Dr. Frances Kneupper is an Associate Professor of History in the Department of History at the University of Mississippi.
Research Interests
Dr. Kneupper's research focuses on heresy, prophecy, gender, and dissent. Her latest project is titled Beware False Prophets: Outsiders, Women, and Reformers in the Battle for Spiritual Authority (1360-1410). This work examines the role of prophecy in the contest for authority and spiritual legitimacy in the late fourteenth century. Her new research explores practices of compassion in the Late Middle Ages.
Biography
Dr. Kneupper was recently a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study at Central European University in Budapest.
She was previously a fellow at the International Consortium for Research in the Humanities at the University of Erlangen.
Publications
Courses Taught
- HST 120 Introduction to European History to 1648
- HST 390 The Middle Ages
- HST 317 Late Middle Ages and Renaissance
- HST 348 Women Who Ruled in European History
Dr. Kneupper is also engaged in the use of digital media in the classroom. She has authored a digital textbook entitled Foundations of European History through 1500. She is also developing an online lecture series that utilizes visual media as a resource for students and other curious people about the Middle Ages.
Education
B.S. History, Rice University (1994)
M.A. History, Northwestern University (2005)
Ph.D. History, Northwestern University (2011)