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Uta-Renate Blumenthal
Uta-Renate Blumenthal
	Blumenthal in 2004
Academic background
Alma mater	Columbia University
Thesis	The councils of Pope Paschal II from 1100-1110 : text-critical study (1973)

Uta-Renate Blumenthal is a German-born American medievalist and expert on canon law history, and professor emerita at the Catholic University of America. She is known for her work on the Investiture Controversy and on Pope Gregory VII.

Early life and career

Blumenthal studied at Columbia University where she received her BA (1969), MA (1970) and Ph.D. (1973).^[1] From 1973 to 1979, she was assistant professor at Vanderbilt University, then at the Catholic University of America, before becoming a full professor there in 1988.^[1] She was a Radcliffe Institute Fellow from 1976 to 1977, a visiting fellow at All Souls College at Oxford in 1987, and also a visiting professor at the University of Heidelberg in 1988.^[1] Since 1996, she has been part of the board of directors of the Stephan Kuttner Institute of Medieval Canon Law.^[2] In 1997, she was elected president of the American Catholic Historical Association.^[3]

Selected publications

Blumenthal, Uta-Renate (2001). Gregor VII. Papst zwischen Canossa und Kirchenreform (in German). Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. ISBN 3-89678-198-7.^[4]
Blumenthal, Uta-Renate (1998). Papal reform and canon law in the 11th and 12th centuries. Variorum Collected Studies. Aldershot: Variorum. ISBN 0-86078-695-1. (Collected essays.)^[5]
Blumenthal, Uta-Renate (1988). The Investiture Controversy. Church and monarchy from the ninth to the twelfth century. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0812213867. JSTOR j.ctt3fht77.^[6]
Blumenthal, Uta-Renate (1978). The early councils of Pope Paschal II. 1100–1110. Studies and texts. Vol. 43. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. ISBN 0-88844-043-X.

Honors and awards

Blumenthal was elected fellow of the Medieval Academy in 2017.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Uta-Renate Blumenthal". The Catholic University of America Department of History. 2010-02-19. Archived from the original on June 10, 2010. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
^ "Stephan Kuttner Institute of Medieval Canon Law". www.kuttner-institute.jura.uni-muenchen.de.
^ "Front Matter". The Catholic Historical Review. 83 (1): I. 1997. JSTOR 25024879. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
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Reviews of Gregor VII
- McLaughlin, Megan (2003). "Review of Gregor VII.: Papst zwischen Canossa und Kirchenreform". Speculum. 78 (1): 140–141. ISSN 0038-7134.
- Contreni, John J. (2004). "Review of Gregor VII. Papst zwischen Canossa und Kirchenreform". The Catholic Historical Review. 90 (3): 526–527. ISSN 0008-8080.
^
Reviews of Papal reform and canon law in the 11th and 12th centuries
- Brasington, Bruce C. (2000). "[Review of Papal Reform and Canon Law in the 11th and 12th Centuries, by U.-R. Blumenthal]". The Catholic Historical Review. 86 (1): 103–105. doi:10.1353/cat.2000.0136. JSTOR 25025664. S2CID 159874498. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- Lynch, John (2000). "[Review of Papal Reform and Canon Law in the 11th and 12th Centuries, by U.-R. Blumenthal]". Church History. 69 (1): 169–170. doi:10.2307/3170598. JSTOR 3170598. S2CID 162373891. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
^
Reviews of The Investiture Controversy
- Cowdrey, H. E. J. (1990). "Review of The Investiture Controversy: Church and Monarchy from the Ninth to the Twelfth Century". The American Historical Review. 95 (1): 148–149. doi:10.2307/2162987. ISSN 0002-8762.
- Russell, Jeffrey Burton (1990). "Review of The Investiture Controversy: Church and Monarchy from the Ninth to the Twelfth Century". The Journal of Religion. 70 (3): 453–453. ISSN 0022-4189.
- Sayers, Jane (1992). "Review of The Investiture Controversy. Church and Monarchy from the Ninth to the Twelfth Century". The English Historical Review. 107 (422): 168–169. ISSN 0013-8266.
^ "Fellows - The Medieval Academy of America". www.medievalacademy.org.

[BlumenthalCV-1] "Uta-Renate Blumenthal". The Catholic University of America Department of History. 2010-02-19. Archived from the original on June 10, 2010. Retrieved 2024-02-14.

[2] "Stephan Kuttner Institute of Medieval Canon Law". www.kuttner-institute.jura.uni-muenchen.de.

[3] "Front Matter". The Catholic Historical Review. 83 (1): I. 1997. JSTOR 25024879. Retrieved February 6, 2024.

[4] Reviews of Gregor VII
McLaughlin, Megan (2003). "Review of Gregor VII.: Papst zwischen Canossa und Kirchenreform". Speculum. 78 (1): 140–141. ISSN 0038-7134.

Contreni, John J. (2004). "Review of Gregor VII. Papst zwischen Canossa und Kirchenreform". The Catholic Historical Review. 90 (3): 526–527. ISSN 0008-8080.

[5] McLaughlin, Megan (2003). "Review of Gregor VII.: Papst zwischen Canossa und Kirchenreform". Speculum. 78 (1): 140–141. ISSN 0038-7134.

[6] Contreni, John J. (2004). "Review of Gregor VII. Papst zwischen Canossa und Kirchenreform". The Catholic Historical Review. 90 (3): 526–527. ISSN 0008-8080.

[5] Reviews of Papal reform and canon law in the 11th and 12th centuries
Brasington, Bruce C. (2000). "[Review of Papal Reform and Canon Law in the 11th and 12th Centuries, by U.-R. Blumenthal]". The Catholic Historical Review. 86 (1): 103–105. doi:10.1353/cat.2000.0136. JSTOR 25025664. S2CID 159874498. Retrieved February 6, 2024.

Lynch, John (2000). "[Review of Papal Reform and Canon Law in the 11th and 12th Centuries, by U.-R. Blumenthal]". Church History. 69 (1): 169–170. doi:10.2307/3170598. JSTOR 3170598. S2CID 162373891. Retrieved February 6, 2024.

[8] Brasington, Bruce C. (2000). "[Review of Papal Reform and Canon Law in the 11th and 12th Centuries, by U.-R. Blumenthal]". The Catholic Historical Review. 86 (1): 103–105. doi:10.1353/cat.2000.0136. JSTOR 25025664. S2CID 159874498. Retrieved February 6, 2024.

[9] Lynch, John (2000). "[Review of Papal Reform and Canon Law in the 11th and 12th Centuries, by U.-R. Blumenthal]". Church History. 69 (1): 169–170. doi:10.2307/3170598. JSTOR 3170598. S2CID 162373891. Retrieved February 6, 2024.

[6] Reviews of The Investiture Controversy
Cowdrey, H. E. J. (1990). "Review of The Investiture Controversy: Church and Monarchy from the Ninth to the Twelfth Century". The American Historical Review. 95 (1): 148–149. doi:10.2307/2162987. ISSN 0002-8762.

Russell, Jeffrey Burton (1990). "Review of The Investiture Controversy: Church and Monarchy from the Ninth to the Twelfth Century". The Journal of Religion. 70 (3): 453–453. ISSN 0022-4189.

Sayers, Jane (1992). "Review of The Investiture Controversy. Church and Monarchy from the Ninth to the Twelfth Century". The English Historical Review. 107 (422): 168–169. ISSN 0013-8266.

[11] Cowdrey, H. E. J. (1990). "Review of The Investiture Controversy: Church and Monarchy from the Ninth to the Twelfth Century". The American Historical Review. 95 (1): 148–149. doi:10.2307/2162987. ISSN 0002-8762.

[12] Russell, Jeffrey Burton (1990). "Review of The Investiture Controversy: Church and Monarchy from the Ninth to the Twelfth Century". The Journal of Religion. 70 (3): 453–453. ISSN 0022-4189.

[13] Sayers, Jane (1992). "Review of The Investiture Controversy. Church and Monarchy from the Ninth to the Twelfth Century". The English Historical Review. 107 (422): 168–169. ISSN 0013-8266.

[7] "Fellows - The Medieval Academy of America". www.medievalacademy.org.

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