Deborah Mauskopf Deliyannis
- Associate Professor, Department of History
Education
- B.A. at Yale University, 1988
- Ph.D. at University of Pennsylvania, 1994
Contact Information
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| Ballantine Hall, Rm. 708 |
| (812) 855-3431 |
| www.indiana.edu/~dmdhist/ |
Background
I specialize in the history and material culture of early medieval Europe. I have a background in archaeology and architectural history, and I combine those topics with the study of the way history was written in the Early Middle Ages. I have published a Latin edition and an English translation of the ninth-century author Agnellus' Liber pontificalis ecclesiae Ravennatis (Book of Pontiffs of the Church of Ravenna). Each of these volumes includes a study of the text, in which I explore Agnellus' literary models and sources, and explain why the text has its rather idiosyncratic form and chronological structure. I have also edited a book entitled Historiography in the Middle Ages. My most recent book, Ravenna in Late Antiquity, is a history of the city and monuments of Ravenna from the fifth to the ninth centuries; it will be published by Cambridge University Press in January 2010. My next project considers the role of bishops as church-builders, from late antiquity through the Carolingian period. Finally, I am the Executive Editor of The Medieval Review, an online book review journal in medieval studies. I teach surveys and upper-level courses on medieval history, as well as more specialized courses on topics related to the western European Early Middle Ages.
Research Interests
- Early medieval Europe
- Medieval historiography
- Urban change in Late Antiquity
- Material culture and archaeology
Courses Recently Taught
- Christians and Pagans in the Early Middle Ages
- Medieval historiography
- Medieval Heroes
- Medieval Civilization
- Early Medieval History
- Byzantine History
- The Carolingian Empire
- Anglo-Saxon England
Publication Highlights
Books
Ed., Historiography in the Middle Ages, E.J. Brill Academic Publishers, 2003.
The Book of Pontiffs of the Church of Ravenna. English translation with introduction. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2004.
Agnellus Ravennatis. Liber pontificalis ecclesiae Ravennatis, edited Latin text with introduction. Corpus Christianorum Continuatio Mediaevalis 199. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Publishers, 2006.
Ravenna in Late Antiquity, Cambridge University Press, January, 2010.
Articles
The Liber pontificalis of the Church of Ravenna and its relation with the Roman model." In François Bougard and Michel Sot, eds., Liber, gesta, histoire: Écrire l'histoire des évêques et des papes, de l'Antiquité au XXIe siècle, pp. 283-297. Brepols, 2009.
"Charlemagne's Silver Tables: The Ideology of an Imperial Capital." Early Medieval Europe 12 (2003): 159-77.
"Year-Dates in the Early Middle Ages," in Chris Humphrey and W. M. Ormrod, eds., Time in the Medieval World, (Rochester, NY: York Medieval Press, 2001), pp. 5-22.
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