Emeritus Professor John Moorhead
Emeritus Professor
School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry
Researcher biography
Professor Moorhead works in late antique and early medieval history.
A graduate of the universities of New England and Liverpool, he is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and has walked the medieval pilgrim trail from Le Puy to Santiago.
Books
Moorhead, John (2015). The Popes and the Church of Rome in late antiquity. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315739861
Moorhead, John (2013). The Roman Empire divided, 400-700. 2nd ed. Harlow, United Kingdom: Pearson Education Limited. doi: 10.4324/9781315833293
Moorhead, John (2005). Gregory the Great. 1 ed. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203012635
Moorhead, John (2001). The Roman Empire Divided 400-700. Harlow, England: Longman.
Moorhead, J. A. (1999). Ambrose: Church and Society in the Late Roman World. London: Longman.
Book Chapters
Moorhead, John (2013). Gregory’s literary inheritance. A companion to Gregory the Great. (pp. 249-267) edited by Bronwen Neil and Matthew Dal Santo. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill.
Moorhead, John (2013). Goths and vandals, migration history. The Encyclopaedia of Global Human Migration. (pp. x-xx) edited by Immanuel Ness and Peter Bellwood. New York, NY, United States: Wiley.
Moorhead, John (2010). Chretiens et musulmans: l'ouverture d'un debat. Des origines au XVᵉ siècle. (pp. 881-890) edited by Jean-Robert Armogathe, Pascal Montaubin, Michel-Yves Perrin and Yves-Marie Hilaire. Paris, France: Presses Universitaires de France.
Moorhead, John (2009). Boethius' life and the world of late antique philosophy. The Cambridge companion to Boethius. (pp. 13-33) edited by John Marenbon. U. K.: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CCOL9780521872669.002
Moorhead, John (2008). Hearers and readers of Christian Latin texts in late antiquity. Studies in Latin literature and Roman history XIV. (pp. 476-499) edited by Carl Deroux. Brussels, Belgium: Latomus.
Moorhead, John (2008). Western approaches (500–600). The Cambridge history of the Byzantine empire c. 500-1492. (pp. 196-220) edited by Jonathan Shepard. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CHOL9780521832311.010
Moorhead, J. (2007). Gregory the Great. Dictionary of major biblical interpreters. (pp. 485-489) edited by Donald K. McKim. Downers Grove, Ill. U.S.A.: IVP Academic.
Moorhead, J. A. (2005). The Byzantines in the West in the Sixth Century. The New Cambridge Medieval History. (pp. 118-139) edited by P. Fouracre. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CHOL9780521362917.007
Moorhead, J. A. (2005). Ostrogothic Italy and the Lombard Invasions. The New Cambridge Medieval History. (pp. 140-161) edited by P. Fouracre. Cambridge, Great Britain: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CHOL9780521362917.008
Journal Articles
Moorhead, John (2016). Review: 'The consolation of Boethius as poetic liturgy'. Classical Review, 66 (2), 458-459. doi: 10.1017/S0009840X16000305
Moorhead, John (2015). Review of The Yezidis. The History of a Community, Culture and Religion. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 61 (3), 480-480.
Moorhead, John (2013). Jews, Christians and the Abode of Islam: Modern Scholarship, Medieval Realities.. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 59 (3), 468-469.
Moorhead, John (2012). Fugiamus ergo forum: ascetism and power in Ambrose of Milan by D. Natal Villazala. Journal of Religious History, 36 (3), 444-444. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9809.2012.01203.x
Moorhead, John (2012). The pilgrim city: St Augustine of Hippo and his innovation in political thought by M. Hollingworth. Journal of Religious History, 36 (3), 443-444. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9809.2012.01202.x
Moorhead, John (2012). Witnesses to a world crisis: Historians and histories of the Middle East in the seventh century. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 58 (1), 132-132. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8497.2012.01629.x
Moorhead, John (2011). Some conflicts between Christians and Jews in the sixth century. Studi Medievali, 52 (2), 665-680.
Moorhead, John (2011). Where did the Jews come from? A review essay. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 57 (1), 115-122. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8497.2011.01586.x
Moorhead, J (2010). First Among Equals: The Career of Abbo of Fleury. JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY, 34 (4), 503-504. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9809.2010.00942.x
Moorhead, John (2010). Pope Gregory the Great and the nobility in Sicily. Speculum, 85 (4), 1022-1023. doi: 10.1017/S0038713410002563
Moorhead, John (2010). When our world became Christian 312-394. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 56 (3), 476-477. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8497.2010.01566.x
Moorhead, J. (2010). A biblical background for the newcomers of late antiquity. Latomus: revue d'etudes latines, 69 (3), 811-817.
Moorhead, J (2010). The People's Work: A Social History of the Liturgy. JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY, 34 (1), 103-105. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9809.2009.00853.x
Moorhead, John (2009). Bede on the Papacy. Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 60 (2), 217-232. doi: 10.1017/S002204690800701X
Moorhead, John (2009). Some principles of church dedication in the early medieval west. Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association, 5 (1), 133-146.
Moorhead, John (2007). Some borrowings in Bede. Latomus: revue d'etudes latines, 66 (3), 710-717.
Moorhead, John (2006). On becoming pope in late antiquity. Journal of Religious History, 30 (3), 279-293. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9809.2006.00494.x
Moorhead, J. (2006). Charles Matson Odahl: Constantine and the Christian empire. Journal of Religious History, 30 (2), 228-229. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9809.2006.00453.x
Moorhead, J. A. (2006). The word modernus. Latomus, 65 (2), 425-433.
Moorhead, J. (2005). Hearing the bible in St Benedict. Studia Monastica: Commentarium ad rem Monasticam Historice Investigandam, 47 (1), 7-17.
Moorhead, J. A. (2005). Peter Brown's The 'rise of western christendom', second edition: A review essay. Journal of Religious History, 29 (1), 67-76. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9809.2005.00261.x
Moorhead, J. A. (2004). Review of: Interpreting late antiquity essays on the postclassical world. Journal of Religious History, 28 (2), 174-175. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9809.2004.00213.x
Moorhead, J. (2004). The vandals: Language and history. Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies, 79 (2), 483-484. doi: 10.1017/S0038713400088175
Moorhead, John (2003). Michelle Renee Salzman: The Making of a Christian Aristocracy. Social and Religious Change in the Western Roman Empire. Cambridge, Massachusetts and London: Harvard University Press, 2002; pp. xiv + 354. The Journal of Religious History, 27 (2), 240-241. doi: 10.1111/1467-9809.00173
Moorhead, J. (2003). Church in a landscape: A history of the Diocese of Wangaratta. Australian Journal of Politics And History, 49 (1), 116-117.
Moorhead, J. A. (2003). Taking Gregory the Great dialogues seriously. Downside Review: A Quarterly of Catholic Thought, 121 (424), 197-210.
Moorhead, John (2002). H. R. Lyon: The English Church 940–1154. Harlow: Longman, 2000; pp. x + 174. Journal of Religious History, 26 (3), 320-321. doi: 10.1111/1467-9809.00159
Moorhead, J. (2002). Review of: Dreams, visions, and spiritual authority in Merovingian Gaul. Journal of Religious History, 26 (3), 319-320. doi: 10.1111/1467-9809.00159
Moorhead, J. (2002). And then the end will come: Early Latin Christian interpretations of the 'Opening of the Seven Seals'. Parergon, 19 (2), 253-258.
Moorhead, J. A. (2002). Review of Dreams, visions, and spiritual authority in Merovingian Gaul by Isabel Moreira. The Journal of Religious History, 26 (3), 319-319.
Moorhead, J. A. (2002). Thoughts on post-Roman law in the west. Proceedings of the University of Queensland History Research Group, 13 (1), 1-10.
Moorhead, J. A. (2002). Review of The English church 940-1154 by H. R. Lyon. The Journal of Religious History, 26 (3), 320-320.
Moorhead, J. (2002). Eastern approaches to Byzantium. Parergon, 19 (2), 190-191. doi: 10.1353/pgn.2002.0002
Moorhead, J. (2002). The Cambridge Ancient History, vol XIV, Late Antiquity: Empire and successors, A.D. 425-600. Classical Bulletin, 78 (2), 257-261.
Moorhead, J. (2002). The figure of the deacon Peter in the dialogues of Gregory the Great. Augustinianum, 42 (2), 469-480.
Moorhead, J (2000). Totila the revolutionary (Rome and the Ostrogoths). Historia-zeitschrift Fur Alte Geschichte, 49 (3), 382-386.
Moorhead, J. (2000). Handbook for William: A Carolingian woman's counsel for her son, by Dhuoda. Parergon, 17 (2), 213-214. doi: 10.1353/pgn.2000.0010
Moorhead, J (2000). Heaven on earth: Art and the Church in Byzantium. Parergon, 17 (2), 267-269. doi: 10.1353/pgn.2000.0048
Moorhead, John (1999). Review of Markus, R.A., Gregory the Great and His World. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 45 (1), 128-129. doi: 10.1111/1467-8497.00059
Moorhead, J (1999). The First Crusade: Origins and impact. Parergon, 16 (2), 302-304. doi: 10.1353/pgn.1999.0049
Moorhead, J. A. (1999). Goths and Romans. Carmina Philosphiae: Journal of the International Boethius Society, 7, 81-87.
Moorhead, J (1998). A history of medieval political thought 300-1450. Parergon, 16 (1), 122-124. doi: 10.1353/pgn.1998.0130