Jerome Arkenberg
Encyclopedia
Jerome S. Arkenberg is an American historian. He is a History Professor at McHenry County College
, Columbia College Chicago
, and Waubonsee Community College
, the contributing editor for Internet History Sourcebooks Project
, Associate Editor for H-Net
's H-Law, and the author of entries in Reader's Guides, Historical Dictionaries and Specialist Encyclopedia
s.
, and attended Oak Park and River Forest High School
. He first studied at Loyola University of Chicago, completing a B.A. with a Double Major in History and Political Science, then went on to receive a Juris Doctor
degree at the University of Illinois College of Law. After several years of legal practice in Oak Park and Chicago, he returned to Loyola University of Chicago and completed an M.A. in 1998 in Ancient and Medieval History. He went on to study Medieval History, Manuscripts and Lawbooks at the University of California, Los Angeles
.
, Cypress College
, Chaffey College
, Chapman University
, Concordia University, Irvine
, California State University, Fullerton
, Northern Illinois University
, University of St. Francis, University of Illinois at Chicago
, Dominican University
, Lake Forest College
, Waubonsee Community College
, Triton College
, Columbia College Chicago
, and McHenry County College
. In addition he has worked as a Law Librarian, Law Clerk
, and Attorney at Law in Illinois
in State and Federal Courts, and more recently as a Law Clerk
in California
. He has also worked as a Researcher for the Loyola University of Chicago Department of History and the University of California, Los Angeles
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
.
Jerome was elected four times and served as a member of the California State University, Fullerton
Academic Senate in the years 2002-2005.
He has also received a number of renowned scholarships and fellowships, including the prestigious British Academy
Neil Ripley Ker
Memorial Award.
. He has also edited a widely accessed 'Guide to Medieval Terms http://orb.rhodes.edu/schriber/Medieval_Terms.html and "A List of Fiction For Students of History: Ancient and Medieval" http://orb.rhodes.edu/non_spec/fiction.html.
The Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History, ed. ISBN 0-9743091-0-9
2003:
A Reader’s Guide to British History, ed. ISBN 1-57958-242-7
2002:
The Historical Dictionary of Late Medieval England, 1272-1485. ISBN 0-313-29124-1
The Encyclopedia of the Ancient World, ISBN 0-89356-038-3
2001:
Late Medieval Age of Crisis and Renewal, 1300-1500: A Biographical Dictionary. ISBN 0-313-30588-9
McHenry County College
McHenry County College is a community college serving residents residing in Community College District 528, which covers most of McHenry County, Illinois, as well as portions of surrounding counties....
, Columbia College Chicago
Columbia College Chicago
Columbia College Chicago is one of the largest art colleges in the United States with nearly 12,000 students pursuing degrees within 120 undergraduate and graduate programs...
, and Waubonsee Community College
Waubonsee Community College
Waubonsee Community College is a two-year community college, founded in 1966, located in the western suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. Its four campuses are located in Sugar Grove, Aurora, and Plano....
, the contributing editor for Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
The Internet History Sourcebooks Project is located at the Fordham University History Department and Center for Medieval Studies. It is a web site with modern, medieval and ancient primary source documents, maps, secondary sources, bibliographies, images and music. Paul Halsall is the editor, with...
, Associate Editor for H-Net
H-Net
H-Net is an interdisciplinary online discussion forum for scholars in the humanities and social sciences that consists of over 180 topic- or discipline-specific listservs. Many of the lists deal with various areas of historical study...
's H-Law, and the author of entries in Reader's Guides, Historical Dictionaries and Specialist Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia is a type of reference work, a compendium holding a summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge....
s.
Education
Arkenberg was born and raised in Oak Park, IllinoisOak Park, Illinois
Oak Park, Illinois is a suburb bordering the west side of the city of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is the twenty-fifth largest municipality in Illinois. Oak Park has easy access to downtown Chicago due to public transportation such as the Chicago 'L' Blue and Green lines,...
, and attended Oak Park and River Forest High School
Oak Park and River Forest High School
Oak Park and River Forest High School, or OPRF, is a public four-year high school located in Oak Park, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is the only school of Oak Park and River Forest District 200....
. He first studied at Loyola University of Chicago, completing a B.A. with a Double Major in History and Political Science, then went on to receive a Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...
degree at the University of Illinois College of Law. After several years of legal practice in Oak Park and Chicago, he returned to Loyola University of Chicago and completed an M.A. in 1998 in Ancient and Medieval History. He went on to study Medieval History, Manuscripts and Lawbooks at the University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
.
Career
Jerome has taught at California State University, Los AngelesCalifornia State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Los Angeles is a public comprehensive university, part of the California State University system...
, Cypress College
Cypress College
Cypress College is a community college located in Cypress, California. Opened on September 12, 1966 , the southern California college offers a variety of general education , transfer courses , and 141 vocational programs leading to Associate's degrees and certificates.-Overview:Cypress College's...
, Chaffey College
Chaffey College
Chaffey College is a public community college in the San Bernardino County city of Rancho Cucamonga, California, in the northern part of the community of Alta Loma. Chaffey provides students with different classes and programs, including business, science, the arts, history, philosophy,...
, Chapman University
Chapman University
Chapman University is a private, non-profit university located in Orange, California affiliated with the Christian Church . Known for its blend of liberal arts and professional programs, Chapman University encompasses seven schools and colleges: Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media...
, Concordia University, Irvine
Concordia University, Irvine
Concordia University is a private, liberal arts university located in Irvine, California, United States and affiliated with the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. It offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees in six colleges and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges...
, California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Fullerton is a public university located in Fullerton, California. It is the largest institution in the CSU System by enrollment, it offers long-distance education and adult-degree programs...
, Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University is a state university and research institution located in DeKalb, Illinois, with satellite centers in Hoffman Estates, Naperville, Rockford, and Oregon. It was originally founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School on May 22, 1895 by Illinois Governor John P...
, University of St. Francis, University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Chicago
The University of Illinois at Chicago, or UIC, is a state-funded public research university located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its campus is in the Near West Side community area, near the Chicago Loop...
, Dominican University
Dominican University (Illinois)
Dominican University is a coeducational, comprehensive, Catholic institution of higher education and research in River Forest, Illinois. Affiliated with the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters, it offers bachelor's and master's degrees and certificate programs...
, Lake Forest College
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest College, founded in 1857, is a private liberal arts college in Lake Forest, Illinois. The college has 1,500 students representing 47 states and 78 countries....
, Waubonsee Community College
Waubonsee Community College
Waubonsee Community College is a two-year community college, founded in 1966, located in the western suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. Its four campuses are located in Sugar Grove, Aurora, and Plano....
, Triton College
Triton College
Triton College is a two-year community college located in River Grove, Illinois, a suburb northwest of downtown Chicago. Triton College facilitates accredited degrees, career-oriented learning opportunities, and English as a second language and GED classes.Over 17,000 students enroll at Triton...
, Columbia College Chicago
Columbia College Chicago
Columbia College Chicago is one of the largest art colleges in the United States with nearly 12,000 students pursuing degrees within 120 undergraduate and graduate programs...
, and McHenry County College
McHenry County College
McHenry County College is a community college serving residents residing in Community College District 528, which covers most of McHenry County, Illinois, as well as portions of surrounding counties....
. In addition he has worked as a Law Librarian, Law Clerk
Law clerk
A law clerk or a judicial clerk is a person who provides assistance to a judge in researching issues before the court and in writing opinions. Law clerks are not court clerks or courtroom deputies, who are administrative staff for the court. Most law clerks are recent law school graduates who...
, and Attorney at Law in Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
in State and Federal Courts, and more recently as a Law Clerk
Law clerk
A law clerk or a judicial clerk is a person who provides assistance to a judge in researching issues before the court and in writing opinions. Law clerks are not court clerks or courtroom deputies, who are administrative staff for the court. Most law clerks are recent law school graduates who...
in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. He has also worked as a Researcher for the Loyola University of Chicago Department of History and the University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
The Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies in Oxford, England, is a programme for international students to study in Oxford. It was founded by Dr John Feneley in 1975. For the first thirty years of its existence, until 2006, the Centre was affiliated to Keble College, Oxford. CMRS currently...
.
Jerome was elected four times and served as a member of the California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Fullerton is a public university located in Fullerton, California. It is the largest institution in the CSU System by enrollment, it offers long-distance education and adult-degree programs...
Academic Senate in the years 2002-2005.
He has also received a number of renowned scholarships and fellowships, including the prestigious British Academy
British Academy
The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national body for the humanities and the social sciences. Its purpose is to inspire, recognise and support excellence in the humanities and social sciences, throughout the UK and internationally, and to champion their role and value.It receives an annual...
Neil Ripley Ker
Neil Ripley Ker
Neil Ripley Ker, FBA, was a scholar of Anglo-Saxon literature. He is known especially for his Catalogue of manuscripts containing Anglo-Saxon, which is praised as a milestone in Anglo-Saxon manuscript study.-Legacy:...
Memorial Award.
Publications
In addition to publishing his own work, Jerome has digitized and edited hundreds of historical works that are made available by the Internet History Sourcebooks ProjectInternet History Sourcebooks Project
The Internet History Sourcebooks Project is located at the Fordham University History Department and Center for Medieval Studies. It is a web site with modern, medieval and ancient primary source documents, maps, secondary sources, bibliographies, images and music. Paul Halsall is the editor, with...
. He has also edited a widely accessed 'Guide to Medieval Terms http://orb.rhodes.edu/schriber/Medieval_Terms.html and "A List of Fiction For Students of History: Ancient and Medieval" http://orb.rhodes.edu/non_spec/fiction.html.
Entries
2005:The Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History, ed. ISBN 0-9743091-0-9
- "Constantine the Great"
2003:
A Reader’s Guide to British History, ed. ISBN 1-57958-242-7
- "The Statutes of Quo Warranto to 1485"
- "The General Eyre to 1485"
- "The Thirteenth Century Statutes of Westminster"
- "Law Enforcement in England to 1536".
2002:
The Historical Dictionary of Late Medieval England, 1272-1485. ISBN 0-313-29124-1
- "Quia EmptoresQuia EmptoresQuia Emptores of 1290 was a statute passed by Edward I of England that prevented tenants from alienating their lands to others by subinfeudation, instead requiring all tenants wishing to alienate their land to do so by substitution...
, Statute of (1290)" - "Chief JusticeChief JusticeThe Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of Canada, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the Court of Final Appeal of...
Ralph de HenghamRalph de HenghamSir Ralph de Hengham was an English justice. His first employer was Giles of Erdington a justice of the Common Bench, whose service he entered as a clerk before 1255...
, Jurist (d.1311)" - "Quo WarrantoQuo warrantoQuo warranto is a prerogative writ requiring the person to whom it is directed to show what authority they have for exercising some right or power they claim to hold.-History:...
Proceedings and Statutes to 1535."
The Encyclopedia of the Ancient World, ISBN 0-89356-038-3
- "FulviaFulviaFulvia Flacca Bambula , commonly referred to as simply Fulvia, was an aristocratic Roman woman who lived during the Late Roman Republic. Through her marriage to three of the most promising Roman men of her generation, Publius Clodius Pulcher, Gaius Scribonius Curio and Mark Antony, she gained...
(80-40 B.C.E.)" - "Ælle, King of the South SaxonsAelle of SussexÆlle is recorded in early sources as the first king of the South Saxons, reigning in what is now called Sussex, England, from 477 to perhaps as late as 514....
(450-491 C.E.)" - "Lucius Licinius LucullusLucius Licinius LucullusThis article is on the Consul of 151 BC. For the descendent see Lucullus, and for others of this name see Licinia .Lucius Licinius Lucullus was a novus homo who became Consul in 151 BC. He was imprisoned by the Tribunes for attempting to enforce a troop levy too harshly...
(117-56 B.C.E.)"
2001:
Late Medieval Age of Crisis and Renewal, 1300-1500: A Biographical Dictionary. ISBN 0-313-30588-9
- "Thomas Bourgchier, Cardinal Archbishop of Canterbury (1411-1486)"
- "Nicholas HerefordNicholas HerefordNicholas of Hereford was an English theological scholar, and advocate of the English reform movement within the Roman Church. He later recanted his unorthodox views and participated in the repression of other reformers. He collaborated with John Wycliffe on the first complete English translation...
, Oxford Theologian & Lollard (1355? - 1420?)" - "Philip Repyngdon, Cardinal, Bishop of Lincoln, and Lollard (1360?- 1424)"
- "Ranulf Higden, Historian (fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1299-1364)" - "John of Fordoun, Historian (d. 1384-87?)"
- "Andrew of WyntounAndrew of WyntounAndrew Wyntoun, known as Andrew of Wyntoun was a Scottish poet, a canon and prior of Loch Leven on St Serf's Inch and later, a canon of St...
, Historian (1350? - 1420-25?)".
Reviews
- Garth Fowden’s "Empire to Commonwealth: Consequences of Monotheism in Late Antiquity" (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993), International Journal of Ancient Iranian Studies, Vol. 1, No. 2 (2002) 57-61.
- Jan Bremmer's "The Early Greek Concept of the Soul" (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983), in The Pomegranate: A Journal of Pagan Studies 15 (2001): 55-56.
Articles
- "The Proletariat's Proletariat", Senate Forum, XVIII:2 (Spring 2003), 15.
- "We can beat terrorists, but they can’t whip U.S.," Orange County Register, October 14, 2001.
- "The Story Behind a Stray Medieval Manuscript Leaf" Harvard Library Bulletin (Winter 1997) New Series, v. 8, no. 4, p46-54.
- "Licinii Murenae, Terentii Varrones, and Varrones Murenae. II: The Enigma of Varro Murena," HistoriaHistoriaHistoria is a Canadian French language Category A specialty channel which presents informative and entertainment programming related to history in the form of dramas, films, documentaries, human interests programs and more...
42:4 (1993): 471-491. - "Licinii Murenae, Terentii Varrones, and Varrones Murenae. I: A Prosopographical Study of Three Roman Families," HistoriaHistoriaHistoria is a Canadian French language Category A specialty channel which presents informative and entertainment programming related to history in the form of dramas, films, documentaries, human interests programs and more...
42:3 (1993): 326-351.
Books
- Editor, The Naked Past: Revealing Records of Human History, Medieval Civilization, New Edition, 2010.
- Editor, The Naked Past: Revealing Records of Human History, Modern Times, 2009.
- Editor, The Naked Past: Revealing Records of Human History, Ancient Civilization, New Edition, 2008.
- Editor, The Naked Past: Revealing Records of Human History, Western Civilization, New Edition, 2008.
- Editor, The Naked Past: Revealing Records of Human History, World History, Third New Edition 2008.
- Editor, Africa: Now and Forever, 2007.
- Author, The Naked Past Uncovered: A Course of Lectures, 2 Vols. 2002.