Dyan Elliott

Dyan Elliott
Born1954 (age 70–71)
OccupationHistorian
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
Academic work
DisciplineMedieval studies
Sub-disciplineWomen in the medieval church
InstitutionsNorthwestern University

Dyan Elliott (born 1954) is a medievalist historian and scholar, whose focus of academic research is "gender, sexuality, spirituality, and the ongoing tensions between orthodoxy and religious dissent".[1] Elliott is the Peter B. Ritzma professor of history at Northwestern University, where she teaches the Medieval period.[2] 

Life

Elliott was born in 1954 and was raised Anglican by a very religious mother, attending mass at least three times a week.[3] Although she is no longer religious, she has credited her religious upbringing for sparking her interest in church history.[3]

She received her PhD from the University of Toronto in 1989.

Dyan Elliott’s research about "gender, sexuality, spirituality" adds levels of evaluation and understanding regarding church history, and those who were affected negatively and positively by its hierarchy and authority figures.[1] Her work has won her several prestigious awards and fellowships in her field.

Elliott's 2020 book, The Corrupter of Boys: Sodomy, Scandal, and the Medieval Clergy, explores sexual abuse in the medieval church.[4] In 2024, Elliott spoke on "sexual abuse by clergy in the Middle Ages" at the Pontifical Gregorian University's conference "The Memory of Power and Abuse of Power".[5]

In addition to several academic books, Elliott has also written a historical novel, A Hole in the Heavens (2017).[1][6]

Awards

Source[2]

Publications

Books

Source[1]

  • Spiritual Marriage: Sexual Abstinence in Medieval Wedlock (Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1992)[7][8][9][10][11][12]
  • Fallen Bodies: Pollution, Sexuality, and Demonology in the Middle Ages (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999)[13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
  • Proving Woman: Female Mysticism and Inquisitional Practice in Late Medieval Europe (Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2004;[20]
  • The Bride of Christ Goes to Hell: Metaphor and Embodiment in the Lives of Pious Women, 200-1500 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012)[22][23][24][25][26][27][28]
  • The Corrupter of Boys: Sodomy, Scandal, and the Medieval Clergy (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020)[29][30]

Articles and chapters

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Dyan Elliott". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Dyan Elliott: Department of History". Northwestern University. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Elliott, Dyan (2010). "Historical Faith/Historian's Faith". Religion & Literature. 42 (1/2): 247–252. JSTOR 23049479. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  4. ^ Doyle, Thomas P. (2020-10-10). "New book examines clergy sexual abuse — in the wide lens of history". www.ncronline.org. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
  5. ^ "Experts at Rome conference delve into historical abuses of power". Catholic Review. 2024-04-21. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
  6. ^ a b "Dyan Elliott (NHC Fellow, 1997–98; 2012–13)". National Humanities Center. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
  7. ^ Olsen, Glenn W. (Summer 1995). "Marriage, Feminism, Theology, and the New Social History: Dyan Elliott's Spiritual Marriage". Communio.
  8. ^ Weston, L. M. C. (1994-10-01). "Elliott, Spiritual Marriage: Sexual Abstinence in Medieval Wedlock". The Medieval Review. ISSN 1096-746X.
  9. ^ Underhill, Frances A. (1996). "Review of Spiritual Marriage: Sexual Abstinence in Medieval Wedlock". Church History. 65 (1): 83–84. doi:10.2307/3170513. ISSN 0009-6407. JSTOR 3170513.
  10. ^ McLaughlin, Megan (1995). "Review of Spiritual Marriage: Sexual Abstinence in Medieval Wedlock; The Bridling of Desire: Views of Sex in the Later Middle Ages". Journal of the History of Sexuality. 6 (1): 118–121. ISSN 1043-4070. JSTOR 3704440.
  11. ^ Brooke, C. N. L. (1996). "Review of Spiritual Marriage. Sexual Abstinence in Medieval Wedlock". The English Historical Review. 111 (441): 411–412. doi:10.1093/ehr/CXI.441.411-b. ISSN 0013-8266. JSTOR 576530.
  12. ^ Blamires, Alcuin (1995). "Review of Spiritual Marriage: Sexual Abstinence in Medieval Wedlock". Medium Ævum. 64 (1): 110–111. doi:10.2307/43629680. ISSN 0025-8385. JSTOR 43629680.
  13. ^ Park, Katharine (2000). "Review of Fallen Bodies: Pollution, Sexuality, and Demonology in the Middle Ages". Church History. 69 (4): 860–866. doi:10.2307/3169334. ISSN 0009-6407. JSTOR 3169334.
  14. ^ Payer, Pierre J. (1999). "Review of Fallen Bodies: Pollution, Sexuality, and Demonology in the Middle Ages". The Catholic Historical Review. 85 (3): 444–445. ISSN 0008-8080. JSTOR 25025544.
  15. ^ Evans, Ruth (2000). "Review of Fallen Bodies: Pollution, Sexuality, and Demonology in the Middle Ages, The Middle Ages Series". Medium Ævum. 69 (2): 293–294. doi:10.2307/43630291. ISSN 0025-8385. JSTOR 43630291.
  16. ^ Newman, Barbara (2000). "Review of Fallen Bodies: Pollution, Sexuality, and Demonology in the Middle Ages". Speculum. 75 (2): 454–456. doi:10.2307/2887598. ISSN 0038-7134. JSTOR 2887598.
  17. ^ Brown, Judith C. (2000). "Review of Fallen Bodies: Pollution, Sexuality and Demonology in the Middle Ages". The American Historical Review. 105 (5): 1788–1789. doi:10.2307/2652146. ISSN 0002-8762. JSTOR 2652146.
  18. ^ Kuefler, Mathew (2000). "Review of Fallen Bodies: Pollution, Sexuality, and Demonology in the Middle Ages". Journal of the History of Sexuality. 9 (1/2): 185–190. ISSN 1043-4070. JSTOR 3704640.
  19. ^ Farmer, Sharon (2001). "Review of Fallen Bodies: Pollution, Sexuality, and Demonology in the Middle Ages". Social History. 26 (2): 259–260. ISSN 0307-1022. JSTOR 4286788.
  20. ^ Gábor Klaniczay, review of Proving Woman: Spirituality and Inquisitional Culture in the Later Middle Ages, 181-182, by Dyan Elliott. Speculum 82, no. 1 (2007). JSTOR.
  21. ^ a b "Medieval historian first to be honored for second time with prestigious Medieval Institute book prize | Western Michigan University". wmich.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
  22. ^ Newman, Barbara (2012-06-01). "Elliott, The Bride of Christ Goes to Hell". The Medieval Review. ISSN 1096-746X.
  23. ^ Bailey, M. D. (2013-02-01). "DYAN ELLIOTT. The Bride of Christ Goes to Hell: Metaphor and Embodiment in the Lives of Pious Women, 200-1500". The American Historical Review. 118 (1): 236–237. doi:10.1093/ahr/118.1.236. ISSN 0002-8762.
  24. ^ Dreyer, Elizabeth A. (2012). "Review of The Bride of Christ Goes to Hell: Metaphor and Embodiment in the Lives of Pious Women, 200-1500. [The Middle Ages Series]". The Catholic Historical Review. 98 (4): 767–769. ISSN 0008-8080. JSTOR 23565423.
  25. ^ Griffiths, Fiona J. (2013). "Review of The Bride of Christ Goes to Hell: Metaphor and Embodiment in the Lives of Pious Women, 200–1500. The Middle Ages Series". Church History. 82 (4): 947–949. doi:10.1017/S0009640713001224. ISSN 0009-6407. JSTOR 24533043.
  26. ^ Clark, Anne L. (2013). "Review of The Bride of Christ Goes to Hell: Metaphor and Embodiment in the Lives of Pious Women, 200–1500, Elliott, Dyan". The Journal of Religion. 93 (3): 382–384. doi:10.1086/672219. ISSN 0022-4189. JSTOR 10.1086/672219.
  27. ^ McLaughlin, Megan (2015). "Review of The Bride of Christ Goes to Hell: Metaphor and Embodiment in the Lives of Pious Women, 200-1500. (Middle Ages Series)". Speculum. 90 (3): 801–802. doi:10.1017/S0038713415001311. ISSN 0038-7134. JSTOR 43577459.
  28. ^ Dickason, Kathryn (2013). "Review of The Bride of Christ Goes to Hell: Metaphor and Embodiment in the Lives of Pious Women, 200-1500". Anglican and Episcopal History. 82 (4): 477–479. ISSN 0896-8039. JSTOR 43049691.
  29. ^ Kuefler, Mathew (2021-11-10). "Elliott, The Corrupter of Boys". The Medieval Review. ISSN 1096-746X.
  30. ^ Griffiths, Fiona (April 2023). "Dyan Elliott, The Corrupter of Boys: Sodomy, Scandal, and the Medieval Clergy". Speculum. 98 (2): 590–592. doi:10.1086/724260. ISSN 0038-7134.