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Cynthia Polecritti

Cynthia Polecritti   
Cynthia Polecritti
    Title:  Associate Professor
    Type:  Faculty Member
    Concentration:  Europe
    Email:  clpolecr@ucsc.edu
    Phone:  (831) 459-3356 Office
(831) 459-2555 Message
    Office:  267 Stevenson
    Office Hours:  On leave Fall 2009

Courses Taught 
HIS-164A-01 - Late-Medieval Italy, 1200-1400
HIS-164B-01 - Renaissance Italy, 1400-1600
HIS-183A-01 - Nineteenth Century Italy
HIS-183B-01 - Fascism and Resistance in Italy
HIS-196C-01 - Modern Italian Culture
HIS-196Y-01 - Saints and Holiness in Medieval Europe
HIS-65A-01 - Medieval Europe, 200-1000

Research Focus 
Medieval, renaissance, and modern Italy; social, cultural, and urban history; ritual and popular devotion

Education History 
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Selected Publications 
"In the Shop of the Lord: Bernardino of Siena and Popular Devotion," in Beyond Florence: The Countours of Medieval and Early Modern Italy, P. Findlen, M. Fontaine, and D. Osheim, eds. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2003.

Preaching Peace in Renaissance Italy: Bernardino of Siena and His Audience. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2000.