In 2000, for his efforts on the crusades, Dr. Urban won the Vitols Award for the best article of 1998 in the Journal of Baltic Studies. He is also the former editor of the Journal of Baltic Studies from 1990-1994 and the former book review editor from 1994-2000. Prior to beginning his teaching career at Monmouth College in 1966, he taught as an Assistant Professor at the University of Kansas 1965-1966.
Dr. Urban's pursued his education in such diverse places as Texas, Germany, Poland, and Yugoslavia. Serious students of the crusades on any level will quickly became familier with Dr. Urban's work, especially students of the Northern Crusades. He has published several books and articles, many of which are available online in the form of sample chapters or full text articles [See below for links to a small selection of his available works].
Articles:
Dr. William Urban Victims of the Baltic Crusade Journal of Baltic Studies
Dr. William Urban Rethinking the Crusades Perspectives-AHA Newsletter
Dr. William Urban Medieval Livonia Numismatics Journal of Baltic Studies
Dr. William Urban The Origin of the Livonian War, 1558 Lituanus
Dr. William Urban Locating the Castle of St. George in Karsova, 1259-1260 Lituanus
Dr. William Urban The Sense of Humor Among the Teutonic Knights of the Thirteenth Century Illinois Quarterly
Dr. William Urban Religion in the Medieval Baltic Lituanus
Dr. William Urban The Organization of the Defense of the Livonian Frontier in the Thirteenth Century Speculum
Books:
Dr. William Urban The Prussian Crusade. Chicago: Lithuanian Research and Studies Center, 2000.
Sample Chapter One [Holy Roman Empire]
Sample Chaper Two [The Early years of the Teutonic Order].
Dr. William Urban Tannenberg and After: Lithuania, Poland, and the Teutonic Order in Search of Immortality Chicago: Lithuanian Research and Studies Center, 2003.
Sample Chaper One [Vytautas and Jagiello, I: The Angevin Dynasty's Failure]
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