Enrico Dandolo and the Rise of Venice won multiple awards, including the 2007 Haskins Medal from the Medieval Academy of America and the Otto Gründler Prize from the Medieval Institute. According to the Medieval Review, with this book "Madden more than ever stakes out his place as one of the most important medievalists in America at present." His 2008 book, Empires of Trust, was a comparative study that sought elements in historic republics that led to the development of empires. In the case of Rome, he argued that their citizens and leaders acquired a level of trust among allies and potential enemies that was based upon an unusual rejection of hegemonic power. His most recent book, Venice: A New History is the culmination of decades of work in the archives and libraries of Venice. Books Istanbul: City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World, 2016 Viking Venice: A New History, 2012, Viking Crusades: Medieval Worlds in Conflict (Editor), 2010 Ashgate Empires of Trust, 2008, Dutton/Penguin The Fourth Crusade: Event, Aftermath, and Perceptions, 2008, Ashgate Crusades: The Illustrated History, 2005, University of Michigan Press Enrico Dandolo and the Rise of Venice, 2003, Johns Hopkins University Press The Crusades: The Essential Readings, 2002, Blackwell The New Concise History of the Crusades, 1999, Rowman & Littlefield Medieval and Renaissance Venice, 1999, University of Illinois Press The Fourth Crusade: The Conquest of Constantinople, co-author with Donald Queller, 1997, University of Pennsylvania Press Select popular articles The Islamic State's Members Believe They are Fighting a New Crusade. They're Wrong.", Washington Post, December 4, 2015. "The Pope Joins a Fine but Rarely Seen Tradition", Wall Street Journal, February 14, 2013. "The Real History of the Crusades", ARMA, March 19, 2011 (updated 2005 piece) "America's Days Aren't Numbered", The Wall Street Journal, July 4, 2008. "Not Dead Yet: The Lost Tomb of Jesus -- One Year Later", NRO, March 21, 2008. "Unreasonable Response: Benedict XVI Hasn't Revived the Crusades", NRO, September 18, 2006. "Crusaders and Historians", First Things, June/July 2005. "Onward P.C. Soldiers: Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven, NRO, May 27, 2005. "The Real Inquisition: Investigating the Popular Myth,", NRO, June 18, 2004. 'Crusade Myths', The Catholic Dossier, January/February 2002. Select scholarly articles "The Venetian Version of the Fourth Crusade: Memory and the Conquest of Constantinople in Medieval Venice," Speculum 87 (2012): 311-44. "The Latin Empire of Constantinople’s Fractured Foundation: The Rift Between Boniface of Montferrat