About

I specialize in the history of Italy from the thirteenth through the early sixteenth century. Particular areas of expertise include Rome, Florence, notarial documents and documentary culture, last wills and testaments, vendetta and peacemaking, lay piety, holy women, virtue.

Education

BA – Michigan State University (2000)

MA – Duke University (2002)

Phd – Washington University in St. Louis (2015)

 

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    Publications

    Books:


     


    The Virtues of Economy: Governance, Power, and Piety in Late Medieval Rome


     (Cornell University Press, 2019).


     


    Translations and Primary Source Readers:


     


    The Chronicle of an Anonymous Roman: Rome, Italy, and Latin Christendom, c. 1325-1360 (Italica Press, 2021).


                                                                           


    Journal Articles:


     “Medieval and Renaissance Rome: Mending the Divide,” History Compass, 15.11 (2017): DOI: 10.1111/hic3.12424.


    “Piety and Social Distinction in Late Medieval Roman Peacemaking,” Speculum 89.4 (2014): 974-1004.


    Contributions to Edited Volumes:


    “Peace Movements: Peace in the Communes,” in A Cultural History of Peace in the Medieval Age (800-1450), ed. Walter Simons (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020).

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