Barbara Hanawalt

King George III Professor of British History
History
106 Dulles Hall
614.292.0245
hanawalt.4@osu.edu

Education
B.A., History, Rutgers University (1963)
M.A., History, University of Michigan (1964)
Ph.D., History, University of Michigan (1970)

Teaching/Research
Dr. Hanawalt's research interests include medieval history in Europe, medieval crime and conflict, and women in medieval society.

Selected Publications
"History of Family, Women, and Children in Late Medieval Europe," in New Approaches to the History of Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe, ed. by Troels Dahlerup and Per Ingesman.. (Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, 2009)

The Wealth of Wives:  Women, Law and the Economy in Late Medieval London (Oxford University Press, 2007)

"The Dilemma of the Widow with Property," in The Medieval Marriage Scene:  Prudence, Passion, Policy, eds. by Cristelle Baskins and Sherry Roush (Arizona State University Press, 2005)

"The Contested Streets of Medieval London," in Die Strasse: Zur Funktion un Perzeption Öffenlichen Raums im Späten Mittelalter, ed. by Gerhard Jaritz (Der Öterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2001)

“Violence in the Domestic Mileu of Late Medieval England,” in Violence in Medieval Society, ed. by Richard W. Kaeuper (The Boydel Press, 2000)

"'Good Governance' in the Medieval and Early Modern Context" (Journal of British Studies, 1998)

Of Good and Ill Repute: Gender and Social Control in Medieval England (Oxford University Press, 1998)

Growing up in Medieval London: The Experience of Childhood in History (Oxford University Press, 1993)

The Ties That Bound: Peasant Families in Medieval England (Oxford University Press, 1986)

Crime and Conflict in English Communities, 1300-1348 (Harvard University Press, 1979)

Honors, Awards, and Service
Choice Academic Book of the Year Award, The Wealth of Wives: Women, Law, and the Economy in Late Medieval London (2008)

Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of London (2008-)

Editorial Board Member, Mediaevalia et Humanistica (2000-)

Distinguished Lecturer, The Ohio State University (2005-06)

President, Medieval Academy of America (2004-05)

Board of Advisors, Crime, Historie et Société/Crime, History and Societies (1997-)

Fellow, Medieval Academy of America

Fellow, Royal Historical Society (1994-)

Fellow, Douglass College Society (1993-)

Editorial Board, Journal of Women’s History (1988-2005)

Mershon Projects
Civic Order and Dispute Resolution in Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-Century London (2009-10)