On April 24th and 25th, the History Department sponsored the Medieval England Conference that showcased the research done in the Graduate ProSeminar Course led by Dr. Maryanne Kowaleski. This conference included papers by members of the History Department, as well as the Center for Medieval Studies. Patrick DeBrosse, Rachel Podd, Amanda Racine, and Ron Braasch were the 3 doctoral and master’s students, respectively, that presented their research. See a list of all the presentations, as well as some pictures, below.
Decision-Making on the Lisbon Campaign of 1147
Patrick C. Debrosse
Crusaders, Captives, and Patronage: English Support of the Trinitarians, 1200-1550
Amanda M. Racine

Dr. Maryanne Kowaleski
Medical Merchants or Healers? The Role of Apothecaries in Medieval London, 1300-1500
Christie J. Olek
The Reckoning of Medieval English Marine Navigation
Elizabeth Duchovni
Combat Support and Edward III’s Armies in France, 1339-1360
Ronald W. Brasch

From Left to Right: Amanda Racine, Ron Braasch, Patrick DeBrosse, and Liz Duchovni
Administrative Corruption in the Hundred Rolls Inquest of 1274-5
Taylor Dickinson
Cooking Up a History: A Prosopographical Study of the Cooks of London, 1150-1540
Alex Ponti
A New Analytic Perspective on Medieval English Mayors
David Howes
Women ‘in travell’: Quantifying Maternal Mortality in Late Medieval England
Rachel Podd

Rachel Podd, Doctoral Student