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Professor Elisabeth van Houts FBA

European history, 900-1300: Latin historiography, biographical writing and memorial traditions; Anglo-Continental socio-political relations and cultural exchange; the role of women and gender.
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Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2024
Honours
FBA
Sections
Medieval Studies
Website
https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/professor-elisabeth-van-houts

Current post

University of Cambridge; Emeritus Honorary Professor in European Medieval History

Emmanuel College, Cambridge Life-Fellow

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Medieval ecclesiastical history of western Europe, 800-1250; clergy, bishops, charters and administration

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Medieval German literature: mysticism; allegory; learned discourse (vernacular reception of the artes); didacticism; courtly romance; orientalism; discourses of gender and violence

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Professor Paul Binski FBA

Western European art and architecture 1100-1400; royal and ecclesiastical patronage; the art of liturgy and death; hagiography; wall, panel and manuscript painting; Cambridge illuminated manuscripts; international artistic relations.

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