Administrative Duties: 
Chair, History Department, 2004–2005
College Senate and Excellence in Teaching Committee, 2004–2005

Contact Information: 718-405-3481, david.gallo@mountsaintvincent.edu

My doctoral research was on the chronological development of the daily ceremonials surrounding King Louis XIV of France from 1655 to 1702. My interest is in the court life and ceremonials of Louis XIV, and their relationship to the architecture of Versailles (and other royal chateaux) and their shaping of the political life of Old Regime France. I’m also a knight in a European Order of Chivalry (Capellán Caballero con Mérito in the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George (Order of Chivalry bestowed by HRH the Infante Don Carlos of Borbon-Dos Sicilias, Duke of Calabria).

Books & Publications:

Gallo, D. 1986. The Châteux of Marly-le-Roi. Musée de Marly-le-Roi, Louveciennes, France (in English language section of the research library).
 
Gallo, D. 1994. Royal bodies, royal bedrooms: The lever du roy and Louis XIV's Versailles. Presentation of the 40th Annual Meeting of the Society for French Historical Studies, The Social Influence of Versailles Culture. University of Delaware–Wilmington, 1994.

Recent Area of Research:
"Royal Bodies, Royal Bedrooms: the Queen's Bedchamber at Versailles and the Terrorizing of Marie Antoinette

Courses Taught:
Shaping of the Modern World (HIST 214)
Medieval History (HIST 211)
Divine Right of Kings to the Enlightenment (HIST 340)

Education:
A.B. in Theology, Assumption College (summa cum laude)
M.Div., Weston Jesuit School of Theology
Th.M., Harvard University (cum laude)
M.A. in History, Boston College
Ph.D. in History, Boston College

Favorite Links:
Chateau de Versailles www.chateauversailles.fr