Richard W. Kaeuper

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Richard William Kaeuper is an American medievalist historian. He was a student of, and mentored by, Joseph Strayer, the noted Princeton scholar. Kaeuper grew up in Richmond, Indiana.

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Education

Kaeuper earned his PhD from Princeton in 1967, and thereafter held several posts, finishing in his present position as professor of medieval history at the University of Rochester. He is active in several scholarly organizations among them De Re Militari.

Career

Professor Kaeuper is regarded as an influential scholar in the field, known both for his thorough work and for his use of literary sources as historical evidence. [1]

He has published extensively on topics ranging from law and finance to his more recent works on chivalry, culminating in the definitive general volume on chivalry, published by Cambridge University Press. [2]

Professor Kaeuper has also won numerous teaching awards. [3]

In 2015, Kaeuper was selected to become a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America. [4]

In 2017 Brill published a festschrift entitled Prowess, Piety, and Public Order in Medieval Society: Essays in Honor of Richard W. Kaeuper. It was co-edited by Craig M Nakashian and Daniel P. Franke (two of Kaeuper's doctoral students) and featured nineteen scholarly articles by his colleagues and former students. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Richard W. Kaeuper | University of Rochester | History". www.rochester.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08.
  2. ↑ Kaeuper, Richard W. (2016). Medieval Chivalry. Cambridge Core. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139015370. ISBN   9781139015370 . Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  3. ↑ Teitelman, Sarah (18 October 2012). "Goergen Teaching Awards recognize three outstanding professors". Campus Times. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "MAA News – 2015 Class of Fellows and Corresponding Fellows". The Medieval Academy Blog. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  5. ↑ Prowess, Piety, and Public Order in Medieval Society: Studies in Honor of Richard W. Kaeuper. Brill. 2017-03-02. ISBN   978-90-04-34109-8.
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