Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
British History Online at the Institute of Historical Research
(http://www.british-history.ac.uk) would like to announce an important
new addition to its premium content section: the Parliament Rolls of
Medieval England (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/prome). This source
consists of scholarly descriptions of every parliament held in England
between 1275 and 1504. It covers 10 monarchs, from Edward I to Henry VII
(since no parliament was held in the reign of Edward V, he is not
included). The rolls for some of these parliaments, particularly the
earlier ones, do not survive, but where they are extant have been fully
transcribed; supplementary material about the business of the parliament
is given in an appendix. Opposite the original text, which may be in
Latin, Anglo-Norman, or Middle English, is a modern English translation.
To make PROME easier to use, the text and translation have been put into
tables, so that the corresponding paragraphs are simple to locate.
This new content is available to current subscribers at no extra cost.
Subscription details can be found at
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/prome.
<http://www.british-history.ac.uk/prome.>
With apologies for cross-posting, the following is for students who
are registered for PhDs in the United Kingdom.
Medieval Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age: 17-22 May 2010
The Institute of English Studies (London) is pleased to announce the
second year of this AHRC-funded course in collaboration with the
University of Cambridge, the Warburg Institute, and King's College
London.
The course is open to arts and humanities doctoral students registered
at UK institutions. It involves six days of intensive training on the
analysis, description and editing of medieval manuscripts in the
digital age to be held jointly in Cambridge and London. Participants
will receive a solid theoretical foundation and hands-on experience in
cataloguing and editing manuscripts for both print and digital formats.
The first half of the course involves morning classes and then visits
to libraries in Cambridge and London in the afternoons. Participants
will view original manuscripts and gain practical experience in
applying the morning's themes to concrete examples. In the second half
we will address the cataloguing and description of manuscripts in a
digital format with particular emphasis on the Text Encoding
Initiative (TEI). These sessions will also combine theoretical
principles and practical experience and include supervised work on
computers.
The course is aimed principally at those writing dissertations which
relate to medieval manuscripts, especially those on literature, art
and history. There are no fees, but priority will be given to PhD
students funded by the AHRC. Class sizes are limited to twenty and
places are 'first-come-first-served' so early registration is strongly
recommended.
For further details see http://ies.sas.ac.uk/study/mmsda/ or contact
Dr Peter Stokes at mmsda(a)sas.ac.uk.
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Dr Peter Stokes
Dept. of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic
The University of Cambridge
9 West Rd, Cambridge, CB3 9DP
Tel: +44 1223 767314
Fax: +44 1223 335092