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Dr. Jennifer C. Edwards Assistant Professor of History

 

Education:

• B.A., University of Massachusetts at Amherst
• M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Research and Scholarly Interests:

Medieval Europe, particularly France and England; ancient Mediterranean world; Church history, with a focus on monasticism and the cult of saints; women and gender studies; history of violence; history of deviance, disease, and disability

Publications:

Currently revising dissertation, “The Sweetness of Suffering: Community, Conflict, and the Cult of Saint Radegund in Medieval Poitiers,” for publication.

“Their Cross to Bear: Controversy and the Relic of the True Cross in Poitiers,” Essays in Medieval Studies 24 (2007).

Review of Brian Golding, “Conquest and Colonisation: The Normans in Britain, 1066–1100” for The Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History 3, no. 2 (2002).

Scholarly Organizations:

• American Historical Association
• Medieval Academy of America

Courses Taught/Teaching:

• HIST 200: Introduction to the Study of History
• HIST 217: World History to 1600
• HIST 304: Europe in the Middle Ages
• LLRN 102: Classical Origins of Western Culture

Contact Information:

• Telephone: (718) 862-7317
• Office: Miguel 409
• Fax: (718) 862-8044
• e-mail: jennifer.edwards@manhattan.edu

 

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