Welcome to the Centre for Medieval Studies
World views: Liber Floridus (Ghent University Library, MS 92, fols 226'v-226"r)
New Islamic pathway: tiles, Bu Inania madrese, Fez
York: a great medieval city
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Viking ships by the River Ouse
Study at the historic King's Manor
The Centre for Medieval Studies (CMS) at the University of York is one of the world’s leading centres for postgraduate study and research into the Middle Ages.
Our vision of medieval studies situates world-leading expertise on the European Middle Ages, 400-1550, within a wider Afro-Eurasian framework, with current concentrations of excellence in medieval England and its neighbours, the built environment, religion and dissent, gender and sexuality, Viking studies and Islamic cultures.
We draw upon expertise from the departments of Archaeology, English and Related Literature, History and History of Art, as well as from Computer Science, Language and Linguistic Sciences, Music and Physics. Our teaching and research is shaped by long experience of innovative interdisciplinary collaboration, extending across the Humanities to the Natural Sciences.
We are a welcoming and supportive community, fully committed to diversity and inclusivity in our study of the Middle Ages.
Events
Memory, Syntax and Metre in Dante: Verse Composition and Digital Tools
5.30PM, The Treehouse, Berrick Saul Building, West Campus, Heslington, University of York
Dr Ryan Pepin
9.30AM, K/133, King's Manor, Exhibition Square, York, YO1 7EP
News
Friday 3 May 2024
On Tuesday 2nd July, CMS and York Medieval Press will be hosting jointly a reception at the 2024 Leeds International Medieval Congress, from 8:15-9:15 pm in St George Room, University House, University of Leeds. All are welcome to come and join us to toast several exciting new YMP publications.
Thursday 7 March 2024
We are delighted to announce that Eleanor Johnson (MA in Medieval Archaeology) has won the Richard III Society Dissertation Prize for the best 2022-3 MA dissertation submitted on a topic relevant to the period of Richard III.
Friday 1 March 2024
Two new books from York Medieval Press’ Health & Healing in the Middle Ages series
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