Michael Frassetto

Michael Frassetto
Born	Michael Frassetto (1961-12-03) December 3, 1961 (age 63) Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
Occupation	Historian, writer
Alma mater	La Salle University (1983) Michigan State University (1985) University of Delaware (1993) [1]
Subject	History of medieval Europe

Michael Frassetto (born December 3, 1961) is an American historian, university professor and author.

Background and family

Michael Frassetto was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to Eugene Frassetto, a computer programmer, and Joy Frassetto. ^[1]

He married Jill R. Allen on September 8, 1984. ^[1] He resides in Medford, New Jersey. ^[2]

Education

Frassetto earned his bachelor's degree from La Salle University in 1983, and his master's degree from Michigan State University in 1985. He was awarded a Fulbright scholarship, undertaking research for his dissertation in Berlin in 1989 and 1990, and received his doctorate from the University of Delaware in 1993. ^{[3] [1]} His dissertation was on Ademar of Chabannes. ^[4]

Career

Frassetto is a contributor to the Encyclopedia Britannica and has been their religion editor. ^{[1] [5]}

He is an adjunct professor in the Department of History at the University of Delaware. His special interests are medieval European history, the history of Christianity, and interfaith relations during the Middle Ages. ^{[3] [6]}

Awards and recognition

• Fulbright scholar, 1989 ^[3]
• Grant from National Endowment for the Humanities, 1993 ^[1]
• Member of the Medieval Academy of America ^{[ citation needed ]}

Selected works

Books

Frassetto has authored a number of books which include:

• Christians and Muslims in the Middle Ages: From Muhammad to Dante. Rowman & Littlefield. November 12, 2019. ISBN   978-1-4985-7757-1. ^[7]
• The Early Medieval World: From the Fall of Rome to the Time of Charlemagne. [2 volumes]. Santa Barbara, California (US): ABC-CLIO. 2013. ISBN   978-1-59884-995-0.
• The Great Medieval Heretics: Five Centuries of Religious Dissent . New York: BlueBridge. 2008. ISBN   978-1-933346-12-0. Ixtheo record ^[8]
• Heretic Lives: Medieval Heresy from Bogomil and the Cathars to Wyclif and Hus. London: Profile Books. 2007. ISBN   978-1861977441. OCLC   145389541. ^[9]

Published works of which Frassetto was the volume editor include:

• Frassetto, Michael, ed. (May 2018). Voices of the European Middle Ages: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life. ABC-CLIO. ISBN   978-1-61069-821-4.
• Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe: Society in Transformation. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. May 23, 2003. ISBN   978-1-85109-586-5. ^[10]
• The Year 1000: Religious and Social Response to the Turning of the First Millennium. Palgrave Macmillan US. February 6, 2003. ISBN   978-1-4039-6029-0. ^[11]

Chapters and essays

Chapters by Frassetto in edited works include:

• Prudlo, Donald S., ed. (February 28, 2019). "Precursors to Religious Inquisitions: Anti-heretical Efforts to 1184". A Companion to Heresy Inquisitions. Brill. pp. 41–72. doi:10.1163/9789004393875_004. ISBN   978-90-04-39387-5 . Retrieved April 12, 2024.

Frassetto has contributed essays or chapters to a number of collections of which he was also the editor (or co-editor). These include:

• Frassetto, Michael; Hosler, John; Gabriele, Matthew, eds. (January 1, 2014). "Ademar of Chabannes and the Peace of God". Where Heaven and Earth Meet: Essays on Medieval Europe in Honor of Daniel F. Callahan. Studies in the History of Christian Traditions. Brill. pp. 122–137. doi:10.1163/9789004274167_009. ISBN   978-90-04-27416-7 . Retrieved April 12, 2024.
• Frassetto, Michael, ed. (December 13, 2006). "Heretics and Jews in the early eleventh century: The writings of Rodulfus Glaber and Ademar of Chabannes". Christian Attitudes Toward the Jews in the Middle Ages: A Casebook. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-135-86641-9. ^[12]
• Frassetto, Michael, ed. (January 1, 2005). "Pagans, Heretics, Saracens, and Jews in the Sermons of Ademar of Chabannes". Heresy and the Persecuting Society in the Middle Ages. Studies in the History of Christian Traditions. Series editor: Robert J. Bast. Brill. pp. 73–91. doi:10.1163/9789047409489_008. ISBN   978-90-474-0948-9 . Retrieved April 12, 2024.
• Blanks, David R.; Frassetto, Michael, eds. (1999). "The Image of the Saracen as Heretic in the Sermons of Ademar of Chabannes". Western Views of Islam in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Perception of Other. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US. pp. 83–96. doi:10.1057/9780312299675_4. ISBN   978-0-312-29967-5 . Retrieved April 12, 2024.

Journal articles

Articles by Frassetto that have appeared in scholarly journals include:

• "Augustine's Doctrine of Witness and Attitudes toward the Jews in the Eleventh Century" . Church History and Religious Culture. 87 (3): 287–304. January 1, 2007. doi:10.1163/187124107X232435. ISSN   1871-2428.
• "Resurrection of the Body: Eleventh–Century Evidence from the Sermons of Ademar of Chabannes" . Journal of Religious History. 26 (3): 235–249. October 2002. doi:10.1111/1467-9809.t01-1-00154. ISSN   0022-4227.
• "Heretics and Jews in the Writings of Ademar of Chabannes and the Origins of Medieval Anti-Semitism" . Church History. 71 (1): 1–15. March 2002. doi:10.1017/S0009640700095135. ISSN   1755-2613.
• "The writings of Ademar of Chabannes, the Peace of 994, and the 'Terrors of the Year 1000'" . Journal of Medieval History. 27 (3): 241–255. September 2001. doi:10.1016/S0304-4181(01)00010-0. ISSN   0304-4181.
• "Reaction and Reform: Reception of Heresy in Arras and Aquitaine in the Early Eleventh Century" . The Catholic Historical Review. 83 (3): 385–400. 1997. doi:10.1353/cat.1997.0050. ISSN   1534-0708.

References

1. "Frassetto, Michael 1961–". Contemporary Authors . Gale. n.d. Retrieved April 12, 2024– via Encyclopedia.com.
2. "Michael Frassetto". InkWell Management Literary Agency.
3. "Personnel: Michael Frassetto". Department of History, University of Delaware. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
4. Frassetto, Michael (1993). "The sermons of Ademar of Chabannes and the origins of medieval heresy. (Volumes I and II)". ProQuest. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
5. "Michael Frassetto". Britannica. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
6. "Author – Michael Frassetto". Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
7. Reviews of Christians and Muslims in the Middle Ages: From Muhammad to Dante:
   • Berend, Nora (January 2022). "Christians and Muslims in the Middle Ages: From Muhammad to Dante By MICHAEL FRASSETTO". Journal of Islamic Studies. 33 (1): 111–112. doi:10.1093/jis/etaa040.
   • Catlos, Brian A. (September 2020). "Christians and Muslims in the Middle Ages: From Muhammad to Dante. By Michael Frassetto. Lanham, Md.: Lexington, 2020. xxiii + 287 pp. 90.00 e-book" . Church History. 89 (3): 669–671. doi:10.1017/S0009640720001481. ISSN   0009-6407.
   • Tolan, John V. (October 1, 2022). "Michael Frassetto: Christians and Muslims in the Middle Ages: From Muhammad to Dante. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2020. Pp. xxiii, 287. $95. ISBN: 978-1-4985-7756-4" . Speculum. 97 (4): 1194–1195. doi:10.1086/721819. ISSN   0038-7134.
8. Christensen, Katherine (November 23, 2010). "A Review of The Great Medieval Heretics: Five Centuries of Religious Dissent: Frassetto, Michael, New York: Blue Bridge 241 pp, $24.95, ISBN 9781933346120 Publication date: June 2008" . History: Reviews of New Books. 39 (1): 21–22. doi:10.1080/03612759.2010.514548. ISSN   0361-2759.
9. Allmand, Christopher (July 2008). "Heretic Lives: Medieval Heresy from Bogomil and the Cathars to Wyclif and Hus By Michael Frassetto" . History. 93 (311): 418–419. doi:10.1111/j.1468-229X.2008.431_22.x. ISSN   0018-2648.
10. Mardall, Ruth (January 1, 2004). "Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe: Society in Transformation" . Reference Reviews. 18 (2): 62–63. doi:10.1108/09504120410521286. ISSN   0950-4125.
11. Reviews of The Year 1000:
    • Bellitto, Christopher M. (January 2003). "The Year 1000: Religious and Social Response to the Turning of the First Millennium: Frassetto, Michael, ed.: New York: Palgrave 278 pp., Publication Date: December 2002" . History: Reviews of New Books. 31 (3): 121. doi:10.1080/03612759.2003.10527602. ISSN   0361-2759.
    • Swanson, Robert (January 1, 2005). "Review of Michael Frassetto, ed., The Year 1000: Religious and Social Response to the Turning of the First Millennium" . Heythrop Journal. 46: 372–373.
12. Swanson, R. N. (November 2009). "Christian Attitudes towards the Jews in the Middle Ages: A Casebook. Edited by Michael Frassetto". The Heythrop Journal. 50 (6): 1045–1046. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2265.2009.00523_47.x. ISSN   0018-1196.

External links

• University of Delaware website – Frassetto staff profile page
• ResearchGate Frassetto profile