CURRICULUM VITAE
Dr. Charles D. Stanton (Independent Scholar)
1790 Bayshore Drive, #1004
Vancouver BC V6G 3G5
Email: charles.stanton@cantab.net
Academic Qualifications:
2008 PhD in Medieval History at the University of Cambridge.
Dissertation: “Norman Naval Power in the Mediterranean in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries”
2005 Master of Philosophy in History at the University of Cambridge. Thesis:“From Conqueror to Count: Roger de Hauteville’s Journey to Legitimacy”
1975 Master of Arts in History at the University of West Florida.
Thesis: “The Triumph of West Italian Sea Power in the Mediterranean”
1971 Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Political Science at the University
of California at Riverside
Language Proficiency:
Conversant in English, French and Italian; literate in Latin
Publications:
2022 “Struggle for the Strait”, Mapping Premodern Sicily: Maritime Violence, Cultural Exchange, and Imagination in the Mediterranean, 800—1700, eds Emily Sohmer Tai and Kathryn L. Reyerson (Cham, Switzerland, 2022)
2021 “The Norman Siege of Bari, 1068-71”, Rethinking Norman Sicily, Studies in Honour of Graham A. Loud, eds Joanna Drell and Paul Oldfield (Manchester, 2021)
2020 “The Norman Kingdom of Sicily: Projecting Power by Sea”, Warfare in the Norman Mediterranean, ed. Georgios Theotokis (Woodbridge, 2020)
2019 Roger of Lauria (c. 1250-1305): ‘Admiral of Admirals’ (Woodbridge, 2019)
2018 “Les galères, la guerre navale et le problème de l’eau potable en Méditerranée au Moyen Âge”, Revue d’histoire maritime (Sorbonne Université, Vol. 25, 2018)
2017 “George of Antioch: Architect of Norman Naval Power”, presented at Normans in the South Conference, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford (30 June 2017)
2015 Medieval Maritime Warfare (Barnsley 2015)
2013 “Anonymous Vaticanus: Another Source for the Normans in the South?”, Haskins Society Journal (Vol. 23, 2013)
“The Battle of Civitate: A Plausible Account”, Journal of Medieval Military History (Vol. XI, 2013)
Book Review: Ruthy Gertwagen and Elizabeth Jeffreys, eds, Shipping, Trade and Crusade in the Medieval Mediterranean, Studies in Honour of John Pryor (Farnham, 2012) in Journal of Transport History (Vol. 34, 2013)
2012 Technical Contributor: Thomas Asbridge, The Crusades (BBC Two 3-part Documentary), Part 2: The Clash of Titans (the fleet of Richard the Lionheart)
2011 Norman Naval Operations in the Mediterranean (Woodbridge, 2011)
2010 “Roger de Hauteville, Emir of Sicily”, Mediterranean Historical Review (December 2010, Vol. 25, Issue 2)
2009 “The Naval Strategy of Roger II, King of Sicily”, New Interpretations in Naval History, ed. M. Yu (Annapolis, 2009) (15th Naval Symposium Prize Winner)
2007 “The Use of Naval Power in the Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Sicily” (Bethell Prize), Haskins Society Journal (Vol. 19, 2007)
Professional Experience: Airline Transport Pilot Rating with B-737 Type Rating
1997-2004 Pilot, Northwest Airlines (MD-80, Airbus 319/320)
1992-1997 Pilot, Horizon Air (Metroliner, Fokker 28)
1972-1992 Naval officer/aviator, United States Navy (6 personal decorations for merit)
Current Project: Naval Warfare during the Crusades
Leisure Pursuits: Independent travel and running with wife Kristy Sue