SophieThérèse Ambler
@RG1253
Reader in Medieval History @LancasterHistor @CWDLancaster. Research on war, combatants, conflict landscape; Simon de Montfort; Magna Carta. w/ @GeorginaCapel
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Many thanks to Nicholas Morton for his rave review of House of Lilies in Engelsberg Ideas
I am especially glad to know that the key roles women played in the Capetian dynasty's rise and demise suggested that we might see medieval women's power as norm, rather than exception.
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The White Ship, by Charles Spencer
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Millenium, by Tom Holland
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The Song of Simon de Montfort, by SophieThérèse Ambler
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We are delighted to host Dr Sophie Ambler (SophieThérèse Ambler) on 25 April (18:00 BST) for our annual lecture University of Winchester! More details on the flyer 👇This is an in-person only event, to book please contact Dr Gabrielle 'Gabby' Storey 🏳️🌈 [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you all there!
What a fantastic day at Lancaster Castle, full of exciting cross-disciplinary research on medieval 'built environments' - lots of new ideas & approaches to think about! Thanks so much to our speakers & Dr Emma Nuding Clare Egan English Literature and Creative Writing for hosting!
The programme for the Loyalty in the Medieval World conference, taking place 5th-7th April at University of Lincoln is now live!: medievalloyalty.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk
We’re delighted to welcome 44 speakers from 14 countries to discuss how a focus on loyalty can illuminate our understanding
This is next week! Come along to the IHRLateMedSeminar seminar on 1 March (both in person and online) to learn more about Queen Eleanor of Provence and her finances.
You can register here👇👇
history.ac.uk/seminars/late-…
Highly recommended, the important findings of Marc Morris: evidence of the mass starvation of political prisoners by King John. This was considered a heinous act at the time.
👉A useful challenge to those insisting John is underrated, misunderstood or otherwise not that bad.
The CWD'S Dr Michael Brown Michael Brown was interviewed for the recent The Naked Scientists podcast on healing wounds in war, sharing his expertise on the history of surgery in war.
📢 Listen here: thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/naked… Episode details in our news feed! lancaster.ac.uk/centre-for-war…
Nice to see this piece by our very own Andrew Chubb and Marco Wyss out now:
As US-China tensions mount, the UK will need to work closer with Europe in the Indo-Pacific theconversation.com/as-us-china-te… via The Conversation
🚨 PHD FUNDING KLAXON! 🚨
We're delighted to announce a fully-funded, four-year (!) PhD studentship as part of the 'Learning Anglo-French' project, joining the team here at Exeter Modern Languages & Cultures. More information is available on the project website: sites.exeter.ac.uk/learninganglof…
Very pleased to have an article in the latest edition of Irish Historical Soc, available at www-cambridge-org.elib.tcd.ie/core/journals/…
TCD History Institute of Historical Research Royal Historical Society
Hopefully you've seen our #LowtherMedievalCastle project featured on #DiggingforBritain ? We're episode 1 of series 11, available on BBC iPlayer! You can now see behind-the-scenes pics of filming, and the excavation, on our project website: lancaster.ac.uk/centre-for-war…
Last night's episode of #DiggingForBritain is now online!
Watch Professor Prof Alice Roberts💙 meet our own Dr Sophie Thérèse Ambler (@RG1253) and learn about the investigation of Lowther Castle & Gardens and what it reveals about Cumbria's hidden history
👉iPlayer (from 48m18s)…
The excavation we funded Lowther Castle & Gardens led by SophieThérèse Ambler of Centre for War and Diplomacy , and carried out by Allen Archaeology 💙 and staff & students of The University of Central Lancashire - UCLan will be on Tuesday's show. They were hoping to find evidence that earthwork castle was part of late C11 Norman colonisation of Cumbria.
deserted medieval village was an eg of late C11 Norman colonisation of Cumbria, instigated by William Rufus. The project involved both digging in the ground and the archives by project lead SophieThérèse Ambler of Centre for War and Diplomacy. To find out more read our dig diaries: castlestudiestrust.org/blog/2023/06/2…
A week tonight (2 Jan) the dig we funded @ Lowther Castle & Gardens will be on Digging for Britain at 8pm on BBC2. Prof Alice Roberts💙 visited the team of students from UCLan Arch & Anth guided by Jim Morris & Allen Archaeology 💙 to see if they could find evidence that the earthwork castle & nearby
Look out for our own Dr Sophie Thérèse Ambler (SophieThérèse Ambler) LancasterUniHistory on BBC Two Digging for Britain with Prof Alice Roberts💙 📺
The episode, on 2nd January, will feature an investigation to uncover the hidden history of the Norman Conquest of Cumbria 👇
lancaster.ac.uk/news/digging-f…