Osprey Campaign Series no. 122 ISBN 9781841765617 [http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_detail.php/title=S5619~ser=CAM~per=41]
* "The Samurai Sourcebook". London: Arms & Armour Press, 1998. ISBN 1-8540-9371-1 [reprinted by Cassell & Co., London, 2000. ISBN 1-8540-9523-4 ]
* "Warriors of Medieval Japan" (
* "The Samurai: A Military History.". London: Routledge, 1996. ISBN 1-8734-1038-7
* "Samurai : the world of the warrior"
* "Samurai armies, 1550-1615"
* "Ninja: The True Story of Japan's Secret Warrior Cult"
* "The Mongols". 1980, London: Osprey Men-at-Arms Series no. 105.
* "Mongols"
* "The Book of the Samurai"
* "Samurai heraldry"
* "Samurai Invasion: Japan's Korean War". Great Britain: Cassell & Co.
* 2005 -- [http://books.google.com/books?id=EfevtkR8pJkC&dq=Ashikaga+Yoshimitsu&lr=&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 "Samurai Commanders."] Oxford: Osprey Publishing. 10-ISBN 1-841-76743-3
* "Samurai Warfare"
* "Samurai Warriors"
* "Japanese castles, 1540-1640"
* "Japanese Warrior Monks AD 949-1603"
* "Ninja A.D. 1460-1650"
* "The knight triumphant : the high Middle Ages"
* "War in Japan: 1467–1615". 2002, Oxford: Osprey Publishing.
* "The Walls of Constantinople AD 324-1453 (
* "Essential Histories 57: Genghis Kahn & the Mongols
* "Ashigaru 1467-1649
* "Mongol Warrior 1200-1350
* "Samurai Warlords : The Book of the Daimyō
* "Kawanakajima 1553-1564: Samurai Power Struggle
* "Nagashino 1575: Slaughter at the barricades

Journal articles

* "Legacy of Centuries: The Walls of Constantinople", "Medieval History Magazine", Issue 2, October 2003.
* "Mongol strategy and the Battle of Leignitz 1241", "MHM", Issue 3, November 2003.
* "The Teutonic Knights' battle for Riga", "MHM", Issue 6, February 2004.
* "The Passing of the Medieval Castle", "Medieval History Magazine", Issue 9, May 2004.
* "St Catherine's Monastery: Sanctuary of Ages", "Medieval History Magazine", Issue 11 July 2004.
* "Fighting Cardinals: Henry Beaufort & Guiliano Cesarini", "MHM", Issue 13, September 2004.
* "A Tale of Two Cities: Siege success and failure at Constantinople and Belgrade", "MHM", Issue 16, December 2004.
* "The Blunted Arrowhead: The defensive role of the great medieval fortresses of Albania", "MHM", Issue 17, January 2005.

Honors

* British Association for Japanese Studies, Cannon Prize.Turnbull, Stephen. (2005). [http://books.google.com/books?id=EfevtkR8pJkC&pg=PA3&dq=Ashikaga+Yoshimitsu&lr=&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=0_0&sig=D-Y4acWlIOPw0dhgRsYYj7GOeRg#PPP2,M1 "Samurai Commanders," p. 2.] ]
* Japan Festival Literary Award

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