CONTACT INFORMATION:
Associate Professor of History and Medieval Studies
Department of History
Pennsylvania State University
Weaver Building
University Park, Pennsylvania 16801 USA
| Office Telephone: | (814) 865-1367 |
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| Active email: | bth1@psu.edu |
| Relevant Webpage: | http://www.psu.edu/dept/medieval/ |
SCHOLARLY INTERESTS:
Current area(s) of research:
High Middle Ages
Selected publications, recent and forthcoming:
Viking Pirates and Christian Princes (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
The Prophecy of Berchán: Irish and Scottish Highkings in the early Middle Ages, (Westport & London: Greenwood Press, 1996).
"Brjáns Saga," Medium AEvum 71 (2002), pp. 141-68.
"Time is Short: the eschatology of the early Gaelic Church," in Last Things; Death and the Apocalypse in the Middle Ages, ed. Caroline Bynum and Paul Freedman (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000), pp. 101-23 and 301-306.
"The Changing Economy of the Irish Sea Province," in Britain and Ireland 900-1300; Insular Responses to Medieval European Change, ed. Brendan Smith (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999), pp. 39-66.
"The Scottish Chronicle," Scottish Historical Review 77 (1998), 129-61.
"William the Conqueror and Ireland," Irish Historical Studies 29 (1994), 145-58.
"Cnut and the Scottish Kings," English Historical Review, 107 (1992), 350-60.
"The Viking and the Irishman," Medium AEvum, 60 (1991), 257-67.
"The Destruction of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn," Welsh History Review, 15 (1991), 330-50.
Forthcoming:
New Dictionary of National Biography (British Academy and Oxford University Press), twenty-one essays: "Olaf Guthfrithsson," "Olaf Sitricson," "Olaf the White," "Sigtryggr Silkenbeard," "Turgesius," "Aed Findliath", "Congalach of Knowth," "Diarmait mac Máel na mBó," "Domnall Ua Néill," "Archbishop Donatus of Dublin," "Eadred of Bamburgh," "St. Fillan," "Muirchertach mac Néill," "Niall Caille", "Niall Glúndub," "Niall mac Eochaid," Dub-dá-Leithe of Armagh," Cellachan of Cashel," "Lethobar," "Cearball of Ossory," and "Máel Sechnaill II."
"Early Scotland to 1124" Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages (Oxford: Oxford UP)
WUN-IDENTIFIED RESEARCH COLLABORATION THEMES:
Multilingualism in the Middle Ages:
Language and Cultural contacts in the North Atlantic during the High Middle Ages.
History of the Medieval Book:
Medieval Chronicle Studies:
I have edited the Scottish Chronicle, and rely on chronicles for my editions of medieval texts.
Ph.D.s UNDER SUPERVISION:
Jessica Banks, "The Cult of St. Brigit of Ireland in late medieval France."
David Beougher, "Logistical Aspects to warfare in Ireland during the tenth to twelfth centuries."
STAFF EXCHANGES/ONLINE RESOURCE CREATION/VIDEOCONFERENCING:
Yes, I am interested in exchange of PhD students, staff exchanges with WUN partner institutions, development of online research resources, and in conducting a videoconferencing seminar or course.
MEDIEVAL COURSES TAUGHT:
Graduate Seminar in Medieval Britain
Medieval Celtic Studies
Medieval Britain
Graduate Seminar in Medieval Civilization
MEDIEVAL COURSES WOULD LIKE TO SEE DEVELOPED:
Graduate Seminar in Celtic Civilization
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