Professor John Blair
Professor of Medieval History and Archaeology
Queen's College
01865 (2)79204
Research Interests
- Early medieval settlement and landscape
- Early medieval buildings and material culture
- Early medieval ritual and belief
Social, cultural, ecclesiastical and landscape history and archaeology of early medieval England.
My interests lie in the settlement, landscape and society of Anglo-Saxon England, especially the built landscape, with an emphasis on archaeological evidence.My book The Church in Anglo-Saxon Society was published in 2005. I gave the Ford Lectures in British History for 2013 under the title `Building the Anglo-Saxon Landscape'.
See page on The Queen's College website
Current DPhil Students
Teaching
I would like to hear from potential DPhil students regarding my research interests.
I currently teach:
Prelims |
FHS |
British History I and II | British History I and II |
Age of Bede O.S. | Anglo-Saxon Archaeology F.S. |
Einhard and Asser |
Norman Conquest S.S. |
Approaches: Archaeology |
Disciplines: Archaeology |
Publications
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Planning in the Early Medieval Landscape
March 2020|BookPlanning in the Early Medieval Landscape is a completely new perspective on how villages and other settlement were formed.Architecture -
Building Anglo-Saxon England
April 2018|Book -
Bede and the Culture of the Laity: Bede and the Culture of the Laity for 2010 [pub. 2016]
January 2016|Book -
The Making of the English House: Domestic Planning, 900-1150
April 2015|Chapter|Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History -
The British Culture of Anglo-Saxon Settlement
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