We’re thrilled to welcome Nick Holder to the Centre for Medieval Studies blog. In addition to being a Research Fellow at the Centre, Nick is Senior Properties Historian at the charity English Heritage. I must have one of the best history jobs in town: I’m a ‘properties historian’ at English Heritage and so I visit […]
Philip Wallinder is fast gaining a reputation in the Centre as an authority on local sites of interest. This week, he reports back from Hemyock Castle. In one of my previous blog posts I talked about my own visit to Kirkham House, in Paignton, which is usually only open on Sundays in July and August, […]
We’re delighted to bring you one more post before the Christmas break, courtesy of returning writer for the blog, Shagnick Bhattacharya: a historical mystery from the collections of the Devon Heritage Centre. The blog will return in January; on behalf of all of us here at the Centre for Medieval Studies, we wish you a […]
Last week, we uncovered entries ten to six on our not-at-all-arbitrary ‘top ten’ list, celebrating ten years of posts on the Centre for Medieval Studies blog. This week’s post rounds out our selection, as we look at the top five most interesting, pertinent, or otherwise relevant posts that have stood the test of time. 5. […]
Last week marked an impressive anniversary for the Exeter Medieval Studies blog: its tenth birthday! Our very first post — by James Clark, announcing a new research cluster — went live 23rd September 2014. Since then, we’ve published over 130 posts, on topics from across the range of medieval teaching and research that takes place […]
Ah, September … the days are drawing in, the Virtual Learning Environment is a blur of updates and seminar schedules, and campus — much like a new arrival who’s just discovered Camper Coffee in the Queen’s Building — is well and truly buzzing. Perhaps more relevant to this blog, though, is the fact that the […]