Dr. Lowe specializes in early modern European history, with particular attention to the mid-Tudor period.  His research focuses on the religion, social ideology and political culture of England during the early Reformation (c. 1530-60).  Currently, he is completing a book on the process of Reformation in Gloucester and a study of the cult of Henry VI in the early Tudor period.

His recent publications include "Teaching in the 'Schole of Christ': Learning, Law and Love in Early Lollard Pacifism," Catholic Historical Review 90 (2004): 405-38; "Peace," in the New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (Scribners, 2004), vol. 4, pp. 1724-27; 5 articles in the New Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004); 2 articles in the Reader's Guide to British History (Fitzroy Dearborn, 2003); and "A War to End all Wars?  Protestant Subversions of Henry VIII's Final Scottish and French Campaigns (1542-45)," in Peace and Negotiation:  Strategies for Co-existence in Early Modern England (Brepols, 2001).  He has also published , Imagining Peace:  A History of Early English Pacifist Thought-1340-1560 (Penn State Press, 1997).

Dr. Lowe is the recipient of several grants, including one from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and has been a scholar-in-residence at Duke University  His other awards include College Researcher of the Year (1997-98) and University Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (1998-99).  his expertise in both religious and English history has been called upon frequently by various media, and he has given many public lectures before civic, religious, and cultural organizations.

In addition, Dr. Lowe has presented papers and given lectures at numerous scholarly venues including the American Historical Association, North American Conference on British Studies, the York Centre for Medieval Studies, the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, the American Society of Religion, and the International Society for the Study of European Ideas.  He reviews books for a variety of scholarly journals, including Albion, Sixteenth Century Journal, The Historian, Literature and History, Church History, and the Catholic Historical Review.

Courses

• Introduction to Historical Research
• Women in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
• World Civilization 1
• Tudor-Stuart England
• Renaissance Europe (1350-1500)
• Reformation Europe (1500-1650)
• Early Modern Europe (1650-1789)
• History of Christianity to 1500
• History of Christianity since 1500
• Rogues, Pirates and Outcasts in Early Modern England
• History of Western Ideas

Graduate Courses

•  Seminar in Tudor Political Thought
• Readings in Tudor-Stuart History
• Seminar in European Intellectual History (1300-1550)
• Readings in Renaissance and Reformation History      

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Curriculum Vitae