Teaching historians and archaeologists: pondering the difference September 27, 2008
Posted by gesta in Academia, Boundaries, Debate, Medieval.Tags: archaeology, big questions, teaching
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Once upon a time, I was an archaeologist; a real hands (and knees, legs, arms, face) dirty spending a lot of time in holes whilst getting very wet field archaeologist. In fact, I was a field archaeologist before I was an academic historian, having picked up a trowel before I picked up a UCAS form. I have switched between the two disciplines for much of my working life. At my current institution, I’ve done the occasional class on monasteries or the church for colleagues needing a break. Now I find myself co-teaching a survey course on the archaeology of the medieval world: it’s a scary prospect.
In search of Orderic Vitalis and St-Evroul September 10, 2008
Posted by gesta in Academia, Medieval.Tags: Anglo-Norman, chronicles, landscape, monasticism, Norman, Orderic Vitalis
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I haven’t mentioned Orderic Vitalis for at least a couple of months, so it is about time he had another post. Reivers and I have recently been on holiday in Normandy, causing one colleague to ask if I’d had a productive time in the archives as he couldn’t understand why I went on holiday to an area I research. I didn’t spend any time in archives, but I did visit, with Reivers in tow, many sites and museums. One of those was St-Evroul, home of Orderic. (more…)
