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Tristan Sharp is a historian of the late medieval Holy Roman Empire. Specializing in the themes of violence, conflict, and warfare, he is interested in reconceptualizing how historians of medieval and early modern Europe have gone about historicizing violent conflict in various guises such as feuding, seigneurial warfare, customary vengeance and vendetta. His first project approached this theme from the perspective of late medieval Germany and the practice of feuding. He argues for re-centering the practice of the feud around how its violence concretely unfolded to shape the structures of late medieval political, cultural, and socio-economic life. His research also extends to bringing German evidence into the broader debates about the "Crisis of the Middle Ages," particularly in respect to the dynamic between the socio-economic impact of endemic warfare, the growing access to liquid capital through burgeoning monetization and credit finance, and advances in governance and military professionalization. He received his PhD in History from the University of Chicago in 2022.

Learn more about Tristan Sharp here.