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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): 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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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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