Darleen Pryds

Darleen Pryds holds a Ph.D. (1994) in Medieval Intellectual Historywith a minor in the History of Science from the University of Wisconsinat Madison. She taught at Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA) before comingto the Franciscan School of !eology in 2001 (Berkeley; as of 2014 SanDiego). Her research focuses on lay Franciscans in the thirteenth andfourteenth centuries. She has written many articles and books, including e King Embodies the Words: Robert d'Anjou and the Politics of Preaching;Women of the Streets: Early Franciscan Women and their MendicantVocation; and Enduring Presence: Diversity and Authenticity among theFirst Generations of Franciscan Laity.