Scott G. Bruce
Scott Gordon Bruce (born September 13, 1967 ) is a Canadian medieval historian.
Life
He earned a BA in History and Latin from York University in Toronto (1994), an MA in History from Princeton University in 1996 and a Ph.D. in history from Princeton University (2000). He taught at the University of Colorado Boulder from 2002 to 2018 . In 2018 he moved to the Department of History at Fordham University, where he holds the rank of full professor.
He is a religious and cultural historian in the early and middle ages (approx. 400–1200 AD). His research interests include monasticism, hagiography and the reception of classical and patristic traditions.
Fonts (selection)
- (Ed.): Ecologies and economies in medieval and early modern Europe. Studies in environmental history for Richard C. Hoffmann . Leiden 2010, ISBN 978-90-04-18007-9 .
- Silence and sign language in medieval monasticism. The Cluniac tradition c. 900-1200 . Cambridge 2009, ISBN 0-521-12393-3 .
- Cluny and the Muslims of La Garde-Freinet. Hagiography and the problem of Islam in medieval Europe . London 2015, ISBN 978-0-8014-5299-4 .
- with Christopher A. Jones (ed.): The Relatio metrica de duobus ducibus. A twelfth-century Cluniac poem on prayer for the dead . Turnhout 2016, ISBN 978-2-503-56827-0 .
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bruce, Scott G. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bruce, Scott Gordon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian medieval historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1967 |