Jonathan A. Reid is a historian of late medieval and early modern Europe whose research focuses on the intellectual, religious, social, political, and diplomatic history of sixteenth-century France. After taking an A. There, he studied Medieval History with Alan E. He enjoyed two terms , β as a post-doctoral research fellow on the University of St.
Since , he has taught History at East Carolina University. He was promoted to Associate Professor in Reid enjoys teaching undergraduate and graduate students in a variety of fields from an introductory course on World Civilizations, through topical courses in Medieval, Renaissance, and Reformation histories, to an advanced seminar on theory and methods for MA students.
Nevertheless, they thereby played an important role in shaping the political and religious developments in France as well as to a lesser degree in early Reformation Europe. Currently he is working on several projects related to the development of religious dissent in France. Based on analysis of archival sources of important early centers of religious dissent Amiens, Rouen, Le Mans, Bourges, and Poitiers and comparison with urban histories of dozens more, this study seeks to: answer how religious reform spread and attracted adherents; account for why such dissenters aspiring for reform long remained within the church; assess the influence of the major reformer, John Calvin, who, contrary to received interpretations seems for a long time to have retarded the growth of separatist Reformed churches in France on the Genevan model rather than to have spurred them on; and explain how and why this persecuted minority movement rapidly transformed in the short period from to into a well-organized, militant force in the build up to the first of the French Wars of Religion β From to , he served as Assistant Editor of the journal Explorations in Renaissance Culture and currently serves on the editorial board of the journal French Historical Studies.
Leiden: Brill, Spierling, and Eric A. Ward Holder Leiden: Brill, March , β Reformation and Revolt in the French Cities, β Search Submit Search. Department of History. Associate Professor Ph.
