 | The Talents of Jacopo da Varagine: A Genoese Mind in Medieval Europe In Epstein's sure hands, Jacopo emerges as one of the most active and talented minds of his day. Indeed, Epstein argues that one needs to read all of Jacopo's books, in a Genoese context, in order to understand the original scope of his thinking, which greatly influenced the ways generations of people across Europe experienced their Christianity. Steven A. Epstein is Ahmanson-Murphy Distinguished Professor of Medieval History at the University of Kansas. He is the author of several books, including Speaking of Slavery : Color, Ethnicity, and Human Bondage in Italy , also from Cornell, and The Medieval Discovery of Nature . |
