Katherine L. Jansen

Katherine Ludwig Jansen (* 1957 ) is an American historian.

Life

She earned a BA from New York University in 1988, Summa Cum Laude, an MA from Princeton University in 1990 and attended Scuola Vaticana di Paleografia, Diplomatica e Archivistica (1992–1993). After the Ph.D. at Princeton University in 1995 she teaches at Catholic University of America (Ordinary Professor since 2012, Associate Professor 2000–2012, Assistant Professor 1995–2000).

Her research interests are medieval Italy, medieval women and gender, and religious and cultural history.

The making of the Magdalen . preaching and popular devotion in the later Middle Ages . Princeton 2000, ISBN 0-691-05850-4 .
as editor with Joanna Drell and Frances Andrews : Medieval Italy. Texts in translation . Philadelphia 2009, ISBN 0-8122-4164-9 .
as editor with Anne Elisabeth Lester and Guy Geltner : Center and periphery. Studies on power in the medieval world in honor of William Chester Jordan . Leiden 2013, ISBN 978-90-04-24359-0 .
Peace and penance in late medieval Italy . Princeton 2018, ISBN 978-0-691-17774-8 .

personal data
SURNAME	Jansen, Katherine L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Jansen, Katherine Ludwig (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American historian
DATE OF BIRTH	1957