Reforming the Church before Modernity: Problems, Patterns, and Approaches (Ashgate, 2005) Read the Introduction.

Recent Articles:

"Les dangers du rituel dans l'Italie du XIe siècle: entre textes liturgiques et témoignages historiques," in Didier Méhu ed., Mises en scène et mémoires de la consécration d'église au Moyen Âge . Centre d'Études médiévales de Nice (CNRS)  (Brepols, 2007).

"Sexual Purity, the Faithful, and Religious Reform in Eleventh-Century Italy: Donatism Revisited," in Kim Paffenroth et al. eds., Augustine and Politics ( Maryland , 2005), 237-59.

"To Consecrate the Church: Ecclesiastical Reform and the Dedication of Churches," in Church Reform before Modernity (Ashgate, 2005): 157-210.

CONFERENCE: Twelfth-Century Rome: Mirror of Mediterranean Religions

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(B.A., Villanova University; M.A., University of Virginia; M.Phil., Ph.D., Fordham University; Licence in Mediaeval Studies, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies), Assistant Professor of Christianity, joined the faculty at Drew in 2006. Dr. Hamilton teaches courses in medieval and ancient Christianity, with special interest in religious culture and devotional practices. His areas of research include: liturgy and ritual in the Middle Ages, papal politics, medieval Southern Italy, and Italian cities. He is co-editor of Reforming the Church before Modernity: Problems, Patterns, and Approaches (Ashgate, 2005). He has published articles in a variety of journals including Speculum and The Journal of Early Christian Studies. He has won several prestigious grants including a Fulbright and a Mellon Fellowship.

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Courses Offered:

Fall, 2007:

Dante: Theology, Vision and Society (REL 133-04)

Dante's Florence (Beta version)

Medieval Europe (HIST 130-01)

Course Descriptions

FALL 2007