Thomas Renna

659 total citations
20 papers, 121 citations indexed

About

Thomas Renna is a scholar working on History, Classics and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Renna has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 121 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in History, 11 papers in Classics and 3 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Thomas Renna's work include Medieval Literature and History (9 papers), Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (8 papers) and Byzantine Studies and History (4 papers). Thomas Renna is often cited by papers focused on Medieval Literature and History (9 papers), Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (8 papers) and Byzantine Studies and History (4 papers). Thomas Renna collaborates with scholars based in United States and Brazil. Thomas Renna's co-authors include P. H. Sawyer, Ian N. Wood, William Chester Jordan, Richard Kieckhefer and George Dameron and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, Speculum and Church History.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Renna

10 papers receiving 73 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Renna United States 5 70 63 21 15 12 20 121
Jane Sayers United States 6 76 1.1× 72 1.1× 27 1.3× 15 1.0× 10 0.8× 24 122
Franz Brunhölzl 5 48 0.7× 68 1.1× 20 1.0× 11 0.7× 14 1.2× 6 117
J. F. Niermeyer 3 51 0.7× 59 0.9× 18 0.9× 18 1.2× 12 1.0× 7 126
Marios Costambeys United Kingdom 6 83 1.2× 100 1.6× 27 1.3× 14 0.9× 21 1.8× 14 143
Catherine Cubitt United Kingdom 9 112 1.6× 143 2.3× 23 1.1× 19 1.3× 13 1.1× 15 166
Julia M. H. Smith United Kingdom 7 81 1.2× 91 1.4× 20 1.0× 11 0.7× 14 1.2× 27 141
Robert Louis Benson United States 5 48 0.7× 58 0.9× 28 1.3× 17 1.1× 11 0.9× 10 115
Leonard E. Boyle 6 41 0.6× 40 0.6× 9 0.4× 8 0.5× 10 0.8× 21 97
Malcolm Vale France 5 33 0.5× 32 0.5× 15 0.7× 13 0.9× 6 0.5× 17 73
David Luscombe United Kingdom 6 50 0.7× 60 1.0× 24 1.1× 11 0.7× 7 0.6× 22 132

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Renna

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Renna, Thomas. (2015). The Holy Roman Empire was Neither Holy, Nor Roman, Nor an Empire1. 42(1). 60–75. 4 indexed citations
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Renna, Thomas. (2014). Was Frederick Barbarossa the First Holy Roman Emperor. ScholarsArchive (Brigham Young University). 35(1). 6.
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Renna, Thomas. (2014). Lorenzo Valla and the Donation of Constantine in Historical Context, 1439–40. 8(1). 1–28.
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Renna, Thomas. (2010). Avignon vs. Rome: Dante, Petrarch, Catherine of Siena. 4. 47–62. 1 indexed citations
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Renna, Thomas. (2002). Jerusalem in Medieval Thought, 400-1300. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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Renna, Thomas. (1999). Campanella's City of the Sun and Late Renaissance Italy(*). Utopian Studies. 10(1). 13. 2 indexed citations
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Renna, Thomas & George Dameron. (1992). Episcopal Power and Florentine Society, 1000-1320.. The American Historical Review. 97(1). 177–177. 1 indexed citations
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Renna, Thomas. (1984). Virginity and Chastity in Early Cistercian Thougth. 14(26). 43–54. 1 indexed citations
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Renna, Thomas & William Chester Jordan. (1980). Louis IX and the Challenge of the Crusade: A Study in Rulership. The American Historical Review. 85(5). 1183–1183. 12 indexed citations
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Renna, Thomas. (1980). Peace Education: An Historical Overview. Peace & Change. 6(1-2). 61–65. 4 indexed citations
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Renna, Thomas & Richard Kieckhefer. (1980). Repression of Heresy in Medieval Germany. The American Historical Review. 85(1). 109–109. 11 indexed citations
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Renna, Thomas. (1980). The idea of peace in the West, 500–1150. Journal of Medieval History. 6(2). 143–167.
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Renna, Thomas, P. H. Sawyer, & Ian N. Wood. (1979). Early Medieval Kingship. The American Historical Review. 84(1). 133–133. 78 indexed citations
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Renna, Thomas. (1979). The Idea of Peace in the Augustinian Tradition 400–1200. Augustinian Studies. 10. 105–111. 1 indexed citations
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Renna, Thomas. (1978). Aristotle and the French Monarchy, 1260-1303. Viator. 9. 309–324. 4 indexed citations
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Renna, Thomas. (1974). The Populus in John of Paris' Theory of Monarchy. Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d Histoire du Droit / The Legal History Review. 42(2). 243–268.
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Renna, Thomas. (1973). Kingship in the Disputatio Inter Clericum et Militem. Speculum. 48(4). 675–693. 1 indexed citations

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