Michael Frassetto (born December 3, 1961) is an American historian, university professor and author.

Life[edit]

Frassetto was born on December 3, 1961, in Allentown, Pennsylvania to Eugene Frassetto, a computer programmer, and Joy Frassetto.^[1]

He married Jill R. Allen on September 8, 1984.^[1]

He currently resides in Medford, New Jersey.^[2]

Education[edit]

He earned his bachelor's degree from LaSalle University in 1983, his master's degree from Michigan State University, in 1985, and later completed his doctorate from University of Delaware in 1993,^[1] having written his dissertation on Ademar of Chabannes.^[3]

Career[edit]

He is a contributor to the Encyclopedia Britannica.^[4]

He is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Delaware.^[5][6]

Awards and honors[edit]

He has received the Fulbright scholarship.^[5]

He is a member of the Medieval Academy of America.^{[citation needed]}

Bibliography[edit]

His notable books include:^[7]

• The Year 1000: Religious and Social Response to the Turning of the First Millennium. Palgrave Macmillan US. February 6, 2003. ISBN 978-1-4039-6029-0.^[8][9]
• Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe: Society in Transformation. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. May 23, 2003. ISBN 978-1-85109-586-5.^[10]
• Christian Attitudes Toward the Jews in the Middle Ages: A Casebook. Routledge. December 13, 2006. ISBN 978-1-135-86641-9.^[11]
• The Great Medieval Heretics: Five Centuries of Religious Dissent. BlueBridge. 2007. ISBN 978-1-933346-12-0.^[12]
• Heretic Lives: Medieval Heresy from Bogomil and the Cathars to Wyclif and Hus^[13]
• Voices of the European Middle Ages: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life
• Christians and Muslims in the Middle Ages: From Muhammad to Dante. Rowman & Littlefield. November 12, 2019. ISBN 978-1-4985-7757-1.^[14][15][16]

Chapters and articles[edit]

• Frassetto, Michael (1997). "Reaction and Reform: Reception of Heresy in Arras and Aquitaine in the Early Eleventh Century". The Catholic Historical Review. 83 (3): 385–400. doi:10.1353/cat.1997.0050. ISSN 1534-0708.
• Frassetto, Michael (1999). "The Image of the Saracen as Heretic in the Sermons of Ademar of Chabannes". In Blanks, David R.; Frassetto, Michael (eds.). Western Views of Islam in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Perception of Other. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US. pp. 83–96. doi:10.1057/9780312299675_4. ISBN 978-0-312-29967-5. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
• Frassetto, Michael (March 2002). "Heretics and Jews in the Writings of Ademar of Chabannes and the Origins of Medieval Anti-Semitism". Church History. 71 (1): 1–15. doi:10.1017/S0009640700095135. ISSN 1755-2613.
• Frassetto, Michael (October 2002). "Resurrection of the Body: Eleventh–Century Evidence from the Sermons of Ademar of Chabannes". Journal of Religious History. 26 (3): 235–249. doi:10.1111/1467-9809.t01-1-00154. ISSN 0022-4227.
• Frassetto, Michael (January 1, 2005). "Pagans, Heretics, Saracens, and Jews in the Sermons of Ademar of Chabannes". Heresy and the Persecuting Society in the Middle Ages. Brill. pp. 73–91. doi:10.1163/9789047409489_008. ISBN 978-90-474-0948-9. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
• Frassetto, Michael (January 1, 2007). "Augustine's Doctrine of Witness and Attitudes toward the Jews in the Eleventh Century". Church History and Religious Culture. 87 (3): 287–304. doi:10.1163/187124107X232435. ISSN 1871-2428.
• Frassetto, Michael (September 2001). "The writings of Ademar of Chabannes, the Peace of 994, and the 'Terrors of the Year 1000'". Journal of Medieval History. 27 (3): 241–255. doi:10.1016/S0304-4181(01)00010-0. ISSN 0304-4181.
• Frassetto, Michael (February 28, 2019). "Precursors to Religious Inquisitions: Anti-heretical Efforts to 1184". A Companion to Heresy Inquisitions. Brill. pp. 41–72. doi:10.1163/9789004393875_004. ISBN 978-90-04-39387-5. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
• Frassetto, Michael (January 1, 2014). "Ademar of Chabannes and the Peace of God". Where Heaven and Earth Meet: Essays on Medieval Europe in Honor of Daniel F. Callahan. Brill. pp. 122–137. doi:10.1163/9789004274167_009. ISBN 978-90-04-27416-7. Retrieved April 12, 2024.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• official website