PIMSPontifical Institute
of
Mediaeval Studies

Anna Peterson received her PhD from the University of St Andrews in 2017, having written a dissertation entitled “A Comparative Study of the Hospitals and Leprosaria in Narbonne, France and Siena, Italy (1080–1348).” She has entries, forthcoming, in three books dealing with lepers and health care issues in the middle ages. As a Mellon Fellow, Dr Peterson will work on the topic “Detesting such neglect and abuse: the church’s response to corruption in hospitals and leprosaria in western Europe (c. 1200–1342).”