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Lois Huneycutt

Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
area: Medieval women; European history
office: 114A Read Hall
phone: 573-882-5862
email: huneycuttl@missouri.edu

B.A. University of California, Riverside, 1986
M.A. University of California, Riverside, 1987
Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara, 1992

Professor Huneycutt specializes in medieval European history. Her research focuses on history of women and the family, the political history of England, France, and Scandinavia, and the development and reception of Christianity within the various cultures of western medieval Europe. She teaches the medieval surveys (History 270 and 271) and a variety of specialty courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels, including "The Vikings in European History," "Women and the Family in Medieval Europe."

Professor Huneycutt's publications include articles on European queenship and the role of royal and noble women in the 11th and 12th centuries. After completing a biographical study of England's Queen Matilda II, who reigned from 1100-1118 as a consort of King Henry I, she is now engaged in a comparative study of the Anglo-Norman queens of England (1066-1154).

Undergraduate Teaching:

Professor Huneycutt's undergraduate courses include the following:

  • History 1500:    Foundations of Western Civilization
  • History 1540:    England before the Glorious Revolution
  • History 1560:    The World of the Middle Ages
  • History 1590:    Women and Family in the Pre-Modern West
  • History 3590:    Europe in the Early Middle Ages
  • History 3600:    Europe in the Later Middle Ages
  • History 4000:    Age of the Vikings

In addition, Professor Huneycutt regularly teaches capstone seminars (History 4971). Recent topics have included "The Medieval British Monarchy," "The Normans in European History," and "Aristocratic Women in the High Middle Ages."

Graduate Teaching:

Currently, Dr. Huneycutt supervises about half a dozen students who are engaged in graduate studies. The following list of theses completed under her direction illustrates the scope of work being undertaken in medieval history at the University of Missouri-Columbia:

  • Rebecca L. Swaters, "Exchange And Settlement Patterns as Evidence for Social Stratification and Developing Complexity in Prehistoric and Early Christian Ireland" (MA thesis, 2007).
  • Mark A. Singer, "Holding the Border: Power, Identity, and the Conversion of Mercia." (MA thesis, 2006)
  • Sara Esther (2005). "The Spanish-English Horse Trade in the Later Middle Ages."
  • Lindsey O'Donnell (2004). "Render Unto Caesar: Ecclesiastical Identity in Thirteenth-Century North Wales."
  • Jason W. Evans (2003). "Reform on His Own Terms: The Personal Piety of William the Conqueror."
  • Robyn K. Ramsey (2003). "Women and the Feminine in the Letters of St. Bernard of Clairvaux."
  • Kristi B. Keuhn (2002). "'For You Are All One In Christ Jesus': St. Anselm's Spiritual Friendships with Women."

 

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Lois Huneycutt
Professor Huneycutt

Above, Professor Huneycutt begins her in-depth explanation of the intricacies and workings of a Viking ship.

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Matilda of Scotland