J. R. Webb specializes in the religious and intellectual history of medieval Europe.

He teaches courses in the history department at BSU on various topics from the fall of the Roman empire through the Italian Renaissance, in addition to the first part of Western Civilization.

Research interests:

historical writing

theology of history

apocalypse

empire

sacred/secular power

saints

hagiography

exegesis

education networks

the classical legacy

church reform

canon law

codicology