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Jose Valente

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Readings on Reserve
The books for this course are now available on Reserve at the Library.

European Medieval History


Alumnus
Ph.D., University of California Santa Barbara

"There is no boring History, only boring History teachers"

Research and Teaching Interests

  • Templar History
  • Women in Medieval Portugal
  • Muslim Iberia

Selected Publications

  • "Inventing a Queen: Leonor Teles and the Revolution of 1383-1385--An Interpretive Essay"
    Portuguese Studies Review, vol. 13, nos. 1-2 2005 (Publ. 2007), pp. 15-26
  • "The New Frontier: The Role of the Knights Templar in the Establishment of Portugal as an Independent Kingdom"
    Mediterranean Studies, vol. 7 (1998)

Undergraduate and Graduate Courses

  • History 2C: World History (1700 CE to Present)
  • History 4A: Western Civilization (Prehistory to 1050 CE) - Winter 2008
  • The Witch Hunts in Early Modern Europe, 1400-1800 (CalPoly, 2004)

Honors and Professional Activities

  • U.C. President's Fellowship, 2001