FRANCES C. KNEUPPER. PH.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY

Frances C. Kneupper specializes in Medieval European History, with an emphasis on spirituality, gender, and culture. Her first book was titled The Empire at the End of Time: Identity and Reform in Late Medieval German Prophecy (Oxford University Press, 2016). She has since published on spiritual women in the Middle Ages including an article in the Washington Post, “The Southern Baptist Convention’s Case against female pastors is centuries old” (June 22, 2023) https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2023/06/22/southern-baptist-convention-female-pastors. She is currently preparing a book titled Prophecy and the Battle for Spiritual Authority (1380-1400), which considers the claims and actions of prophetic women, reformers and outsiders at the end of the fourteenth century. She is also organizing an international conference for September 2024 on Prophetic Women from a Global Perspective, which aims to spotlight the role of spiritual women as cultural influencers and history makers.

Gender Studies -Related Research Interests:   Spirituality, gender, and culture in Medieval European History