James Terrasi graduated from UIUC in 2022 with a major in both Medieval Studies and History. His History honors thesis, advised by Prof. Carol Symes, provided a new translation and analysis of the Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum, an anonymous account of the First Crusade. In autumn of 2022, he began a Master's program in Medieval Studies at Fordham University, where he developed an interest in the social and economic history of the medieval Mediterranean. Fordham provided him with the opportunity to do archival work in Catalonia and to present at two...