Frances Elizabeth Andrews FRHistS is a British historian who is professor of medieval history at the University of St Andrews. She is a specialist in the medieval church and its networks.[1][2][3][4][5]

Frances Andrews
NationalityBritish
Other namesFrances Elizabeth Andrews
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of London
ThesisThe Early Humiliati (1994)
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-discipline
InstitutionsUniversity of St Andrews

Life edit

Andrews is the managing editor of Brill's Medieval Mediterranean series and also the series editor for Boydell and Brewer's Studies in the History of Medieval Religion. She was President of the Ecclesiastical History Society (2014–2015).[6]

Her research interests fall into two main areas: medieval Italy and medieval Christianity, with a particular focus on relations between religion and public life, the history of the friars, the Humiliati, and urban history. She is currently writing a monograph on the employment of religious in government and administration.

Beginning in 2019, she led a small team of historians under the aegis of the Royal Historical Society in a new investigation into on the experience of LGBT+ historians and on the teaching of LGBT+ histories in UK universities.[7] She coordinates the 'Women Historians of St Andrews' project, which aims to seek out the women who studied, researched and taught history at St Andrews, at any point in time.[8]

Selected publications edit

  • The Early Humiliati. 1999.
  • The Other Friars. 2006.
  • Doubting Christianity: The Church and Doubt. 2016. (co-edited with Charlotte Methuen and Andrew Spicer)

Publications edit

  • Como and Padua:[9] Andrews, F. E., 22 Aug 2018, Italy and Early Medieval Europe. Papers for Chris Wickham. Balzaretti, R., Barrow, J. & Skinner, P. (eds.). Oxford University Press
  • The Sack Friars and the Problems of a Comparative History of the Mendicants:[10] Andrews, F. E., 2017, Gli studi francescani: prospettive di ricerca: Atti dell’Incontro di studio in occasione del 30° anniversario dei Seminari di formazione Assisi, 4-5 luglio 2015. Spoleto: Centro Italiano di Studi sull'Alto Medioevo, p. 147-185 38 p

References edit

  1. ^ "Seminars and Lectures". Ghil.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  2. ^ "School of History". St-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Frances Andrews - University of St Andrews". Risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Professor Frances Andrews - RHS". Royalhistsoc.org. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Frances Andrews | St Andrews School of History". Standrewsschoolofhistory.wordpress.com. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Ecclesiastical History Society".
  7. ^ "LGBT+ and History in the UK | Historical Transactions".
  8. ^ "Women Historians of St Andrews". Women Historians of St Andrews. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  9. ^ Andrews, Frances (2018). Balzaretti, Ross; Barrow, Julia; Skinner, Patricia (eds.). "Como and Padua - University of St Andrews". Italy and Early Medieval Europe. Papers for Chris Wickham. The Past and Present Book Series. doi:10.1093/oso/9780198777601.003.0039. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  10. ^ "The Sack Friars and the Problems of a Comparative History of the Mendicants". risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
Professional and academic associations
Preceded by President of the Ecclesiastical History Society
2013–2014
Succeeded by