Tag: Medieval history Video‘A huge pack of witches’: A witch scare in 17th-century LancashireWednesday 11 November 2020In November 1633, a little boy telling tall tales about witches in his local...VideoWhat’s Online: Shut up – quarantine and social distancing during Tudor epidemicsWednesday 24 June 2020How did the state react to epidemic outbreaks during the Medieval and Early Modern...AudioDependence, intolerance and expulsion: The story of England’s medieval Jewish communitiesFriday 13 March 2020Despite having clear liberties and the protection of the Crown in the mid-12th century,...Archives and archivistsMateriality matters: new approaches to medieval wax seal studiesMonday 7 March 2016Wax seals have been widely studied in terms of how they look, what they...AudioAnnual lecture of the Pipe Roll Society (2014): Formal record and courtroom reality in 13th and 14th century EnglandThursday 24 July 2014Please note: Professor Brand quotes direct dialogue from original plea rolls and some listeners might find...AudioKeeping it in the familyFriday 18 July 2014In a period where politics could not be separated from dynasty and the personal...