Jonathan Sapp

Visiting Assistant Professor of History

Office:

Berte Humanities Building 308

Contact Information:

Box 549025
Birmingham-Southern College
900 Arkadelphia Rd
Birmingham, AL 35254
E-mail: [email protected]

Brief Career Background:

Jonathan Sapp is an historian of Medieval Europe. His research centers on the
interaction between institutional church reform and the emerging ancestor cults of the warrior nobility in western France from the tenth to twelfth centuries (900-1150 CE). He is also interested in medieval strategies of dispute processing, the cult of the saints, and premodern humor.

Educational Background:

Duke University, Ph. D (2021)
University of Akron, M. A. (2013)
University of North Carolina - Greensboro, B.A. (2011)