Julia Cole
First Name:
Julia
Last Name:
Cole
Email :
julia.cole@mail.utoronto.ca
Title:
PhD Program (She/Her)
Biography :
Julia Cole is a doctoral candidate at the University of Toronto working under the supervision of Professor Isabelle Cochelin. She studies Fontevraud Abbey in the late medieval and early modern periods, focusing on the economic administration of the abbey in its extensive patrimonial lands. Julia’s research highlights the female authority exemplified at Fontevraud and the widows who appear in tax records, whose economic agency and collaboration form the basis of her dissertation thus far. Her research is supported by a doctoral fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Education:
Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Guelph; Masters of History, York University
People Type:
Areas of Interest:
Women and Gender, Monasticism, Rural Economies, Religion
Program:
Cohort:
1st Major:
Medieval Europe
1st Minor:
Early Modern France
2nd Minor:
Economy and Agriculture in Pre-Modern Europe
Dissertation Title:
Patterns of Female Economic Activity in the Patrimonial Lands of Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century Fontevraud Abbey
Dissertation Supervisors:
Isabele Cochelin
Paul Cohen
Shami Ghosh