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Running a Greek Club – The Hereford Cathedral School Experience [PDF]
The Journal of Classics Teaching, 2015 Last autumn, Hereford Cathedral School began an after-school Greek Club open to state-school pupils from across Hereford. This article aims to provide some ideas about what works and how best to foster interest in Greek and Greek culture.
Anne Wright
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On Certain Sepulchral Effigies in Hereford Cathedral [PDF]
Archaeological Journal, 1877 The Archaeological Journal, 34, 406 ...
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Revisiting Female Pilgrimage in Medieval Oxford: Evidence from the Miracula Sancte Frideswide*
Journal of Religious History, Volume 47, Issue 4, Page 604-625, December 2023., 2023 The most common form of female pilgrimage in medieval England was local pilgrimage to a saint's shrine. One English pilgrimage destination which is especially associated with women is St Frideswide's shrine in Oxford, owing to a collection of miracle stories compiled in the 1180s in which women are particularly prevalent.
Anne E. Bailey
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American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 182, Issue 3, Page 452-466, November 2023., 2023 Abstract Objectives This study explores the paleoepidemiology of the Black Death (1348–52 AD) mass graves from Hereford, England, via osteological analysis. Hereford plague mortality is evaluated in the local context of the medieval city and examined alongside other Black Death burials.
Emilia R. Franklin +2 more
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Ecosphere, Volume 13, Issue 11, November 2022., 2022 Abstract Drylands represent more than 41% of the global land surface and are at degradation risk due to land use and climate change. Developing strategies to mitigate degradation and restore drylands in the face of these threats requires an understanding of how drylands are shaped by not only soils and climate, but also geology and geomorphology ...
Michael C. Duniway +11 more
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The ‘Gothic Slum’: MPs and St Stephen's Cloister, Westminster, 1548–2017*
Parliamentary History, Volume 41, Issue 2, Page 279-302, June 2022., 2022 Abstract The history of St Stephen's cloister in the Palace of Westminster, a fragile and little‐known Tudor survival, exemplifies the long‐standing tensions between preserving parliament's built heritage and meeting its political and business needs.
Elizabeth Hallam Smith
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Blood is thicker than baptismal water: A late medieval perinatal burial in a small household chest
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 358-365, May/June 2021., 2021 Abstract The interment of stillborn infants in later medieval burial grounds stands at odds with Catholic Church Law, which forbade the inclusion of unbaptised children within consecrated ground. When perinatal remains occur within graveyards, their interpretation can be problematic.
Kevin Cootes +4 more
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‘Dark’ and ‘Clear’ Y in Medieval Welsh Orthography: Caligula versus Teilo
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 119, Issue 1, Page 1-39, March 2021., 2021 Abstract A famous exception to the ‘phonetic spelling system’ of Welsh is the use of
Patrick Sims‐Williams
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“A triumph of art” or “blatant vulgarity”: The Reception of Scott and Skidmore’s Screens
British Art Studies, 2017 This essay provides a broad narrative of how the screens designed by architect and designer George Gilbert Scott and made by metalworker Francis Skidmore for the cathedrals of Hereford, Lichfield, and Salisbury, have been regarded since they were ...
Alicia Robinson
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