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Welcome back for the summer term! As we write, the Centre for Medieval Studies is gearing up for another term of events, albeit at a slightly more sedate pace than previous terms (to compensate for the frenzy of exam activity). The precise programme for this term — including our medieval reading groups — is still being finalised, but we’re looking forward to hosting a postgraduate workshop later in the term, as well as revisiting our ‘bring-and-share’-style work-in-progress sessions (written about in a previous post<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More detailed information about all our upcoming events will, as ever, be available on the events page of our website. Our first Medieval Research seminar will take place next week, in Amory B329<\/strong> (on the usual date of Wednesday, at 4pm), and we’re excited to announce that it’s a co-listed event with our friends in the Bracton Centre for Legal History<\/a>, entitled ‘The case for French: language and the law in late medieval Britain<\/strong>‘. Edward Mills, Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the Learning Anglo-French project, will be unpacking the complicated relationship between the law, the French language, and so-called ‘law French’ in late medieval England, in a talk that will take us from the schoolrooms of medieval Oxford to some real courtroom jeopardy. All are welcome, and no registration is required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This very blog also has an exciting term of posts lined up, with entries in several of our series almost ready to go. This term, we’ll be heading to a couple of sites of interest in the medieval South West, recapping Maltese archive trips, and diving into the dark art of co-authorship on research. Check back every Monday this term for new medieval scribblings!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featured image: summer, from Paris, BnF, Latin 9333 (fol. 52r).<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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