Atria A. Larson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medieval Christianity
Theological Studies
Office Hours
M 10:30-noon; R 11-12:30
Courses Taught
Seeking and Building Faith in the Middle Ages; Justice and Peace: The Legal Imagination in Christianity; Late Antique Latin: Theological Texts (graduate)
Education
Ph.D. in Medieval Studies (History, Theology, Philosophy), The Catholic University
of America, 2010
M.A. in Medieval Studies, Catholic University of America, 2006
B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies (History, Philosophy, English), Covenant College,
2003
Research Interests
History of canon law, history of penance, medieval manuscripts, and medieval biblical exegesis; pastoral care
Professional Experience
Publications and Media Placements
鈥淧apal Councils and the Development of Lay Penance in the Long Twelfth Century,鈥� Cristianesimo nella storia 39 (2018): 323-69.鈥�
鈥淟ateran IV鈥檚 Decree on Confession, 骋谤补迟颈补苍鈥檚 De penitentia, and Confession to One鈥檚
sacerdos proprius: A Re-evaluation of Omnis utriusque in its Canonistic Context,鈥�
Catholic Historical Review 104:4 (2018): 415-37.
Edited with Keith Sisson, A Companion to the Medieval Papacy: Growth of an Ideology and Institution, Brill鈥檚
Companions to the Christian Tradition 70 (Leiden: Brill, 2016).
骋谤补迟颈补苍鈥檚 Tractatus de penitentia: A New Latin Edition with English Translation (Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Canon Law 14; Washington, DC: Catholic University
of America Press, 2016).
Master of Penance: Gratian and the Development of Penitential Thought and Law in the
Twelfth Century (Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Canon Law 11; Washington, DC: Catholic University
of America Press, 2014).
鈥淎rchiepiscopal and Papal Involvement in Episcopal Elections: The Origins and Reception
of Lateran IV cc.23-24 from the Third Lateran Council to the Liber Sextus,鈥� Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung f眉r Rechtsgeschichte, Kanonistische Abteilung 102 (2016), 73-98.
鈥淜illing a Career: Homicide and the Development of Medieval Clerical Discipline,鈥�
The Jurist 74:2 (2014): 247-70.
鈥湷野钩倬辈共遭�檚 De penitentia in Twelfth-Century Manuscripts,鈥� Bulletin of Medieval Canon Law 31 (2014): 57-110.
鈥淭he Reception of 骋谤补迟颈补苍鈥檚 Tractatus de penitentia and the Relationship between Law
and Theology in the Second Half of the Twelfth Century,鈥� Journal of Religious History 37:4 (2013): 457-73.
鈥淎n Abbreviatio of the First Recension of 骋谤补迟颈补苍鈥檚 Decretum in Munich?,鈥� Bulletin of Medieval Canon Law 29 (2011-2012): 51-118. With Richard Engl, 鈥淓in unbeachtetes Zeugnis zum dritten
Laterankonzil: Bernardo Maragones Annales Pisani,鈥� Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung f眉r Rechtsgeschichte, Kanonistische Abteilung 97 (2011): 357-68.
鈥淭he Influence of the School of Laon on Gratian: The Usage of the Glossa ordinaria
and Anselmian Sententie in De penitentia (Decretum C.33 q.3),鈥� Mediaeval Studies 72 (2010): 197-244.
鈥淏estowing Pardon and Favor: Emperor Henry III鈥檚 Pardons in Context,鈥� Viator 40:1 (2009): 41-69.
鈥淓arly Stages of 骋谤补迟颈补苍鈥檚 Decretum and the Second Lateran Council: A Reconsideration,鈥� Bulletin of Medieval Canon Law 27 (2007): 21-56.
鈥淭he Evolution of 骋谤补迟颈补苍鈥檚 Tractatus de penitentia,鈥� Bulletin of Medieval Canon Law 26 (2004-2006): 59-123.
鈥淧assive Instrument and Active Intercessor: Anselm鈥檚 View of Mary鈥檚 Role in Redemption,鈥�
Cistercian Studies Quarterly 41:1 (Feb. 2006): 31-50."
Honors and Awards
American Philosophical Society Franklin Research Grant, 2019
Summer Research Award in the Humanities, Office of the Vice President for Research,
新澳门六合彩开奖结果, 2019
"Spark Microgrant:""Law within Religion; Religion with the Law,"" Office of the Vice
President for Research, 新澳门六合彩开奖结果, 2017
Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise, Forschungszentrum f眉r Internationale
und Interdisziplin盲re Theologie, Universit盲t Heidelberg, 2015
Mellon Grant, Vatican Film Library, 新澳门六合彩开奖结果, 2015
Fall 2013 Fulbright Award in Munich, Germany, Sept. 2009-July 2010
Professional Organizations and Associations
Iuris Canonici Medii Aevi Consociatio (International Society of Medieval Canon Law); The Medieval Academy of America; American Historical Association