Logan, F. Donald 1930–

(Francis Donald Logan)

PERSONAL: Born March 9, 1930, in Boston, MA; son of Joseph (a milk deliverer) and Laura (MacDonald) Logan. Education: St. John's Seminary, Brighton, MA, A.B., 1951, A.M., 1954; University of Toronto, M.A., 1959; Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, M.S.L., 1959, M.S.D., 1966. Politics: Democrat.

ADDRESSES: Home—321 Tappan St., Brookline, MA 02445-5389.

CAREER: Ordained Roman Catholic priest, 1955; St. John's Seminary, Brighton, MA, assistant professor of ecclesiastical history, 1965–70; Emmanuel College, Boston, MA, assistant professor, 1964–69, associate professor, 1969–73, professor of history, 1973–93, professor emeritus, 1993–.

MEMBER: Royal Historical Society (fellow), Society of Antiquaries (fellow).

AWARDS, HONORS: Fulbright scholar at University of London, 1960–62; American Philosophical Society research grant, 1965; Guggenheim fellow, 1969–70; fellow, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2005–.

WRITINGS:

Excommunication and the Secular Arm in Medieval England, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1968.

Vikings in History, Barnes & Noble Books (Totowa, NJ), 1983, 2nd edition, HarperCollins Academic (New York, NY), 1991.

Runaway Religious in Medieval England, c. 1240–1540, Cambridge University Press (New York, NY), 1996.

A History of the Church in the Middle Ages, Taylor & Francis (London, England), 2001, Routledge (New York, NY), 2002.

Contributor to Jurist, Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, English Historical Review, Studia Gratiana, Archivium Hibernicum, Bulletin of Medieval Canon Law, and Studies in Church History.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Albion, winter, 1997, review of Runaway Religious in Medieval England, c. 1240–1540, p. 651.

American Historical Review, April, 1998, F.G. Cow-ley, review of Runaway Religious in Medieval England, c. 1240–1540, p. 498.

Catholic Historical Review, April, 1998, Brian Golding, review of Runaway Religious in Medieval England, c. 1240–1540, p. 326.

Choice, January, 1984, review of The Vikings in History, p. 750; February, 1997, review of Runaway Religious in Medieval England, c. 1240–1540, p. 1020.

Contemporary Review, February, 1997, review of Runaway Religious in Medieval England, c. 1240–1540, p. 111.

English Historical Review, April, 2000, Jonathan Hughes, review of Runaway Religious in Medieval England, c. 1240–1540, p. 441.

History: Reviews of New Books, September, 1984, review of The Vikings in History, p. 203.

History Today, August, 1984, James Graham-Campbell, review of The Vikings in History, p. 56.

Journal of Ecclesiastical History, January, 1998, Barbara F. Harvey, review of Runaway Religious in Medieval England, c. 1240–1540, p. 171.

Library Journal, January, 1984, review of The Vikings in History, p. 88.

Medieval Review, July 4, 1998, review of Runaway Religious in Medieval England, c. 1240–1540.

Speculum: Journal of Medieval Studies, April, 1985, review of The Vikings in History, p. 433; July, 2001, Bruce L. Venarde, review of Runaway Religious in Medieval England, c. 1240–1540, pp. 758-761.

Times Educational Supplement, December 23, 1983, review of The Vikings in History, p. 22.

Times Literary Supplement, July 6, 1984, review of The Vikings in History, p. 758; July 19, 1996, review of Runaway Religious in England, c. 1240–1540, p. 32; December 20, 2002, Hugh Montefiore, review of A History of the Church in the Middle Ages, p. 6.