Dr. Andrea's background is a little different from that of many Medievalists in that he is a former enlisted U.S. Marine, who later worked hard to get an ivy league education. He first earned his A.B. from Boston College in in 1963 [Magna Cum Laude] and then his PHD from Cornell University in Medieval History in 1969. His PHD thesis topic was: Pope Innocent III as a Crusader and Canonist: His Relations with the Greeks of Constantinople 1198-1216 2 Vols.
Those that have studied under him in the M.A. program at the University of Vermont, such as Brett Whalen who now teaches at UNC-Chapel Hill, have gone on to PHD programs at Stanford and other top schools. Additionally, Dr. Andrea is always encouraging to other aspiring medievalists, as anyone who has had the opportunity to speak with him at a conference quickly learns. As a result he enjoys great popularity not only with his peers, but also with junior scholars.
During his career, Dr. Andrea has authored or edited several books including The Medieval Record, The Human Record-Vol I, Contemporary Sources for the Fourth Crusade and a translation of the Hystoria Constantinopolitana of Gunther von Pairis. Among his most recent published works, perhaps most notable in consideration of the purpose of this website, Dr. Andrea wrote an Encyclopedia of the Crusades released by Greenwood Publishing Group in 2003. He has also recently (2002) served as Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the University of Louisville where he offered a seminar on the Silk Road, 200-1500. Dr. Andrea is currently working on a 21 volume World History Encyclopedia to be published by ABC-Clio and has agreed to serve as a co-editor and contributor to a project in progress seeking to dispel popular crusades myths.
Dr. Andrea is also active at conferences and as a speaker at universities around the United States. He serves as a consultant to several publishing houses and serves on the editorial boards of several academic journals. He also belongs to several scholarly societies and organizations, including the Society for the Study of the Crusades to the Latin East, and has served on the World History Association Executive Council. His long and distinguished career has insured his influence on how scholars and students understand various aspects of the crusades, especially the Fourth Crusade, for years to come.
Select Publications on the Crusades [*This needs much updating*]
Academic Books:
Contemporary Sources for the Fourth Crusade (Leiden: Brill Academic Publications, 2000), xii, 330 pp.
The Capture of Constantinople: The "Hystoria Constantinopolitana" of Gunther of Pairis (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997), xiv, 198 pp.
Monographs:
"Conrad von Krosigk, Bishop of Halberstadt, Crusader, and Monk of Sittichenbach: His Ecclesiastical Career, 1184 1225," Analecta Cisterciensia 43 (1987): 11 91.
Reference Books:
Encyclopedia of the Crusades (Greenwood Press, 2003). In production.
Articles:
"Innocent III, the Fourth Crusade, and the End of Time," Forthcoming in the Proceedings of the Sewanee Mediaeval Colloquium.
"A Question of Character: Two Views on Innocent III and the Fourth Crusade," Innocenzo III: Urbs et Orbis: Atti del Congresso internazionale: Roma, 9-15 settembre 1998. [56 pages in proofs; printed page numbers unknown]
"The Date of Reg. 6:102: Pope Innocent III's Letter of Advice to the Crusaders," Medieval and Renaissance Venice (Urbana, Il.: Univ. of Illinois, 1999), pp. 109-123.
"The Anonymous Chronicler of Halberstadt's Account of the Fourth Crusade: Popular Religiosity in the Early Thirteenth Century," Historical Reflections/R?flexions Historiques 22 (1996): 447-477.
"The Sources for the Fourth Crusade," An Appendix to Donald E. Queller and Thomas Madden, The Fourth Crusade, 2nd. ed. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996), pp. 299-318.
"The Devastatio Constantinopolitana, A Special Perspective on the Fourth Crusade: An Analysis, New Edition, and Translation," Historical Reflections/ R?flexions Historiques: 19 (1993): 107-149.
"Boethian Influence on Gunther of Pairis's Historia Constantinopolitana," Carmina Philosophiae 1 (1992): 19-33.
"Holy War, Holy Relics, Holy Theft: The Anonymous of Soissons's De terra Iherosolimitana: An Analysis, Edition, and Translation" (with Paul I. Rachlin), Historical Reflections/R?flexions Historiques 18 (1992): 147-175.
"Adam of Perseigne and the Fourth Crusade," C?teaux 36 (1985): 21 37.
"Cistercian Accounts of the Fourth Crusade: Were They Anti Venetian?" Analecta Cisterciensia 41 (1985): 3 41.
"The Historia Constantinopolitana: An Early Thirteenth Century Cistercian Looks at Byzantium," Analecta Cisterciensia 36 (l980): 269 302.
Introduction to Cistercians and Cluniacs: The Case for C?teaux (Cistercian Publications, l977), 3 l8, co authored with Jeremiah F. O'Sullivan.
"Latin Evidence for the Accession Date of John X Camaterus, Patriarch of Constantinople," Byzantinische Zeitschrift, Fasc. 2 (1973).
"Pope Innocent III and the Diversion of the Fourth Crusade Army to Zara," Byzantinoslavica 33 (l972): 6 25.
Forthcoming:
"Conrad of Krosigk"; "Devastatio Constantinopolita"; "Fourth Crusade"; "Gunther of Pairis"; "Martin of Pairis"; "Nivelon of Soissons"; "Relics of Constantinople"; and "Schism of East and West" in the forthcoming Encyclopedia of the Crusades, 4 vols., edited by Alan Murray (ABC-Clio, 2004).
Alfred J. Andrea- University of Vermont Faculty Page.
Curriculum Vita- Alfred J. Andrea- Click here for a picture.
SSCLE- Society for the Study of the Crusades
Alfred J. Andrea. The Crusades in the Context of World History- Lecture presented to the Crusades Studies Forum at St. Louis University, November 3, 2006.
Brett Whalen- University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Dorothy Abrahamse Review of Contemporary Sources for the Fourth Crusade. Alfred Andrea, Brill, 2000. In The Medieval Review.
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