In category: Discussion

This week’s post is comes from Dr. Catherine Rider, a longstanding member of the Centre (and one of the forces behind the inception of this very blog). Catherine is well-known in the Centre for her public engagement work, but what does this sort of work actually involve (besides purchasing Post-It notes)? She offered to help […]

‘The Legend of King Arthur‘ (HAS3006 / HASM006) is an exciting new module here at Exeter. Running across third-year undergraduate and Master’s level, it brings together specialists from across the Centre for Medieval Studies into a single module, during which we explore the ‘once and future King’ as he has been presented from the Middle […]

This week’s post is courtesy of Rowenna Langley, an MA student in History at Exeter, and her recent visit to Glastonbury Abbey. It began with a sunny day and a journey across the Somerset Levels into the land of Avalon. I was joined by a loyal four-legged friend and a woman whom I would trust with my […]

This September sees the return of the annual Heritage Open Days, with sites up and down the country organising events for free to curious visitors that showcase the rich history of our local areas. One of the properties that will be opening its doors this year is Kirkham House, a late medieval house managed by […]

Vikings: Valhalla is a spin-off series from the phenomenally successful Vikings, which ran for six series (largely on History in Canada and Ireland, where it was co-produced) between 2013 and 2018. As its name suggests, the original series followed the exploits of a number of (semi-historical) Viking figures from the first raids on the monastery […]

Naomi Allen is a PhD researcher in the Department of Archaeology and History, working on the English Cluniac congregation after the Black Death. Standing in the north cloister walk of Benedictine Muchelney Abbey, Somerset on a perfect June day – skylarks and swallows overhead, sunshine turning the standing remains of the south cloister a dusty […]

Almost 18 months after large language models first burst onto the scene, the furore surrounding generative AI shows no sign of abating. In this, the final blog post of the academic year, I’m emphatically not looking to take a decisive position in the debate surrounding the place of large language models in teaching, learning, and […]

Late one night in November 1283, Walter Lechlade – who was then the precentor of Exeter cathedral – left his house to walk to the cathedral for a service. His house used to be exactly at the spot where the Exeter Cathedral School stands today. Walter finished the service of matins by 1:30am, and accordingly […]

This year, thanks to funding from Exeter’s Education Incubator fund, 8 final-year students have been co-researching, with Sarah Hamilton and Stuart Pracy (in Archaeology and History) and Ellie Jones and Emma Laws (Exeter Cathedral’s Archivist and Librarian), one of the manuscripts in Exeter Cathedral Library. The aim of the project was to pilot a new, hands-on approach […]

This year, thanks to funding from Exeter’s Education Incubator fund, 8 final-year students have been co-researching, with Sarah Hamilton and Stuart Pracy (in Archaeology and History) and Ellie Jones and Emma Laws (Exeter Cathedral’s Archivist and Librarian), one of the manuscripts in Exeter Cathedral Library. The aim of the project was to pilot a new, hands-on approach […]