Sam Kennerley
Research Fellow, Peterhouse
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I am an historian of the intellectual history of fifteenth and sixteenth century Europe. I research how figures from this time interpreted information distant to them in time (classical antiquity, the early church) or space (Byzantium, Ethiopia, the Ottoman Empire), a question that I have explored through translations, and more recently letter collections.
In 2017 I completed my PhD on the reception of the Greek Church Father John Chrysostom (c.350-307) in Latin Europe between 1440 and 1600. I am currently revising this PhD into a book, where I will show how the Greek reception of Chrysostom in late Byzantium and the early Ottoman Empire interacted with scholarship in the Latin west.
In addition to revising my PhD, I am currently working on the correspondence of Marcello II Cervini (1501-1555), the shortest-reigning pope in recorded history whose letters are an invaluable witness to the remaking of Catholicism in the sixteenth century. I have published research about this correspondence (see my Academia page), which I also aim to make more widely accessible through a digital edition.
In 2017 I completed my PhD on the reception of the Greek Church Father John Chrysostom (c.350-307) in Latin Europe between 1440 and 1600. I am currently revising this PhD into a book, where I will show how the Greek reception of Chrysostom in late Byzantium and the early Ottoman Empire interacted with scholarship in the Latin west.
In addition to revising my PhD, I am currently working on the correspondence of Marcello II Cervini (1501-1555), the shortest-reigning pope in recorded history whose letters are an invaluable witness to the remaking of Catholicism in the sixteenth century. I have published research about this correspondence (see my Academia page), which I also aim to make more widely accessible through a digital edition.
Renaissance; Reformation; early modern Italy; eastern Christianity; correspondence; patristics
I have lectured and supervised for Part I Paper 16 (Early Modern Europe, 1450-1760), and Part II Paper 17 (The Politics of Knowledge from the Late Renaissance to the Early Enlightenment). I also deliver seminars in Historical Argument and Practice at Peterhouse.
I would be eager to supervise students with an interest in the intellectual and cultural history of early modern Europe.
I would be eager to supervise students with an interest in the intellectual and cultural history of early modern Europe.
I would be willing to supervise PhD dissertations in any area of the intellectual or cultural history of fifteenth and sixteenth century Europe. I would be particularly interested in hearing of potential students with an interest in the following topics:
- Renaissance humanism
- Early modern Venice
- Early modern Rome
- The Greek world, 1400-1700
- Eastern Christianity, especially the life and work of Gabriel ibn al-Qilai, and Istifan al-Duwayhi
- Renaissance humanism
- Early modern Venice
- Early modern Rome
- The Greek world, 1400-1700
- Eastern Christianity, especially the life and work of Gabriel ibn al-Qilai, and Istifan al-Duwayhi
Contact
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Address
Peterhouse, Cambridge, CB2 1RD
Email
sjk76@cam.ac.uk
Key publications
'The Church Fathers in Renaissance and Reformation Thought', Oxford Bibliographies in the Renaissance and the Reformation, ed. Margaret King. Oxford University Press, 2018.
'Ethiopian Christians in Rome, c.1400-1700', in Religious Minorities in Early Modern Rome, ed. Emily Michelson and Matt Coneys. Leiden: Brill, 2020.
'Friendship, Philology and Deceit in the Margins of a Greek Manuscript: Retelling the Story of MS Wolfenbüttel: Herzog August Bibliothek, Gud. gr. 2o 10', International Journal of the Classical Tradition, 27 (2020)
'Students of History, Masters of Tradition: Josse Clichtove, Noël Beda, and the Limits of Historical Criticism', Renaissance Studies, 35.1 (2021)
'Ethiopian Christians in Rome, c.1400-1700', in Religious Minorities in Early Modern Rome, ed. Emily Michelson and Matt Coneys. Leiden: Brill, 2020.
'Friendship, Philology and Deceit in the Margins of a Greek Manuscript: Retelling the Story of MS Wolfenbüttel: Herzog August Bibliothek, Gud. gr. 2o 10', International Journal of the Classical Tradition, 27 (2020)
'Students of History, Masters of Tradition: Josse Clichtove, Noël Beda, and the Limits of Historical Criticism', Renaissance Studies, 35.1 (2021)
Other publications
Ongoing projects:
Francesco Griffolini: Scholarship and Patronage in Renaissance Rome.
From Antioch to Eton: The Reception of John Chrysostom in Byzantium, the Ottoman Empire and the West, 1417-1614.
Rome and the Maronites from the Renaissance to the Reformation: From the Council of Ferrara-Florence (1438-1445) to the protectorate of Marcello II Cervini (1540-1555)
Francesco Griffolini: Scholarship and Patronage in Renaissance Rome.
From Antioch to Eton: The Reception of John Chrysostom in Byzantium, the Ottoman Empire and the West, 1417-1614.
Rome and the Maronites from the Renaissance to the Reformation: From the Council of Ferrara-Florence (1438-1445) to the protectorate of Marcello II Cervini (1540-1555)