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Keywords: medieval history, medieval France, medieval literature, medieval political literature, medieval House of Cards, Charles VI of France, Christine de Pizan, Philippe de Mézières, Pierre Salmon, medieval manuscripts

About Me: I’m a medievalist working on political literature and manuscript culture, primarily in late-medieval France. I research the ways individuals used writing to intervene in political conversations in chaotic circumstances marked by civil war, a mentally ill king, and uncertain religious leadership in the medieval Catholic Church. My current projects focus on the texts and manuscripts (including circulation, paratext, images, etc) of authors such as Philippe de Mézières, Pierre Salmon, Christine de Pizan, and Honorat Bovet.

After studying in Canada and the UK, I moved to Denmark to join the Centre for Medieval Literature, a Danish Centre for Excellence based jointly at the University of Southern Denmark (History Department) and the University of York (Department of English and Related Literature).

Recent Publications: “Using Dedications to Charles VI to Convey Political Messages: Honorat Bovet, Philippe de Mézières, Christine de Pizan, and Pierre Salmon,” Florilegium (forthcoming; accepted for publication October 2016).

“The Royal Entries of Henry VI in a London Civic Manuscript.” Journal of Medieval History 42, no. 4 (2016): 479–93. doi:10.1080/03044181.2016.1188325.

“Reconfiguring Queen Truth in BnF Ms. Fr. 22542 (Songe du vieil pelerin).” In Textual and Visual Representations of Power and Justice in Medieval France: Manuscripts and Early Printed Books, edited by Rosalind Brown-Grant, Anne D. Hedeman, and Bernard Ribémont, 89–108. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2015.

“Counselling Charles VI of France: Christine de Pizan, Honorat Bovet, Philippe de Mézières, and Pierre Salmon,” PhD thesis, University of York, 2014.