Patrick Morgan
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Biography
I study the legal history of the Kingdom of Sicily in the twelfth century and its connections to the Mediterranean world.
Current/Former HGSA Member
Advanced to Candidacy
Research
My dissertation focuses on the legal culture of the twelfth-century Kingdom of Sicily during the legal revival and in particular, the relationship between royal law and the many legal traditions of Sicily and southern Italy. I am interested in understanding the diverse sources of law that inspired the legislation of the Kings of Sicily, including Lombard, Byzantine, and Islamic law, as well as the relationship between royal legislation and legal practice.
Publications
- “Tokens of his Rule: The Royal Image on the Coins of Roger II.” Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies 50 (2019): 21-44.
Awards & Grants
- Late Antique, Medieval and Renaissance Consortium Fellowship, 2016-2017
- Graduate Research Mentorship, 2019-2020
- UCLA CMRS Summer Fellowship, 2020
Conference Presentations
- “Tokens of his Rule,” UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Emerging Scholars Conference, 2017.
- “Law, Kingship, and the Imperial Past in Sicily and Southern Italy,” Session 712, 2019 International Medieval Congress, Leeds, 2019.
- “Legislating Religious Boundaries in the Twelfth-Century Mediterranean,” Session 8, Law and Communal Identity in the Premodern Mediterranean, UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2020.
