John Kitchen, PhD, MA, BA
Contact
Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts - History, Classics, & Religion Dept
- jkitchen@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-3063
- Address
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2-16 Tory (H.M.) Building
11211 Saskatchewan Drive NWEdmonton ABT6G 2H4
Overview
Research
Various publications in medieval religion
Teaching
Courses that have been taught range from introductory surveys of medieval Europe to seminars treating methods and theories in the study of medieval religion. Areas of teaching competence include Western Christianity in Late Antiquity and the High Middle Ages, the lives of saints and their cults, contemporary approaches to medieval texts, medieval Latin and the philosophy of history.
Announcements
Available for graduate supervision.
Courses
HIST 303 - Saints and Medieval Christianity
Beginning with the early Christian background, this course treats the various forms of sanctity (martyrs, monks and clerics) that appeared in medieval Europe, along with the social functions that the cult of the saints fulfilled in the world of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.