What can medieval manuscripts tell us about power, dissent and religious ideology — issues that concern the modern word as much as the medieval? That’s the nature of scholarly work by Sean Field, professor of history. He’ll discuss his scholarship in a talk, “On the Importance of Medieval Manuscript Research to the Universitas Viridis Montis,” on Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 5 p.m. in Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building.

The event, free and open to the public, is part of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Full Professor Lecture Series, which recognizes faculty newly promoted to the rank of “full” professor.

Sean Field, a UVM faculty member since 2003, teaches medieval European history and specializes in 13th- and 14th-century topics. His current research centers on the intersection of sanctity, heresy, political power, and religious institutions at and around the French royal court. He is the author or co-author of seven books, most recently The Sanctity of Louis IX:  Early Lives of Saint Louis by Geoffrey of Beaulieu and William of Chartres (Cornell, 2014).  Field has been the recipient of Fulbright and Charlotte Newcombe fellowships, a Franklin grant from the American Philosophical Society and a residential fellowship at the Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France.

Information: (802) 656-3166.