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Kendra Nydam – Historian Highlight
By Kendra Nydam, interviewed by Chris Campbell A new academic year brings with it a new editor for our Historian Highlights section and, as has become tradition, we introduce them to you through the form of an HH interview. Chris Campbell, the outgoing editor, sat down earlier in the summer with Kendra Nydam, a second-year…
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Medieval Mappaemundi (World Maps)
by Julia Bourke Medieval world maps, or mappaemundi, are something worth sharing even today because of what they tell us about how medieval people viewed their world. While we have our own, modern techniques of map making, the mappaemundi provide us with a different vision of the world and its geography.
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Jacques Le Goff (1 January 1924 – 1 April 2014)
by Emily Ward On 1 April 2014, the French historian Jacques Le Goff died aged ninety. His life spanned the majority of the twentieth century and his contribution to the field of medieval history can only be revered and respected. Le Goff was born in Toulon on 1 January 1924. During his life he experienced…
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“There’s no such thing as the Middle Ages…”
By Emily Ward What does the early Middle Ages have in common with the Illuminati, the moon landing and JFK? The answer – that, like the other three, it has also been the subject of a conspiracy theory – may come as a surprise. This conspiracy, often called Phantom Time Hypothesis, suggests that the early…
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Sir James Clarke Holt (26 April 1922 – 9 April 2014)
By Emily Ward Sir James Clarke Holt, perhaps best known by his publishing moniker of J. C. Holt, died on 9 April 2014 aged 91. Holt’s contribution to the field of medieval British history has been vast. His publications span a period of over fifty years, from the early 1950s to his last article published…
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