David Bachrach

David Bachrach

Professor
Office: Horton Social Science Center, Room 405, Durham, NH 03824
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Curriculum Vitae

Courses Taught

  • HIST 421: World History to 16th Century
  • HIST 425: Foreign Cultures\Honors
  • HIST 435W: Origins of European Society
  • HIST 498: Expl Hist Pers/Vikings
  • HIST 501: Medieval Military History
  • HIST 555: The Vikings!
  • HIST 633/833: Medieval England 800-1300
  • HIST 634: Medieval Empires
  • HIST 690: Seminar: Historical Expl
  • HIST 690/890: Seminar: Historical Expl
  • HIST 695: Independent Study
  • HIST 797/897: Colloquium
  • HIST 890: Seminar: Historical Expl
  • HONR 799H: Honors Thesis Completion
  • HUMA 511C: Medieval Humanities

Education

  • Ph.D., History, University of Notre Dame
  • M.A., History, University of Notre Dame
  • B.A., History, Carleton College

Research Interests

  • Administrative and military history of the medieval kingdoms of Germany and England

Selected Publications

  • Bachrach, D. (2025). What Did
    Comitatus
    Mean in the Ottonian-Salian Kingdom?. Frühmittelalterliche Studien, 59(1), 127-151. doi:10.1515/fmst-2025-0005

  • Bachrach, D. S., & Bachrach, B. S. (2025). Warfare in the Global Middle Ages. Taylor & Francis.

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2025). II. The Advocate’s Office and Royal Justice in East Francia and the German Kingdom, c. 800–c. 1125. Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte: Germanistische Abteilung, 142(1), 78-135. doi:10.1515/zrgg-2025-0003

  • Bachrach, D. (2025). Military Citizenship agreements in Thirteenth Century Germany. Journal of Medieval Military History, 23, 56-71.

  • Merseburg, B. O. (2022). The Saxon War. CUA Press.

  • Bachrach, D. (2022). The Ducal Office in Ottonian Germany from a Military-Administrative Perspective. Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History 3rd series, 16, 77-115.

  • Bachrach, D. (2022). Warhorse Markets and Social Status of Combatants under Edward I of England, 1296-1307. The Haskins Society Journal: studies in medieval history, 32, 227-247.

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2022). The Foundations of Royal Power in Early Medieval Germany Material Resources and Governmental Administration in a Carolingian Successor State. Boydell & Brewer.

  • Bachrach, D. (2022). Cum socio eiusdem: Military Recruitment in the Armies of Edward I among the Sub-Gentry. Journal of Medieval Military History, 20, 109-124.

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2021). Continuity of Carolingian Judicial Institutions in Ottonian Lotharingia. Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte: Germanistische Abteilung, 138(1), 1-28. doi:10.1515/zrgg-2021-0001

  • Bachrach, D. S., & Bachrach, B. S. (2020). Writing the Military History of Pre-Crusade Europe Studies in Sources and Source Criticism. Routledge.

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2020). Royal Justice, Freedom, and Comital Courts in Ottonian Germany. Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte: Germanistische Abteilung, 137(1), 1-51. doi:10.1515/zrgg-2020-0001

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2020). Administration and Organization of War in Thirteenth-Century England. Routledge.

  • Bachrach, B. S., & Bachrach, D. S. (2020). <?page nr="89"?>Military Intelligence and Long-Term Planning in the Ninth Century : The Carolingians and Their Adversaries. Mediaevistik, 33(1), 89-112. doi:10.3726/med.2020.01.04

  • Bachrach, D. (2020). The Eastern Campaigns of King Henry II of Germany, 1003-1017. Journal of Medieval MIlitary History, 1-36.

  • Bachrach, B. S. (2017). Deeds of the Bishops of Cambrai from the Late Empire to the Early Eleventh Century Translation and Commentary. Routledge.

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2017). Nithard as a military historian of the Carolingian Emprie c. 833-843. Francia. Forschungen zur Westeuropaischen Geschichte, 44, 29-55.

  • Bachrach, D. S., & Bachrach, B. S. (2017). Bruno of Merseburg's Saxon War: A Study in Eleventh-Century German Military History. JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY, 81(2), 341-367. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2017). ROYAL LICENSING OF ECCLESIASTICAL PROPERTY EXCHANGES IN EARLY MEDIEVAL GERMANY: OTTONIAN PRACTICE ON CAROLINGIAN FOUNDATIONS. VIATOR-MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES, 48(2), 93-114. doi:10.1484/J.VIATOR.5.115978

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2016). Warfare in Medieval Europe c. 400-c.1453. London: Routledge.

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2016). I. Inquisitio as a Tool of Royal Governance under the Carolingian and Ottonian Kings. Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte Germanistische Abteilung, 133(1), 1-80. doi:10.7767/zrgga-2016-0103

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2015). Feudalism, Romanticism, and Source Criticism: Writing the Military History of Salian Germany. Journal of Medieval Military History, 15, 1-25.

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2015). Milites and Warfare in Pre-Crusade Germany. WAR IN HISTORY, 22(3), 298-343. doi:10.1177/0968344514524938

  • Corvey, W. O., & Widukind. (2014). Deeds of the Saxons. CUA Press.

  • Bachrach, D. S., & Bachrach, B. S. (2014). Bruno of Merseburg and his historical method, c.1085. JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY, 40(4), 381-398. doi:10.1080/03044181.2014.940369

  • Military Entrepreneurs in the Armies of Edward I of England (1273-1307), (2014).

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2014). The costs of Fortress Construction in Tenth-Century Germany: The Case of Hildagsburg. Unknown Journal, 45.3, 25-58.

  • Bachrach, D. D. S. (2014). The Histories of a Medieval German City, Worms c. 1000-c. 1300 Translation and Commentary. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd..

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2014). Restructuring the Eastern Frontier: Henry I of Germany, 924-936. JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY, 78(1), 9-35. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/

  • Bachrach, D. (2013). I. Immunities as Tools of Royal Military Policy under the Carolingian and Ottonian Kings. Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte Germanistische Abteilung, 130(1), 1-36. doi:10.7767/zrgga.2013.130.1.1

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2013). Henry I of Germany's 929 military campaign in archaeological perspective. EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE, 21(3), 307-337. doi:10.1111/emed.12020

  • Bachrach, D. (2013). Toward an Appraisal of the Wealth of the Ottonian Kings of Germany, 919–1024. Viator, 44(2), 1-27. doi:10.1484/j.viator.1.103338

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2012). The Crossbow in English Warfare from King John to Edward I An Administrative Perspective. CITHARA-ESSAYS IN THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN TRADITION, 52(1), 3-21. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2012). Warfare in Tenth-Century Germany.

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2012). Early Saxon Frontier Warfare: Henry I, Otto I and Carolingian Military Institutions. Journal of Medieval Military History, 10, 17-60.

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2012). Feeding the Host: The Ottonian Royal Fisc in Military Perspective. Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History third series, 9, 1-43.

  • Metz, A. V. (2012). Warfare and Politics in Medieval Germany, Ca. 1000 On the Variety of Our Times. Pontifical Inst of Medieval studies.

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2011). Early Ottonian Warfare: The Perspective from Corvey. JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY, 75(2), 393-409. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/

  • Bachrach, D. (2011). Military Chaplains and the Religion of War in Ottonian Germany, 919–1024. Religion State & Society, 39(1), 13-31. doi:10.1080/09637494.2011.546503

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2010). The Written Word in Carolingian-Style Fiscal Administration under King Henry I, 919-936. GERMAN HISTORY, 28(4), 399-423. doi:10.1093/gerhis/ghq108

  • The Gesta Tancredi of Ralph of Caen A History of the Normans on the First Crusade (2010). . Ashgate Publishing, Ltd..

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2009). Exercise of Royal Power in Early Medieval Europe: The Case of Otto the Great 936-973. Early Medieval Europe, 17, 389-419.

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2009). Prices, Price Controls, and Market Forces in England under Edward I c. 1294-1307. Haskins Society Journal, 20, 204-220.

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2009). Continuity of Written Administration in the Late Carolingian East c. 887-911: The Royal Fisc. Fruhmittelalterliche Studien, 109-146.

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2008). The military organization of Ottonian Germany, c. 900-1018: The views of bishop Thietmar of Merseburg. JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY, 72(4), 1061-1088. doi:10.1353/jmh.0.0152

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2008). The Royal arms makers of England 1199-1216: A Prosopographical Survey. Medieval Prosopography, 25, 49-75.

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2007). Saxon Military Revolution 912-973?: Myth and Reality. Early Medieval Europe, 15, 186-222.

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2007). Memory, Epistemology and the Writing of Early Medieval Miltary History: THe Example of Bishop Thietmar of Merseburg (1009-1018). Viator - Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 38, 63-90.

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2007). Lay confession to priests, in light of wartime practice (1097-1180). REVUE D HISTOIRE ECCLESIASTIQUE, 102(1), 76-99. doi:10.1484/J.RHE.3.139

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2007). MEMORY, EPISTEMOLOGY, AND THE WRITING OF EARLY MEDIEVAL MILITARY HISTORY: THE EXAMPLE OF BISHOP THIETMAR OF MERSEBURG (1009-1018). VIATOR: MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES, VOL 38, NO 1, 38(1), 63-+. doi:10.1484/J.VIATOR.2.302076

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2006). English artillery 1189-1307: The implications of terminology. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW, 121(494), 1408-1430. doi:10.1093/ehr/cel284

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2006). Military logistics during the reign of Edward I of England, 1272-1307. WAR IN HISTORY, 13(4), 423-440. doi:10.1177/0968344506069957

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2006). Crossbows for the king, Part II - The crossbow during the reign of Edward I of England (1272-1307). TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE, 47(1), 81-90. doi:10.1353/tech.2006.0055

  • Bachrach, D. (2005). Military Planning in Thirteenth-Century England. Nottingham Medieval Studies, 49, 42-63. doi:10.1484/j.nms.3.378

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2004). The friars go to war: Mendicant military chaplains, 1216-c. 1300. CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW, 90(4), 617-633. doi:10.1353/cat.2005.0003

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2004). The military administration of England: The royal artillery (1216-1272). JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY, 68(4), 1083-1104. doi:10.1353/jmh.2004.0163

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2004). Conforming with the rhetorical tradition of plausibility: Clerical representation of battlefield orations against Muslims, 1080-1170. INTERNATIONAL HISTORY REVIEW, 26(1), 1-19. doi:10.1080/07075332.2004.9641022

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2004). The Ecclesia Anglicana goes to war: Prayers, propaganda, and conquest during the reign of Edward I of England, 1272-1307. ALBION, 36(3), 393-406. doi:10.2307/4054365

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2004). Crossbows for the king - The crossbow during the reigns of John and Henry III of England. TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE, 45(1), 102-119. doi:10.1353/tech.2004.0003

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2003). The organisation of military religion in the armies of King Edward I of England (1272-1307). JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY, 29(4), 265-286. doi:10.1016/j.jmedhist.2003.09.002

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2003). The Crossbow Makers of England, 1204-1272. Nottingham Medieval Studies, 47, 168-197.

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2003). Lay Confession in the regnum Francorum: The Evidence Reconsidered. The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 3-22.

  • Bachrach, D. S. (2003). Religion and the Conduct of War, C. 300-1215. Boydell Press.

  • Bachrach, D. S. (1998). A Military Revolution Reconsidered: The Case of the Burgundian State under the Valois Dukes. Essays in Medieval Studies, 15, 9-17.

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