Jessica L. Minieri is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at Binghamton University in New York. She completed a BA in History and Medieval and Early Modern Studies from the State University of New York at New Paltz and an MA in History from Binghamton University. Her research interests include the histories of women and gender, queenship studies, political culture, and Mediterranean history. Her dissertation project titled, "Stolen Bodies and Hollow Crowns: The Abduction and Imprisonment of Royal Women in the Mediterranean, 1200-1415," looks at the forced marriages and captivity of queens in the lands of the Crown of Aragon as it began its expansion across the Mediterranean Sea into the Southern Italian Peninsula and Balearic Islands in the high and later Middle Ages. Jessica is also a copy editor at MEMOs.
The Relic of Saint Louis of Toulouse and the Conquest of Nasrid Málaga in the Fifteenth Century
Alfonso “The Magnanimous” of Aragon and the Politics of the “Re”Conquest of Naples, 1420-1450
Jewel of a Medieval City: The Cathedral of Palermo and the Multicultural History of Sicily’s Capital
The War of the “Two Pedros” and the Crisis of the Fourteenth Century: Iberia in an Age of Conflict
The Prayer Book of a Queen: Isabella of Castile and Inquisitorial Culture in Late Medieval Spain
Schola Medica Salernitana: Medicine and Culture in Twelfth Century Southern Italy