Category Archives: Medieval Studies

Chapter Four

Posted on November 26, 2010 by stuartelden

I’ve now finally completed the work on Chapter Four, which required the most extensive work in this redraft. The chapter begins with a discussion of the Donation of Constantine, which claimed to be a text from the fourth century, was forged … Continue reading →

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Roundup – King Lear, David Harvey, Medieval Cartography

Posted on November 16, 2010 by stuartelden

Jeffrey Jerome Cohen has an interesting post on teaching King Lear here. Lear is part of Chapter Eight of my territory book, and I know the section on it is too long. It will be difficult to cut it. I … Continue reading →

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Chapter Six

Posted on November 11, 2010 by stuartelden

I’m still chipping away at Chapter Four. It requires some new reading so is taking a while. But Chapter Six is now done. It begins with a discussion of the struggle between Pope Boniface VIII and King Philip the Fair … Continue reading →

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Chapter Five

Posted on November 9, 2010 by stuartelden

I’ve not yet finished work on Chapter Four, but I have completed the redraft of Chapter Five. Chapter Five begins with a reading of John of Salisbury, particularly his Policraticus, but also some discussion of his Metalogicon and other writings. … Continue reading →

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Chapter Three

Posted on October 29, 2010 by stuartelden

Chapter Three is the first of a number of chapters on the period known as the ‘Middle Ages’. I’m uneasy with that label, as are most of the people who work on the times between the sack of Rome in … Continue reading →

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The purpose of Medieval torture

Posted on October 28, 2010 by stuartelden

Interesting piece in Der Spiegel here (via Medieval News). A German researcher has studied medieval criminal law and found that our image of the sadistic treatment of criminals in the Dark Ages is only partly true. Torture and gruesome executions were … Continue reading →

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The stuff of academic life

Posted on October 27, 2010 by stuartelden

What not to do on your sabbatical – and then how to get it together – here. This cartoon (via Ben on FB) on getting a PhD in the humanities is amusing and disturbing in just about equal measure. Interesting … Continue reading →

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Medieval Geographies

Posted on September 2, 2010 by stuartelden

The four sessions on medieval geographies were held yesterday at the Royal Geographical Society. Because the sessions were all in the same room at Imperial College, it felt like a small workshop running in parallel to the main conference. We … Continue reading →

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Animal, Vegetable, Mineral

Posted on August 18, 2010 by stuartelden

An interesting looking conference – “Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Ethics and Objects in the Early Modern and Medieval Periods”, March 11-2 2011, George Washington University.  Jane Bennett is the keynote. Details here.

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Speculative Medievalisms

Posted on August 8, 2010 by stuartelden

I’ve mentioned the Speculative Medievalisms conference before, but they now have the programme and more details 0f this interesting event on 14th January 2011 here.

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