The Long Middle Ages

A Seminar Series at the University of Leeds

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Seminar 9 (21/05/2026)

Seminar 9 (21/05/2026): Archaeology Week! Early Medieval Córdoba and the Baltic Amber Routes For the final seminar of The Long Middle Ages, we welcome Inmaculada Villafranca and Erik Nilsson. Paper 1: Inmaculada Villafranca, ‘From Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages through a vine branch: Knowledge transmission or common roots? The case of vegetal decoration in…

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Seminar 8 (07/05/2026)

Seminar 8 (07/05/2026): Ancient Greek Heroes and Italian Tapestries For the penultimate seminar of The Long Middle Ages, we welcome Maria Sandali and Carlo Scapecchi. Paper 1: Maria Sandali, ‘The Transformation of an Ancient Greek Hero During the Middle Ages: Achilles of Benoît de Sainte-Maure’ Abstract: The aim of this paper is to present Achilles’…

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On Thursday 21st May we have our LAST seminar of the term! We are happy to be joined by Inmaculada Villafranca (Universidad de Córdoba) and Erik Nilsson (Linné University). To attend, sign up here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon…#medievalsky #thelongmiddleages

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