CURRICULUM
VITAE
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E-mail:
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1985-1990 University of
1984-1987 Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies. Medieval Studies Licentiate (summa cum
laude) awarded in December, 1987.
1984-1985 University of
1979-1983 University of Western
2009- Professor, History
Department,
1997-2009 Associate Professor, History
Department,
1991-1997 Assistant Professor, History
Department,
1989-90 Visiting Lecturer, History
Department, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
2004
1997-1998 Rutgers University Board of Trustees Research
Fellowship for Scholarly Excellence.
1995 American Council of Learned
Societies, Travel Grant.
1993-1994 Faculty Fellow at the
1989-1991 Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council of Canada (SSHRCC) Postdoctoral Fellowship, held at the Pontifical
Institute of Medieval Studies, Toronto, Canada.
1987-1989 SSHRCC Doctoral Scholarship
Jury,
State, and Society in Medieval
Peasants,
Merchants, and Markets: Inland Trade in Medieval
Contributing
Editor, The Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages (Penguin, 1999).
Publications:
Articles
(asterisks denote refereed articles)
“The
English Economy in the Era of Magna Carta,” in Janet Loengard, ed., Magna
Carta and the World of King John (
“Town,
Country, and Law: Royal Courts and Regional Mobility In Medieval England,
c.1200-c.1400,” in Richard Goddard, John Langdon, and Miriam Müller, eds., Survival
and Discord in Medieval Society (
"Economic
Takeoff and the Rise of Markets," in Carol Lansing and Edward D. English,
eds., A Companion to the Medieval World (
“Tolls
and Trade in Medieval
**"Commercial
Opportunity and Population Growth in Medieval England", Past &
Present, 190 (2006): 35-81.
(Co-authored by John Langdon).
"Trade,
Domestic: Markets and Fairs", in David Loades, ed., Reader's Guide to
British History (
**"The
Public Space of the Marketplace in Medieval
"The
Trials of Partnership in Medieval
"Urban
Trading Links in Thirteenth-Century
**"The
Multiplicity of Medieval Markets Reconsidered", Journal of Historical
Geography, 20(1994): 255-271.
"The
Renaissance Depression Debate: The View from
"Reconfiguring
the Medieval Economy", Journal of British Studies, 33(1994):
309-314.
**"Transport
Costs in Medieval
**"Market
Rights in Thirteenth-Century
Review
of John Blair, ed., Waterways and Canal-Building in Medieval England (
Review
of Cordelia Beattie, Medieval Single Women.
The Politics of Social Classification in Late Medieval
Review
of Rosemary Horrox and Mark Ormrod, eds., A Social History of England
1200-1500 (Cambridge, 2006), in Social History 32, no. 3 (2007):
335-7.
Review
of S. H. Rigby, ed., The Overseas Trade of Boston in the Reign of Richard
II,
Lincoln Record Society, vol. 93 (Woodbridge,
Suffolk, 2005) in The Medieval Review, under date 06.05.15.
Review
of Christopher Dyer, An Age of Transition? Economy and Society in England in
the Later Middle Ages (Oxford, 2005), in Journal of Economic History
66, no. 1 (2006): 246-8.
Review
of Phillip R. Schofield, Peasant and Community in Medieval England 1200-1500
(New York, 2003), in The Medieval Review, under date 04.10.17.
Review
of Samantha Letters, Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to
1516 (London, 2003), in Agricultural History Review 52, Part 1
(2004).
Review
of Mark Bailey, The English Manor c. 1200 – c.1500 (Manchester, 2002),
in The Medieval Review, under date 04.06.10.
Review
of John Hatcher and Mark Bailey, Modelling the Middle Ages: The History and
Theory of England's Economic Development (Cambridge, 2001), in Canadian
Journal of History 38 (2003): 91-93.
Review
of Michael Jones, ed., New Cambridge Medieval History, vol. 6, c.1300 –
c.1415 (Cambridge, 2000), in History, vol. 88, no. 290 (2003):
302-304.
Review
of Christopher Dyer, Making a Living in Britain: The People of Britain,
850-1520 (New Haven, 2002), in EH-Net, September 9, 2002
(http://www.eh.net/bookreviews/library/0538.shtml).
Review
of Harold Fox, The Evolution of the Fishing Village: Landscape and Society
Along the South Devon Coast, 1086-1550 (Oxford, 2001), in International
Journal of Maritime History 13 (2001): 326-27.
Review
of Heather Swanson, Medieval British Towns (New York, 1999), in The
Medieval Review [http://www.hti.umich.edu/t/tmr], under date 00.04.03
(April 03, 2000).
Review
of Jennifer Kermode, Medieval Merchants (Cambridge, 1998), in Journal
of Economic History 60(2000): 270-271.
Review
of Martha Carlin, Medieval Southwark (London, 1996), in Speculum
73(1998): 154-155.
Review
of S. H. Rigby, English Society in the Later Middle Ages (New York,
1995), in Social History 22(1997): 218-221.
Review
of Maryanne Kowaleski, Local Markets and Regional Trade in Medieval
Review
of Christopher Dyer, Everyday Life in Medieval
Review
of Christine Carpenter, Locality and Polity (
Review
of Stephen Epstein, Wage Labor and Guilds in Medieval
“Good
Government and Rural Economic Development in Medieval England,” XVth World
Economic History Conference,
“Peasants,
Property Rights, and State Formation in Medieval England,” invited lecture at
conference “Medieval Peasants Revisited,” Huntington Library, May 17, 2008.
“The
English Economy in the Era of Magna Carta,” invited lecture at conference “The
World of Magna Carta,” Penn State University, March 28, 2008.
“Transportation
Infrastructure in Medieval England: The Intersection of Public and Private
Interests,” Ninth Anglo-American Colloquium on the Medieval Economy, Lincoln,
England, July 7, 2007.
“Jurors,
Lawful Men, and State Formation in Medieval England,” invited lecture, Fordham
University, Monday, March 5, 2007.
“Growth
and Decline in the Economies of Northern Europe in the Thirteenth and
Fourteenth Centuries,” American Historical Association, Atlanta, January 2007
Respondent
to paper “The Image of the Muslims in Early Medieval South Italy,” by Luigi
Andrea Berto at special conference “Literary Cultures in Frontier Settings:
South Asia and the Mediterranean World Compared,” Rutgers University, May 5, 2006.
Invited
roundtable participant in session “Marché et Commercialisation,” (“Markets and
Commercialization”) at special conference “La Conjoncture de 1300 en
Méditerranée Occidentale,” (“The Confluence of 1300 in the Western
Mediterranean”) Madrid, October 18, 2005.
"Village Elites and the Jury System of Medieval England," invited presentation, seminar of François Menand, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, March 17, 2004. "Tolls and Trade in Medieval England," Special Conference on "Money, Markets and Trade in Late Medieval Europe," University of Toronto, March 14, 2004.
"The
Medieval Jury: a Social History," invited lecture, University of
Minnesota, October 2, 2003.
"Village
and State in Medieval England," 38th International Congress on
Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May, 2003.
"Response"
to session "Oppression and Resistance in Late Medieval England,"
Middle Atlantic Conference on British Studies Annual Meeting, New Brunswick,
New Jersey, March 22, 2003.
"The
Free Peasantry of Medieval England," American Historical Association 2003
Annual Meeting, Chicago, January 3, 2003.
"Malthus
and the Medieval Market System," International Colloquium on the
Postan-Duby Thesis, Université du Québec à Montréal, October 10, 2002.
"Town,
Country, and State in Medieval England," Medieval Academy of America 77th
Annual Meeting, New York, April 5, 2002.
Response
to panel "Social and Cultural Space in Early Modern England", North
American Conference on British Studies Annual Conference, Toronto,
"The
Public Space of the Marketplace in Medieval England", The Sixteenth
Barnard College Medieval and Renaissance Conference, New York, December 5,
1998.
Respondent
to "Marine Fishing in Medieval England", by Maryanne Kowaleski, Davis
Center Seminar, Princeton University, March 6, 1998.
"Towns
and Markets in Medieval England", Annual Meeting of Rutgers and Princeton
medievalists, Princeton, New Jersey, November 22, 1996.
"Peasant
Production and Urban Demand in England, c.1300: Some Lines of Enquiry",
Thirty-First Annual Medieval Studies Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 11,
1996.
"Tithes,
taxes and Towns: the Nonae Rolls and Mercantile Wealth in England in
1342", Fifth Anglo-American Seminar on the Medieval Economy and
Society, Institute of British Historical
Geographers Historical Geography Research Group, Cardiff, Wales, July 15, 1995.
"Le
financement et l'entretien des routes et des ponts dans l'Angleterre
mediévale", Seminar in Medieval Social History, Université du Quebec à
Montréal, March 3, 1995.
"The
Trials of Partnership in Medieval England: a Case History, 1304",
Twenty-Ninth Annual Medieval Studies Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 5,
1994.
"The
Renaissance Depression Debate: the View from England", American Historical
Association conference, San Francisco, Jan. 8, 1994.
"Purveyors
and Peasants: Royal Taxation and Local Economies in Medieval England",
Conference on Rural Society and Governing Institutions in the Middle Ages,
Université du Quebec à Montréal, May 14, 1993.
"Urban
Trading Links in Thirteenth-Century England: the Evidence of Gild Merchant
Membership Lists", Conference on Thirteenth-Century England, V, Newcastle
upon Tyne, Sept. 7, 1993.
Public Scholarly Activity
Consultant for series of children’s books dealing with medieval history, published by Capstone Press (“Medieval Castles,” “Kids in the Medieval World,” “Medieval Knights,” and “Medieval Arms and Armor”, all forthcoming, 2009).
Contributing expert for the
documentary “The Dark Ages” first aired on the History Channel on March 4, 2007, 9-11 PM.
Contributing
expert for the documentary “Little Ice Age: Big Chill” first aired on the
History Channel on November 20, 2005, 8:00-10:00 PM.
I.
Undergraduate Courses Taught Regularly:
Emergence
of Medieval Europe (large lecture course)
Harvest
of the Middle Ages (large lecture course)
II.
Other Undergraduate Courses Taught:
Development
of Europe to 1700 (large lecture course with sections)
Saints
and Warriors in the Early Middle Ages (seminar course)
England
in the Middle Ages (lecture course)
Lawmakers
and Lawbreakers in Medieval England (seminar course)
Social
History of Medieval England (seminar course)
Chroniclers
of Crisis: Sources of Medieval English History (seminar course)
III.
Graduate Courses Taught:
Problems
and Directed Readings in Medieval History
Legal
Cultures of Medieval
Social
History of Medieval
Social
Boundaries in Late Medieval History and Literature
IV.
Graduate Students Supervised:
Peter Larson, “Conflict and
Compromise in the Late Medieval Countryside:
Lords and Peasants in Durham,
1348-1430” defended in May, 2004.
(Published under the same title by Routledge in 2006)
Alla Gaydukova, “Women and
Property in
Michael Kurt Deen
(pre-examination stage).
Kristin Canzano Pinyan
(pre-examination stage).
Michael
Hill (pre-examination stage)