The Antonine Itinerary and the invention of Roman Britain British Archaeological Association 2025-03-06 | A British Archaeological Association lecture entitled: 'The Antonine Itinerary and the invention of Roman Britain' byAlfred Hiatt, Queen Mary, University of London.This lecture was sponsored and hosted by the British Archaeological Association at the Society of Antiquaries of London in its apartments at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
‘The transformation of the monastic enclosure at Marmoutier (Tours, France) between the 11th... British Archaeological Association 2026-03-05 | A British Archaeological Association lecture entitled: ‘The transformation of the monastic enclosure at Marmoutier (Tours, France) between the 11th and the early 13th centuries’ by Emeritus Professor Elisabeth Lorans.This lecture was sponsored and hosted by the British Archaeological Association at the Society of Antiquaries of London in its apartments at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
The Papal Palace in Avignon in the light of regional architecture British Archaeological Association 2026-03-02 | This lecture was sponsored and hosted by the British Archaeological Association at the Society of Antiquaries of London in its apartments at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
A New Interpretation of the Gosforth Cross British Archaeological Association 2026-03-02 | A British Archaeological Association lecture entitled: 'A New Interpretation of the Gosforth Cross' by Clare DownhamThis lecture was sponsored and hosted by the British Archaeological Association at the Society of Antiquaries of London in its apartments at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
‘Building for strangers: recent research on England’s medieval inns’ British Archaeological Association 2026-02-05 | A British Archaeological Association lecture entitled: ‘Building for strangers: recent research on England’s medieval inns’ by Matthew Cooper.This lecture was sponsored and hosted by the British Archaeological Association at the Society of Antiquaries of London in its apartments at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
BAA Postgraduate Conference 2025 British Archaeological Association 2026-01-09 | The British Archaeological Association Postgraduate Conference has been an annual event since its inception in 2019, bringing together postgraduates and early career researchers from across the UK and beyond. It provides a supportive and stimulating environment for those working in the fields of medieval history of art, architecture, and archaeology to present their research, exchange ideas, and engage in critical discussions.For a full programme of the conference, see thebaa.org/events/2025-baa-postgraduate-conferenceThe BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
‘Mapping England and Wales in the Late Middle Ages... British Archaeological Association 2026-01-09 | A British Archaeological Association lecture entitled: ‘Mapping England and Wales in the Late Middle Ages: roads, transport infrastructure and key destinations’ by David Harrison.This lecture was sponsored and hosted by the British Archaeological Association at the Society of Antiquaries of London in its apartments at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
Day 3: Boundaries and Encounters in Medieval Art and Architecture British Archaeological Association 2025-12-16 | Recorded on Sunday, 14 December 2025 | Rewley House, University of OxfordWe are honoured to share the proceedings from Day 2 of the British Archaeological Association conference, 'Boundaries and Encounters in Medieval Art and Architecture.' This event was convened in loving memory of our much-missed colleague and friend, John McNeill.Panel 7Chair: Richard GemVerónica Abenza, The Western Reception of Transcultural Objects: a Matter of Reuse or Recycling?Rosa Bacile, The Use of Spolia in the Abbey of SS Trinita’, Venosa, 11th-12th CenturiesJohn Munns, How Norman is the Norman Chapel in Durham Castle?Panel 8Chair: Heather Gilderdale ScottRóisín Astell, Gendered Boundaries: Women as Antithesis and Exemplar in an early-fourteenth-century English Illuminated ManuscriptJulian Luxford, The Black Book of the ExchequerPanel 9Chair: Jeremy AshbeeJohn Goodall, The North Transept façade of Merton College ChapelØystein Ekroll, Corbels and chess pieces. A new contribution to the discussion about the origin of the Lewis chess piecesPanel 10Chair: Richard PlantSandy Heslop, Celebrating the Resurrection in Medieval NorwichNeil Stratford, Vézelay, Avallon et al.Manuel Castiñeiras: Closing RemarksConference Credits & AcknowledgementsThe BAA extends its deepest gratitude to Tim and Geli Harris, whose generous donation made this conference possible.- Conference Convenor: Richard Plant- Conference Secretary: Kate Milburn- Assistant Secretary: Ann HignellFor more information on the British Archaeological Association and to view the full conference programme, please visit our event page. thebaa.org/events/boundaries-and-encounters-in-medieval-art-and-architecture-a-conference-in-memory-of-john-mcneillThe BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at https://www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
Day 2: Boundaries and Encounters in Medieval Art and Architecture British Archaeological Association 2025-12-16 | Recorded on Saturday, 13 December 2025 | Rewley House, University of OxfordWe are honoured to share the proceedings from Day 2 of the British Archaeological Association conference, 'Boundaries and Encounters in Medieval Art and Architecture.' This event was convened in loving memory of our much-missed colleague and friend, John McNeill.Panel 3:Chair: Linda Monckton- Nicola Coldstream, “Sweet Thames run Softly”: London Bridge and the building of St Stephen’s chapel, Westminster- Fernando Gutiérrez Baños, Understanding the unveiled: a 14th-century Castilian tabernacle-altarpiece in the Wellcome CollectionAnna Eavis, John McNeill and the BAAPanel 4:Chair: John Goodall- Arturo Carlo Quintavalle, Willigelmo and Roman art- David Robinson, The English Augustinian Canons and their Relic-CultsPanel 5Chair: Alexandrina Buchanan- Tom Nickson, Alcobaça and Las Huelgas: Forms and Functions in Cistercian cloisters in Iberia- Zoe Opačić and Alexandra Gajewski, The Pope and the Emperor: constructing a ruler’s city in the fourteenth century- Alison Perchuk, Romanesque Los AngelesPanel 6:Chair: Ute Engel- Richard Gem, St Benedict at Fleury: the Tomb and Shrine of the Saint, 9th to 11th Centuries- Sally Dormer, Thoughts on Some Fragments of Romanesque Sculpture in Abbotsbury Dorset- Marcello Angheben, Devotional uses of Pre-Conquest English Manuscripts: the visual expression of the aspiration to see God in the Tiberius PsalterConference Credits & AcknowledgementsThe BAA extends its deepest gratitude to Tim and Geli Harris, whose generous donation made this conference possible.- Conference Convenor: Richard Plant- Conference Secretary: Kate Milburn- Assistant Secretary: Ann HignellFor more information on the British Archaeological Association and to view the full conference programme, please visit our event page. thebaa.org/events/boundaries-and-encounters-in-medieval-art-and-architecture-a-conference-in-memory-of-john-mcneillThe BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at https://www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
Day 1: Boundaries and Encounters in Medieval Art and Architecture British Archaeological Association 2025-12-16 | Recorded on Friday, 12 December 2025 | Rewley House, University of OxfordWe are honoured to share the proceedings from Day 1 of the British Archaeological Association conference, 'Boundaries and Encounters in Medieval Art and Architecture.' This event was convened in loving memory of our much-missed colleague and friend, John McNeill.Welcome and IntroductionSpeaker: Richard Plant (Conference Convenor)Panel 1Chair: Manuel Castiñeiras- John McNeill and the Study of the Romanesque | Eric Fernie- A Crucifixus Dolorosus in the Cleveland Museum of Art and Art Around 1300 | Gerhard Lutz- Unexpected Connections: Making Sense of Spanish Gothic in 19th-Century London and Beyond | Costanza BeltramiPanel 2Chair: Julian Luxford- The Secretaries of the BAA to c.1900 | Alexandrina Buchanan- ‘Few are run of the mill’: The Late 12th-Century Capitals of Oxford Cathedral | Richard Halsey- Solomon in the Crypt: Romanesque Reuse and Gothic Intervention at Canterbury Cathedral | Lloyd De Beer- The Müstair Paintings: Images, Power, and Society Under Charlemagne | Barbara FranzéConference Credits & AcknowledgementsThe BAA extends its deepest gratitude to Tim and Geli Harris, whose generous donation made this conference possible.- Conference Convenor: Richard Plant- Conference Secretary: Kate Milburn- Assistant Secretary: Ann HignellFor more information on the British Archaeological Association and to view the full conference programme, please visit our event page. thebaa.org/events/boundaries-and-encounters-in-medieval-art-and-architecture-a-conference-in-memory-of-john-mcneillThe BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at https://www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
‘Excavations at Alchester: a Legionary Fortress and Roman to Early Medieval Town’ British Archaeological Association 2025-11-06 | A British Archaeological Association lecture entitled: ‘Excavations at Alchester: a Legionary Fortress and Roman to Early Medieval Town’ by Professor Eberhard Sauer.This lecture was sponsored and hosted by the British Archaeological Association at the Society of Antiquaries of London in its apartments at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
The Rutland Psalter and the Rise of Gothic Marginalia’ British Archaeological Association 2025-10-02 | The lecture aims to revise the idea proposed by Lilian Randall (1957 and 1966) about a possible connection between mendicant preaching and the rise of marginalia in Gothic devotional books. Randall’s hypothesis has generated little resonance in the scholarship but deserves, as the lecture will argue, further consideration. Our main case study will be the Rutland Psalter (England, before 1258) that contains the first extensive series of ‘profane’ marginalia. The themes explored in its margins demonstrate striking parallels with the culture of religious storytelling in contemporary preaching.
The Lost Cloister of Southwark Priory’ British Archaeological Association 2025-05-08 | A British Archaeological Association lecture entitled: 'The Lost Cloister of Southwark Priory’ by Dr Jackie Hall.This lecture was sponsored and hosted by the British Archaeological Association at the Society of Antiquaries of London in its apartments at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
The Püsterich of Sondershausen: Explosive Bronze Figures between Art and Science’ British Archaeological Association 2025-04-03 | A British Archaeological Association lecture entitled: 'The Püsterich of Sondershausen: Explosive Bronze Figures between Art and Science’ by Professor Joanna Olchawa.This lecture was sponsored and hosted by the British Archaeological Association at the Society of Antiquaries of London in its apartments at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
BAA postgraduate conference 2024 British Archaeological Association 2025-02-18 | The British Archaeological Association Postgraduate Conference has been an annual event since its inception in 2019, bringing together postgraduates and early career researchers from across the UK and beyond. It provides a supportive and stimulating environment for those working in the fields of medieval history of art, architecture, and archaeology to present their research, exchange ideas, and engage in critical discussions.For a full programme of the conference, see thebaa.org/event/2024-baa-postgraduate-conference The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
‘CoNUNdrum: Gleanings from 800 square metres of Salvage Excavation | Dr Michalis Olympios British Archaeological Association 2025-01-09 | A British Archaeological Association lecture entitled: ‘CoNUNdrum: Gleanings from 800 square metres of Salvage Excavation at the Cistercian Nunnery of St Theodore in Nicosia, Cyprus’ by Dr Michalis Olympios.This lecture was sponsored and hosted by the British Archaeological Association at the Society of Antiquaries of London in its apartments at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
‘Crowd-funding in the Architectural Patronage of Late Medieval English Merchants’ British Archaeological Association 2025-01-07 | A British Archaeological Association lecture entitled: ‘Crowd-funding in the Architectural Patronage of Late Medieval English Merchants’ by Dr Nicola Coldstream.This lecture was sponsored and hosted by the British Archaeological Association at the Society of Antiquaries of London in its apartments at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
Architectural revivalism in the British Isles and the authority of form | Dr Niamh Bhalla British Archaeological Association 2024-11-07 | A British Archaeological Association lecture entitled: ‘Newman University Church, Dublin: Architectural revivalism in the British Isles and the authority of form' by Dr. Niamh Bhalla.This lecture was sponsored and hosted by the British Archaeological Association at the Society of Antiquaries of London in its apartments at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
Reuse: a day of papers in celebration of Jill Franklin British Archaeological Association 2024-05-20 | A recrding of a day of short papers given in memory of Jill Franklin on the theme of reuse:Bob Allies: Something in the air: the poetics and pragmatics of the pre-existingEric Fernie: Enlarging English Medieval Great ChurchesJohn McNeill: A Norman Doric Cloister in the Aeolian IslandsDavid Robinson: The Augustinian Canons in the Twelfth Century: Reflections on an Architectural Identity Sandy Heslop: The Church of All Saints, West Acre (NorfolkChristopher Wilson: Salvage from a Mighty Wreck: A Clearstorey Window from Vale Royal Abbey, CheshireRon Baxter: The Early Days of the Corpus of Romanesque SculptureRichard Plant: Anglo-Saxon Roods in Romanesque ContextsLindy Grant: ‘Lapides pretiosi omnes muri tui’: Abbot Suger, buried capitals, and the laying of foundation stonesAgata Gomølka: Idolising stone: the case of the Konin pillarPaul Williamson: Late Antique ivory carvings, their reuse and afterlife
The Construction of Notre-Dame de Paris | Prof Y. Gallet British Archaeological Association 2024-05-02 | "The Construction of Notre-Dame de Paris: Recent research, recent discoveries 2019-24" by Professor Yves Gallet
Tintern Abbey 1131−2031: Research and Conservation Ahead of a 900th Anniversary | David Robinson British Archaeological Association 2024-04-04 | The celebrated ruins of Tintern Abbey have been in the care of the state for more than a century, and have already seen three historic rounds of conservation. Alas, more work is needed, with a major new programme put in place ahead of the abbey’s 900th anniversary in 2031. This lecture presents some of the research findings which are helping to inform the conservation process
”Honey I shrank the church’: Scaling down Great Church designs during the 12thC.’ | Dr E. Cambridge British Archaeological Association 2024-03-07 | All rights reserved.
Hellmouths, Human Remains and Holy Ground: Death, Resurrection and Insular Monuments | Dr H. Pulliam British Archaeological Association 2024-02-08 | The paper explores the extent to which the ground in which Insular monuments stood was an essential component of their iconographic programmes. Focusing on David and the Lion, Christ in the Tomb, and monstrous creatures frequently carved on the lowest part of cross-shafts, the paper argues that their position points to a particular role played by the cross in the Harrowing of Hell. It suggested that human remains buried within monastic grounds, within the 'sod of death' tradition, were invisible but tangible aspects of the iconography. All rights reserved.
Archaeology of the London Custom House Site | Tim Tatton-Brown British Archaeological Association 2024-01-04 | A British Archaeological Association lecture entitled: ‘The Archaeology of the London Custom House Site 50 years on. From Roman Quays to Wren’s Custom House' by Tim Tatton-Brown.This lecture was sponsored and hosted by the British Archaeological Association at the Society of Antiquaries of London in its apartments at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
Art, History and Identity at San Millán de la Cogolla | Dr Maeve ODonnell British Archaeological Association 2023-12-07 | A British Archaeological Association lecture entitled: ‘Art, History and Identity at San Millán de la Cogolla (7th-14th centuries)’ by Dr Maeve O'Donnell (University of Bristol).This lecture was sponsored and hosted by the British Archaeological Association at the Society of Antiquaries of London in its apartments at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
Seeing and being seen in an illuminated Tractatus Moralis, Dr Roísín Astell British Archaeological Association 2023-11-05 | This lecture was sponsored and hosted by the British Archaeological Association at the Society of Antiquaries of London in its apartments at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
Revisiting the Cloisters Cross: A One-Day Colloquium British Archaeological Association 2023-09-28 | The Cloisters Cross is widely recognised as a masterpiece of late Romanesque art. Carved of walrus ivory, it appeared after World War II in a private collection and was subsequently acquired by the Metropolitan Museum in New York. The earliest scholarly publications identified it as English, and that probably remains the majority opinion. However, over the years, other attributions have been suggested. What has become clear in the process is that the Cross merits study in the broad intellectual and artistic context of northern Europe, from the Ile de France up to Scandinavia, and England across to Germany.This one-day colloquium, jointly held by the British Archaeological Association and The Courtauld, will review and extend the debates about the origins and history of the Cloisters Cross. Speakers include Charles T. Little, Sabrina Harcourt-Smith, Robyn Barrow, Miri Rubin, Neil Stratford, Cecily Hennessy and Sandy Heslop. All rights reserved.
The Cosmati Mosaics at Westminster | Professor Paul Binski & Professor Claudia Bolgia British Archaeological Association 2023-05-04 | A British Archaeological Association lecture entitled: ‘The Cosmati Mosaics at Westminster: Art, Politics, and Exchanges with Rome in the Age of Gothic’ by Professor Paul Binski (Cambridge University) and Professor Claudia Bolgia (Università di Udine).This lecture was sponsored and hosted by the British Archaeological Association at the Society of Antiquaries of London in its apartments at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
Intertextuality and Romanitas: Twelfth-Century Responses to Roman Antiquities | Dr W. K. Wilson British Archaeological Association 2023-04-06 | A British Archaeological Association lecture entitled: ‘Intertextuality and Romanitas: Twelfth-Century Responses to Roman Antiquities’ by Dr William Kynan Wilson.This lecture was sponsored and hosted by the British Archaeological Association at the Society of Antiquaries of London in its apartments at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
The Sources of Viking Wealth: lead isotope analysis of Viking silver hoards | Dr Jane Kershaw British Archaeological Association 2023-02-02 | ‘The Sources of Viking Wealth: new results from lead isotope analysis of Viking silver hoards,' given by Dr Jane Kershaw, Oxford University.This lecture was sponsored and hosted by the British Archaeological Association at the Society of Antiquaries of London in its apartments at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
The Abbey of Santa Maria a Mare, San Nicola di Tremiti | Dr Francis Woodman British Archaeological Association 2022-12-08 | A British Archaeological Association lecture entitled: ‘The Abbey of Santa Maria a Mare, San Nicola di Tremiti: an important early Romanesque monument all but lost at sea,' given by Dr Francis Woodman, Cambridge University.This lecture was sponsored and hosted by the British Archaeological Association at the Society of Antiquaries of London in its apartments at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
Chantry Chapels of Cardinal Beaufort and Bishop Waynflete in Winchester Cathedral | Jane Stewart British Archaeological Association 2022-11-03 | A British Archaeological Association lecture entitled: ‘The Chantry Chapels of Cardinal Beaufort and Bishop Waynflete in Winchester Cathedral’, given by Jane Stewart.This lecture was sponsored and hosted by the British Archaeological Association at the Society of Antiquaries of London in its apartments at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
”An Open and Shut Case”: Displaying Medieval Art in Private Collections | Dr Paul Williamson British Archaeological Association 2022-10-06 | A British Archaeological Association lecture entitled: ”An Open and Shut Case”: Displaying Medieval Art in Private Collections, given by Dr Paul Williamson.This lecture was sponsored and hosted by the British Archaeological Association at the Society of Antiquaries of London in its apartments at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
Gothic Networks: Juan Guas in Fifteenth-Century Spain | Dr Costanza Beltrami British Archaeological Association 2022-05-05 | Gothic Networks: Juan Guas in Fifteenth-Century Spain by Dr Costanza Beltrami.
Building the Parish Church 1150-1300 | Dr Meg Bernstein British Archaeological Association 2022-04-07 | Building the Parish Church 1150-1300 by Dr Meg Bernstein, University of York.
January 2022: Early Irish Sculpture and the Art of the High Crosses, Roger Stalley British Archaeological Association 2022-01-06 | The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
The Knowledge of Carpenters from the Early Medieval Period to the Eighteenth Century... British Archaeological Association 2022-01-04 | The Knowledge of Carpenters from the Early Medieval Period to the Eighteenth Century in Setting Out Roofs and Buildings Without Geometry and Numerical Measurement Paul ReedPaul has been researching how medieval carpenters could set out roofs and buildings without the use of geometry and numerical measurement which wasn't established in England until 1588 by Elizabeth I. His theory works spot on with the setting out of the oldest roof in England 1120d Kempley church, and it works on the Cressing Temple barns and the great Westminster hall in London. His paper was published in Vernacular Architecture 2020.
Political climates and landscapes of sanctity in Northumbria and Mercia AD 650-850 British Archaeological Association 2022-01-04 | Megan Bunce, University of OxfordMegan’s doctoral research which explores how changing political climates shaped the development of saintly shrines and landscapes of sanctity in 7th, 8th and 9th century Northumbria and Mercia.
Holy Fountain Heads: Octagonal thirteenth-century chapter houses and sacristies British Archaeological Association 2022-01-04 | Dr Lesley Milner, Courtauld InstituteThe subject of this paper is water, that element which is directly related to and dependent on climate change. The paper will argue that because water was regarded as holy, provided by the hand of God the buildings from which it was dispersed should indicate their divine significance.
The subversion of nature and cosmic upheaval in illuminated Beatus manuscripts British Archaeological Association 2022-01-04 | Dr Rose Walker, Courtauld InstituteThis paper will consider images of the natural world in Beatus miniatures, and especially those that depict the subversion of nature. In particular it will focus on the possible role of computistical and astronomical rotae, and cosmographical maps, in the creation of images of cosmic upheaval. In their search for an iconography of the end of time, scribes and illuminators may have turned to such schematic drawings for figures that could be reinvented or distorted in a new context.
Tapping the Wild Wood: Hunting and the marginal landscape in the medieval vale of York British Archaeological Association 2022-01-04 | Erik Matthews, Hornby Castle ProjectUsing the results of recent fieldwork at two sites either side of the A1 in the Vale of York Kirkby Fleetham and Hornby Castles, I will look at the use of “waste” rendered unsuitable for agriculture and settlement through reasons of climate, for the layout of aristocratic hunting reserves. I will pay particular attention to the development and significance of “watery” landscapes economically for fishing and wildfowling and symbolically in terms of chivalric associations.
Shelter from the storm: the importance of buildings for protecting agricultural produce British Archaeological Association 2022-01-04 | Dr Duncan Berryman, Queen's University BelfastThis paper will discuss the use of barns, granaries and animal houses to protect manorial agricultural produce in Britain. These buildings are often viewed in purely economic terms, but great expense was put into their construction and decoration. Therefore, this paper will also explore the symbolism of these buildings. It is evident that buildings of the middle ages had a multitude of meanings to contemporaries much of which has been lost to the modern viewer.
What Goes Around Comes Around: Tracking plague epidemics and changes in climate, 400-1400 CE British Archaeological Association 2022-01-04 | Elliot Elliott, PhD candidate in Archaeology (probationary), University of CambridgeThe paper reviews studies on climatic events such as the 536 CE dust veil event and the Medieval Climate Anomaly, histories and epidemiology of plague outbreaks, genomic evidence of Yersinia pestis, the archaeobotanical and geological evidence of land cultivation and abandonment, as well as on the osteological evidence of stress and disease in affected communities. It ultimately calls for paleoepidemiological profiles of cemetery populations with genomically identified Y. pestis, further testing for the bacillus in historical populations, and the synthesizing of geographical approaches to demographic and land use changes due to global pandemics and climate change.
The Henry of Blois Enamels: A(nother) Reassessment - Dr John Munns British Archaeological Association 2021-12-02 | "The Henry of Blois Enamels: A(nother) Reassessment" by Dr John Munns, Magdalene College, CambridgeThis lecture was sponsored and hosted by the British Archaeological Association at the Society of Antiquaries of London in its apartments at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
Life and Government in Royal Castles - Professor Lindy Grant and Dr Jeremy Ashbee British Archaeological Association 2021-11-12 | "Life and Government in Royal Castles during The Long Thirteenth Century" by Professor Lindy Grant and Dr Jeremy Ashbee.This lecture was sponsored and hosted by the British Archaeological Association at the Society of Antiquaries of London in its apartments at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
From Defacement to Revivification - Prof. Michael Michael British Archaeological Association 2021-10-07 | "From defacement to revivification: a digital-archaeological approach to illuminating the nave paintings of St Albans Cathedral" by Prof. Michael Michael, Hon. Fellow, University of Glasgow.This lecture was sponsored and hosted by the British Archaeological Association at the Society of Antiquaries of London in its apartments at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
Ora Pro Nobis: Steve Kershaw, Richard Plant, Ellen Rubery, John McNeill British Archaeological Association 2021-08-02 | The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
Ora Pro Nobis: Teresa Lane, Sally Dormer, Cecily Hennessy British Archaeological Association 2021-08-02 | The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
Ora Pro Nobis: Anna Eavis and Sarah Jane Boss British Archaeological Association 2021-07-28 | Anna Eavis: William Wykeham's devotion to Mary-- mostly in relation to the glass at New CollegeSarah Jane Boss : Cult and Image at Our Lady's Well, Hempstead, GloucestershireThis lecture was sponsored and hosted by the British Archaeological Association. The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
5 May 2021: Women and the Built Environment in Late Medieval Scotland, Dr Rachel Delman British Archaeological Association 2021-05-14 | The BAA recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.thebaa.org. All rights reserved.
