Jonathan Lyon

Assistant Professor of Medieval History
Ph.D. University of Notre Dame 2005

FIELD SPECIALTIES

Medieval European Political and Social History; History of the Family; the European Nobility; Medieval Germany and the Holy Roman Empire

BIOGRAPHY

Jonathan Lyon's research and teaching focus on the political and social history of Western and Central Europe during the medieval period, particularly the eleventh through thirteenth centuries. He teaches courses on topics relating to the Holy Roman Empire, the European nobility, the Crusades, family and marriage, and kingship. His current research concerns the role played by familial relationships—especially sibling relationships—in the German nobility’s efforts to further their political ambitions under the Staufen rulers of the Holy Roman Empire (ca. 1138-1250). One of the principal goals of this research project is to develop new approaches to the study of medieval noble families more generally.

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS

“The Withdrawal of Aged Noblemen into Monastic Communities: Interpreting the Sources from Twelfth-Century Germany,” in Old Age in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, ed. Albrecht Classen (Berlin and New York: De Gruyter, 2007), pp. 143-169.

“Die Andechs-Meranier und das Bistum Bamberg,” in Das Bistum Bamberg in der Welt des Mittelalters, eds. Christine and Klaus van Eickels, Bamberger interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien, Vorträge und Vorlesungen, vol. 1 (Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, 2007), pp. 247-262.