Writing The Peace of God
April 9, 2018
Depending on which historians you read, the Peace of God was either one of the most important movements of the entire middle ages … or not a movement at all,… READ MORE
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Writing The Transformation of the Roman West
March 27, 2018
The invitation to deliver a Plenary Lecture at the International Medieval Congress at Kalamazoo in 2016 set me thinking about how to tackle what I had come to regard as… READ MORE
What’s going on with university pension schemes in the United Kingdom?
March 19, 2018
What’s going on over there? So far, academic staff (lecturers, researchers, librarians, curators, IT staff, technicians, administrative staff) at about 68 universities in the United Kingdom–pretty much every university incorporated… READ MORE
Curating Coconuts
December 5, 2017
Monty Python and the Holy Grail begins by insisting on the impossibility of coconuts in medieval England, and we all love the scene. But this comic insistence that coconut cups… READ MORE
Advice from a Medievalist Working in Publishing
November 8, 2017
Hwæt! It’s a medievalist … in publishing! Yes, it’s true. My name is Sarah Kelley Brish, and I am a medievalist. What’s more, I’m a medievalist employed in a job… READ MORE
Developing a Press Website
November 7, 2017
In the Spring of 2015, Medieval Institute Publications brought me on to work on various IT projects. One of those was the creation of a new website to represent the… READ MORE
Writing for The Past Imperfect series: A How-To Guide to the Easy Life
November 5, 2017
How did you figure out the format of a 30,000-word book? So I had it easy. I wrote a 50,000-word book in 2014 and discovered that I really loved focusing… READ MORE
Writing Alfred the Great
September 14, 2017
Alfred the Great is not one of the neglected figures of history. Interest in him as the founder of a dynasty, a nation builder, a university founder, a scholar, a… READ MORE
Demons in the Middle Ages Q&A
August 28, 2017
What is the book about? The book looks at different ways that demons were understood in medieval Europe, from the era of the New Testament texts to the time of… READ MORE
The Biggest Kingdom in Medieval Europe (that you’ve never heard of!)
August 23, 2017
By territory, what is the biggest kingdom in Medieval Europe? France England Germany (German Empire) Byzantium (Roman Empire) None of the above If you answered “5” you are correct! While… READ MORE