[ ... ] many other medieval historians, is that his history reflects his own prejudices or that he is writing propaganda. Nevertheless, even though his ... more
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Carolingian lordly women
@ 2009-09-08 – 22:32:03
I came across the research of Kim LoPrete in the spring, when she spoke at the Pauline Stafford conference, and she also subsequently sent me some of … more -
Medieval attitudes and mental exercises
@ 2009-08-26 – 13:08:49
My post on historical novels (and the responses to it) have got me thinking a bit more about the difference between modern and medieval mentalities, … more -
PhD studentship in British genetics and early migration
@ 2009-08-10 – 22:47:02
I don't normally post job vacancies on the blog, but this is an unusual one. For anyone who has not been scared off interdisciplinary study by Guy Halsall, … more -
IMC 4: my partial conversion to social physics
@ 2009-08-09 – 12:47:38
I’m just back from a week in Orkney, where the Middle Ages seems like a recent blip in a 5000 year history, so my next account of the International Medieval … more -
IMC 3: things to do with charters before you're dead
@ 2009-07-28 – 22:42:26
Blogging the International Medieval Congress is itself increasingly historical in one sense: nowadays, you can get a range of reports on several of the … more -
IMC 2: gender and the purposes of history
@ 2009-07-21 – 23:22:29
The paper I heard at the International Medieval Congress that got the most varied reactions was probably Jeff Rider from Wesleyan University on 'The … more -
IMC 1: what are the unorthodox saying?
@ 2009-07-19 – 23:32:03
Although the special theme for this year's International Medieval Congress was 'Heresy and Orthodoxy', I didn't actually go to many sessions on the topic. … more -
The late Anglo-Saxon state: a maximum propaganda view
@ 2009-06-24 – 22:22:18
[ ... ] very interesting in Anglo-Saxon studies; but I think it's potentially also very useful for those of us working on other early medieval societies. more -
Pauline Fest 3: Constraints, violence and gender
@ 2009-06-20 – 09:17:13
[ ... ] just whether medieval women were substantially more vulnerable to violence than men. It's also whether women were significantly less able than men ... more
