A Royal Priesthood: Papacy, Empire, and the Public Realm in the Thirteenth Century - A conversation and dinner with Brett Whalen

Brett Whalen is an Associate Professor and the Director, Program in Medieval & Early Modern Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  The reading for this event will be avaliable in September.

Brett Whalen works on Christian intellectual and cultural history during the High Middle Ages (c. 1000–1350). Among other topics, he teaches courses on the crusades, apocalyptic thought, and the medieval Roman Church. His first monograph, Dominion of God: Christendom and Apocalypse in the Middle Ages, explores the medieval belief that Christianity would spread to every corner of the earth before the end of time. He has just published a new book, The Medieval Papacy, written for students and non-specialist audiences. Currently, he is working on a new project, The Sovereign Church: Papal Monarchy and the Crisis of the Thirteenth Century.

This event is open to Stanford Faculty and Graduate Students.