Michael Frassetto

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

Life

Frassetto was born on December 3, 1961, in Allentown, Pennsylvania to Eugene Frassetto, a computer programmer, and Joy Frassetto.^[1]

He married Jill R. Allen on September 8, 1984.^[1]

He currently resides in Medford, New Jersey.^[2]

Education

He earned his bachelor's degree from LaSalle University in 1983, his master's degree from Michigan State University, in 1985, and later completed his doctorate from University of Delaware in 1993,^[1] having written his dissertation on Ademar of Chabannes.^[3]

Career

He is a contributor to the Encyclopedia Britannica.^[4]

He is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Delaware.^[5][6]

Awards and honors

He has received the Fulbright scholarship.^[5]

He is a member of the Medieval Academy of America.^{[citation needed]}

Bibliography

His notable books include:^[7]

• 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.^[8][9]
• Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe: Society in Transformation. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. May 23, 2003. ISBN 978-1-85109-586-5.^[10]
• Christian Attitudes Toward the Jews in the Middle Ages: A Casebook. Routledge. December 13, 2006. ISBN 978-1-135-86641-9.^[11]
• The Great Medieval Heretics: Five Centuries of Religious Dissent. BlueBridge. 2007. ISBN 978-1-933346-12-0.^[12]
• Heretic Lives: Medieval Heresy from Bogomil and the Cathars to Wyclif and Hus^[13]
• Voices of the European Middle Ages: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life
• Christians and Muslims in the Middle Ages: From Muhammad to Dante. Rowman & Littlefield. November 12, 2019. ISBN 978-1-4985-7757-1.^[14][15][16]

Chapters and articles

• Frassetto, Michael (1997). "Reaction and Reform: Reception of Heresy in Arras and Aquitaine in the Early Eleventh Century". The Catholic Historical Review. 83 (3): 385–400. doi:10.1353/cat.1997.0050. ISSN 1534-0708.
• Frassetto, Michael (1999). "The Image of the Saracen as Heretic in the Sermons of Ademar of Chabannes". In Blanks, David R.; Frassetto, Michael (eds.). 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.
• Frassetto, Michael (March 2002). "Heretics and Jews in the Writings of Ademar of Chabannes and the Origins of Medieval Anti-Semitism". Church History. 71 (1): 1–15. doi:10.1017/S0009640700095135. ISSN 1755-2613.
• Frassetto, Michael (October 2002). "Resurrection of the Body: Eleventh–Century Evidence from the Sermons of Ademar of Chabannes". Journal of Religious History. 26 (3): 235–249. doi:10.1111/1467-9809.t01-1-00154. ISSN 0022-4227.
• Frassetto, Michael (January 1, 2005). "Pagans, Heretics, Saracens, and Jews in the Sermons of Ademar of Chabannes". Heresy and the Persecuting Society in the Middle Ages. Brill. pp. 73–91. doi:10.1163/9789047409489_008. ISBN 978-90-474-0948-9. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
• Frassetto, Michael (January 1, 2007). "Augustine's Doctrine of Witness and Attitudes toward the Jews in the Eleventh Century". Church History and Religious Culture. 87 (3): 287–304. doi:10.1163/187124107X232435. ISSN 1871-2428.
• Frassetto, Michael (September 2001). "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. doi:10.1016/S0304-4181(01)00010-0. ISSN 0304-4181.
• Frassetto, Michael (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, Michael (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. Brill. pp. 122–137. doi:10.1163/9789004274167_009. ISBN 978-90-04-27416-7. Retrieved April 12, 2024.

References

External links

• official website