Stephen Turnbull (historian)

Stephen Richard Turnbull (born 6 February 1948) is a specialist in Japanese religious history.[1]

Turnbull 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 a lecturer in Far Eastern Religions.

He was on the editorial board of the short-lived Medieval History Magazine (2003–2005), which was published in association with the Royal Armouries. He was a consultant for the widely successful PC game Shogun: Total War and also its well-received sequel Total War: Shogun 2, both products of Creative Assembly, as well as historical advisor on the severely panned Hollywood film 47 Ronin starring Keanu Reeves.[2]

Selected works

  • 1979 – Samurai armies, 1550–1615. London: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85045-302-7; OCLC 6489751
  • 1980 – The Mongols. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85045-372-0
  • 1982 – The Book of the Samurai. Leicester, England: Magna Books. ISBN 978-0-948509-30-8; OCLC 15875673
  • 1985 – The Book of the Medieval Knight. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 978-0-85368-715-3; OCLC 12501653.
  • 1987 – Samurai Warriors. Poole, Dorset: Blandford Press. ISBN 978-0-7137-1767-9; OCLC 17551861
  • 1989 – Samurai Warlords: The Book of the Daimyō. London: Blandford. ISBN 978-0-7137-2003-7; OCLC 22628902
  • 1991 – Ninja: The True Story of Japan's Secret Warrior Cult. Poole, Dorset: Firebird Books. ISBN 978-1-85314-109-6; OCLC 24701255
  • 1996 – The Samurai: A Military History. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-873410-38-7
  • 1997 – Samurai Warfare. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 978-1-85409-432-2; OCLC 38030598
  • 1998 – The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Arms & Armour Press. ISBN 978-1-85409-371-4; OCLC 60220867
    • reprinted by Cassell, London, 2000. ISBN 978-1-85409-523-7; OCLC 59400034
  • 2000 – Nagashino 1575: Slaughter at the Barricades. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85532-619-4
  • 2001 – Ashigaru 1467–1649: Weapons, Armour, Tactics. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-149-7
  • 2001 – The Knight Triumphant: The High Middle Ages, 1314–1485. London: Cassell. ISBN 978-0-304-35971-4; OCLC 51108644
  • 2002 – Samurai Heraldry. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-304-0
  • 2002 – Samurai Invasion: Japan's Korean War, 1592–1598. London: Cassell. ISBN 978-0-304-35948-6
  • 2002 – War in Japan: 1467–1615. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-480-1
  • 2003 – Genghis Khan & the Mongol Conquests 1190–1400. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-523-5
  • 2002 – Fighting Ships of the Far East (1): China and Southeast Asia, 202 BC-AD 1419. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-386-6
  • 2003 - Fighting Ships of the Far East (2): Japan and Korea AD 612-1639. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-478-8
  • 2003 – Japanese castles, 1540–1640. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-429-0
  • 2003 – Japanese Warrior Monks AD 949–1603. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-573-0
  • 2003 – Kawanakajima 1553–1564: Samurai Power Struggle. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-562-4
  • 2003 – Ninja AD 1460–1650. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-525-9
  • 2003 – Tannenberg 1410: Disaster for the Teutonic Knights. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-561-7; OCLC 51779463
  • 2003 – Samurai: The World of the Warrior. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-740-6
  • 2004 – The Walls of Constantinople: AD 324–1453. Oxford:Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-759-8
  • 2004 – Samurai: The Story of Japan's Greatest Warriors. London: PRC Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85648-703-0
    • reprinted by Metro Books, 2013
  • 2005 – Warriors of Medieval Japan. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-220-2
  • 2005 – Samurai Commanders. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-743-3
  • 2007 - The Great Wall of China 221 BC - AD 1644 Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-004-8
  • 2008 – The Samurai Swordsman: Master of War. London: Frontline Books. ISBN 978-1-84415-712-9; OCLC 181927617
  • 2011 - The Revenge of the 47 Ronin. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84908-427-7
  • 2016 - The Genpei War 1180-85: The Great Samurai Civil War. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-47281-384-8

Journal articles

  • "Legacy of Centuries: The Walls of Constantinople", Medieval History Magazine (MHM), 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", MHM, Issue 9, May 2004.
  • "St Catherine's Monastery: Sanctuary of Ages", MHM, 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.
  • "The Ninja: An Invented Tradition?", Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective, Vol. 9: No. 1, Article 3, 2014.

Honors

Notes

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ "Dr Turnbull Profile". University of Leeds. Archived from the original on 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2011-12-06.
  3. ↑ Turnbull, Stephen. (2005). Samurai Commanders, p. 2.
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