Donald Leech

Assistant Professor of History

E-mail: dl4fh@uvawise.edu
Phone: (276) 376-4580
Office: Zehmer 217

Education:    

• Ph.D. – University of Minnesota, 2007.
• M.A. – California State University, Long Beach, 2002.
• B.A. – Madonna University, 1992.

Courses Taught:

• Medieval Europe
• Early Modern Europe
• History of England
• Byzantium & Islam: Medieval Mediterranean
• Expansion of Europe
• The Twelfth Century Renaissance (special topic)

Research Interests:

• Dr. Leech is an urban historian of late medieval England.  His research and writing on the subject include: the urban economy, town-country networks, and local identities. The large provincial city of Coventry is used as the focus for these studies.

Professional Interests:

• Member of the Medieval Academy of America and the American Historical Association.

Selected Publications:

• Leech, D. "'By the evidence of this city':  Enclosing Land and Memory in Fifteenth Century Coventry." Medieval History Journal (April 2012).
• Leech, D. "Stability and Change at the End of the Middle Ages: Coventry 1450-1525." Midland History (Spring 2009).