Next week, several members of the MEMS community will travel to Leeds for the annual International Medieval Congress. If you’re attending the conference, come along to these sessions to hear about the latest research from students and staff in MEMS. We hope to see you there!
Session 317: Ed Roberts, ‘Beyond the Peace of God: Bishops, Law, and History in Millennial Aquitaine’ (Monday 16.30-18.00)
Session 328: Ryan Perry, ‘Learning the “10 Heestes”: Reformist and Reactionary Adaptation in the 15th Century’ (Monday 16.30-18.00)
Session 513: Natalie Tolentino, ‘Duality of Dismemberment: Authority’s Bodily Expression in the Icelandic Sagas’ (Tuesday 9.00-10.30)
Session 818: Harry Gilbert, ‘Forging Identity through the Written Word: The 12th-Century Community of Rochester Cathedral Priory’ (Tuesday 16.30-18.00)
Session 823: Georgie Anderson, ‘Mapping Manuscripts: How Surviving Romance Manuscripts are Aiding the Search for People of Colour in North Atlantic Medieval Europe’ (Tuesday 16.30-18.00)
Session 1128: Han Tame, ‘Learning through Repetition: The Role of Portal Sculpture in 12th-Century Monastic Devotional Practice’ (Wednesday 11.15-12.45)
Session 1321: Jemima Bennett, ‘Manuscript Fragments in Late Medieval Oxford Bookbinding’ (Wednesday 16.30-18.00)
Session 1403: ‘Namelessness in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages: A Round Table Discussion’, with Ed Roberts chairing (Wednesday 19.00-20.00)