Joseph Henry Dahmus (March 22, 1909 – March 7, 2005) was an American scholar of

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and the author of many books, including the ''Dictionary of Medieval Civilization'' (

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, 1984). He was a professor at

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from 1947 to 1975. Dahmus graduated from the

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, received his Master's Degree in the Classics from St. Louis University in

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, and earned his PhD in Medieval History from the

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. His son, John W. Dahmus, is also a Medieval historian and is currently a professor at Stephen F. Austin State University.

Selected bibliography

* ''The Prosecution of John Wyclyf'' (1952) * ''A History of Medieval Civilization'' (1964) * ''William Courtenay: Archbishop of Canterbury'' (1966) * ''Seven Medieval Kings'' (1967) * ''A History of the Middle Ages'' (1968) * ''The Middle Ages: A Popular History'' (1969) * ''Seven Medieval Queens'' (1972) * ''Seven Medieval Historians'' (1981) * ''Seven Decisive Battles of the Middle Ages'' (1983) * ''Dictionary of Medieval Civilization'' (1984) * ''The Puzzling Gospels'' (1985)

References

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