Exeter Medieval Studies Blog

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Spotlight: ‘heresy!’

The latest entry in our ‘spotlight’ series takes us outside our traditional ‘medieval’ chronological scope, as we voyage into the world of Late Antiquity. We’re fortunate at the Centre to have among our members several colleagues whose work challenges straightforward boundaries between disciplines, and their contributions to medieval studies — broadly defined — greatly enrich […]


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Spotlight: ‘Democracy of the dead’

For the final regular blog post of this term, we’re returning to our ‘spotlight’ series, following in the footsteps of our earlier discussions with Verity Bruce and Dr. Jennifer Farrell. This week, we’re hearing from Dr. Gregory Lippiatt, Senior Lecturer in Medieval History and Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies. Thanks to Gregory for […]


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Spotlight: Magic, sex, and Merlin

This week sees the second instalment in our ongoing spotlight series, where we’re sitting down and chatting with individual members of our medievalist community. After speaking with Verity Bruce in our first post, we’re picking up many of the same themes again this week, as we chat to Dr. Jennifer Farrell, Lecturer in Medieval History. […]


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Spotlight: Saints, demons, and medieval gender

We have a very vibrant and wide-ranging community in Medieval Studies here at Exeter, and in recognition of this, we’re delighted to launch a new series on the blog to showcase individual medievalists — at all levels — and the exciting work that they do. We’re kicking things off with a contribution from Verity Bruce, […]


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