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Frans Camphuijsen (1987) finished a Bachelor's degree (2009; cum laude) and a Research Master's degree (2011; cum laude) in History at the University of Amsterdam. With his Master thesis, entitled 'Public Speech and Societal Narratives of a Late Medieval Law Court: The Council of Utrecht, 1385-1425', he started research on the ways in which late medieval judicial authorities interacted with the societies they tried to control. To establish its own position as judicial authority, the Council of Utrecht was forced to convince society of its own legitimacy as legal institution by presenting narratives about society and its own role within it and communicating these to society by oral, textual, ritual and symbolic means.

Present

From september 2011 on Frans has been employed as both a teacher and PhD-student at the section of Medieval History at the University of Amsterdam . His PhD-thesis builds forth on the research done for his Master-thesis. It will present a comparative history of the communicative practices of late medieval law courts and the narratives they presented for and about society. Adding to the work done for Utrecht , the thesis will treat the archiepiscopal court of York and the parliament of Paris in their social and communicative contexts.

Teaching

As teacher Frans will at first concentrate on the education of first year students in the course 'Bronnen & Literatuur: Middeleeuwen en Renaissance'.

Center for Medieval Studies Amsterdam

The Center for Medieval Studies Amsterdam (CMSA) was founded in 2010 as a platform for collaboration among medievalist across different fields at the University of Amsterdam . To read more follow the link below.

Center for Medieval Studies Amsterdam

Medieval History at UvA

To know more about the Medieval historians at the UvA including their projects, teaching and other work, follow this link.


Medieval History at UvA

(photo: Renate Klinkenberg)