Exeter Medieval Studies Blog

In category: Discussion


From postgrad to pottery

Greg Emerick, former MA student at Exeter and current trainee archaeologist at Cotswold Archaeology, reflects on how his studies at Exeter set him up for graduate work.


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Who was Matthew Paris?

As his edited ‘Cambridge Companion to Matthew Paris’ nears publication, James Clark takes a look at the life and afterlife of the famous medieval polymath.


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The Lands of a Medieval Devon Nunnery

In anticipation of his forthcoming volume from the Devon and Cornwall Record Society, Des Atkinson offers an insight into ‘extents’ – how medieval nunneries kept track of their manorial holdings.


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Unlocking the secrets of the ‘General estoria’

Katie Brown takes us behind the scenes of a collaborative digital project as it explores a unique 13th-century history of the world.


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Medieval autism?

Can – and should – we talk about ‘medieval autism’? Edward Mills (with help from Lancelot) asks whether concepts such as neurodivergence have a place in medievalists’ work.


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Head-to-toe heraldry

Laura Burnett shares her recent work on horse heraldry, and its surprising modern resonances.


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A joined-up island, or the joy of a geological footnote

What links Thomas More, a monkey, and Italian geography? Elliot Kendall takes on a trip down a research rabbit-hole.


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Medieval social media and Twitter’s ‘zombie corpse’

As the Centre joins Instagram, Edward Mills looks back on the rise and fall of Twitter for medievalists, and asks what might come next.


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A Troubled Centenary for King Æthelberht: Archaeology and Absence in 1925

Why were King Æthelberht of Wessex’s bones worth ‘rediscovering’ at Sherborne Abbey in June 1925? Francis Brown looks into early 20th-century medievalism.


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Top tips for conference season

Ahead of the summer conference season, Levi Roach offers his top tips to get the most out of medievalist mega-gatherings.


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