Finucane, Ronald C(harles)

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FINUCANE, Ronald C(harles)

FINUCANE, Ronald C(harles). American, b. 1939. Genres: History. Career: Leverhulme Fellow, Oxford, 1970; University of Maryland, College Park, lecturer in overseas program in London, England, 1974-82; University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, Chism Visiting Professor of Humanities, 1983-85, director of Chism Faculty Seminar in Medieval History, 1984-85; Georgia Southern College, Statesboro, assistant professor of history, 1985-88; Benedictine College, Atchison, KS, associate professor of history and chair of department, 1988-91; Oakland University, Rochester, MI, professor of history and chair of department, 1991-. University of Reading, UK, lecturer and research fellow at Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies, 1973-77; National Endowment for the Humanities, director of summer seminar for high school teachers on medieval and Renaissance autobiography, 1985; Oxford Research Services, director, 1975-88; engaged in historical research in and around Oxford, England. Publications: Miracles and Pilgrims: Popular Beliefs in Medieval England, 1977; Appearances of the Dead: A Cultural History, 1982; Soldiers of the Faith: Crusaders and Moslems at War, 1983; Rescue of the Innocents, 1997. Address: Department of History, Oakland University, 350 O'Dowd Hall, Rochester, MI 48309-4401, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]