Medieval History

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What is Europe? A medievalist’s reflections on European identity and the referendum

by Martial Staub on April 7, 2016

What is Europe? The answer to this question is notoriously complicated, which in itself sets Europe apart from all the other continents. As soon as Greek geographers had distinguished the three landmasses to the North-East, the

Still no Saint? Mother Teresa and the politics of female canonisation

by Elizabeth Goodwin on March 16, 2016

Mother Teresa is to attain the highest honour bestowed on any within the Catholic Church – on the 4th of September

War, morality and violence in the early Middle Ages

by Conor O'Brien on November 6, 2014

I was recently surprised when a group of my students, asked to describe the early Middle Ages, almost entirely chose

Suor Cristina’s Sister Act: Religious Women, Enclosure and the World

by Elizabeth Goodwin on June 12, 2014

As someone who studies the lives of Late Medieval nuns every day and has more than a passing interest in

Is Britain a ‘Christian country’, historically speaking?

by Charles West on April 22, 2014

When David Cameron recently declared Britain to be a “Christian country”, what was the Prime Minister trying to say? Many

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