Faculty Directory

Jeffrey L. Forgeng

Adjunct Associate Professor

Office: Salisbury Laboratories, 08
Phone: +1-508-831-5442
Fax: +1-508-831-5932
jforgeng@wpi.edu

Related Information

• Higgins Armory Museum
• Interactive Media and Game Development

Educational Background

• B.A., Brown University, 1983
• M.A., University of Toronto, 1985
• Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1991

Research & Teaching Interests

Medieval and Renaissance history; global history; history of technology; arms and armor

IQP Advising Interests

Global history; history of technology

Recent Publications

• Martial Arts of the Medieval Knight.” Carol P. Dorian ’79 Memorial Lecture in Art History. Lafayette College, April 2007.

• “Knights in Shining Armor: Image and Reality 1450-1650.” Gallery Talk, Allentown Art Museum/Lafayette College (Art 340 Seminar), April 2007.

• Daily Life in Stuart England. Westport CT and London: Greenwood Press, 2007.

• (with Alex Kiermayer)"The Chivalric Art': German martial arts treatises of the Middle Ages and Renaissance." In The Cutting Edge: Studies in Ancient and Medieval Combat. Ed. Barry Molloy. Stroud, Glocs.: Tempus Books [in press: 2007].

• “From Broadswords to Battledores: The Multifaceted Martial Arts of the Late Middle Ages.” Medieval Studies Center Lecture Series, Loyola University of Chicago, November 2006.

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Media Coverage

• 2002.(July). Elle Magazine. "Chain Reaction."
• 2002. History Channel. Modern Marvels: Axes, Swords and Knives.
• 2003. WNET (PBS-New York). Warrior Challenge: Knights.
• 2005. Sarah Ivry. "Scholars with Swords." Boston Sunday Globe ("Ideas" Section). May 29. D1-3.
• 2005. Ridley Scott et al. Kingdom of Heaven (DVD). 20th Century Fox. (History vs. Hollywood segment).
• 2006. History Channel. The Holy Lance.