Dr. Matthew Kempshall

Biography

Matthew Kempshall is a scholar specializing in the intellectual cultural history of the Medieval and Renaissance periods. His research focuses on the transmission and transformation of classical thought, particularly exploring the reception of Aristotle's ethical and political ideas in medieval historiography and ideology, as well as the connections between Ciceronian rhetoric and medieval kingship. Kempshall has published 'Rhetoric Writing History' (Manchester 2011) and is interested in aspects of Apocalypticism, classical tradition, and the historiography of the Late Antique, Medieval, and Renaissance eras. He is actively involved in teaching and supervising graduate students, guiding them through topics related to twelfth-century Renaissance and thirteenth-century political thought.

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