Peter Lionel Larson
History Department
University of Central Florida
Post Office Box 161350
Orlando, Florida 32816-1350
Telephone: 407-823-6466 Fax: 407-823-3184
Email: Peter.Larson@ucf.edu Webpage: http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~plarson
Employment
2011 - present Associate Professor, History Department,
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.
2006 - 2011 Assistant Professor, History Department,
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.
2004 - 2006 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of
History, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH.
2002 Adjunct Instructor, History Department, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey,
(summer) New Brunswick, NJ.
Administrative Experience
2010
– present Graduate
Director, History Department, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.
Education
2004 Ph.D. in History, Rutgers, The
State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ.
2000 M.A. in Medieval History, University of Durham,
Durham, UK.
1998 M.A. in Medieval History, Catholic University of
America, Washington, D.C.
1995 B.A. in History and Classics (Latin), College of
William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.
RESEARCH
Publications
Monographs:
Conflict and Compromise in the Late Medieval
Countryside: Lords and Peasants in Durham, 1349 to
1400 (Routledge, August 30, 2006).
Articles and Essays:
“Peasant Opportunities in
Rural Durham: Land, Vills and Mills, 1349-1500,” in Commerical Activity,
Markets
and Entrepreneurs in the Middle Ages: Essays in Honour of Richard Britnell, ed. by
Ben Dodds and Christian D. Liddy (Boydell & Brewer, October, 2011), pp. 141-164.
“Village
Voice or Village Oligarchy? The
Jurors of the Durham Halmote Court, 1349-1424,” in Law and
History
Review 28:3 (2010): 675-709.
“Rural transformation in
northern England: village communities of Durham, 1340-1440,” in Agriculture
and Rural
Society after the Black Death: Common Themes and Regional Variations,
ed. by
Richard Britnell and Benjamin Dodds (University of Hertfordshire, September 2008), pp. 99-114.
“Local Law Courts in Late
Medieval Durham,” in North-East England
in the Later Middle Ages, ed.
By
Richard Britnell and Christian Liddy
(Boydell & Brewer, October 2005), pp. 97-117.
Encyclopedia Entries:
“The Diggers,” Online Content
for The International Encyclopedia of Revolution
and Protest: 1500 to the
present, ed. by
Immanuel Ness (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009) http://www.revolutionprotestencyclopedia.com
Book Reviews:
Review of Max Lieberman, The Medieval March of Wales: The Creation and
Perception of a Frontier,
1066-1283 (Cambridge, 2010) in The
Canadian Journal of History 46:1 (2011)
(forthcoming).
Review of Sherri Olson, A Mute Gospel: The People and Culture of the
Medieval English Common Fields
(Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2009) in The American Historical Review 115:5
(2010): 1510-1511.
Review of Robert W. Barrett,
Jr., Against All England: Regional
Identity and Cheshire Writing, 1195-
1656 (University of Notre Dame Press, 2009) in The Sixteenth Century Journal 41:4 (2010):
1276-1278.
Review of Piety and Plague: From Byzantium to the
Baroque, ed. by Franco Mormando and Thomas
Worcester (Truman State University Press, 2007) in The Canadian Journal of History 44:3
(2009): 499-501.
Review of Anne Reiber DeWindt and Edwin Breezette DeWindt, Ramsey: The
Lives of an English
Fenland Town, 1200-1600 (Catholic University of America Press, 2006) in Speculum
82:2
(2007): 422-424.
Review of John Langdon, Mills in the Medieval Economy: England, 1300
to 1540 (Oxford University
Press, 2004) in the Journal
of British Studies 45:1 (2006): 141-142.
Review of Samuel Cohn, Jr., Popular Protest in Late Medieval Europe:
Italy, France, and Flanders
(Manchester University Press, 2004) in Perspicuitas (posted 12 July 2005, at
http://www.perspicuitas.uni-essen.de/rezens/rezlarson.pdf).
Works in Progress
From Reformation to Restoration: The Social and
Economic Transformations of a Northeastern Parish,
1399-1660. A study of
the ways in which England’s transition from the late Middle Ages to the
early modern period played out
at the local level. I am using legal and
economic records to
reconstruct the demography and
socio-politic networks of three villages from Bishop Middleham
Parish, County Durham, to explore how
they fared during this tumultuous period.
The Courts of Medieval Durham to 1536: A study of the legal history of County Durham in
relation to its
status as a county palatine
before Henry VIII began resuming its jurisdictions back into royal
control. This will be a substantive scholarly study
accompanied by a critical edition of illustrative
court records and other
documents.
with Dr. Simon Harris, critical edition of Bishop Thomas
Hatfield’s survey of the Bishopric of Durham
(manuscript SC 12/21/28, The
National Archives, Kew, London, UK).
Grants and Awards
2010 In-House Research Grant, College
of Arts & Humanities and Office of Research &
Commercialization,
University of Central Florida. $4,410.00.
2009 Learning Institute For Elders @ UCF, Inc., $1,350.00 for the “Building Blocks”
Public
History project, RICHES
(Research Initiative to Collect the Histories, Experiences, and
Stories)
of Central Florida, History Department, UCF. Lead grant writer.
2009 British
Academy/Huntington Library joint short-term Fellowship for study in Great
Britain. £1,350.00.
2009 Pauley Endowment Travel Award,
History Department, UCF. $1,500.00
2006 Research Recognition Award, College
of Arts & Humanities, UCF.
2005 Faculty Development Grant, Kenyon College. $1,579.00.
2002 Travel Bursary, “North-East England in the Late
Middle Ages” Conference, Arts and
Humanities Research Board Centre for
North-East England History. £500.00.
1999-2000 Graduate Research and Travel Grants,
Department of History, Rutgers.
2000-2001
1999-2003 Ph.D. Fellowship and Teaching
Assistantship, Rutgers.
1998 Research Bursary, Department of History, University
of Durham. £1,000.00.
1996-1998 Roy M. DeFerraro
Memorial Ph.D. Fellowship, Catholic University of America.
“The King, the Bishop, the
Saint, and the Law: The Origins of the Palatinate of Durham Revisited,” 36th
Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Medieval Association,
Roanoke, VA, November 2010.
“‘The Bishop of Durham’s
Widows’: Widowhood, Inheritance, and Household (re)Formation in
Northeast England, 1349-1660” North American Conference
on British Studies Annual Meeting,
Baltimore, MD, November 2010.
Organized panel, “Threat,
Icon, Opportunity: Views of Widows in British Society,” for the North
American Conference on British Studies Annual Meeting,
Baltimore, MD, November 2010.
“Protest, Resistance,
and Rebellion: Approaches to Disorder in Rural England,” part of a panel
sponsored
by the Centre for Medieval and
Renaissance Studies, Durham University, at the 44th International
Conference on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, May 2009.
“Sports, Games, and the
Changing Fear of Disorder in County Durham, 1377 to 1504,” Mid-Atlantic
British Studies Conference, University of Maryland-Baltimore
Campus, March 2008.
“‘Business
as Usual?’ Coping with the Black
Death in England, 1348 to 1400” 19th Annual Medieval-
Renaissance Conference, University of Virginia at Wise,
September 2005.
“Maintenance, Rebellion, and
Disorder in Late Medieval England: The Peasants of Durham Priory,”
29th Annual Mid-American Medieval Association
Conference, University of Missouri-Kansas
City, 26 February, 2005.
“Writers, Rebels, and
Heretics: ‘Bone Governaunce’ and the Limits of
Rebellion in England, 1348-1417,”
25th Annual Warren I. Susman
Memorial Graduate Student Conference, Rutgers - New
Brunswick, NJ, April 2003.
“The Bishop of Durham’s
Widows: A Failed Attempt at Seignorial Exploitation After the Black Death,”
Mid-Atlantic British Studies Conference, Rutgers - New
Brunswick, NJ, March 2003.
Organized panel, “Oppression
and Resistance in Late Medieval England,” for the Mid-Atlantic
British Studies Conference, Rutgers - New Brunswick, NJ,
March 2003.
“Local Law Courts in the
Later Middle Ages,” North-East England in the Late Middle
Ages Conference,
organized by the Arts and
Humanities Research Board Centre for North-East England History,
Durham University, UK, July 2002.
“Wealth and Geography in Northern England:
Settlements between Highland and Lowland Zones in
Medieval Northumberland,” 23rd
Annual Warren I. Susman Memorial Graduate Student
Conference, Rutgers - New Brunswick, NJ, April 2001.
Other Presentations:
“Freedom and Unfreedom in England at the End of the Middle Ages,” to the
Faculty Seminar, Kenyon
College, Gambier, OH, October 2004.
“Freedom and Serfdom in Late
Medieval Durham,” to the Medieval North East Seminar Group,
University
of Durham, UK, March 2002.
Languages
Latin (Classical and
Medieval): Excellent ability, with paleographical, editing, and textual criticism
skills.
Certification: passed Ph.D. level examination in
Medieval Latin, Centre for Medieval
Studies, University of Toronto, September 2000.
French (Old, Anglo-Norman,
and Modern): Good reading ability.
Middle English: Good reading
ability.
Italian and Spanish: Fair
reading ability.
TEACHING
Grants and Awards
2011 Teaching Incentive Program (TIP)
Award, University of Central Florida. $5000.00
increase
to base salary.
2009 University Excellence in
Undergraduate Teaching Award, University of Central Florida.
2009 Excellence in Undergraduate
Teaching Award, College of Arts & Humanities, UCF.
2009 Innovative Teaching and Learning
Grant, Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning,
UCF
(with Dr. Amelia Lyons and Dr. John Sacher, History Department). $1,000.00.
Courses Taught
University of Central Florida, Undergraduate:
EUH2000H Honors Western Civilization I
EUH3122 Medieval Society and Civilization
EUH3124 The Crusades
EUH3142 Renaissance and Reformation
EUH4500 English History to 1485
EUH4501 English History 1485 to 1815
EUH4674H Honors Interdisciplinary Seminar: Sport
& Society in the Ancient World
HIS3905 Independent Study: Atlantic Maritime History (spring 2009)
Imperial
Spain (summer 2009)
Early
Medieval England (summer 2009)
Late
Medieval England (spring 2011)
University of Central Florida, Graduate:
EUH5546 Colloquium in British History: Late
Medieval England (spring 2007)
EUH5546 Colloquium in British History: Early
Modern Britain (fall 2007)
EUH5546 Colloquium in British History: British
Empire (summer 2009)
EUH5546 Colloquium in British History: English
Society, 1200-1800 (fall 2010)
EUH5546 Colloquium in British History: Early
British Empire (summer 2011)
EUH5907 Independent Study: Politics &
Religion in Tudor England (fall 2008)
EUH6809 Independent Study Seminar: Scottish Military History (fall 2008)
EUH6809 Independent Study Seminar: Elizabeth I (spring 2009)
EUH6809 Independent Study Seminar: Tudor England (fall 2009)
EUH6939 Seminar in British History: Early Modern
Britain (spring 2008)
EUH6939 Seminar in British History: British
Social History (spring 2011)
Kenyon College, Undergraduate:
History 126 The Early Middle
Ages
History 127 The Later Middle
Ages
History 131 Early Modern Europe
History 186 First Year Seminar: The Crusades
History 186 First Year Seminar: Medieval Women
History 228 Medieval England
History 234 Medieval Kings and Queens
History 326 Heresy and Magic
History 493 Independent Study: Crime in Medieval
England (fall 2005)
Rutgers – New Brunswick, Undergraduate:
English 355:101 Expository
Writing
History 510:101 Development
of Europe I
Thesis Supervision
UCF Master’s Theses, History Department:
Christie Schneck, “Continuing
Themes from Popular Entertainment through Pamphlets and Newsbooks
in England, 1580-1600,”
2009-present.
Scott Hilderbrandt,
“The Highland Soldier in Georgia and Florida: A Case Study of Scottish
Highlanders
in British Military Service,
1739-1748,” 2009-2010.
Jessica Hoeschen, “The
English Reformation in Image and Print: Cultural Continuity, Disruptions, and
Communications in Tudor Art,” 2009-2010.
Melissa Perez, “Vibia Perpetua’s Diary: A Woman’s Voice in a Roman Text of
Its Own,” 2007-2009.
Lindsey McNellis,
“‘Let Her Be Taken’: Sexual Violence in Medieval England,” 2007-2008.
UCF Master’s Thesis, Interdisciplinary Studies:
Nicole Hill, “‘Bloudy Tygresses’: Murderous
Women in Early Modern English Drama and Popular
Literature.” 2009.
(Became committee chair in spring 2009.)
UCF Honors in the Major Theses:
Brandon Raphael, [title TBD;
topic: English Foreign Politics and the Divorce of Henry VIII and
Catherine of Aragon]. History Department,
2010-present.
Lisa Rome, “Settling
Differences: A Comparative Study of Yorkshire and East Anglia, Focusing on the
Scandinavian Influences on Place Names and Coins,”
History Department, 2009-2010.
Jessica
King, “Castration and Heresy in Medieval France,” History Department,
2009-2010.
Christopher Mielke, “A
Reanalysis of the role of Philippa of Lancaster,
Queen of Portugal, in the
Expedition to Ceuta, 1415,” History
Department, 2007-2008.
Kenyon College Honors Theses:
Kate
Flinner, “Eulogius of
Cordoba: Women and Hagiography,” Department of History, 2006. Awarded
High Honors.
Catherine
Papai, “Understanding of Loss: Exile, Convivencia, and Poetic Visions,” Department of
History, 2005. Awarded High Honors.
Thesis Examination
External
examiner for Matthew Baber, “Revenge, Retribution, and the Apocalypse: John
Foxe and the
English Protestant
Ethos.” Honors thesis, University
of South Florida – Sarasota-Manatee,
12/2010.
External
examiner for David Genualdi,
“Utopia Realized: King Utopus’ Policy of Religious
Toleration
and Thomas More’s Persecution of
Heretics.” Honors thesis, University of South Florida –
Sarasota-Manatee, 12/2010.
SERVICE
University of Central
Florida
History Department:
2010
- present Graduate
Director
2010
- 2011 Chair,
South/Southeast Asian Search Committee
2010
- 2011 Digital History
Search Committee
2010
- 2011 Program Assistant
Search Committee
2010 Chair, Visiting
Assistant Professor Search Committee (Early American Republic)
2009 Chair, Visiting
Assistant Professor Search Committee (Early Modern Europe)
2009
- present Graduate
Program Assessment Coordinator
2008 Permanent Instructor
(online) Search Committee
2007
- 2008 Promotion and
Tenure Criteria Committee
2007
- present Graduate
Committee
2008
- 2010 & Pauley
Endowment Speaker Series committee
2006
- 2007
College of Arts &
Humanities:
2007
- present Board
of Advisors, Center for Humanities and Digital Research
2006
- present Co-founder,
Medieval and Early Modern Studies Minor
2006
- 2007 Teaching Incentive
Program (TIP) Criteria Committee
Burnett Honors College:
2007 Faculty Facilitator
and Advisor, President’s Scholars summer Study Abroad
Program to
Cambridge University, UK
University:
2011 Judge for the 2011
UCF Graduate Research Forum, March 29, 2011.
2011 Presenter at “An
Informal Talk About Tenure & Promotion at UCF:
What to
Expect,”
sponsored by UCF-UFF, March 28, 2011.
2007
- 2010 Liaison to the
Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning
2007
- 2009 United Faculty of
Florida (UFF) Senator, University of Central Florida Chapter
#7463
2006
- present History
Department Library Liaison
Student Groups:
2010 With Dr. Amelia
Lyons and Dr. John Sacher, “How to Apply to Graduate School
Workshop,” for the Alpha Gamma
Chi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, October 7,
2010.
2009 With Dr. Amelia Lyons and Dr. John
Sacher, “Going to Grad School” workshop
for the
Alpha Gamma Chi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, October 20, 2009.
2008
- present Faculty
Advisor, Knights Melee Club
Kenyon College
2004-2005 Baker
Prize Committee, Department of History, Kenyon College.
Professional
Memberships
Medieval Academy
North American Conference on
British Studies & Southern Conference on British Studies
Selden Society
British Agricultural History
Society
Economic History Society
Southeast Medieval
Association
Community Presentations
Guest Speaker, “Ancient
Orders, Modern Plots? Templars, Illuminati, and the Silver Screen,” Winter
Park Philosophy Club, Winter Park, Florida, April 28,
2009.
Guest
Speaker, “Myths and Realities of the Middle Ages,” Orange County Regional
History Center and
Orange County Public Schools
Workshop “Did You Say Middle Ages?” for Social Studies
Teachers, Orlando, Florida, September
27, 2008.
Guest
Speaker with Dr. Tison Pugh, English Department, University of Central Florida,
“The Secular and
the Sacred
in Medieval Art,” Orange County Regional History Center and Orange County
Public
Schools Workshop “Did You Say Middle
Ages?” for Social Studies Teachers, Orlando, Florida,
September 27, 2008.