Richard Unger


Richard W. Unger is an emeritus professor of Medieval History at the University of British Columbia and a specialist in European maritime history in the medieval period. He served as Second Vice-President of the Medieval Academy of America in 2011, First Vice-President in 2012, and President in 2013.

Publications

Dutch Ship Design in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries Dutch Shipbuilding before 1800: Ships and Guilds The Ship in the Medieval Economy, 600-1600 The Art of Medieval Technology: Images of Noah the Shipbuilder Ships and Shipping in the North Sea and Atlantic, 1400-1800 A History of Brewing in Holland, 900-1900 Beer in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance Ships on Maps: Pictures of Power in Renaissance Europe Shipping and Economic Growth, 1350-1850