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Allison Fizzard grew up in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. With a desire to study the Middle Ages, she pursued a Centre in Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto, completing her M.A. and Ph.D. in 1998. Fizzard then moved west to accept a position teaching medieval history at Campion College, University of Regina. Her research focuses on Medieval religious social history, particularly in England and Wales from c. 1100-1540, monastic history, food history, and the medieval revival in art and architecture in Canada and the United Kingdom. She teaches a range of courses that include HIST 116 Issues in World History, HIST 224 English History from 1216-1485, and HIST 367 Women in Medieval Europe, among others. Fizzard has contributed to the field through her various publications, which discuss themes like food consumption in religious houses and the visual culture of Anglicanism in British settler identities. Her work is recognized in both Canadian and British historical contexts, particularly regarding the lives and customs of monastic orders.
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