Dr. Douglas L. Biggs
Dr. Douglas L. Biggs
Associate Professor of History
A.A., Des Moines Area Community College, B.A., M.A., Iowa State University, Ph. D., University of Minnesota, Fellow, Royal Historical Society
Joined Waldorf faculty in 1997
Office: 214 Salveson Hall
Office Phone: 641-585-8217
E-mail: biggsd@waldorf.edu
View Dr. Biggs's Vita (.pdf)
Bio: My research centers on the period of late medieval history in England, specifically the reigns of Richard II (1377-99), Henry IV (1399-1413) and Henry V (1413-1422). I have written extensively on the political aspects of all three reigns and also have published widely on the topic of late medieval administrative history.
I have written a monograph on the military aspects of the Lancastrian Revolution of 1399 for Brill:
Three Armies in Britain: The Campaigns of Richard II and the Usurpation of Henry IV, 1397-1399 (Brill, 2006)
I have co-edited four books on late medieval English studies:
Henry IV: Rebellion and Survival, 1403-1413, with G. Dodd (York: University Press, 2008)
Reputation and Representation: Essays in Late Medieval History
with Sharon Michalove and A.C. Reeves, (Brill, 2004)
Henry IV: the Establishment of the Regime, 1399-1406
with G. Dodd (York: University Press, 2003)
Traditions and Transformations in Fifteenth Century England
ed. D. L. Biggs, S. Michalove, and A. C. Reeves (Brill, 2002)
Along with this I am also working on a book for Longmans entitled, Plantagenet England, 1216-1399 with my colleague Linda Mitchell at Alfred University in New York. I also serve as the Managing Series Editor for Brill's Late Medieval Europe Series that publishes monographs and collections of essays focusing on political, economic, cultural and religious history of the late middle ages.
In addition to these professional efforts in publication I also serve as a reader for AP - European History exams for the Educational Testing Service. I have also written CLEP exam questions for ETS.
I received my Ph D from the University of Minnesota in 1996. My research often takes me to the United Kingdom. I regularly give conference papers in the United States, Britain and Australia/New Zealand. In 2000 I was elected to Fellowship in the Royal Historical Society. This is an international organization of historians only 2,500 in number who have made substantial original contributions to the field of British history.
My teaching interests range from ancient Europe to the Nineteenth century - especially the growth of liberal democracies in Europe from the time of Napoleon to the Great War. I also teach courses on the history of the Early Church, medieval England, and the American Civil War. I have team-taught with members of our Religion and English Departments and am currently team-teaching a course on Reformation Europe with Rev. Charlene Cox, the Campus Pastor.
I hope that you take the opportunity to look over our department website more closely and find what you see of interest to you. I look forward to greeting you when you visit campus.
