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Pregnancy Advice from Medieval Preachers

Since Iā€™ve been on maternity leave Iā€™ve not surprisingly been pondering all things to do with pregnancy and baby care. Iā€™ve also been thinking about medieval pregnancy advice, since itā€™s a topic Iā€™ve touched on during my ongoing research on medieval fertility and infertility. Medical texts are probably the medieval sources which give most information […]


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Noblesse oblige? II: Call for Papers

University of Exeter, 30 April-1 May 2019 The traditionalā€”and still popularā€”image of the ā€˜feudalā€™ political order of the Middle Ages is one of anarchic knights and overmighty barons pursuing selfish ends to the detriment of peace and justice. Our teleological narrative thus explains the emergence of the modern state by the rise of centralised monarchies […]


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Society for Medieval Archaeology Annual Student Colloquium, University of Exeter, 27th-29th November

This year’s annual student colloquium for the Society for Medieval Archaeology is being organised by a group of our CMS PGRs and will be held here at the University of Exeter, 27th-29th November. The conference is interdisciplinary – medievalists of all interests all are welcome! The deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended to […]


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