Jose Manuel Rodriguez Garcia
I got my PhD in Medieval History at the University of Salamanca (Spain). The title of my thesis was "Idea and Reality of Crusade in the times of Alfonso X (1240-1284)" .
Nonetheless my interest in Crusade history sprang from my two years degree and postgraduate studies in the University of Edinburgh, where I attended the courses run by Gary Dickson, Angus Mackay, T. Goodman and M. Angold.
The focus of my PhD was the international relationships that the crusade experience created from and around the Iberian Peninsula in the 13th century. This international focus is something important to me, as one my basic threads is the comparison of situations, ideology and crusade events in three main theatres: the Baltic, the Iberian Peninsula and the Holy Land.
Although I finished my history degree in 1992 I started to work in academia only since 2010, having been an archaeologist, an editor, a webmaster and a guide for monuments. Meanwhile I continued researching and publishing in scientific journals, books and conferences as an independent scholar.
I think that I have always been interested in the military and the military history. In fact, I was an officer (second lieutenant) in the Spanish army (until 2007 in the reserve). Although I am an infantry man, I ended up commanding a tank platoon for six months in 1993.
Another area of interest is the use of new technologies for the research and teaching of Medieval History. In May 1998 I created, uploaded and maintained one of the first webpages in Spanish dedicated to Medieval History: TEMPLE (http://www.uned.es/temple/index.htm). Nowadays, we are working on a full update of that page.
I am now a senior lecturer (UK system) of Medieval History at the Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (like the Open University in England, more or less).
After my two books on the crusades and the 13th century, and another one on the iberian military orders, I´m moving to the late 13th and early 14th centuries. I am also working on two other projects that have to do with my other two main areas of interest: the military orders (i.e Teutonic Order) and the Medieval military history.
Nonetheless my interest in Crusade history sprang from my two years degree and postgraduate studies in the University of Edinburgh, where I attended the courses run by Gary Dickson, Angus Mackay, T. Goodman and M. Angold.
The focus of my PhD was the international relationships that the crusade experience created from and around the Iberian Peninsula in the 13th century. This international focus is something important to me, as one my basic threads is the comparison of situations, ideology and crusade events in three main theatres: the Baltic, the Iberian Peninsula and the Holy Land.
Although I finished my history degree in 1992 I started to work in academia only since 2010, having been an archaeologist, an editor, a webmaster and a guide for monuments. Meanwhile I continued researching and publishing in scientific journals, books and conferences as an independent scholar.
I think that I have always been interested in the military and the military history. In fact, I was an officer (second lieutenant) in the Spanish army (until 2007 in the reserve). Although I am an infantry man, I ended up commanding a tank platoon for six months in 1993.
Another area of interest is the use of new technologies for the research and teaching of Medieval History. In May 1998 I created, uploaded and maintained one of the first webpages in Spanish dedicated to Medieval History: TEMPLE (http://www.uned.es/temple/index.htm). Nowadays, we are working on a full update of that page.
I am now a senior lecturer (UK system) of Medieval History at the Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (like the Open University in England, more or less).
After my two books on the crusades and the 13th century, and another one on the iberian military orders, I´m moving to the late 13th and early 14th centuries. I am also working on two other projects that have to do with my other two main areas of interest: the military orders (i.e Teutonic Order) and the Medieval military history.
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Books by Jose Manuel Rodriguez Garcia
Una versión ampliada y actualizada de mi libro del 2016 con el mismo título.
A lo largo de las páginas de este libro se da respuesta afirmativa a esas dos cuestiones. A pesar de tratarse de producciones basadas en la fantasía épica pseudomedieval, es posible apreciar rastros de una Edad Media reinterpretada y adaptada. Los historiadores que aquí se dan cita analizan esas influencias, cada uno desde su especialidad, llegando a la conclusión de que esas producciones culturales deben mucho a la realidad histórica medieval.
Madrid, septiembre 2019 © Poniente medieval. La Edad Media en la fantasía épica de Juego de Tronos. David Porrinas Gonzalez (coord.) Esta edición es propiedad de EL TERCER SELLO y no se puede copiar, fotocopiar, reproducir, traducir o convertir a cualquier medio impreso, electrónico o legible por máquina, enteramente o en parte, sin su previo consentimiento. Cualquier forma de reproducción, distribución, co-municación pública o transformación de esta obra solo puede ser realizada con la autorización de sus titulares, salvo excepción prevista por la ley. Diríjase a CEDRO (Centro Español de Derechos Reprográficos, www.cedro.org) si necesita fotocopiar o escanear algún fragmento de esta obra.
Papers by Jose Manuel Rodriguez Garcia
This is likely a time of certain evolution but also crystallization of some roles attach to a medieval fleet; roles that would hardly change, tough it will increase, till the end of the Middle Ages, except for the developments in sailing and bigger ships from the last years of the 13th century that allowed to different ways to achieving them.