Dr Felicity Hill
Lecturer in Medieval History
- Phone
- +44 (0)1334 46 3309
- fgh2@st-andrews.ac.uk
- Location
- Mediaeval History, 71 South Street
- Office hours
- Monday 1pm to 2pm or by appointment
Biography
Felicity Hill came to St Andrews in 2019 from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where she held a research fellowship. Before that she was a fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, and studied at Manchester, UCL and UEA.
Research areas
Felicity Hill's research is focused on social and religious history. Her forthcoming book, Excommunication in Thirteenth-Century England: Community, Politics and Publicity (Oxford University Press), examines the social, political and spiritual consequences of the medieval church’s most severe sanction. Focusing on the practice of excommunication, she examines how the censure was used, and how it affected the consciences and reputations of those sentenced. Her research on excommunication has led to interest in pastoral care, lay piety, ecclesiastical law, defamation, scandal and ostracism, and particularly communication. The considerable publicity afforded sentences of excommunication profoundly affected medieval society, and her new project builds upon her work on excommunication as a means of mass communication. This looks at 'common knowledge' in medieval England and France, in particular what secular and ecclesiastical authorities sought to communicate to the wider populace in oral proclamations and announcements.
Selected publications
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Excommunication in thirteenth-century England: communities, politics, and publicity
Hill, F. G., 9 Jun 2022, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 344 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Open access
General excommunications of unknown malefactors: conscience, community and investigations in England, c. 1150-1350
Hill, F. G., Jun 2020, The Church and the Law. McKitterick, R., Methuen, C. & A. S. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 93-113 (Studies in Church History; vol. 56).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Damnatio Eternae Mortis or Medicinalis Non Mortalis: the ambiguities of excommunication in thirteenth-century England
Hill, F. G., Oct 2017, Thirteenth Century England XVI: Proceedings of the Cambridge Conference, 2015. Spencer, A. & Watkins, C. (eds.). Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, p. 37-54 (Thirteenth Century England).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
Magna Carta, canon law and pastoral care: excommunication and the church's publication of the charter
Hill, F. G., Nov 2016, In: Historical Research. 89, 246, p. 636-650 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review