Kelly Robert DeVries (born December 23, 1956) is an American

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and military historian specializing in the

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of the

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. He is often featured as an expert commentator on television documentaries. He is professor of history at

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and Honorary Historical Consultant at the Royal Armouries, UK.

Education

DeVries received his PhD in medieval studies in 1987 from the

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at the

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Awards

DeVries with co-editor Michael Livingston was named as one of the recipients of the 2017 Distinguished Book Award from the

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for their book ''The Battle of Crécy: A Casebook''.

Selected works

* (1992) ''Medieval Military Technology'' Broadview Press. * (1999) ''

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: A Military Leader'' Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, * (1999) ''The Norwegian Invasion of England in 1066'' Boydell Press, . * (1996) ''Infantry Warfare in the Early Fourteenth Century'' Boydell Press. * ''Guns and Men in Medieval Europe'' * (2002) ''A Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology'' History of Warfare, Vol. 8, Brill Press. * (2005) ''A Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology: Update 2004'' History of Warfare, Vol. 26, Brill Press (winner of the Verbruggen Prize)

Collaborations

* with Matthew Bennett, Jim Bradbury, Ian Dickie and Phyllis Jestice: (2005) ''Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World: AD 500-AD 1500'', Amber Books, * (2005) ''The Artillery of the Dukes of Burgundy 1363-1477'' (co-written Robert Douglas Smith) Boydell Press. * (2007) ''Medieval Weapons: An Illustrated History of their Impact'' (co-written Robert Douglas Smith). ABC-CLIO. * (2011) ''Rhodes Besieged, 1480-1522: a New History'' (co-written Robert Douglas Smith) History Press. * (2012) ''Medieval Military Technology'' 2nd ed. (co-written Robert Douglas Smith) University of Toronto Press. * (2015) ''The Battle of Crecy: a Casebook'' (co-written Michael Livingston) University of Liverpool Press. (UK)

References

External links

Loyola University Maryland: Kelly Devries
* 1956 births Living people American male non-fiction writers American medievalists American military historians Loyola University Maryland faculty University of Toronto alumni {{US-historian-stub