Dr. Thomas Barton Assistant Professor PhD, Yale University, 2006 Research and teaching specialties:  Spain, Medieval and Early Modern Europe, Religious Culture, Mediterranean Studies, Christian/Muslim/Jewish Relations

Selected publications:

• Colonizing Islam: Conquest, Consolidation, and the Struggle for Authority in the Crown of Aragon? (book manuscript in preparation)
• "The Diocese of Tortosa" and "The Diocese of Lérida/Lleida," The International Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages--Online, Supplement to Lexicon des Mittelalters 2 (Brepols-UCLA: 2005)
• "Constructing a Diocese in a Post-conquest Landscape: A Comparative Approach to the Lay Possession of Tithes," Journal of Medieval History (forthcoming)
  

Office:   Institute of Peace and Justice (IPJ) 266
Email: barton@sandiego.edu
Phone:   (619) 260-4042
Webpage: http://home.sandiego.edu/~barton