Dr. Munzinger鈥檚 area of specialization is the history of medieval Europe with a topical
emphasis on legal and institutional history and a geographical emphasis on central
Europe. Aside from courses in medieval history, he teaches the history of the ancient
Near East, Greece, Rome, and early modern Europe. Dr. Munzinger鈥檚 research focuses
on dispute resolution and legal culture in late medieval Poland. He has published
on the legal and commercial aspects of German colonization in the thirteenth-century
Baltic. Dr. Munzinger was the recipient of a Faculty Research Grant for conducting
research in Krak贸w .
