Publications
BOOKS:
Global Medieval Life and Culture 3 volumes. Under contract with Greenwood to be completed by Fall 2008. I am the general editor and author of one volume.
The Blood of Martyrs. NY: Routledge, 2004.
Encyclopedia of Daily Life Through History. General Editor of the six-volume set, and editor of Volume 2. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2004. Named “Best Reference Source” 2004 by Library Journal and “Outstanding Reference Title” by Booklist
The West in the World: A Mid-Length Narrative History New York: McGraw Hill, 2000. Third Edition 2009. Translated into Spanish: Civilizaciones de Occidente.
An Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2001. Named “Best Reference Source” 2001 by Library Journal
Perpetua's Passion: Death and Memory of a Young Roman Woman. Routledge, Chapman and Hall. 1997. Translated into Dutch and Japanese. - Selected by Quality Paperback Book Club as featured book.
The Beast Within: Animals in the Middle Ages. New York: Routledge, Chapman and Hall, 1994.
Excerpt of this work included in Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum, ed. L. Behrens and L.J. Rosen. NY: Longman’s 2000.
Medieval World of Nature. Edited collection of essays. New York: Garland, 1993.
Sex in the Middle Ages. Edited collection of essays. New York: Garland Publishing Co., 1991.
Church Fathers, Independent Virgins. London: Verso Press, 1991. Translated into Spanish: Padres de la Iglesia, Virgenes Independientes. Bogota: TM Editores, 1994.
Medieval Sexuality: A Research Guide. New York: Garland Publishing Co. 1990
Iberian Popular Religion, 600 B.C. to 700 A.D.: Celts, Romans and Visigoths. New York: Edwin Mellen Press, l985. Recipient of the Adele Mellen Prize for distinguished contribution to scholarship.
SERIES EDITOR:
Garland Medieval Casebooks 1991-1998
ARTICLES:
“When Sex Stopped Being a Social Disease: Sex and the Desert Fathers and Mothers,” forthcoming inMedieval Sexuality: A Casebook, ed. April Harper and Caroline Proctor. Routledge 2007.
“’In Vain Have I Smitten Your Children’”: Augustine Defines Just War” in The Just War and Jihad, ed. R. Joseph Hoffmann. Amherst: Prometheus Books, 2006, 203-216.
"Human Beasts and Bestial Humans in the Middle Ages" in Becoming Beast, ed. J. Ham and M. Senior. NY: Routledge, 1996.
"Gendered Sexuality" in Handbook of Medieval Sexuality, ed. V. Bullough. NY: Garland, 1995.
"Human Animals of Medieval Fables," in Animals of the Middle Ages, ed.N. Flores. NY: Garland, 1994.
"Christianity Defines Human Sexuality," In Early Christian Studies, ed. K.B. Free. Edwin Mellon Press, 1994.
"Academic Quality and Experiential Learning: A Model for Short Term Study Abroad Programs." in Cross-Cultural Curriculum and the Study Abroad Program, edited by Deborah J. Hill. Columbus, OH: Renaissance Publications, 1991, pp. 161-173.
"Bestiality" in Sex in the Middle Ages (New York: Garland, 1991), pp. 173-86.
"Teresa of Avila" in Great Lives of the Renaissance, Frank N. Magill, ed. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, Inc., 1989, pp. 2288-2292.
"Melania the Younger: A Reevaluation of the Manuscript Tradition" (co-authored with Robert Wojtowicz) Manuscripta 33 (1989), pp. 137-144.
"Catherine of Siena" in Great Lives from History: Ancient and Medieval Series. Frank N. Magill, ed. Pasadena, Ca.: Salem Press, Inc., 1988, pp. 417-422.
"The Latin Doctors of the Church on Sexuality," Journal of Medieval History, l2 (l986), pp. 279-289.
"The Bond of a Common Mind: A Study of Collective Salvation," Journal of Religious History (June, l985), pp. 235-247.
"Athens vs. Sparta: A Classroom War Game," Teaching History, (Fall, l984), pp. 6l-68.
"The Origin of the Power of Vincent the Martyr," Proceedings of the PMR Conference 9(l983), pp. 97-l07.
"Fruitful in Singleness," Journal of Medieval History, 8 (l982), pp. 97-l06.

