Konrad Eisenbichler teaches in the Department of Renaissance Studies. He completed his B.A and M.A at McMaster University and received his PhD at U of T. Eisenbichler’s work focuses on the intersection of literature, politics and religion in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Italy; lay religious confraternities; and religious theatre and poetry. His work can be seen in The Renaissance in the Streets, Schools, and Studies: Essays in Honour of Paul F. Grendler, eds. Konrad Eisenbichler and Nicholas Terpstra; A Guide to Righteous Living and other Works, translated by Konrad Eisenbichler; and The Boys of the Archangel Raphael. A Youth Confraternity in Florence, 1411-1785 (University of Toronto Press, 1998).
Renaissance Studies / Italian
BA (McMaster); MA (McMaster); PhD (Toronto)
Northrop Frye Hall 308, Victoria College
tel: (416) 585-4486
email: konrad.eisenbichler@utoronto.ca
Areas of research
The intersection of literature, politics and religion in fifteenth and sixteenth-century Italy; lay religious confraternities; religious theatre and poetry.
Selected publications
The Renaissance in the Streets, Schools, and Studies: Essays in Honour of Paul F. Grendler, eds. Konrad Eisenbichler and Nicholas Terpstra. Essays and Studies, 16. Toronto: CRRS, 2008.
Savonarola, Girolamo. A Guide to Righteous Living and other Works, trans. and intro. by Konrad Eisenbichler. Toronto: CRRS, 2003
The Boys of the Archangel Raphael. A Youth Confraternity in Florence, 1411-1785. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998;