Ronald J. (R.J.) Stansbury
Associate Professor of History

E-mail: stansbury_ronald@roberts.edu
Office: (585) 594-6335

At RWC since 2001

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Education:
Ph.D. (History), Ohio State University, 2001

M.A. (History), Ohio State University, 1996

M.Div. Westminster Theological Seminary (PA), 1994

B.A., Cedarville University, 1991

Specialty Areas:

Medieval history, Ancient and Medieval Church

Current Research Interests:

Preaching and the history of the sermon in the high middle ages; medieval popular religion and heresy, monasticism, and hagiography.

Sample of RWC Courses:

HST 102 Western Civilization I

HST 210 Ancient World

HST 320: The Western Church in the Middle Ages

HST 420: Heresy and Authority in Medieval Europe

Sample Publications/Papers:

• “The Rise of Medieval Universities” in Exploring the European Past, Thomson Press, 2003.
• “Adtendite a falsis prophetis: Pseudo Predicators and the Preaching Reforms of the Late Twelfth Century” 37th Annual World Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo MI, Spring, 2002.
• “A Preliminary Manuscript Catalogue of the Sermons of Ralph Ardent” in Studi Medievali, 3rd Series (December, 2001): 875-895.