Dr. Robert W. Shaffern is a professor of Medieval History at the University of Scranton, where he has been teaching since 1995. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame.
2014 0-7734-4315-0 “A vital perspective to recent explorations of the history and role of indulgences and, in general, the spirituality and ecclesiology of the later Middle Ages. This study illuminates the spiritual preoccupations and practices of the mid-fourteenth century from the ground up, free from special pleading, confessional posturing, and preconceptions.” -Associate Professor Theresa Gross-Diaz,
Loyola University Chicago