In 2022, many important people in the field of medieval studies passed away. We wanted to thank them and their contributions to the field.
Christopher Allmand – Professor of Medieval History at the University of Liverpool, specializing in the late Middle Ages and Hundred Years War England and France. Click here to read his obituary from the University of Liverpool.
George Beach – Professor at Western Michigan University and historian of the 11th and 12th centuries. Click here to read his obituary.
Laurel Braswell Means – Professor of Medieval Literature at McMaster University. Click here to read her obituary.
Thomas Cahill – Historian and author How the Irish Saved Civilization. Click here to read his obituary in the Los Angeles Times.
Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya – Jawaharlal Nehru University professor and early medieval Indian historian. Click here to read his obituary from The Wire.
Philip Contamine – Professor at the University of Paris IV (Paris-Sorbonne) and one of the leading historians of medieval military history. Click here to read his obituary from Archywordys.
Ted Cowan – Professor at the University of Glasgow and historian of medieval Scotland. Click here to read his obituary from The National.
Peter J. Ferguson – Professor of Art History at Wellesley College and Scholar of Medieval Architecture. Click here to read his obituary from the Society of Architectural Historians.
Eileen Forsythe – Professor of Art History at the University of Michigan and scholar of 12th-century European sculpture. Click here to read her obituary from the University of Michigan and this article about her Newsletter of the International Center for Medieval Art.
Nina G. Garsoian – Professor at Columbia University and historian of Medieval Armenia. Click here to read her obituary from the National Armenian Research Association.
Karen Grimstad – Professor at the University of Minnesota and scholar of Old Norse Literature. Click here to read her obituary from the University of Minnesota.
RBC Huygens – Professor at Leiden University and crusader scholar. Click here to read his obituary from the Corpus Christianorum.
Paul R. Hyams – Professor of History at Cornell University and a leading authority on Medieval Jurisprudence. Click here to read his obituary at Cornell University.
Walter Kaegi – Professor at the University of Chicago and a leading historian of the Byzantine world. Click here to read his obituary from the University of Chicago.
Thomas O. Kay – Professor at Wheaton College and scholar of medieval religion. Click here to read his obituary in the Chicago Tribune..
VA “Dell” Kolbe – UCLA professor and scholar of Geoffrey Chaucer and Medieval Literature. Click here to read his obituary from UCLA.
Jack McDermott – Fresno State University professor and scholar of medieval literature. Click here to read his obituary from Fresno State University.
Alicia Mackenzie – Wilfrid Laurier University Lecturer and Medieval Scholar. Click here to read her obituary from Medievalists.net..
Nigel F. Palmer – Professor at Oxford University and scholar of medieval German literature. Click here to read his obituary from Oxford University.
peter parsons – Professor of Greek at Oxford University and scholar of ancient and early medieval texts. Click here to read his obituary from The Telegraph Also see his funeral.
Minami Shusen – Professor of Chinese Literature at Rice University and scholar of Medieval Chinese Literature. Click here to read her obituary from Rice University.
Bernard F. Riley – Professor at the University of Villanova and historian of Medieval Iberia. Click here to read his obituary from the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Alexandra “Alix” Gail Roberts – Professor at Alamance Community College and historian of Medieval England. Click here to read her obituary.
Harry Law – Professor at the University of Toronto and scholar of medieval Irish literature. Click here to read his obituary from the University of Toronto.
Edward H. Rosener – Professor of Music at New York University and scholar of medieval music. Click here to read his obituary from the Association of American Musicologists.
L. John Ruth – Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame and scholar of medieval political theory. Click here to read his obituary from the University of Notre Dame.
Richard Rouse – UCLA professor and scholar of medieval manuscripts. Click here to read his obituary from UCLA.
Roger Simpson – Lecturer at the University of East Anglia and scholar of Arthurian literature. Click here to read Arthuriana’s obituary.
David Smith – Professor at the University of York and scholar of medieval paleography. Click here to read his obituary from York University.
Ronald Sertz – Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literature at Princeton University and Scholar of Medieval Literature. Click here to read his obituary from Princeton University.
Anne F. Sutton – Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and historian of late Medieval England. Click here to read her obituary from The Telegraph.
John Unruh – Professor of Medieval Literature at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Click here to read his obituary at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Karen M. Woodward – Professor at the University of Wisconsin and scholar of medieval French literature. Click here to read her obituary from the Tribute Archive.
Diana Gilliland Wright – Byzantine world historian. Click here to read this monument from Archeology of the Mediterranean World.
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