Centre for Medieval Studies
Mrs Beverley Parrish
Bev studied for her B.A. in French and Latin at University College London where her particular interests were Medieval French Language and Literature. After a career teaching Modern Foreign Languages in secondary schools in London and York and working as examiner and Team Leader for ‘O’level, GCSE and ‘A’ level French Speaking and Writing exams, she returned to study for her M.A. at the Centre for Medieval Studies at York.
Bev currently teaches Early Palaeography to M.A. students at CMS where she was previously also a Latin tutor. She has Letters of Credit in French from the Chartered Institute of Linguists including a Distinction in Interpreting and is currently learning Welsh.
Bev’s interests include languages, palaeography and transcription, particularly Old French and Latin manuscripts, the evolution of the French language, the Lais of Marie de France and the scribe Ricardus Franciscus who has been the focus of Bev’s independent research.