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By an accident of history, Richard III met his death on a battlefield near Leicester. Now, this has transformed the city.
This summer in June, the Queen will retrace King John’s steps along the three-and-a-half miles from Windsor Castle to Runnymede to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the revered document that came to…
January is a strain for most people. It’s dark and the festive lights don’t disguise this anymore. You’re back at work and the next holiday may be some way off. You’ve just had to spend a large amount…
With Christmas almost upon us, there will be plenty of frenzied present shopping and meal planning. Haven’t made that Christmas cake yet? Fear not. If you were preparing the festive meal 600 years ago…
“Medieval” has become the accusation du jour in Australian domestic politics, used with equal conviction across the spectrum to discredit opponents’ views. One debate where this accusation has taken centre…
According to Hansard, in the parliament of John Howard’s first term of government the adjective “medieval” was used eight times. In the following term, however, it cropped up 46 times. What happened? Why…
In Pulp Fiction, when Marcellus Wallace tells his captor and tormentor Zed that “I’m gonna get medieval on your ass”, we are spared further details, which is just as well since it involves a pair of pliers…
Think of medieval food and a whole range of not especially dignified images come to mind; Monty Python’s Holy Grail has a lot to answer for. Mud was far from being a constituent part of the diet of the…
It’s often said that there was no tradition of scientific medicine in medieval times. According to the usual narrative of the history of progress, medicine in the European Middle Ages – from around the…
Soldiers wearing typical armour in medieval conflicts expended huge amounts of energy moving around in the protective suits…
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Professor in High Medieval History, Durham University
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Teaching Fellow in Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
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Professor of Medieval Literature and English Literature, Bangor University
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Lecturer in English, University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecturer in History, University of Aberdeen
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Senior Lecturer, School of Philosophical, Historical & International Studies, Monash University
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Professor of English, Macquarie University
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Research fellow, University of Oxford
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Professor of History, University of Leicester
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Lecturer in Medieval History, University of Leeds
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Post Doctoral Researcher in Medieval Studies, Durham University
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Lecturer in Medieval History and Co-Ordinator, Exploring the Past Pathway, Cardiff University
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Associate Professor in History of Art, University of Nottingham
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Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor of English Literature, The University of Melbourne
