William J. Courtenay
Position title: Emeritus Professor
Email: wjcourte@wisc.edu
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Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Biography
My specializations are Medieval social & intellectual, Latin paleography, Medieval education. My Research and Teaching Interests include Medieval Intellectual History, incl. philosophy, theology, and political thought, esp. for the 12-14th centuries. Medieval Education and history of Universities. Monasticism.
Education
Ph.D., Harvard
S.T.B., Harvard
A.B., Vanderbilt
Books
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William J. Courtenay. Rituals for the Dead: Religion and Community in the Medieval University of Paris. University of Notrre Dame Press, 2019.
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William J. Courtenay (Editor), and Eric D. Goddard (Editor). Rotuli Parisienses (2 vols.) Supplications to the Pope from the University of Paris, Volume III: 1378-1394. Brill, 2013.
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William J. Courtenay (Editor), and J. Miethke (Editor). Universities and Schooling in Medieval Society. Brill, 2000.
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William J. Courtenay. Parisian Scholars in the Early Fourteenth Century: A Social Portrait. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought. Cambridge University Press , 1999.
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William J. Courtenay. Capacity and Volition. A History of the Distinction of Absolute and Ordained Power. Bergamo: Pierluigi Lubrina, 1990.
History Courses Taught
- History 200 – Historical Studies
- History 215 – Life in the Middle Ages: An Inter-Departmental Course
- History 311 – Schools and Learning in the Medieval World
- History 312 – The Medieval Church
- History 316 – Latin Paleography
- History 317 – Medieval Social and Intellectual History, 400-1200
- History 318 – Medieval Social and Intellectual History, 1200-1450
- History 366 – Medieval Monasticism
- History 550 – Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies in Medieval Civilization
- History 600 – Advanced Seminar in History – Topics: “12th Century Renaissance”
- History 719 – Proseminar in Medieval History
- History 805 – Seminar: Medieval History – Topics: “Medieval Intellectual History”