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Seminar 7 (23/04/2026): Old Norse Week! For the seventh seminar of The Long Middle Ages, we welcome Mary Catherine O’Connor and J.D. Moore. Paper 1: Mary Catherine O’Connor, ‘Raging Royals and Kingly Virtue: Rex Iustus ideology and Norse Arthurian Romance’ Abstract: During the thirteenth century King Hákon Hákonarson of Norway commissioned a series of translations including several…
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Seminar 6 (09/04/2026): The Medieval Islamicate World For the sixth seminar of The Long Middle Ages, we welcome Dr Mehdy Shaddel and Majideh Qazizadeh. Paper 1: Dr Mehdy Shaddel, ‘Changing Patterns of Landholding and Extraction in the Early Caliphate, 7th-10th Centuries’ Abstract: The transition from a predominantly tax based extraction regime in the Near East—closely…
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Seminar 5 (26/03/2026): Book Donation and Book History Across the Medieval and Early Modern Periods For the fifth seminar of The Long Middle Ages, we welcome Dr Emma Nelson and Amber Peut. Paper 1: Dr Emma Nelson, ‘No Take-Backsies? Gerald of Wales and the Boundaries of Book Donation’ Abstract: During the second half of the…
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