| An historian of medieval Europe, Michael Burger specializes in the social and cultural history of church bureaucracy in thirteenth-century England. His articles have appeared in Historical Research, Mediaeval Studies, and other journals. His book on Bishops, Clerks, and Diocesan Governance in Thirteenth-Century England: Reward and Punishment (Cambridge University Press) appeared in 2012. Beyond his research focus, he is also the author of The Shaping of the West: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment (University of Toronto Press, 2008) (pp. 306) with a second volume under contract, and the editor of Sources for the History of Western Civilization (University of Toronto Press, 2003) (2 vols., pp. 728, 688). He has taught junior- and senior-level courses in ancient, medieval, and early modern European history, as well as in Religious Studies. |