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unusual facts about medieval studies



Beast poetry

Beast poetry, in the context of European literature and Medieval studies, refers to a corpus of poems written in Latin from the 8th to the 11th century.

Richard Barber

In 1969 Barber founded The Boydell Press, which later became Boydell & Brewer Ltd, a publisher in medieval studies, and acted as group managing director until 2009.


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Avar Khaganate

Walter Pohl, "Conceptions of Ethnicity in Early Medieval Studies", Debating the Middle Ages: Issues and Readings, ed.

Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz y Menduiña

After a brief post at the University of Cuyo in the northern province of Mendoza, Sánchez-Albornoz was offered a position at the University of Buenos Aires where he created a center for Iberian medieval studies and founded a historical journal, the Cuadernos de historia de España.

Dictionary of Old English

The Dictionary of Old English (DOE) is a dictionary published by the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto under the direction of Angus Cameron (1941–1983), Ashley Crandell Amos (1951–1989), and Antonette diPaolo Healey.

Fresh Verdicts on Joan of Arc

Bonnie Wheeler is the Director of the Medieval Studies Program at Southern Methodist University.

George Lindbeck

He earned his PhD from Yale in 1955 concentrating on medieval studies, delivering a dissertation on Franciscan theologian John Duns Scotus.

Karl Heinz Göller

From among his students, Uwe Böker, Renate Haas, Christoph Houswitschka, Anke Janssen, Franz Meier, and Richard Utz became leading researchers in the field of English and Medieval Studies.

Samuel D. Gruber

Gruber received his B.A. degree in Medieval Studies from Princeton University where he studied with Joseph Strayer, William Chester Jordan, Robert Bergman, David Coffin, Robert Hollander and other distinguished scholars.

Timofey

Timofey Granovsky (1813–1855), founder of medieval studies in the Russian Empire