Cathleen A. Fleck

Cathleen A. Fleck received her Ph.D. in medieval art history from The Johns Hopkins University (1999). She is currently a Professor and Director of the School of Visual Studies at University of Missouri - Columbia, USA. Her research focuses on the late medieval European and Islamic art of the Mediterranean. Her book "The Clement Bible at the Medieval Courts of Naples and Avignon: A Story of Papal Power, Royal Prestige, and Patronage" (Ashgate Press) compares the courts of Naples and Avignon through the story of the Neapolitan Bible of Clement VII. She has written another book "Reimagining Jerusalem’s Architectural Identities in the Later Middle Ages" (Brill) which considers Islamic and Christian medieval representations of Jerusalem. She is also co-author on the volume "Encounters: The Crusades in 50 Objects" (Routledge).