Uta-Renate Blumenthal is a German-born American medievalist and expert on canon law history, and professor emerita at the Catholic University of America. She is known for her work on the Investiture Controversy and on Pope Gregory VII.

Uta-Renate Blumenthal
Academic background
Alma materColumbia University
ThesisThe councils of Pope Paschal II from 1100-1110 : text-critical study (1973)

Early life and career

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Blumenthal studied at Columbia University where she received her BA (1969), MA (1970) and Ph.D. (1973).[1] From 1973 to 1979 she was assistant professor at Vanderbilt University, then at the Catholic University of America, before becoming a full professor there in 1988.[1] She was a Radcliffe Institute Fellow from 1976 to 77, a visiting fellow at All Souls College at Oxford in 1987, and also a visiting professor at the University of Heidelberg in 1988.[1] Since 1996, she has been part of the board of directors of the Stephan Kuttner Institute of Medieval Canon Law.[2] In 1997, she was elected president of the American Catholic Historical Association.[3]

Research

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Her research focuses on ecclesiastical history and especially canon law in the 11th and 12th centuries, the manuscript tradition of conciliar canons and papal letters, and also liturgy in the High Middle Ages.

Selected publications

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  • Blumenthal, Uta-Renate (2001). Gregor VII. Papst zwischen Canossa und Kirchenreform (in German). Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. ISBN 3-89678-198-7.[4]
  • Blumenthal, Uta-Renate (1998). Papal reform and canon law in the 11th and 12th centuries. Variorum Collected Studies. Aldershot: Variorum. ISBN 0-86078-695-1. (Collected essays.)[5]

Honors and awards

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Blumenthal was elected fellow of the Medieval Academy in 2017.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Uta-Renate Blumenthal". The Catholic University of America Department of History. 2010-02-19. Archived from the original on June 10, 2010. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  2. ^ "Stephan Kuttner Institute of Medieval Canon Law". www.kuttner-institute.jura.uni-muenchen.de.
  3. ^ "Front Matter". The Catholic Historical Review. 83 (1): I. 1997. JSTOR 25024879. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  4. ^ Reviews of Gregor VII
  5. ^ Reviews of Papal reform and canon law in the 11th and 12th centuries
  6. ^ Reviews of The Investiture Controversy
  7. ^ "Fellows - The Medieval Academy of America". www.medievalacademy.org.