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Mapping the March: Medieval Wales and England, c.1282-1550
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Mapping the March: Medieval Wales and England aims to create the first holistic cultural history of the medieval March of Wales, the borderlands between Wales and England, occupied by a diverse population of Welsh and English speakers between 1282-1550.
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Our team took part in the @bristoluni.bsky.social Discovery Day. Our aim was to engage children and families with the ‘Map of Bristol in 1480’.

The map was edited by @profhelenfulton.bsky.social and published by the @historictownstrust.bsky.social

#MedievalStudies #medievalbluesky #mappingthemarch
Image shows the Mapping the March team at the event booth with mapping goodies and colouring in sheets Image shows a child engaging with a medieval map work book Image shows two children using felt-tips to colour in a medieval map of Bristol Image shows an individual completing a very colourful map of medieval Bristol using highlighters on the event table
October 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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The Futures Festival of Discovery is coming to Bristol! This is a chance for all the family to come along and experience research like never before

Tickets are free and can be booked here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1585438542...

#MedievalStudies #medievalbluesky #mappingthemarch #Skystorian #education
September 16, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Exciting Digital Humanities Opportunity for Early Career Researchers! Don’t miss this chance to enhance your digital research toolkit, explore new methodologies, and boost your academic career.

Please find further details below!

#MedievalStudies #DigitalHumanities #medievalbluesky #Skystorians
Image shows a knight sat in a library on a laptop. The text reads: 'We are delighted to announce the first workshop of the 'Medieval Studies Mobilising Digital Humanities' project funded by the GW4 Building Communities Generator Fund. Each workshop will focus on a particular aspect of digital technology and its application to Medieval Studies. Our first workshop is on the theme of 'Manuscripts'. This will take place at the University of Exeter on Monday 15th September 2025. Participants will be introduced to a range of methods and tools that can enhance the study of manuscripts, with the opportunity to gain hands on experience.' Events of day: 10:30 Arrival & welcome Project team 11:00 Digital Imaging led by Ellie Jones (Exeter Cathedral) / Exeter DH colleagues / Leonardo Constantini (Bristol) 12:00 Lunch 13:00 Digital Editing led by Tom Hinton and Levi Roach (Exeter) 14:00 Break 14:30 Biocodicology led by Sean Doherty (Exeter) 15:30 Transfer to Cathedral (optional) 16:00 Cathedral archive visit (optional) led by Ellie Jones (Exeter Cathedral) 17:00 Close Location: Digital Humanities Seminar Room 1, Queen's Building, University of Exeter, Streatham Campus Registration Form to complete
August 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Our database of people and their connections to places and manuscripts across the Welsh Marches is progressing! Starting to reconstruct individual networks from piles of rolls is very exciting as there's so much potential for how users of our database/website will use the data for their own research
Image of various scrolls on a table in an archive
July 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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We’re pleased to announce that our database has reached 2,000 person entries! 🎉

#MedievalStudies #DigitalHumanities #ResearchMilestone #medievalbluesky #medieval #mappingthemarch #Skystorians
Screenshot taken from our database showing our value inputs.
July 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Don't forget to email us at [email protected] for the link to this seminar today at 16:00 BST @bristolcms.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social @uobartsmatter.bsky.social #medievalbluesky #medieval #medievalhistory #medievalseminar #mappingthemarch #Skystorians
June 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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All welcome to join! @uobartsmatter.bsky.social
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#medievalbluesky #medieval #medievalhistory #medievalseminar #mappingthemarch #Skystorians #MedievalSky
May 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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All welcome to join! @profkdlilley.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social #medievalbluesky #medieval #medievalhistory #medievalseminar #mappingthemarch #Skystorians #MedievalSky
March 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Reminder that our seminar 'The Surnames and other expressions of kin solidarity in the Anglo-Scottish Marches before 1498' by Professor Jackson Armstrong from @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social is happening on Monday 17 February at 16:00 (all welcome!) @bristoluni.bsky.social @uobartsmatter.bsky.social
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February 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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❗Upcoming seminar presented by Professor Jackson Armstrong entitled 'The Surnames and other expressions of kin solidarity in the Anglo-Scottish Marches before 1498.' (Monday 17 February, 4pm. University of Bristol.)❗

#medieval #medievalhistory #medievalseminar #mappingthemarch
February 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Rachael (@latemedievalist.bsky.social) had a nice view of the neo-Gothic exterior of John Rylands Library last week when she was examining a manorial roll from Wigmore. Not all manuscript reading rooms have such a view...!
Image of a manorial roll from Wigmore on a table with a view of the John Rylands Library outside the window.
January 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Our IT lead Mike Jones (@mikej1971.bsky.social) has been hard at work developing a bespoke data-entry system which is now at final testing stage. We'll be using this to capture all our data moving forwards.
January 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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A couple of cheeky faces in hiding in the heading of the accounts of Usk and Caerleon. BL Add. Ch. 44706
#medievalmanuscript #mappingthemarch #manuscript
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December 12, 2024 at 1:19 PM
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Our database continues to grow! Check our website for monthly updates on our progress tracker, blog posts, and more! blog.mowlit.ac.uk

#MappingMonday #MedievalMonday #MappingTheMarch #skytorians #medieval
December 3, 2024 at 1:18 PM
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Great to hear Andy Seaman's paper on Breiddin Hill at the 'Mapping the March' seminar on Monday. Andy revealed a fascinating find from the site - an early medieval ornament made of copper alloy, in the shape of a small hippo. Evidence of an early interest in African culture?
November 20, 2024 at 9:50 AM
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This week Rachael (@latemedievalist.bsky.social) has been examining accounts from Bromfield and Yale, plotting the locations within the lordship that men and women were active in. Our database is growing quickly…plus it is satisfying to unroll these accounts! #medievalmapping #manuscripts
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November 15, 2024 at 11:49 AM
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The 2024/2025 'Mapping the March' seminar series is due to commence this month!

Please find details below about our November seminar presented by Dr Andy Seaman entitled ‘A Hippo in the March: An Early Medieval Centre on the Breiddin Hill and its Context in a Frontier Landscape’.
MONDAY 18TH NOVEMBER, 4.00PM Location: University of Bristol, 7 Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1TB, Research Space, 1.H020 Dr Andy Seaman, University of Cardiff ‘A Hippo in the March: An Early Medieval Centre on the Breiddin Hill and its Context in a Frontier Landscape’ In this seminar, Dr Andy Seaman will present some preliminary results from on-going analysis of the previously unpublished excavations of a unique early medieval site on the Breiddin Hill known as New Pieces. He will also consider the landscape context of the site and its potential relationship to medieval literary traditions. This research forms part of a wider Leverhulme-funded project entitled Making the March, which is exploring the origins, evolution, and contestations of the early medieval frontier in the Welsh March. To attend in person or online, please send a message to Abi Freeman at: mapping-the-march@bristol.ac.uk
November 5, 2024 at 12:14 PM
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This week we hit a database milestone of 1000 Person_place connections!🙌

Keep an eye on our monthly tracker to follow our data progress. blog.mowlit.ac.uk
#MedievalMonday #MappingMonday
Image shows the number 1000 in gold surrounded by confetti
November 4, 2024 at 1:52 PM
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🕷️Happy Halloween from the 'Mapping the March' Team! 🪦
🎃Calan Gaeaf Hapus oddi wrth dîm 'Mapio'r Mers'! 🐈‍⬛
Image shows an AI generated scene where a shadowy figure is walking through a dimly lit castle surrounded by carved pumpkins
October 31, 2024 at 3:59 PM
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Valle Crucis Abbey (Abaty Glyn y Groes) was one of the foremost Cistercian abbeys in the March of Wales. It was an important centre for producing vernacular manuscripts, including the Black Book of Basingwerk (NLW 7006D) one of the manuscripts in our Mapping the March database.
Image shows an oil painting of Valle Crucis Abbey by George Henry Wimpenny (1857–1939). Credit: Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery.
October 25, 2024 at 2:04 PM
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We've been busy mapping the historic parish boundaries of Gloucestershire. The Severn is our unofficial boundary marker for now and so we will head north from here into Herefordshire! #mapmonday
October 14, 2024 at 11:26 AM
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We’ve received some wonderful proposals for our ‘French of the Celtic Worlds’ conference, but we have room for more!

⚠️The CFP is now extended until 1 November. We’d love to read your abstract!⚠️

#celtic #medieval #conference #callforpapers #mapping #linguistics #french
October 7, 2024 at 8:35 AM
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Interested to know how many data entries we've logged this month?🤔

Head to our homepage where you can keep up to date with our project progress! mowlit.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
September 30, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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🚨Conference alert! 🚨‘The French of the Celtic Worlds’ is a joint venture between 'Mapping the March' and Luciana Cordo Russo's Charlemagne in Wales project.

Find further event and submission details below👇 And please do share this post!

#medieval #french #celtic #callforpapers
'French of the Celtic Worlds' Call for papers PDF- This can be found in a more accessible format on our website here: (English) https://mowlit.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2024/09/10/the-french-of-celtic-words/ (Cymraeg) https://mowlit.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/cy/2024/09/10/ffrangeg-y-bydoedd-celtaidd/ 'French of the Celtic Worlds' Call for papers PDF- This can be found in a more accessible format on our website here: (English) https://mowlit.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2024/09/10/the-french-of-celtic-words/ (Cymraeg) https://mowlit.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/cy/2024/09/10/ffrangeg-y-bydoedd-celtaidd/
September 23, 2024 at 9:32 AM
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This is a reminder that our 'Mapping the March': Spring 2024 Seminar Series is holding its second session with Dr Lindy Brady on Monday the 24th of June #medieval #mapping #MappingtheMarch
June 21, 2024 at 9:11 AM