Craig Nakashian

Craig Nakashian is Professor of History and Dean of The Honors College at Texas A&M University-Texarkana, specializing in medieval military history, clerical warfare, and chivalric ideology. His work bridges religious studies and military history, examining the paradox of clerics' military participation despite ecclesiastical prohibitions.

• Dean, The Honors College
• Professor of History

His research explores:

• Anglo-Norman clerics' battlefield roles
• Chivalric ideals in ecclesiastical contexts
• Public order mechanisms in medieval Europe
• Armsbearing in canonical law debates

Key publications include his monograph Warrior Churchmen of Medieval England, 1000-1250 (2016) and co-edited volumes like Prowess, Piety, and Public Order (2017). His 20+ book reviews and articles analyze fortified structures, crusader motivations, and historical memory.

• Contributor to Journal of Medieval Military History
• Editor for Later Medieval Europe series