Edward Roberts
Edward Roberts

Edward Roberts

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E-mail - ecr32@st-andrews.ac.uk

My thesis is on the historian Flodoard of Rheims (d. 966). Flodoard is the sole contemporary narrative witness to the history of the West Frankish (French) kingdom for most of the tenth century. His works are vital for our understanding of the late Carolingian world, yet scarcely have they been contextualised in light of the historian's turbulent career or considered in terms of their form, function or audience. My project thus aims to examine Flodoard as an individual and investigate whether what we are glimpsing in his texts is really the world of Flodoard rather than the world of tenth-century West Francia.

My research interests lie in the history of early medieval Europe (c. 300–1000); in particular the history of the Franks, West Francia (840–987), Carolingian historical writing, property and ownership, and early medieval historiography.

Thesis title: Flodoard of Rheims and his world
Supervisor: Dr Simon MacLean

Conference papers:
  • Flodoard and his archbishops in the struggle for the see of Rheims, 925–948', Leeds International Medieval Congress, July 2012 '
  • Church property and geographical perspective in the histories of Flodoard', Society for the Study of French History Annual Conference, University of York, July 2012
  • ‘Flodoard of Rheims and the politics of history-writing in the tenth century’, Education & Ignorance Postgraduate Conference, University of Manchester, June 2011
  • ‘Wilfridian Studies: Whence and Whither?’, MANCASS Anglo-Saxon Postgraduate Conference, University of Manchester, March 2010
  • ‘Otloh of St Emmeram and the Provenance of Rylands MS Lat. 91’, Levison Network History of the Book Colloquium, University of Manchester, December 2009
Teaching:

ME1003: Transformation and Crisis in the Early Medieval World, Postgraduate Tutor, Autumn 2011 and 2012.

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