Early Career Leverhulme Fellow. Medieval Warfare and Spoils of War. FRHistS. My book on Crusader Battle Rhetoric: https://xitter.cf/t.co/gtu9xKs7Ui
Lancaster, England
Joined June 2017
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"The queen’s advisers sought plausible, easy and cheap solutions to complex and expensive problems."
Stephen Alford on the court of Elizabeth I.
Grateful to have been nominated for @ManMetUni award in Research Excellence!
The very kind nomination highlighted my @LeverhulmeTrust research and events with @nnscrusades and @Royal_Armouries with our @HaCCMMU research group, so thank you again to all involved.
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A massive thank you to the
@Royal_Armouries, partners at
@LeverhulmeTrust
and
@HaCCMMU, as well as all participants at our Spoils of War in History and Law 2025 conference. Wishing everyone a safe journey home.
Pleased to be welcoming all participants to our conference @Royal_Armouries today, in partnership with @LeverhulmeTrust and @HaCCMMU
#plunderconf
The 2025 Spoils of War conference @Royal_Armouries, partnered with @LeverhulmeTrust and @HaCCMMU, is hosting it's keynote lecture free online!
@DrSteveTibble gives a preview here.
Book to join us (incl. Q&A) tinyurl.com/crusadercriminal… or watch live at: youtube.com/@RoyalArmouriesM…
Sat in the sun, reading some medieval theology on indulgences and the remission of sin. A demon is dispatched from the lower circles (next door but one) to disrupt my studies.
Happy New Year everyone! 🥳
2025 is conspiring for us all.
-from Lana Del Rey's 'Violet bent backwards over the grass'.
Just received my contributor's copy of this fine volume edited by @_MattFirth_ from @MedievalYork
Very nice coda to my term, looking forward to reading the other essays over Christmas.
Final thanks to all attendees for our @HaCCMMU sponsored event @nnscrusades seventh annual symposium, including our enthusiastic students on MMU's MA in History/Public History and Heritage.
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Many thanks to John France, Professor Emeritus University of Swansea, for giving our @nnscrusades postgraduate workshop this morning, and now our keynote lecture on St Louis and Mansourah.
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The second panel of our @nnscrusades symposium focused specifically on warfare, and included Dr. Francesa Petrizzo (University of Glasgow) on military training of the south Italian Normans, as well as Prof. Alan Murray (University of Leeds) on the spread of trebuchet technology.
