Francine Michaud, University of Calgary

Research

agency franciscanism Critical Edition Translation of primary sources Hagiography Women Spirituality Female networks

Latest funding

The Book of Miracles of Bishop Saint Louis of Anjou: Women, Men, and Vernacular Saint-Making in Medieval Marseille
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$19,183
Living a good death in final wishes: lay sanctification and testamentary practice at the turn of the fourteenth century
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$24,195
La condition des travailleurs urbains et ruraux en Provence médiévale
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$40,000

The Book of Miracles of Bishop Saint Louis of Anjou: Women, Men, and Vernacular Saint-Making in Medieval Marseille

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Michaud, Francine

Keywords: Critical Edition; Translation of primary sources; Hagiography; Women; Spirituality; Agency; Franciscanism; Female networks; Gender; Household relations

$19,183

Living a good death in final wishes: lay sanctification and testamentary practice at the turn of the fourteenth century

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Michaud, Francine

Keywords: middle ages; death; purgatory; agency; wills; testaments; piety; lay women; Marseille; sacraments and rituals; thirteenth-fourteenth centuries; franciscanism; beatitude

$24,195

La condition des travailleurs urbains et ruraux en Provence médiévale

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Michaud, Francine

Keywords: main-d'oeuvre; salariat; travail; statut socio-économique; apprentissage; condition juridique; femmes; enfants; paysans

$40,000

Le travail et la peste à Marseille au XIVe siècle

Principal investigatorSSHRC1998Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Michaud, Francine

Keywords: Métiers; services domestiques; ouvriers; salariat; dépendances; femmes; enfants; étrangers

$20,400

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: agency Dear Professor Michaud, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on agency connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "The Book of Miracles of Bishop Saint Louis of Anjou: Women, Men, and Vernacular Saint-Making in Medieval Marseille" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]