Christopher MacEvitt

Associate Professor

Christopher MacEvitt specializes in the history of medieval Christian communities, particularly around the Mediterranean. After studying Classics and Medieval Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut (B.A. 1995), he did his graduate work at Princeton University in the department of History (Ph.D. 2002). His courses explore both the ancient and medieval history of Christian communities, with particular interests in gender and identity.  He has recently published his first book, which examines the idea and practice of tolerance in the twelfth-century crusader principalities in Syria and Palestine, and is currently studying competing images of Jerusalem in the fourteenth-century Mediterranean, as well as Franciscans who died as martyrs in Islamic lands.

Courses and Programs 2009 Fall 1 (11) Patterns of Religious Experience (Ackerman and MacEvitt) 80 (2A) Seminar: The Sacred City: Rome 2010 Winter 1 (11) Patterns of Religious Experience (Ackerman and MacEvitt) 33 (2A) Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Age of the Crusades 2010 Spring

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