As the 17th of March rolls around again, I find myself thinking about Saint Patrick. It is easy to get carried away with the festive spirit of the day, getting swept up in the sea of shamrocks, parades and …
Classical and Medieval Cultures Seminar 2021-2022.
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Hello and Welcome Back!
Welcome back to the Medieval Forum at QUB.
The blog is now up and running once more, though it is still a work in progress!
We are in the process of procuring an email address specifically for the Forum, though …
Pilgrims and the Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
Dr Aisling Reid reports on her recent trip to Italy and her research into the pilgrims and Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy.
In canto fifteen of the Inferno, Dante encounters the author Brunetto Latini, who asks him how …
Exhibition – ‘Scholar, courtier, magician: The Lost Library of John Dee’
London, Royal College of Physicians.
‘Scholar, courtier, magician: The Lost Library of John Dee’
I’ve been researching Dee for nearly 4 years now, from MA to PhD, so it was not without some trepidation that I read the announcement of …
Inhabiting a Mythic Landscape: Alan Garner and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Phd Student Craig Wallace traces the influence of the Middle English poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in the landscape and language of Alan Garner’s Boneland.
Alan Garner’s most recent novel, Boneland (2012), features the siblings Colin and Susan …
Literacy and Print in Early Modern Germany and England
MA student Scott Eaton discusses the relationship between literacy and print in the Early Modern period…
Over the past two centuries world literacy rates have increased dramatically thanks to widespread education (for useful interactive graphs click here). For …
PhD studentship at the University of Glasgow: “Women Negotiating the Boundaries of Justice”
Currently an MA student in the School of History, Rebecca Mason fills us in on her upcoming funded PhD project with the University of Glasgow…
I will soon begin reading for a PhD in History at the University of Glasgow …
What are the challenges of recovering the late medieval / early modern understanding of witchcraft?
Scott Eaton, MA student in the School of History, reports on the challenges he faces while researching his MA Dissertation topic…
In today’s world we often think of a witch as an ugly old woman who keeps a black cat …
Inquisition in Palermo’s Prison
Final year PhD student Aisling Reid reports on her recent research trip to Palermo, Italy.
Inquisition in Palermo’s Prison
Palermo’s Piazza Marina is filled with Moreton Bay fig trees, some standing at heights of sixty metres (fig. 1). The seeds …