Michael Frassetto Explained

Michael Frassetto (born December 3, 1961) is an American historian, university professor and author.

Background and family

Michael Frassetto was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania to Eugene Frassetto, a computer programmer, and Joy Frassetto.

He married Jill R. Allen on September 8, 1984. He resides in Medford, New Jersey.^[1]

Education

Frassetto earned his bachelor's degree from La Salle University in 1983, and his master's degree from Michigan State University in 1985. He was awarded a Fulbright scholarship, undertaking research for his dissertation in Berlin in 1989 and 1990, and received his doctorate from the University of Delaware in 1993.^[2] His dissertation was on Ademar of Chabannes.^[3]

Career

Frassetto is a contributor to the Encyclopedia Britannica and has been their religion editor.^[4]

He is an adjunct professor in the Department of History at the University of Delaware. His special interests are medieval European history, the history of Christianity, and interfaith relations during the middle ages.^{[5] [6]}

Awards and recognition

• Fullbright scholar, 1989^[5]
• Grant from National Endowment for the Humanities, 1993
• Member of the Medieval Academy of America

Selected works

Books

Frassetto has authored a number of books which include:

• Book: Christians and Muslims in the Middle Ages: From Muhammad to Dante . 2019-11-12 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-1-4985-7757-1 . en. ^[7]
• Book: Frassetto . Michael . The Early Medieval World: From the Fall of Rome to the Time of Charlemagne . [2 volumes] . 2013 . ABC-CLIO . Santa Barbara, California (US) . 978-1-59884-995-0 . 0.
• Book: Frassetto . Michael . The Great Medieval Heretics: Five Centuries of Religious Dissent. 2008 . BlueBridge . New York . 978-1-933346-12-0 . registration . 0 . Ixtheo record^[8]
• Book: Frassetto . Michael . Heretic Lives: Medieval Heresy from Bogomil and the Cathars to Wyclif and Hus . 2007 . Profile Books . London . 978-1861977441 . 145389541. 0. ^[9]

Published works of which Frassetto was the volume editor include:

• Book: Frassetto . Michael . Voices of the European Middle Ages: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life . May 2018 . ABC-CLIO . 978-1-61069-821-4 . en.
• Book: Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe: Society in Transformation . 2003-05-23 . Bloomsbury Publishing USA . 978-1-85109-586-5 . en. ^[10]
• Book: The Year 1000: Religious and Social Response to the Turning of the First Millennium . 2003-02-06 . Palgrave Macmillan US . 978-1-4039-6029-0 . en. ^[11]

Chapters and essays

Chapters by Frassetto in edited works include:

• Book: Frassetto, Michael . Precursors to Religious Inquisitions: Anti-heretical Efforts to 1184 . 2019-02-28 . A Companion to Heresy Inquisitions . 41–72 . Prudlo . Donald S. . https://brill.com/display/book/edcoll/9789004393875/BP000004.xml . 2024-04-12 . Brill . en . 10.1163/9789004393875_004 . 978-90-04-39387-5. 0.

Frassetto has contributed essays or chapters to a number of collections of which he was also the editor (or co-editor). These include:

• Book: Frassetto, Michael . Frassetto . Michael . Hosler . John . Gabriele . Matthew . Ademar of Chabannes and the Peace of God . 2014-01-01 . Where Heaven and Earth Meet: Essays on Medieval Europe in Honor of Daniel F. Callahan . 122–137 . Studies in the History of Christian Traditions . https://brill.com/display/book/edcoll/9789004274167/B9789004274167-s009.xml . 2024-04-12 . Brill . en . 10.1163/9789004274167_009 . 978-90-04-27416-7. 0.
• Book: Frassetto, Michael . Frassetto . Michael . https://books.google.com/books?id=DVlsBgAAQBAJ . Christian Attitudes Toward the Jews in the Middle Ages: A Casebook . Heretics and Jews in the early eleventh century: The writings of Rodulfus Glaber and Ademar of Chabannes . 2006-12-13 . Routledge . 978-1-135-86641-9 . en. 0. ^[12]
• Book: Frassetto, Michael . Frassetto . Michael. Pagans, Heretics, Saracens, and Jews in the Sermons of Ademar of Chabannes . 2005-01-01 . Heresy and the Persecuting Society in the Middle Ages . Studies in the History of Christian Traditions. 73–91 . 2024-04-12 . Series editor: Robert J. Bast . https://brill.com/display/book/edcoll/9789047409489/B9789047409489_s008.xml . Brill . en . 10.1163/9789047409489_008 . 978-90-474-0948-9. 0.
• Book: Frassetto, Michael . The Image of the Saracen as Heretic in the Sermons of Ademar of Chabannes . 1999 . Western Views of Islam in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Perception of Other . 83–96 . Blanks . David R. . https://doi.org/10.1057/9780312299675_4 . 2024-04-12 . New York . Palgrave Macmillan US . en . 10.1057/9780312299675_4 . 978-0-312-29967-5 . Frassetto . Michael. 0.

Journal articles

Articles by Frassetto that have appeared in scholarly journals include:

• Frassetto . Michael . 2007-01-01. Augustine's Doctrine of Witness and Attitudes toward the Jews in the Eleventh Century . Church History and Religious Culture . en . 87 . 3 . 287–304 . 10.1163/187124107X232435 . 1871-2428. 0.
• Frassetto . Michael . October 2002 . Resurrection of the Body: Eleventh–Century Evidence from the Sermons of Ademar of Chabannes . Journal of Religious History . en . 26 . 3 . 235–249 . 10.1111/1467-9809.t01-1-00154 . 0022-4227. 0.
• Frassetto . Michael . March 2002 . Heretics and Jews in the Writings of Ademar of Chabannes and the Origins of Medieval Anti-Semitism . Church History . en . 71 . 1 . 1–15 . 10.1017/S0009640700095135 . 1755-2613. 0.
• Frassetto . Michael . September 2001 . The writings of Ademar of Chabannes, the Peace of 994, and the 'Terrors of the Year 1000' . 0. Journal of Medieval History . en . 27 . 3 . 241–255 . 10.1016/S0304-4181(01)00010-0 . 0304-4181.
• Frassetto . Michael . 1997 . Reaction and Reform: Reception of Heresy in Arras and Aquitaine in the Early Eleventh Century . The Catholic Historical Review . en . 83 . 3 . 385–400 . 10.1353/cat.1997.0050 . 1534-0708. 0.

External links

• University of Delaware website – Frassetto staff profile page
• ResearchGate Frassetto profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Michael Frassetto . InkWell Management Literary Agency . en.
2. . Frassetto, Michael 1961– . 2024-04-12 . Encyclopedia.com . Gale . n.d..
3. Web site: Frassetto . Michael . 1993 . The sermons of Ademar of Chabannes and the origins of medieval heresy. (Volumes I and II) . 2024-04-12 . ProQuest . en.
4. Web site: Michael Frassetto . 2024-04-12 . Britannica . en.
5. Web site: Personnel: Michael Frassetto . 2024-04-12 . Department of History, University of Delaware . en-US.
6. Web site: Author – Michael Frassetto . 2024-04-12 . Bloomsbury Publishing . en.
7. Reviews of Christians and Muslims in the Middle Ages: From Muhammad to Dante:
   • Berend . Nora . January 2022 . Christians and Muslims in the Middle Ages: From Muhammad to Dante By MICHAEL FRASSETTO . Journal of Islamic Studies . 33 . 1 . 111–112 . 10.1093/jis/etaa040.
   • Catlos . Brian A. . September 2020 . Christians and Muslims in the Middle Ages: From Muhammad to Dante. By Michael Frassetto. Lanham, Md.: Lexington, 2020. xxiii + 287 pp. 90.00 e-book. limited . Church History . en . 89 . 3 . 669–671 . 10.1017/S0009640720001481 . 0009-6407.
   • Tolan . John V. . 2022-10-01 . Michael Frassetto: Christians and Muslims in the Middle Ages: From Muhammad to Dante. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2020. Pp. xxiii, 287. $95. ISBN: 978-1-4985-7756-4. . Speculum . en . 97 . 4 . 1194–1195 . 10.1086/721819 . 0038-7134.
8. Christensen . Katherine . 2010-11-23 . A Review of The Great Medieval Heretics: Five Centuries of Religious Dissent: Frassetto, Michael, New York: Blue Bridge 241 pp, $24.95, ISBN 9781933346120 Publication date: June 2008 . History: Reviews of New Books . en . 39 . 1 . 21–22 . 10.1080/03612759.2010.514548 . 0361-2759. subscription.
9. Allmand . Christopher . July 2008 . Heretic Lives: Medieval Heresy from Bogomil and the Cathars to Wyclif and Hus By Michael Frassetto . History . en . 93 . 311 . 418–419 . 10.1111/j.1468-229X.2008.431_22.x . 0018-2648. subscription.
10. Mardall . Ruth . 2004-01-01 . Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe: Society in Transformation . 62–63 . 0950-4125 . Reference Reviews . 18 . 2 . subscription. 10.1108/09504120410521286.
11. Reviews of The Year 1000:
    • Bellitto . Christopher M. . January 2003 . The Year 1000: Religious and Social Response to the Turning of the First Millennium: Frassetto, Michael, ed.: New York: Palgrave 278 pp., Publication Date: December 2002 . History: Reviews of New Books . en . 31 . 3 . 121 . 10.1080/03612759.2003.10527602 . 0361-2759. subscription.
    • Swanson . Robert . 2005-01-01 . Review of Michael Frassetto, ed., The Year 1000: Religious and Social Response to the Turning of the First Millennium . Heythrop Journal . 46 . 372–373. subscription.
12. Swanson . R. N. . November 2009 . Christian Attitudes towards the Jews in the Middle Ages: A Casebook. Edited by Michael Frassetto . The Heythrop Journal . en . 50 . 6 . 1045–1046 . 10.1111/j.1468-2265.2009.00523_47.x . 0018-1196.