As a follow up to last week, I thought I would just mention that my hard copy of The Routledge Companion to Marine and Maritime Worlds 1400–1800, edited by Claire […]
Medieval Pageant and schooling now and then
Having caught up with Dr Claire Bartram, as Co-Director of the Centre, and Dr Diane Heath, the Centre’s Research Fellow, I thought I would report on their involvement with the […]
Maritime Kent and other research topics
This week I thought I would catch up with what Dr Diane Heath has been doing recently, as well as where I and my fellow editors are with Maritime Kent. […]
Clocks and Kent History Postgraduates
As we hopefully begin to get some idea of the government’s timetable and strategy regarding how to get out of lockdown, I thought this week I would use the idea […]
‘Picture this’, Becket 2020 and medieval chests
This week you can follow the ‘Picture this …’ workshop involving Canterbury MEMS postgraduates and find out about medieval chests.
Exploring medieval society at Canterbury and Tonbridge
I thought I would begin this week with news about several events that are due to take place on and around 6 July, although before that I thought I would […]
The Gough Map – asking new questions
It really will be a short blog this week because it is in some ways a slight breather before a very hectic time next week that has several meetings, two […]
Canterbury’s UNESCO World Heritage Site and Medieval Faversham
Last week I was in Belfast giving a paper at Queen’s on ‘Starting a new life in Ricardian and Henrician Canterbury’ at the ‘Migration to the Margin’ conference, while Dr […]
Medieval Bestiaries before J.K. Rowling’s ‘Fantastic Beasts’
This is just a short piece before we come to our busiest weekend of the year. Preparations are continuing and we are looking forward to meeting all our great speakers […]