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Stephen Morillo | |
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| Born | May 10, 1958 (age 67) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Occupation | Professor Emeritus of History |
| Academic background | |
| Education | (AB)|Harvard College (PhD)|Jesus College, Oxford |
| Thesis | English Royal Warfare, 1066-1154 (1985) |
| Doctoral advisor | J. F. A. Mason |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Historian |
| Institutions | |
| Main interests | World History, Military History |
Stephen Morillo is an American historian, known for his publications on the history of medieval warfare and the Battle of Hastings. He has a special interest in the cultural aspects of warfare and a global medieval period. He is Professor Emeritus of History at Wabash College[1] and the former President of De Re Militari. He is known for his work alongside Jeremy Black and Brian Sandberg. His brother, John Morillo, is Professor Emeritus of English at North Carolina State University.
Great Stirrup Controversy
[edit]The Stirrup Thesis is a proposed origin for European feudalism as a result of the introduction of the stirrup to cavalry, first suggested by Lynn Townsend White Jr in 1962. Morillo argued, in 1999, that feudalism was a political, not military, construct in opposition to White. Instead, he proposes that cavalry-centric militaries are a consequence of weak central government, citing Medieval Asia as a relevant parallel.[2]
War and Conflict
[edit]War and Conflict in the Middle Ages (2022) is a rethinking of medieval warfare and periodization of the "Middle Ages." Morillo proposes a "global Middle Ages" using climate change and pandemics to demonstrate relative continuity between the late Middle Ages (c. 1300 - 1500) and "early modern period" (c. 1500 - 1800).[3] In comparing economic and political models, Morillo argues that the onset of industrial developments ended the constraints of low productivity and slow communication that defined medieval states. He concludes that "early modern" is an extension of the "Middle Ages" or a maturation of every quality agrarian states.[4]
While War and Conflict was acknowledged for its novelty, Morillo faced criticism for oversimplification and structural confusion. Medieval historian Craig Nakashian found particular issue with Morillo's portrayal of the Spanish invasion of the Aztec Empire.He states that Morillo's expertise on medieval European warfare is well placed, but the global analysis suffers from overreach. Despite its flaws, Nakashian celebrated Morillo's challenge to the label "early modern."[5]
Books
[edit]- 1994: Warfare Under the Anglo-Norman Kings, 1066-1135. Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
- 1996: The Battle of Hastings: Sources and Interpretations. Boydell Press.
- 2008: Lococo, Paul, Stephen Morillo, and Jeremy Black. War In World History: Society, Technology, and War from Ancient Times to the Present, Volume 2. McGraw-Hill Education.
- 2013: Frameworks of World History. Oxford University Press.
- 2013: What Is Military History? John Wiley & Sons.
- 2022: War and Conflict in the Middle Ages. Polity Press.
References
[edit]- ^ "History - Faculty & Staff". Wabash College. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
- ^ Stephen, Morillo (1999). "The "Age of Cavalry" Revisited". The Circle of War in the Middle Ages: Essays on Medieval Military and Naval History. 6: 45–58.
- ^ Morillo, Stephen (2022). War and Conflict in the Middle Ages. Hoboken, NJ: Polity Press. pp. 234–237. ISBN 978-1-5095-2977-3.
- ^ Morillo, Stephen (2022). War and Conflict in the Middle Ages. Hoboken, NJ: Polity Press. pp. 236–237. ISBN 978-1-5095-2977-3.
- ^ Nakashian, Craig (September 11, 2023). "Stephen Morillo, War and Conflict in the Middle Ages: A Global Perspective (Reviewer- Stuart Gorman)". deremilitari.org.