Frances Elizabeth Andrews is a British
historian who is professor of
medieval history at the
University of St Andrews. She is a specialist in the medieval church and its networks.
Life
Andrews is the managing editor of Brill's
Medieval Mediterranean series and also the series editor for
Boydell and Brewer's
Studies in the History of Medieval Religion
Studies in the History of Medieval Religion is a history book series published by Boydell & Brewer on the history of medieval religion. The series editor is Frances Andrews of St Andrews University. As of November 2016 there were 44 volumes in p ...
. She was President of the
Ecclesiastical History Society
The Ecclesiastical History Society (EHS) is a British learned historical society founded in 1961 to foster interest in, and to advance the study of, all areas of the history of the Christian Church through twice yearly conferences and publication ...
(2014–2015).
Her research interests fall into two main areas:
medieval Italy and
medieval Christianity
Christianity in the Middle Ages covers the history of Christianity from the fall of the Western Roman Empire (). The end of the period is variously defined. Depending on the context, events such as the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman ...
, with a particular focus on relations between religion and public life, the history of the
friars, the
Humiliati, and
urban history. She is currently writing a monograph on the employment of religious in government and administration.
Beginning in 2019, she led a small team of historians under the aegis of the Royal Historical Society in a new investigation into on the experience of LGBT+ historians and on the teaching of LGBT+ histories in UK universities. She coordinates the 'Women Historians of St Andrews' project, which aims to seek out the women who studied, researched and taught history at St Andrews, at any point in time.
Selected publications
*''The Early Humiliati''. 1999.
*''The Other Friars''. 2006.
*''Doubting Christianity: The Church and Doubt''. 2016. (co-edited with
Charlotte Methuen and Andrew Spicer)
Publications
* Como and Padua: Andrews, F. E., 22 Aug 2018, ''Italy and Early Medieval Europe. Papers for Chris Wickham.'' Balzaretti, R., Barrow, J. & Skinner, P. (eds.). Oxford University Press
* The Sack Friars and the Problems of a Comparative History of the Mendicants:
Andrews, F. E., 2017, ''Gli studi francescani: prospettive di ricerca: Atti dell’Incontro di studio in occasione del 30° anniversario dei Seminari di formazione Assisi, 4-5 luglio 2015.'' Spoleto: Centro Italiano di Studi sull'Alto Medioevo, p. 147-185 38 p
References
21st-century British historians
Academics of the University of St Andrews
Alumni of the University of London
British medievalists
British women historians
Fellows of the Royal Historical Society
Historians of Italy
Living people
Presidents of the Ecclesiastical History Society
Social historians
Urban historians
Women medievalists
Year of birth missing (living people)
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