Daniel Frank Melleno
Assistant Professor
303-871-7412 (Office)
Sturm Hall, 2000 East Asbury Avenue Denver, CO 80208
What I do
Assistant Professor of Medieval and Pre-Modern History.Specialization(s)
Medieval Europe, pre-modern History, Vikings
Professional Biography
Specializing in the history of early medieval Europe (c.600-1000), Daniel Melleno is an Assistant Professor of Medieval History at the University of Denver. He earned his undergraduate degree at Sarah Lawrence College and his MA/PhD in Medieval History at UC Berkeley. His work focuses on cross-cultural relationships in the pre-modern world, with a particular interest in the Vikings and their impact on the wider European world.
Degree(s)
- Ph.D., Medieval History, University of California, Berkeley, 2014
- MA, Medieval History, University of California, Berkeley, 2006
- BA, Liberal Arts, Medieval Studies, Sarah Lawrence College, 2005
Professional Affiliations
- American Historical Association
- Medieval Academy of America
- Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association
Media Sources
Research
My research focuses on interactions and relationships between the Carolingian Empire and Scandinavia, tying together the first tentative contacts between Franks and Northmen in the seventh century and the settlement of Scandinavians in Francia itself with the founding of the county of Normandy in 911. Using contemporary written sources, as well as archaeological and numismatic evidence, my work demonstrates that the Viking activity of the ninth and tenth century was in fact part of a much longer pattern of commerce, diplomacy, and competition between the Carolingian empire and its northern neighbors.
While my current book project focuses specifically on interaction and engagement between Vikings and Franks, it is part of a larger research agenda aimed at understanding how medieval peoples and states communicated, interacted, and impacted each other often across great conceptual and spatial distances.
While my current book project focuses specifically on interaction and engagement between Vikings and Franks, it is part of a larger research agenda aimed at understanding how medieval peoples and states communicated, interacted, and impacted each other often across great conceptual and spatial distances.
Areas of Research
early medieval Europe
Vikings
cross-cultural encounter
Featured Publications
Presentations
. (2018). To Whom Shall I Complain: Franks and Vikings After the Treaty of Verdun. 51st International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, Michigan: Early Medieval Europe Journal.
. (2017). From Carolingian Altars to Scottish Fields: Trading, Raiding, and Gift Giving in the Viking Age. Humanities West: The Age of the Vikings. San Francisco, CA: Humanities West.
. (2016). Slavery in the Viking Age: The Role of Human Commodities in North Sea Cultural Networks. International Medieval Congress. Leeds, UK.
. (2016). Sartorial Self-Fashioning: Clothing and Cross-Cultural Contact in the Viking Age. The Material World of the Early Middle Ages. Forest Grove, OR.
. (2015). Wayfaring Strangers - North Sea Merchants During the Viking Age. Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America. Notre Dame, IN: Medieval Academy of America.
