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I. BASIC INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION: Current Address: 116 Paragon Court, Lakeway, Texas 78734
ACADEMIC DEGREES: Ph.D. (History): YALE UNIVERSITY (1984) PhD. DISSERTATION: Title: 'THE LAW'S DELAY: THE ANATOMY OF
AN ARISTOCRATIC PROPERTY DISPUTE (1350-1577)
MAJOR/MINOR FIELDS OF STUDY IN GRADUATE SCHOOL (1) Early Modern European History (major field)
(1) Medieval History (emphasis upon 14th-15th centuries)
CURRENT ACADEMIC POSITION: Senior Lecturer, Department of History, University of Texas
(Austin) (2006- ). PREVIOUS ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE (1966-2006): UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI: UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON: Visiting Assistant Professor (1986-87) XAVIER UNIVERSITY: Lecturer (1985-86) FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY: Instructor (1970-74) YALE UNIVERSITY : Teaching Assistant (1966-67)
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI: UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON: XAVIER UNIVERSITY: FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY: YALE UNIVERSITY:
HONORS, AWARDS: (1) Phi Beta Kappa (Yale: 1964) FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS: Theodore Cuyler Fellowship Award (Yale: 1964-5)
II. HISTORICAL SCHOLARSHIP
A. LATE MEDIEVAL/EARLY MODERN EUROPE PUBLICATIONS Books (Co-edited with Donald J. Kagay), The Final Argument: The Imprint of Violence on Society in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (Rochester, N. Y.: The Boydell Press, 1998). (Co-edited with Donald J. Kagay), The Circle of War in the Middle Ages: Essays on Medieval Military and Naval History (Rochester, N. Y.: The Boydell Press, 1999). (Co-edited with Donald J. Kagay), Crusaders, Condottieri, and Cannon : Medieval Warfare in Societies around the Mediterranean, (Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2003). (Co-edited with Donald J. Kagay), The Hundred Years War: A Wider Focus, (Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2005). (Co-edited with Donald J. Kagay), The Hundred Years War (Part II):
Different Vistas, (Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2008). Journal Articles "Putting Don Carlos Together Again: the Treatment of a Head Injury in Mid-Sixteenth Century Spain," Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. XXVI, No. 2 (Summer 1995), 347-65. "San Diego de Alcala and the Politics of Saint-making in Counter-Reformation Europe," Catholic Historical Review, Vol. LXXXIII, No. 4 (October, 1997), 691-715. “The Miracle Book of San Diego de Alcalá, or, the Fifteenth Century Failure to Canonize the First Counter-Reformation Saint,” Mediterranean Studies, The Journal of the Mediterranean Studies Association, No. 10 (April 2002), 9-35. "The Fragility of Historical Memory: In Pursuit of the Career
and Canonization of San Diego de Alcalá," published in
the Proceedings 2002, Ohio Academy of History (Ohio
Academy of History, 2003), 91-112. "Machiavelli: Political Science or
Political Satire? Garrett Mattingly Revisited," Mediterranean
Studies, The Journal of the Mediterranean Studies Association,
No. 12 (March 2003), 73-101. Chapters in Collections "Pedro the Cruel: Portrait of a Royal Failure," in Medieval Iberia: Essays on the History and Literature of Medieval Spain, Donald J. Kagay and Joseph T. Snow, eds., Iberica Series, vol. 25 (New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., 1997), pp. 201-16. "Deudo, Property, and the Roots of Feudal Violence in late Medieval Castile," in The Final Argument: The Imprint of Violence on Society in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, Donald J. Kagay and L. J. Andrew Villalon, eds. (Rochester, N. Y.: The Boydell Press, 1998), pp. 55-72. "Seeking Castles in Spain: Sir Hugh Calveley and the
Free Companies' Intervention in Iberian Warfare (1366-1369),"
Crusaders, Condottierri, and Cannon: Medieval Warfare
in Societies around the Mediterranean, L. J. Andrew Villalon and Donald J. Kagay,
eds. (Leiden, The Netherlands:
Brill, 2003), pp. 305-328. 'Introduction," in The Hundred Years War: A Wider Focus, L. J. Andrew Villalon and Donald J. Kagay, eds. (Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2005), 1: xxiii-xlix.. "The Battle of Najera and the Hundred Years War in Spain," in The Hundred Years War: A Wider Focus, L. J. Andrew Villalon and Donald J. Kagay, eds., (Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2005), 1: 3-74. "'Cut off their Heads or I'll Cut off Yours': The Strategy and Tactics of Castile in the War of the Two Pedros" (1356-1366)," in The Hundred Years War (Part II): Different Vistas, L. J. Andrew Villalon and Donald J. Kagay ,eds. (Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2008). "Appendix I: A Synopsis of the Hundred Years War," in The Hundred Years War (Part II): Different Vistas, L. J. Andrew Villalon and Donald J. Kagay, eds. (Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2008). Encyclopedia Articles "Machiavelli," in Encyclopedia of
the Reformation, ed. Hans Hillerbrand, et.
al. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996). Book Reviews Denise Baker (ed.), Inscribing the Hundred Years' War in French and English Cultures (SUNY, 2000) reviewed for the De Re Militari, The Society for Medieval Military History. Posted on the society's website at URL: http://www.deremilitari.org/REVIEWS/Baker_InscribingWar.htm. The Catalan Rule of the Templars :
A Critical Edition and English Translation from Barcelona, Archivo
de la Corona de Aragon, trans. J.M.
Upton-Ward, in Studies in the History of Medieval Religion, The
Boydell Press, 2003) reviewed for the De Re Militari,
The Society for Medieval Military History. Posted on the society's website
at URL: http://www.deremilitari.org/REVIEWS/Upton-Ward_Templars.htm.
Gutierre Diaz de Gamez, The Unconquered Knight: A Chronicle of the Deeds of Don Pero Nino, Count of Buelna, trans. and selections by Joan Evans (The Boydell Press, 2004) reviewed for the De Re Militari, The Society for Medieval Military History. Posted on the society's website, URL: http://www.deremilitari.org/REVIEWS/Gamez_UnconqKnight.htm Niccolo Machiavelli, The Art of War, translated, edited, and with a Commentary by Christopher Lynch (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003) reviewed for the De Re Militari, The Society for Medieval Military History. Posted on the society's website, URL: http://www.deremilitari.org/REVIEWS/Machiavelli_Art_Lynch.html David Murphy, Condottieri 1300-1500: Infamous Medieval Mercenaries (New York: Osprey Publishing, 2007) reviewed for the De Re Militari, The Society for Medieval Military History. Posted on the society's website, URL: http://www.deremilitari.org/REVIEWS/Murphy_Condottiere.htm
“‘Cardinal Sins’ and ‘Cardinal Virtues’ in a Late Medieval Churchman: The Case ‘El Tercer Rey,’ Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza"
"Taking the King’s Shilling to Avoid the Wages of Crime: Royal Pardons for Military Malefactors in the Opening Phases of the Hundred Years War"
Encyclopedia entries for : Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology
Currently Not Applicable
WORK IN PROGRESS Current Projects Books Monograph: (with Donald J. Kagay) The Battle of Najera (under contract with Brill for 2010) Collection: (Co-edited with Donald J. Kagay), The Hundred Years War (Part III) (Brill, ETA 2010). Monograph: San Diego de Alcala: The
Process and Politics of Saint-making in Late Medieval and
Counter-Reformation Europe (Estimated date of submission
to a publisher: 2010)
Articles "Portrait of a King or Apology of a Traitor? Pedro Lopez
de Ayala's Cronica del Rey Don Pedro I" (Under revision for
inclusion in a proposed collection on Chroniclers of War) Book Reviews The Medieval Hero on Screen: Representations from Beowulf to Buffy, ed. Martha W. Driver and Sid Ray (McFarland & Company, Inc., 2002).
Future Projects Conversion of conference papers into articles: (1) "Glorious Failures: the Influence of Forced Retirement on Renaissance Writing" (2) "For the Sake of the Patrimony: The Development of Mayorazgo in Late Medieval Castile" (3) "How Sharper than a Serpent's Tooth is a Thankless
Brother": Henry II "de las mercedes," Don
Tello de Aguilar, and the so-called Mercedes Enriquenas,"
expanded into an article, tentatively retitled: "The Rise
and Fall of the House of Tello: New Insights into the Trastamaran
Nobility and the Royal Use of Mayorazgo in Late Medieval
Castile." Original Article: "The Shroud Debate: A Current Summary and Suggestions for the Future" Monograph: "The Unhappy Prince of Spain": Don Carlos and the Making of a Historical Myth
"Don Carlos, Unfortunate Prince of Spain: A Study of Historical Mythologizing," presented in a panel entitled "The Myth of History and the History of Myth," Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (October 1985). "Mayorazgo and Aristocratic Property Holding in Late Medieval Castile," presented in a panel entitled "Real Estate in Pre-Industrial Europe: The Cases of Bruges, Dijon, and the Castilian Nobility," 21st International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan (May 1986). "Machiavelli: Political Science or Political Satire? Garrett Mattingly Revisited," presented in a panel entitled "Machiavelli," Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, Concordia College, St. Louis, Missouri (October 1986). "Cardinal Sins and Cardinal Virtues in the Spanish Renaissance: The Case of 'El Tercer Rey' Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza," presented in a panel entitled "Political Biography," Central Renaissance Conference St. Louis, Missouri (March 1987). "Putting Don Carlos Together Again: Treatment of a Head Injury in Mid-Sixteenth Century Spain," presented in a panel entitled "Early Modern Medicine," Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, St. Louis, Missouri (October 1988). "Pedro the Cruel: Portrait of a Royal Failure," presented in a panel entitled "The Craft of Kingship in the Medieval Iberian States," 24th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan (May 1989). "Foreign Intervention in 'Another' Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Najera Revisited," presented in a panel entitled "A Clash of Arms: Warfare and Siegecraft in Medieval Iberia," 25th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan (May 1990). "Cardinal Sins and Cardinal Virtues in Late Medieval Castile: The Case of 'El Tercer Rey': Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza," presented in a panel entitled "Medieval Spain," Sixth Annual Conference of the Medieval Association of the Midwest, Newberry Library, Chicago (September 1990). "Machiavelli, the Wheel of Fortune, and the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference," presented in a panel entitled "The Past, Patronage, and Prophecy in Italian Art and Literature," Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (October 1991). "Deudo, Property, and the Roots of Feudal Violence in late Medieval Castile," presented in a panel entitled "the Roots of Feudal Violence in Medieval Europe," 27th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan (May 1992). "Machiavelli, Marx, and the Opiate of the Masses or An Anthropologist at Large in the Renaissance" presented in a panel entitled "Secularist Views of Sixteenth Century Religion," Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, St. Louis, Missouri (December 1993). "How Sharper than a Serpent's Tooth is a Thankless Brother": Henry II "de las mercedes," Don Tello de Aguilar, and the so-called Mercedes Enriquenas," presented in a panel entitled "The Web of Feudal Relations in Medieval Iberia," 29th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan (May 1994). "'What it Costs for a Canonization - more or less!': San Diego de Alcala and the Politics of Saint-making in Counter-Reformation Europe," presented in a panel entitled "Ecclesiology, Sainthood, and History in the Catholic Reformation," Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, Toronto, Canada (October 1994). "Would you buy a used war horse from this man?": A Re-evaluation of the Mid-fourteenth Century Castilian Chronicler, Pedro Lopez de Ayala" presented in a panel entitled "The Question of Accuracy in Medieval Iberian Sources," 30th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan (May 1995). "Glorious Failures: the Influence of Forced Retirement on Renaissance Writing" presented in a panel entitled "Biography, Autobiography, and Identity," at a meeting of the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, (October 1996). "Murder, Rapine, Extortion, Corruption, Peculation, Presumption, and Bad Counsel -- and Besides, He Dabbles in Sorcery!: An Aristocratic Indictment of Royal Favorites in Late Medieval Castile" presented in a panel entitled "The Struggle Between the Crown and Nobility in Medieval Iberia I," at the 32th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan (May 1997). "The Miracle Book of San Diego de Alcala and the Fifteenth Century Failure to Canonize the First Counterreformation Saint", presented in a panel entitled "Miracles and Saints in Medieval Iberia," at the 33th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan (May 1998). "Conflicting Views on Sainthood and the Canonization of Diego de Alcala: A Working Paper" presented in a panel entitled "Sainthood in Reformation Europe" at a meeting of the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, Toronto, Canada (October 1998). "Seeking 'Castles in Spain': Sir Hugh Calveley and the Mid-Fourteenth Century Intervention of the 'Free Companies' in Iberian Warfare" presented in a panel entitled "The Hundred Years War in Spain" at the 34th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan (May 1999). "The War of the Two Pedros: A Brief Overview," for presented in a panel entitled "The War of the Two Pedros (1356-1366)" at the 35th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan (May 2000). "A Conflict of Laws: The Legal Basis of Mayorazgo in Late Medieval Castile," presented in a panel entitled "Law and Society in Medieval Iberia" at the 36th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan (May 2001). "On the Trail of the First Counter-Reformation Saint: A Roundabout Route to the Career and Canonization of San Diego de Alcala” presented in a panel entitled "The Fragility of Historical Memory" at the annual meeting of the Ohio Academy of History, Union Terminal Museum Center, Cincinnati, Ohio (April 2002). "A Conflict of Right Against Right: Realities and Rules
of Editing (Mediating ?) an Academic Collection," presented in
a panel entitled "Bearding the Dragon: Organizing,
Editing, and Publishing Collections of Essays" (sponsored by Brill
Academic Publishers and Medieval Institute Publications) at the
38th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan
University, Kalamazoo, Michigan (May 2003). "The Wages of Waging War: Sir Hugh Calveley and the
Military Foundations of a Fourteenth Century Fortune"
presented in a session at the 40th International Congress on Medieval
Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan (May
2005). "Cardinal Sins and Cardinal Virtues in Late Medieval
Spain: The Case of Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza," presented in
a session of the Texas Medieval Association (TEMA), Baylor University (October
2006). "The War of the Two Pedro's and the Rise of a Leading Trastamaran Noble House or Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza's Decision to Switch Sides," presented in session 579 entitled “The Far Ranging Effects of Medieval Warfare: Captains, Crusaders, and Aristocratic Families” at the 42nd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan ( May 2007). The War of the Two Pedros (1356-1366): The Effects of Conflict on Castilian Nobles and Noble Houses," presented at the annual meeting of the Texas Medieval Association (TEMA), Texas A&M University, (October 2007). "1555, "A Very Good Year" for San Diego de Alcalá or Achieving Sainthood by Increments," presented at the annual meeting of the Sixteenth Century Society and Conference (SCSC), Minneapolis, Minnesota (October 2007). "Battle Seeking or Battle Avoiding? Applying the "Gillingham Paradigm" to the War of the Two Pedros (1356-1366) and the Castilian Civil War (1366-1369)," at the 43rd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan ( May 2008). "1346: It was a Very Good Year--for English Military Pardons," at the 19th meeting of the Texas Medieval Association (TEMA) (Lubbock, Texas, October, 2008).
(Accepted) "Leonor de la Vega: A Noblewoman of Power in Late Medieval Spain," accepted for the 44th meeting of the Medieval Congress (Kalamazoo, Michigan, May, 2009).
(Accepted) "Battle Seeking, Battle Avoiding--Or Somewhere In
Between? The Military Career of Enrique II of Castile," accepted for the
21st meeting of the International Medieval Congress (University of Leeds,
England, July 2009).
(Accepted) Edward III’s Military Pardons in the Opening Stages of the Hundred Years War and Some Problems of Doing English Military History through the Calendar of Patent Rolls," accepted by the Conference on England’s Wars, 1272 – 1399 (University of Reading, July, 2009). University of Cincinnati Libraries (Cincinnati, Ohio) MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES (Not All Current) American Association of University Professors (AAUP) B. AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY/HISTORY OF WORLD WAR I PUBLICATIONS Articles (Refereed Journals) "Locomobile's Locomotives," Automotive History Review (Winter 1979): 5-9. (with Professor Jame Laux) "Steaming Through New England with Locomobile," British Journal of Transport History (September 1979): 65-82. Articles (Non-refereed Journals) "The Locomobile Limousines of General Black Jack Pershing," [part 1] Army Motors (June 1979): 4-8. "The Locomobile Limousines of General Black Jack Pershing," [part 2] Army Motors (July 1979): 11-16. "The Birth of an Early Automobile Company," Bulb Horn (April-June 1981): 11-21. "Strategies for Success and Survival in a Changing Market: The Locomobile Company of America (1899-1905)," [part 1] Bulb Horn (July-September 1986): 16-28. "Strategies for Success and Survival in a Changing Market: The Locomobile Company of America (1899-1905)," [part 2] Bulb Horn (October-December 1986): 12-22. "Walker's 'War Car', A Study of American Military Response to Technological Innovation (1900-1901)," Bulb Horn (October-December 1989): 17-25. Reprints "Steaming Through New England with Locomobile" (see above): Reprinted in Automotive History Review (Summer 1981): 2-9. "Steaming Through New England with Locomobile": Reprinted in Colin Chant (ed.), Sources for the Study of Science, Technology and Everyday Life (1870-1950) (London, 1988), 2:39-54. "Steaming Through New England with Locomobile": Reprinted in Theodore Baker (ed.), Motor Transport (Aldeshot, 1996).
Current Project Article/Monograph: "Paths of Glory: The Finest Film Never Nominated for an Academy Award" Article: "The Detritus of Battle:
the Fate of America's Surplus Motor Vehicles after the First
World War (1918-1922) Future Projects (Long Term) Monograph: The Detritus of Battle: the Fate of America's Surplus Motor Vehicles after the First World War (1918-1922). Monograph: From the Most to the Finest: A History of the Locomobile Company of America. LIBRARIES/ARCHIVES/RESEARCH FACILITIES Historical Collections, Bridgeport Public Library (Bridgeport,
Connecticut)
III. PUBLIC WRITINGS/PAPERS RELATED TO UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS Reports The AAUP Report on the "Nichols Case": A University Victimized by "PC" Myth-Mongers, 1994. (Originally published in 1994 through photocopying by ABCD Printing. Now available on the website. A copy is available in the Library of Congress.) vol. 1: Text Report on the Curriculum Vitae submitted by Dr. George Reid to University College in 1994 in Support of his Application for Tenure and Academic Rank (prepared to reflect the views of the University College historians sitting on Dr. Reid's Peer Review Panel, published through photocopying by ABCD Printing (May 1995) and on the web (November, 2000). Addendum A to the Report on the Curriculum Vitae submitted by Dr. George Reid to University College in 1994 in Support of his Application for Tenure and Academic Rank, published through photocopying by ABCD Printing (June 1995) and on the web (November, 2000). Conference Paper "The Nichols Case: A University Victimized by "PC" Myth-Mongers" delivered to the fall conference of the Society of Ohio Archivists meeting at Union Terminal in Cincinnati (September 1994). AAUP Seminar Seminar on "The Nichols Case and the Problems of Academic Freedom," conducted at a two-day AAUP retreat held in Grailville (April, 1997).
IV. MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT COUNSELING/DIRECTED READINGS CLASSES Yale Freshman Counsellorship (1967-68) Participation in the University of Texas Research Apprentice Program with history major, William Matthew Kennedy (Autumn semester, 2007). Directed Reading class on WW1 Literature and Weimar Art for history major, John Torres (Spring semester, 2008). Directed Readings class on WW1, centering on the historical background
of the film Paths of Glory (Autumn semester, 2008). LANGUAGE STUDY (OUTSIDE OF DEGREE PROGRAMS Yale Summer Language Institute: Beginning Spanish (1962)
(credit); German Reading (1964) (audit). OTHER ACADEMIC ENDEAVORS Founding member of "De re militari": the Society for the Study of Medieval Military Affairs, established at the 26th International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo, Michigan (May 1991). Guest Lecturer on Spanish history on the Cunard Liner, Vistafjord, during a cruise from Hamburg to Barcelona (July 1992). Title of lecture: "Spain, Portugal, and Morocco: A Gallop Through the Centuries." Attended and addressed the Ohio State Conference of the AAUP as recipient of the Robert E. Kennedy Award for promotion of Academic Freedom (April, 1994). The award was conferred for an AAUP investigation at the University of Cincinnati which generated a two-volume study entitled The AAUP Report on the "Nichols Case": A University Victimized by "PC" Myth-Mongers. (See above) Guest lecturer on Caribbean history on the Cunard Liner, Queen Elizabeth II, during a cruise through the eastern Caribbean (December, 1994-January, 1995). Title of lecture: "Barbados: English Island in a Spanish Sea." Participated in presenting a session at the All-University Faculty Retreat (October, 1996) with Professors Robert South of the Geography Department and Ann Twinam of the History Department, entitled "Cruising Cerebrally: Historians on the Love Boat and South to the Yucatan: Developing International Field Trips." Associate Editor of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology currently being compiled under the editorship of Professor Clifford Rogers of the United States Military Academy. Attended the Educators Workshop sponsored by the United States Marine
Corps (July 14-18, 2008). ELECTRONIC APPENDICES TO THE CV Appendix A: Seminar Presentations at the University of Cincinnati Appendix B: Conference Panels Chaired /Organized for Historical Conferences Appendix C: UC Faculty Forum Website (maintained by LJA Villalon: 1995-2005) Appendix D: Seminar
Presentations at the University of Texas
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