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Dr. Rob Meens

Researcher 
Humanities
Research Institute for History and Art History
Medieval History
Medieval History
Drift 6
Drift 6
Kamer 0.06
3512 BS Utrecht

Dr. Rob Meens

Researcher
Medieval History
+31 30 253 6465
r.m.j.meens@uu.nl
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Research areas

Publications

2023

Popularising publications

van Rhijn, C. (Ed.), Paroubek-Grounewoud, R. (Ed.), Hertogh, T., Meens, R., Goosmann, E., Lamminaho, J., Bavuso, I., van Doren, J., Burridge, C., Teeuwen, M., Stam, N., Waagmeester, B., Jaski, B., Schalenkamp, B., van den Berg, B., Paroubek - Groenewoud, R., van Rhijn, C., Kramer, R., van Renswoude, I., ... Mostert, M. (2023). De inventieve middeleeuwen: Praktische kennis en kunde van voor het jaar 1000. Uitgeverij Verloren.

2022

Scholarly publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2022). Confession, Penance and Extreme Unction. In A. Winroth (Ed.), Cambridge History of Medieval Canon Law Cambridge University Press.

2021

Scholarly publications

Meens, R. M. J. (Accepted/In press). Penance and satisfaction: Conflict settlement and penitential practices in the Frankish world in the early Middle Ages. In S. Esders, L. Bothe, & H. Nijdam (Eds.), Wergild, Compensation and Penance: The Monetary Logic of Early Medieval Conflict Resolution (pp. 212-239). (Medieval Law and Its Practice). Brill publishers.

2020

Scholarly publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2020). review of: Alexander O' Hara, Jonas of Bobbio and the legacy of Columbanus (Oxford University Press, 2018). Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 71(3), 621-623. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022046920000421[Opens in a new window]
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/410677/jonas_of_bobbio_and_the_legacy_of_columbanus_by_alexander_ohara_oxford_studies_in_late_antiquity_pp_xvi_322_incl_2_figs_10_tables_and_2_maps_oxford_new_york_oxford_university_press_201.pdf?sequence=1
Meens, R. M. J. (2020). Boniface: Preaching and Penance. In M. Aaij, & S. Godlove (Eds.), A Companion to Boniface (pp. 201-219). Brill publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004425132_011
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/414449/A_Companion_to_Boniface_9_Boniface_Preaching_and_Penance_.pdf?sequence=1

2019

Scholarly publications

Meens, R. M. J., van Raaij, L. S., & van Rhijn, A. C. (2019). Continuing Carolingian reform in the late ninth century: the Paenitentiale Trecense. Bulletin of Medieval Canon Law, 36 , 17-53. https://doi.org/10.1353/bmc.2019.0002
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/427522/36BullMedievalCanonL17.pdf?sequence=1
Meens, R. M. J. (2019). The practice and literature of penance. In P. Reynolds (Ed.), Great Christian Jurists and Legal Collections in the First Millennium (pp. 198-213). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108559133.008
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/392332/practice_and_literature_of_penance.pdf?sequence=1
Meens, R. M. J. (2019). Reconciling Disturbed Sacred Space: The Ordo for ‘reconciling an altar where a murder has been committed’ in the Sacramentary of Gellone in its cultural context. In S. Esders, Y. Hen, P. Bockius, & T. Rotman (Eds.), The Merovingian Kingdoms and the Mediterranean World. Revisiting the Sources : Revisiting the Sources (pp. 103-112). Bloomsbury. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350048416.ch-009
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/427523/Ch9.pdf?sequence=1

2018

Scholarly publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2018). Review of: Erin V. Abraham, Anticipating Sin in Medieval Society. Childhood, Sexuality, and Violence in the Early Penitentials. Early Medieval Europe, 26(4), 548-550. https://doi.org/10.1111/emed.12299
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/376537/meens3.pdf?sequence=1
Meens, R. M. J. (2018). Review of: Susan R. Kramer. Sin, Interiority, and Selfhood in the Twelfth-Century West. American Historical Review, 123(2), 629-630. https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/123.2.629
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/376530/meens2.pdf?sequence=1
Meens, R. M. J. (2018). Review of: Matthew Bryan Gilllis, Heresy and Dissent in the Carolingian Empire: The Case of Gottschalk of Orbais. History, 103(355), 315-316. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-229X.12611
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/375949/meens.pdf?sequence=1
Meens, R. M. J. (Accepted/In press). Willibrord's penitential? The Paenitentiale Oxoniense II revisited. In N. K. Yavuz, & R. Broome (Eds.), Transforming the Early Medieval World: Studies in Honour of Ian N. Wood Kismet.
Meens, R. M. J. (2018). Jews in early medieval penitential literature. In Y. Hen, & O. Limor (Eds.), Barbarians and Jews: Jews and Judaism in the early Medieval West (pp. 183-201). Brepols.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/427525/Jews_in_early_medieval_penitential_literature.pdf?sequence=1
van Hees, B. J., & Meens, R. M. J. (2018). 'Ein Brief von Hrabanus über diejenigen die sich an Tieren vergehen'. Zwei unbeachtete Textzeugen van Hravbanus Maurus, Epistola 41. Deutsches Archiv, 73(2), 687-696.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/427524/Ein_Brief_von_Hrabanus_ber_diejenigen_die_sich_an_Tieren_vergehen.pdf?sequence=1

Popularising publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2018). De mislukte doop van Radbod. Geschiedenis Magazine, 53(4), 16-19.

2017

Scholarly publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2017). Review of: J. Hillner, Prison, punishment and penance in Late Antiquity, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2015). Early Medieval Europe, 25(4), 539-541. https://doi.org/10.1111/emed.12235
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/361647/Meens_2017_Early_Medieval_Europe.pdf?sequence=1
Meens, R. M. J. (2017). review of Stefan Jurasinski, The Old English penitentials and Anglo-Saxon law. Deutsches Archiv, 73(1), 287-288.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/427526/Stefan_Jurasinski_The_Old_English_penitentials_and_Anglo_Saxon_law.pdf?sequence=1

2016

Scholarly publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2016). Review of: Zubin Mistry, Abortion in the Early Middle Ages c. 500-900 (Woodbridge, 2015). The Medieval Review, 2016. https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/tmr/article/view/22153/28097
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/346809/Meens.pdf?sequence=1
Meens, R. M. J. (2016). Review of: Owen M. Phelan, The Formation of Christian Europe: The Carolingians, Baptism and the Imperium Christianum (Oxford 2014). Journal of Theological Studies, 67(1), 348-350. https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/flw015
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/346808/Review.pdf?sequence=1
Meens, R. M. J. (2016). Master of Penance: Gratian and the Development of Penitential Thought and Law in the Twelfth Century, by Atria A. Larson (review). The Catholic historical review, 102(2), 387-389. https://doi.org/10.1353/cat.2016.0129
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/346807/Master.pdf?sequence=1
Meens, R. M. J. (2016). The Irish contribution to the penitential tradition. In R. Flechner, & S. Meeder (Eds.), The Irish in Early Medieval Europe: Identity, Culture and Religion (pp. 131-145). Palgrave Macmillan.
Meens, R. M. J. (2016). The authority of Gregory the Great: Marriage and politics in Bavaria in the eighth century as exemplified in the 'Gregorian part' of the Prague Sacramentary. In M. Diesenberger, R. Meens, & E. Rose (Eds.), The Prague Sacramentary: Culture, Religion, and Politics in Late Eighth-Century Bavaria (pp. 163-180). (Cultural Encounters in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages; Vol. 21). Brepols. https://doi.org/10.1484/M.CELAMA-EB.5.108018
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/427529/m.celama_eb.5.108018.pdf?sequence=1
Meens, R. M. J. (2016). Conclusion: Early medieval priests - some further thoughts. In S. Patzold, & C. van Rhijn (Eds.), Men in the Middle: Local Priests in Early Medieval Europe (pp. 222-228). (Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde; Vol. 93). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110444483-014
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/427527/10.1515_9783110444483_014.pdf?sequence=1
Goosmann, F. C. W., & Meens, R. M. J. (2016). A mirror of princes who opted out: Regino of Prüm and royal monastic conversion. In R. Meens, D. van Espelo, B. van den Hoven van Genderen, J. Raaijmakers, I. van Renswoude, & C. van Rhijn (Eds.), Religious Franks: Religion and power in the Frankish Kingdoms: Studies in honour of Mayke de Jong (pp. 296-313). Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781784997519.00026
van Renswoude, I., Meens, R., van Espelo, D., Raaijmakers, J., van Rhijn, C., & van den Hoven van Genderen, B. (Eds.) (2016). Religious Franks. Religion and Power in the Frankish Kingdoms. Studies in Honour of Mayke de Jong. Manchester University Press.
Meens, R. M. J., & Rose, H. G. E. (2016). Introduction. In M. Diesenberger, R. Meens, & E. Rose (Eds.), The Prague Sacramentary: Culture, Religion and Politics in Late Eighth-century Bavaria (pp. 1-10). (Cultural Encounters in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages; No. 21). Brepols. https://doi.org/10.1484/M.CELAMA-EB.5.108011
Rose, H. G. E., Diesenberger, M., & Meens, R. M. J. (2016). The Prague Sacramentary: Culture, Religion and Politics in Late Eighth-Century Bavaria. (21 ed.) (Cultural Encounters in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages; Vol. 21). Brepols.

Professional publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2016). Lak aan heilige eiken. Geschiedenis Magazine, 51(5), 16-17.
Meens, R. M. J. (2016). Jeroen Bosch (ca 1450-1515): Duivelskunstenaar maar brave burger. Geschiedenis Magazine, 51(1), 39-42.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/396865/Bosch_Geschiedenis_Magazine.pdf?sequence=1

2015

Scholarly publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2015). review of: G. Krutzler, Kult und Tabu. Wahrnehmungen der Germania bei Bonifatius (Wien / Berlin 2011). The Medieval Low Countries, 1, 233-234. https://doi.org/10.1484/J.MLC.5.103719
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/427531/j.mlc.5.103719.pdf?sequence=1
Meens, R. M. J. (2015). The uses of excommunication in missionary contexts (6th-8th centuries). In G. Büher-Thierry, & S. Gioanni (Eds.), Exclure de la communauté chrétienne: Sens et pratiques sociales de l'anathème et de l'excommunication (IV - XII siècle) (pp. 143-156). (Collection Haut Moyen Age; Vol. 23). Brepols. https://doi.org/10.1484/M.HAMA-EB.5.107609
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/330368/m_2Ehama_eb_2E5_2E107609.pdf?sequence=1
Meens, R. M. J. (2015). The Rise and Fall of the Carolingians. Regino of Prüm and his conception of the Carolingian Empire. In L. Jegou, S. Joye, T. Lienhard, & J. Schneider (Eds.), Faire lien. Aristocratie, réseaux et échanges compétitifs: Mélanges en l'honneur de Régine Le Jan (pp. 315-323). (Histoire ancienne et médiévale ; Vol. 132). Publications de la Sorbonne.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/427533/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_the_Carolingians.pdf?sequence=1
Meens, R. M. J. (2015). With one foot in the font. The failed baptism of the Frisian king Radbod and the eighth century discussion about the fate of unbaptized forefathers. In P. Moran, & I. Warntjes (Eds.), Early Medieval Ireland and Europe: Chronology, Contacts, Scholarship: A Festschrift for Dáibhí Ó Cróinín (pp. 577-596). Brepols. https://doi.org/10.1484/M.STT-EB.5.103136
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/427530/m.stt_eb.5.103136.pdf?sequence=1

Professional publications

Meens, R. (2015). Vreten, zuipen en dansen: Over het beeld van de 'ongeciviliseerde middeleeuwen'. In R. Meens, & C. Rhijn (Eds.), Cultuurgeschiedenis van de middeleeuwen: Beeldvorming en perspectieven (pp. 267-283). Openuniversiteit/WBOOKS.
Meens, R. (2015). De feodale middeleeuwen. In R. Meens, & C. van Rhijn (Eds.), Cultuurgeschiedenis van de middeleeuwen : Beeldvorming en perspectieven (pp. 111-125). Openuniversiteit/WBOOKS.
Meens, R. (2015). Een christelijke tijd? Kerk en religie in de middeleeuwen. In R. Meens, & C. van Rhijn (Eds.), Cultuurgeschiedenis van de middeleeuwen: Beeldvorming en perspectieven (pp. 71-91). Openuniversiteit/WBOOKS.
Meens, R. (2015). Een tijd van barbarij. In R. Meens, & C. van Rhijn (Eds.), Cultuurgeschiedenis van de middeleeuwen: Beeldvorming en perspectieven (pp. 31-49). Openuniversiteit/WBOOKS.
van Rhijn, C., & Meens, R. (2015). Inleiding: middeleeuwse toestanden. In Cultuurgeschiedenis van de middeleeuwen (pp. 7-11). Openuniversiteit/WBOOKS.
van Rhijn, C., & Meens, R. (Eds.) (2015). Cultuurgeschiedenis van de middeleeuwen. Openuniversiteit/WBOOKS.

Other output

Meens, R. M. J. (2015). Willibrord: A Missionary Life. Paper presented at International Medieval Congress 2015, Leeds, United Kingdom.
Meens, R. M. J. (2015). Penance and satisfaction: Conflict settlement and satisfaction in early medieval Europe. Paper presented at Gender and Transgression in the Middle Ages: Crime, punishment and penance (Graduate Student Conference), St. Andrews, United Kingdom.
Meens, R. M. J. (2015). Columbanus and the practice of penance in early medieval Europe. Paper presented at Irish Conference of Medievalists (Dublin 1-3 juli), Dublin, Ireland. http://historyhub.ie/rob-meens-irish-conference-medievalists
Meens, R. (2015). Penance and satisfaction: Conflict settlement and penitential practices in the early Middle Ages. Paper presented at Gender and Transgression in the Middle Ages: Crime, punishment and penance, S. Andrews, United Kingdom.

2014

Scholarly publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2014). Penitential Varieties. In J. Arnold (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Christianity (pp. 254-270). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199582136.001.0001, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199582136.013.016
Meens, R. (2014). Bookreview "Sin in Medieval and Early Modern Culture. The Tradition of the Seven Deadly Sins, eds. R. Newhauser, S.J. Ridyard ( (York Medieval Press, York 2012)". History, 99(338), 866-867. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-229X.12091_2
Meens, R. M. J. (2014). Penitential Varieties. In J. Arnold (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Christianity (pp. 254-270). Oxford University Press.
Meens, R. M. J. (2014). Penance in the Middle Ages, 600-1200. Cambridge University Press.

2013

Scholarly publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2013). A preaching bishop. Atto of Vercelli and his sermon collection. In Y. Hen, M. Pollheimer, & M. Diesenberger (Eds.), Sermo doctorum: Compilers, Preachers and their Audiences in the Early Medieval West (pp. 263-282). Brepols.
Meens, R. M. J. (2013). Penance, shame and honour in the early Middle Ages. In B. Sère, & J. Wettlaufer (Eds.), Shame between Punishment and Penance. The Social Usages of Shame in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times (pp. 89-102). SISMEL-Edizioni del Galluzzo.

Professional publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2013). Paenitentiale Vindobonense (Bußbuch). In C. Stiegeman, M. Kroker, & W. Walter (Eds.), Credo. Christianisierung Europas im Mittelalter. Bd. 2: Katalog (pp. 258-259). Michael Imhof Verlag.

2012

Scholarly publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2012). Exil, Busse und sozialer Tod. Ausschliessungsmechanismen in den frühmittelalterlichen Bussbüchern. In C. . J. Garnier / Schnocks (Ed.), Sterben über den Tod hinaus. Politische,soziale und religiöse Ausgrenzung in vormodernen Gesellschaften (pp. 117-131). Ergon Verlag.
Meens, R. M. J. (2012). Bookreview Wilhelm Levison (1876-1947). Ein jüdisches Leben zwischen wissenschaftlicher Anerkennung und politischem Exil. Early Medieval Europe, 20, 216-218.
Meens, R. M. J. (2012). Thunder over Lyon: Agobard, the 'tempestarii' and Christianity. In C. Steel, J. Marenbon, & W. Verbeke (Eds.), Paganism in the Middle Ages. Threat and Fascination (pp. 157-166). Leuven University Press.

2011

Scholarly publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2011). Boekbespreking Anglo-Saxons in a Frankish world, 690-900. Millennium, 24, 160-163.
Meens, R. M. J. (2011). Bookreview A contrite heart. Prosecution and redemption in the Carolingian empire. The journal of ecclesiastical history, 62, 583-584.

2010

Scholarly publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2010). In the mirror of Eusebius. The episcopal identity of Atto of Vercelli. In R. Corradini, M. Gillis, R. McKitterick, & I. van Renswoude (Eds.), Ego trouble. Authors and their identities in the early Middle Ages (pp. 243-248). Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Meens, R. M. J. (2010). Opkomst en ondergang van de Karolingers. De kroniek van Regino van Prüm. Millennium, 24(1), 3-18.
Meens, R. M. J. (2010). Christianization and the spoken word: The sermons attributed to St. Boniface. In R. Corradini, M. Diesenberger, & M. Niederkorn-Bruck (Eds.), Zwischen Niederschrift und Wiederschrift. Frühmittelalterliche Hagiographie und Historiographie im Spannungsfeld von Kompendienüberlieferung und Editionstechnik (pp. 211-222). Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

2009

Scholarly publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2009). A penitential diet. In M. Rubin (Ed.), Medieval Christianity in Practice (pp. 144-150). Princeton University Press.
Meens, R. M. J. (2009). Lichaam, eer en recht in middeleeuws Friesland. Een studie naar de Oudfriese boeteregisters. Millennium, 22, 204-206.
Meens, R. M. J. (2009). Rescriptum Beati Gregorii ad Augustinum Episcopum. In G. Cremascoli, & A. Degl'Innocenti (Eds.), Enciclopedia Gregoriana. La vita, l'opera e la fortuna di Gregorio Magno (pp. 301-302). SISMEL-Edizioni del Galluzzo.
Meens, R. M. J. (2009). Smaragdus of St. Mihiel: Commentary on the Rule of St. Benedict. The Catholic historical review, 95, 590-591.
Meens, R. M. J. (2009). Violence at the altar: the sacred space around the grave of St. Martin of Tours and the practice of sanctuary in the early Middle Ages. In F. Andrews (Ed.), Ritual and space in the Middle Ages. Proceedings of the 2009 Harlaxton Symposium (pp. 71-89). SHAUN TYAS / PAUL WATKINS PUBLISHING.
Meens, R. M. J. (2009). Clavis Canonum. Selected Canon Law Collections Before 1140. Early Medieval Europe, 17, 218-220.

2008

Scholarly publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2008). Heilige bisschoppen in de late Oudheid. Tijdschrift Voor Geschiedenis, 121, 219-220.
Meens, R. M. J. (2008). Remedies for sins. In T. F. X. Noble, & J. M. H. Smith (Eds.), The Cambridge History of Christianity, vol 3: Early Medieval Christianities, c. 600 - c.100 (pp. 399-415). Cambridge University Press.
Meens, R. M. J. (2008). The historiography of early medieval penance. In A. Firey (Ed.), A New History of Penance (pp. 73-95). Brill.
Meens, R. M. J. (2008). Kirchliche Buße und Konfliktbewältigung. Thietmar von Merseburg näher betrachtet. Frühmittelalterliche Studien, 41, 317-330.
Meens, R. M. J. (2008). Aspekte der Christianisierung des Volkes. In F. J. Felten, & J. Jarnut (Eds.), Bonifatius - Leben und Nachwirken. Die Gestaltung des christlichen Europa im Frühmittelalter (pp. 211-229). Gesellschaft für mittelrheinische Kirchengeschichte.

Other output

Meens, R. M. J. (2008). The art of persuasion. Persuasive strategies in text, image and architechture.. Paper presented at Unknown event, Asilomar, USA.

2007

Scholarly publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2007). Sanctuary, penance, and dispute settlement under Charlemagne: the conflict between Alcuin and Theodulf of Orléans over a sinful cleric. Speculum, 82, 277-300.
Meens, R. M. J. (2007). Die Bussbücher und das Recht im 9. und 10. Jahrhundert. Kontinuität und Wandel. In W. Hartmann (Ed.), Recht und Gericht in Kirche und Welt um 900 (pp. 217-233). Oldenbourg.

Professional publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2007). Robijn, V. Het recht van een vrije Friese stad. De stadboeken van Bolsward (1455-1479), met een editie van de stadboeken door Hildo van Engen. Deutsches Archiv, 62, 683-684.
Meens, R. M. J. (2007). Hageman, M. De kleren van de keizer. Rituelen en media in de tijd van Karel de Grote. Millennium, 21, 66-67.
Meens, R. M. J. (2007). Milis, L. Religion, culture, and mentalities in the medieval Low Countries. Selected essays. Millennium, 21, 70-71.

Popularising publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2007). Een paard of hond in de pot. Voedsel en sociale status in het Oude Ierland. Kelten, (35), 2-4.

2006

Scholarly publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2006). Het christendom van Willibrord en Bonifatius. Trajecta, 15(4), 342-358.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/314258/trajecta_2006_4_04.pdf?sequence=1
Meens, R. M. J. (2006). Karel de Grote heroverwogen. Tijdschrift Voor Geschiedenis, 119, 274-275.
Meens, R. M. J. (2006). Penitential questions: sin, satisfaction and reconciliation in the tenth and eleventh centuries. Early Medieval Europe, 14(1), 1-6.
Meens, R. M. J. (2006). The sanctity of the basilica of St Martin. Gregory of Tours and the practice of sanctuary in the Merovingian period. In R. Corradini, & R. Meens (Eds.), Texts & Identities in the Early Middle Ages (pp. 277-287). Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Meens, R. M. J., Corradini, R., Pössel, C., & Shaw, P. (2006). Texts & Identities in the Early Middle Ages. Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Meens, R. M. J. (2006). Penitentials and the practice of penance in the tenth and eleventh centuries. Early Medieval Europe, 14(1), 7-21.

Professional publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2006). Die Inszenierung religiöser Konfrontationen. Theorie und Praxis der Missionspredigt im frühen Mittelalter. Early Medieval Europe, 14, 342-343.
Meens, R. M. J. (2006). De presbiteris criminosis. Ein Memorandum Erzbischof Hinkmars von Reims über straffällige Kleriker. Early Medieval Europe, 14, 226-227.
Meens, R. M. J. (2006). Retribution, Repentance, and Reconciliation: Papers read at the 2002 Summer Meeting and the 2003 Winter Meeting of the Ecclesiastical History Society. History, 91, 104-106.

2005

Scholarly publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2005). Het christendom van Bonifatius. Millennium, 19, 44-59.

Professional publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2005). Identiteit en continuïteit in Northumbrië. Tijdschrift Voor Geschiedenis, 118, 83-85.
Meens, R. M. J. (2005). Bookreview Prêtres en Gaule Mérovingienne. Early Medieval Europe, 12, 325-327.

Popularising publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2005). Recht en schrift ten tijde van Karel de Grote. De raadsels rond het handschrift BPL 114. Omslag. Bulletin van de Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden en het Scaliger Instituut, 4-5.
Meens, R. M. J. (2005). Troubles in Tours: The conflict between Alcuin and Theodulf of Orléans over a sinful cleric (vertaald in het Hebreeuws). Zmanim. A Historical Quarterly, 89, 84-89.

2004

Scholarly publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2004). Die Bändigung der Lust. In V. van Vilsteren, & R-M. Weiss (Eds.), 100.000 Jahre Sex. Über Liebe, Fruchtbarkeit und Wollust (pp. 64-65). Waanders.
Meens, R. M. J. (2004). Macht en ritueel. Tijdschrift Voor Geschiedenis, 117, 437-439.
Meens, R. M. J. (2004). Reforming the clergy: a context for the use of the Bobbio penitential. In Y. Hen, & R. Meens (Eds.), The Bobbio Missal. Liturgy and Religious Culture in Merovingian Gaul (pp. 154-167). Cambridge University Press.
Meens, R. M. J., & Janse, A. (2004). Bookreview Ridderschap in Holland. Portret van een edellijke elite in de late Middeleeuwen. Deutsches Archiv, 59, 833-834.
Meens, R. M. J. (2004). Columbanus. In H. C. G. Matthew, & B. Harrison (Eds.), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (pp. 810-813). Oxford University Press. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6002 (accessed September 30, 2004)
Meens, R. M. J. (2004). "Aliud benitenciale": the ninth-century Paenitentiale Vindobonense C. Medieaval Studies, 66, 1-26.
Meens, R. M. J., & Hen, Y. (2004). The Bobbio Missal. Liturgy and Religious Culture in Merovingian Gaul. Cambridge University Press.

Professional publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2004). Bookreview Rome and the North. The early reception of gregory the Great inGermanic Europe. Millennium, 17, 171-173.

Popularising publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2004). Het christendom van Bonifatius. Friesch Dagblad, 22-22.

2003

Scholarly publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2003). Rituelen in de Middeleeuwen. Over de gevaren en de bruikbaarheid van een begrip. Millennium, 16(2), 134-145.
Meens, R. M. J. (2003). -. Millennium, 17, 87-89.

Professional publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2003). Tumult in Tours. Alcuin en Theodulf van Orléans in conflict over een asielzoeker. Madoc, 17(2), 104-113.
Meens, R. M. J. (2003). De beteugeling van de lust. In V. van Vilsteren (Ed.), 100.000 jaar sex. Over liefde, vruchtbaarheid en wellust (pp. 64-65). Waanders.

2002

Scholarly publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2002). Eating animals in the early Middle Ages. Classifying the animal world and building group identities. In A. Craeger, & W. C. Jordan (Eds.), The Animal/Human Boundary (pp. 3-28). University of Rochester Press.
Meens, R. M. J. (2002). Normen en waarden: ook in de middeleeuwen is veiligheid het toverwoord. Historisch Nieuwsblad, 11(9), 38-39.
Meens, R. M. J. (2002). De barbaarse Merovingers. Tijdschrift Voor Geschiedenis, 111-112.

Professional publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2002). Book review: Een heilig volk is geboren. Opkomst en ondergang van een christelijke staatsideologie uit de vroege middeleeuwen (c.750-900). Millennium, 15, 178-180.
Meens, R. M. J. (2002). Biechten in de tiende en elfde eeuw. Een nieuw Utrechts onderzoeksproject. SIGNUM, (14), 77-84.

2001

Scholarly publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2001). The oldest manuscript witness of the 'Collectio Canonum Hibernesis'. Peritia, 14, 1-19.
Meens, R. M. J. (2001). Religious instruction in the Frankish kingdoms. In M. B. de Jong, & E. Cohen (Eds.), Medieval Transformations. Texts, Power, and Gifts in Context (pp. 51-67). Brill.
Meens, R. M. J. (2001). De problematische tiende eeuw. Tijdschrift Voor Geschiedenis, 114, 265-267.
Meens, R. M. J. (2001). Bookreview Prefaces to canon law books in Latin Christianity. Selected translations, 500-1245. Early Medieval Europe, 9, 410-411.
Meens, R. M. J. (2001). Bookreview Anglo-Saxon appetites. Food and drink and their consumption in Old English and related literature. Early Medieval Europe, 10, 142-143.

2000

Scholarly publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2000). The uses of the Old Testament in early medieval canon law. The Collectio Vetus Gallica and the Collectio Hibernensis. In Y. Hen, & M. Innes (Eds.), The Uses of the Past in Early Medieval Europe (pp. 67-77). Cambridge University Press.
Meens, R. M. J. (2000). Christentum und Heidentum aus der Sicht Willibrords? Überlegungen zum Pänitentiale Oxoniense II. In M. Polfer (Ed.), L'évangelisation des régios entre Meuse et Moselle et la fondation de l'abbaye d'Echternach (pp. 415-428). CLUDEM.
Meens, R. M. J. (2000). De kerstening van Europa. Tussen distantie en betrokkenheid. Tijdschrift Voor Geschiedenis, 113(3), 368-376.
Meens, R. M. J. (2000). Dromen van Karel de Grote. Streven: Cultureel maatschappelijk maandblad (Vlaamse editie), 67(2), 174-180.

Professional publications

Meens, R. M. J. (2000). Bookreview Alcuin of York. Scholar at the Carolingian Court. Proceedings of the Third Germania Latina Conference. Millennium, 13, 167-169.

1999

Scholarly publications

Meens, R. M. J. (1999). Politics, mirrors of princes and the Bible: sins, kings and the well-being of the realm. Early Medieval Europe, 7, 345-357.
Meens, R. M. J. (1999). Questioning ritual purity. The influence of Gregory the Great's answers to Augustine's queries about childbirth, menstruation and sexuality. In R. Gameson (Ed.), St. Augustine en the conversion of England (pp. 174-186). Sutton Publishing.
Meens, R. M. J. (1999). Bookreview Capitula Episcoporum, Monumenta Germaniae Historica, dl 2 en 3. Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis, 407-409.
Meens, R. M. J. (1999). 'A Relic of superstition'. Bodily impurity and the Church from Gregory the Great to the twelfth century Decretists. In M. Poorthuis, & J. Schwartz (Eds.), Purity and Holiness. The heritage of Leviticus (pp. 281-293). Brill.
Meens, R. M. J. (1999). Bookreview Early Insular Preaching: Verbal Artistry and Method of Composition. Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie, 285.

1998

Scholarly publications

Meens, R. M. J. (1998). Columbanus. Studies on the Latin writings. Tijdschrift Voor Geschiedenis, 111, 524-525.
Meens, R. M. J. (1998). Apocalyps toen! Een geschiedenis van het jaar 1000. Tijdschrift Voor Geschiedenis, 111, 294-295.
Meens, R. M. J. (1998). Biblical Commentaries from the Canterbury School of Theodore and Hadrian. Bijdragen : tijdschrift voor filosofie en theologie, 58, 461-464.
Meens, R. M. J. (1998). Magic and the Early Medieval World View. In J. Hill, & M. Swan (Eds.), The Community, the Family, and the Saint. Patterns of Power in Early Medieval Europe (pp. 285-295).
Meens, R. M. J. (1998). Archbishop Theodore. Commemorative Studies on his Life and Influence. Bijdragen : tijdschrift voor filosofie en theologie, 58, 461-464.
Meens, R. M. J. (1998). The frequency and nature of early medieval penance. In P. Biller, & A. Minnis (Eds.), Handling Sin: Confession in the Middle Ages (pp. 35-61). (York Studies in Medieval Theology; No. II)..
Meens, R. M. J. (1998). The 'Laterculus Malalianus' and the and the School of Archbishop Theodore. Bijdragen : tijdschrift voor filosofie en theologie, 58, 461-464.

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