Joëlle Rollo-Koster is a Professor of Medieval History in the

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's History Department. On December 6, 2016, she was knighted by the French government with the medal of Chevalier des Palmes académiques. In 2017-2018 she was a EURIAS Fellow at the

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Education

Joëlle Rollo-Koster received her undergraduate degree and master's degree in history from the

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, France. She earned a PhD in History at

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in 1992 where she was a student of Richard Trexler.

Selected publications

As author

*''Raiding Saint Peter: Empty Sees, Violence, and the Initiation of the Great Western Schism (1378)'', 2008,

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, *''The People of Curial Avignon: A Critical Edition of the Liber Divisionis and the Matriculae of Notre Dame la Majour'', 2009, Edwin Mellen Press, *''Avignon and Its Papacy, 1309–1417: Popes, Institutions, and Society'', 2015, Rowman and Littlefield, *''The Great Western Schism, 1378–1417: Performing Legitimacy, Performing Unity'', 2022,

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As editor

*''Medieval and Early Modern Ritual: Formalized Behavior in Europe, China and Japan'', 2002, Brill, *(Co-edited, with Thomas M. Izbicki) ''A Companion to the Great Western Schism (1378-1417)'', 2009, Brill, *(Co-edited, with Kathryn Reyerson) ''For the Salvation of my Soul: Women and Wills in Medieval and Early Modern France'', 2012, Centre for French History and Culture of the University of St Andrews, *''Death in Medieval Europe: Death Scripted and Death Choreographed'', Routledge, 2016,

Recognition

* 2008 Adèle Mellen Prize for Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship * 2016 The medal of Chevalier des Palmes académiques * 2018 URI: Recipient URI Foundation, Scholarly Excellence Award

References

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