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: Iām a āproperties historianā at English Heritage and so I visit […]
Having finally submitted my thesis on Norman ethnic identity, I decided to celebrate by taking a holiday. And what better place for a young Norman historian to visit than Sicily?! It’s somewhere that combines exciting historical sites with the sun and warmth that seemed to bypass Devon this summerā¦ Plus, as a newly-trained Norman expert, […]
When I started my PhD in medieval archaeology the reason was simple. There was a very clear gap in the understanding of medieval castles I wanted to address and formalising it as a piece of research seemed the next sensible step. So here I am researching why castles were demolished in the Middle Ages and […]
Iām delighted to see the fruits of a recent Exeter-based archaeological research project on the conflict landscapes of the 12th century published in book form. The co-written title Anarchy: War and Status in 12th-century Landscapes of Conflict, a volume of synthesis which is the principal output from the project, has just been published by Liverpool […]
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