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 […]
In early October we were delighted to host a visit from Professor Benjamin Pohl of Bristol, a specialist of medieval European historiography and manuscript studies. Ben has designed a wonderful resource for bringing scribal culture to life, which he calls the Scriptorium Suitcase, and he used this as the basis for a workshop attended by […]
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 […]