IMC Leeds 2010 report

After a couple of nights in Whitley Bay with my sister’s family, it was on to Leeds for the annual International Medieval Congress. This was, in fact, the ninth congress I’d attended, which makes me feel rather old. This year can be summed up simply as ‘good papers, good beer and good company’.

Norman Edge IV: Local boundaries and national frontiers of the Norman world

I have returned from my progress of the North simultaneously refreshed and knackered. Never again will I do two papers in such a short space of time. Fortunately, the hours spent on trains and their associated stations were rewarded with two very good and thought-provoking conferences: the IMC at Leeds and also the Norman Edge at Lancaster. I’ll blog Leeds in due course, but herewith an account of the latest adventures on the Norman Edge, which also returns us to the notional them of this blog – boundaries.

A brief post

It’s been quiet on the blogging front lately. As usual, I was wildly optimistic in what I thought I could achieve between finishing teaching, the exams and the Leeds conference which starts on Monday. Apologies for the lack of heads up on what to look forward to at the latter, explanations of what I am talking about and the sundry other usual things I post at this time of year. Later today I am off to Lancaster for the latest Norman Edge symposium, followed by Leeds and familial visiting, so there will be much to write about later.