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Areas
of Interest
Late Antiquity and Early Medieval Europe.
Medieval Europe, German Empire.
History of the Medieval Church and Christian Monasticism.
Ancient and Medieval Britain.
Medieval and Early Modern Political Ideas.
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Current
Courses
Hist 209: Colloquium in Ancient and Medieval Europe.
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Publications
• "Itinerant Kingship and
Royal Monasteries in Early Medieval Germany" 936-1075
(Cambridge,
1993).
• "Servitium Regis and Monastic Property
in Early Medieval Germany" Viator
18
(1987) 53-87.
• "Der Herrscher im Spiegel der
Urkunden: Otto III. und Heinrich II. im Vergleich".
in Otto III.--Heinrich
II.: Eine Wende? (Thorbecke 1997) 327-48.
• "Fodrum, Gistum, Servitium Regis", "Itinerant
Kingship", "Kunigunde", "Ren-
ovatio
Regni Francorum", in Medieval Germany: an Encyclopedia
(Garland,
2000).
• "King Henry
II of Germany: Royal Self-Representation and Historical Mem-
ory,"
in Medieval Concepts of the Past: Ritual, Memory, Historiography,
ed.
Gert Althoff et al. (Cambridge 2002) 39-69.
• "Henry II, Roman Emperor, St.", "Kunigunde,
German Queen and Empress,
St.", in New Catholic
Encyclopedia (Gale Group, 2003) |
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Biography
Professor Bernhardt teaches the History of Late Antiquity
and the European
Middle Ages. He has training in Roman History, Medieval Latin, Latin
Paleo-
graphy, Medieval Diplomatics, the Transmission of Classical Texts,
and the
Constitutional and Legal History of the Middle Ages. He specializes
in Early
and High Medieval Europe, especially the German Empire, and the history
of
the Medieval Church. In addition, he has begun to examine more closely
topics
in Anglo-Saxon England and Medieval Britain. He has written extensively
on
German Medieval Kingship and its relations with monasteries and the
Church.
Currently his research focuses on topics relating to King/Emperor
Henry II
of Germany and his era (1002-1024) in preparation of a second monograph.
In addition, he recently has researched numerous aspects of the twelfth
cen-
tury, such as canon law, and theory and practice of imperial government,
and
ars dictaminis, as well as the historiography of specific
twentieth-century medi-
eval historians. |
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