Richard A. Gerberding is

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and former director of classical studies at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He taught Latin and Ancient History courses at

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between Fall 2013 and Spring 2015. Gerberding's early studies were in psychology but he became dissatisfied with the subject and switched to history which he felt offered a greater insight into human nature. Later, he was one of the founders of The Society for Ancient Languages. Gerberding wrote the entries for "Gregory of Tours" and "Fredegar" in ''The Encyclopedia of Medieval France'' (

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, 1995) and on "Pippin the Short" in ''The Encyclopedia of Medieval Germany'' (Garland Press, 2000). He wrote the chapter on "The Later Roman Empire" in Volume I of '' The New Cambridge Medieval History'' (

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, 2005).

Selected publications

*''The rise of the Carolingians and the Liber Historiae Francorum'', Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1987. (

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) * ''Late Merovingian France: History and hagiography, 640-720'',

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, Manchester, 1996. (translated and edited with Paul Fouracre) *''Medieval worlds: An introduction to European history, 300-1492'', Houghton-Mifflin, Boston, 2004. (with Jo Ann Hoeppner Moran Cruz)

References

Living people University of Alabama in Huntsville faculty Year of birth missing (living people) American medievalists American philologists {{US-historian-stub