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Lyn Blanchfield

Lynn Blanchard

Lecturer

Contact Information

105F Park Hall
315-312-3409
[email protected]

Office hours

Fall 2026

Mon/Wed 2:00-3:00 105F Park Hall
Tue 9:30-11:00 210 Marano Campus Center

And By Appointment

Research

  • Medieval and early modern women and gender issues
  • public religious rituals in Medieval Europe
  • public insults in Medieval and early modern Italy

Publications

  • "Prolegomenon: Considerations of Weeping and Sincerity in the Middle Ages." Elina Gertsman, ed., Crying in the Middle Ages: Tears of History. Routledge Press (September 2011), xxi-xxx.
  • "Le Piagnoni: The Weeping Women of Savonarola." Peter Arnade and Michael Rocke, eds., Private Conduct and Public Life in Early Modern Europe and Mexico: Essays in Honor of Richard C. Trexler. Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, Texts and Essays, University of Toronto, (2008), 53-76.

Education

  • Ph.D in Medieval and Early Modern Italian History, Binghamton University, 2004
  • MA, Binghamton University, 1991
  • AB, Vassar College, 1987

Classes Taught

  • West and the World Civilizations
  • Medieval and Early Modern Women and Gender
  • Medieval Mediterranean World
  • Society and Religion in Medieval and Early Modern World