Gwen Seabourne
@gwenseabourne.bsky.social
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#LegalHistory prof, U of Bristol Law. Hon Prof, U of Edinburgh. Account nobody else's fault. On research leave 25-26, working on books: mayhem; 'legal medievalism'.
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Hwæt?! The amazing Old English Reading Group is BACK and with a new friend?!?

Join Hattie and Co for Old English Reading Group at 3pm Friday in Hattie’s office, followed by the brand new Old Norse Reading Group at 4pm! No prior knowledge or experience needed, and everybody welcome!
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We're so excited for the first Centre for Medieval Studies Research Seminar of the year!

Join us on Thursday at 4pm, with our CMS Welcome Party to follow straight after!

All welcome! We hope to see you there! #medievalsky #skystorians
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Congratulations Paul! 🍾
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It’s publication day, folks. Available from the website of the Press or from Amazon. May you find it useful in your own work.

#AncientLaw
#HenrySumnerMaine
#RomanLaw
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🤩 Check out the shiny new website of Bristol's world-class Centre for Medieval Studies (@bristolcms.bsky.social), home to over 35 full-time medievalists and over 160 research students and research associates: medievalstudies.blogs.bristol.ac.uk 🤩 @uobartsmatter.bsky.social #medievalsky #skystorians
CMS; Bristol; University of Bristol; Medieval Studies; MA degree;
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'They [maps] are a great research tool and are also equally accessible to people without skills or training.' 🗺️

Dr Evan Jones (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) comments on the addition of historic street names to Bristol's Know Your Place interactive city map for BBC News

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bristol's forgotten street names revealed in map
Names of roads either lost down the centuries or renamed are available on a new map.
www.bbc.co.uk
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bristolcms.bsky.social
A new semester means a new exciting round of CMS seminars! Here's a sneak peek of what we have to look forward to over the next few weeks!
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This Fri, 19 September: Join Paul Dryburgh, medieval collections specialist @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy, for "England's first colony: medieval Ireland, 1171-1500". An overview of English intervention in Ireland and its role in the political development of the British and Irish isles.
Seal of John, Lord of Ireland. Catalogue reference: C 109/86 (4). Paul Dryburgh
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So much sneering ignorance squeezed into three words: "unfunded hobbyist research". Depressing.
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I see that this collection from the Belfast British Legal History Conference 2022 is on its way in a few weeks - includes something from me on 'petty treason' #LegalHistory and several papers I enjoyed hearing.
Cover of Capper, McCormick and Dawson, Law and Constitutional Change Table of Contents More Table of Contents
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Made to feel rather decrepit on morning constitutional, seeing this, my regular bus when I moved to #Bristol for my first job in a display of *vintage buses* at the harbourside ...
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Just the view from my house this morning…
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#cfp #imc2026 @imc-leeds.bsky.social! Please consider an abstract for 'Things Transcending Time,' sponsored by @haskinssociety.bsky.social and the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Research, @uniwinchester.bsky.social, and organized by myself. Abstract below with full text in the alt.
Leeds IMC 2026 Call for Papers:
Things Transcending Time

This session, sponsored by the Haskins Society and the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Research, University of Winchester, invites papers exploring objects and their relationships to, through, or against time.

Things never have one life but many, through birth, interference, additions, and even abandonment. This session seeks to understand the many ways that objects transcend time through creating it, holding or shaping it. This session also wishes to challenge the dominating hierarchy of textual studies for history (as a time and place, rather than a discipline) through objects who themselves shape or create history. 
‘Object’ is broadly conceived for this session; for example, a manuscript is also an object when the research is its life as an object rather than the textual understanding of it. 

Topics may include, but are certainly not limited to:
•	Multiple or concurrent times understood or embedded in objects
•	Objects’ authority and agency with and against time and history
•	Microhistories or biographies of objects and their place(s) in time.
•	Theoretical or methodological considerations of object-led histories

Papers are warmly invited from any academic field (art history, archaeology, history, etc.), and should be generally focussed on the Anglo-Norman worlds and their surrounds (broadly interpreted), ca 800-1300. Papers presented by ECRs in this session may be submitted for consideration to the Denis Bethell Prize from the Haskins Society.

Please send a 250-word abstract (including key terms) and short CV to Katherine Weikert (Katherine.weikert@winchester.ac.uk) by 15 September. Your subject line should read ‘Things Transcending Time [your surname]’, else it is liable to be missed and unread. If you have any questions, please contact Katherine Weikert.
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I wrote a @thorntonsbooks.bsky.social blog post with an archivist from NYCRO about some of the papers held in Northallerton:
nycroblog.com/2024/07/04/a...
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Read my brief history of the Sunderland sailors strike and its violent suppression: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-...

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In the late 19th century, the quiet churchyard of St Brothen’s, Llanfrothen found itself at the centre of national headlines, when a burial dispute escalated all the way to the High Court.

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Also, what an opportunity for punning article titles: 'Take a chancel'; 'Chancel would be a fine thing' 'Last chancel' etc etc.
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Promising 'a detailed discussion of the history of chancel repair liability' - a #LawCommission consultation for hardcore nerdy #LegalHistory and #LandLaw fans to get their teeth into!
lawcom.gov.uk/project/chan...
Chancel repair liability and registration – Law Commission
Reforming the law
lawcom.gov.uk
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Surprise time-travel invasion of #Bristol ? ( Complete with cannon ...)
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How did rulers in the Middle Ages control who entered and who exited their territories? In 🎧Migration Unboxed🎧 @bristoldublin.bsky.social joins colleagues across the disciplines to think through new ways of understanding migration through the ages. Listen to the full episode here 👉👉 bit.ly/4kvmp4H
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Have you ever wanted to learn about medieval attitudes to mountain landscapes while exploring ancient priory ruins in a beautiful Welsh mountain valley? Well now is your chance! FREE event, coming this August!

bit.ly/medievalmountain
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Should there be a non-delegable duty to prevent institutional child sexual abuse? My latest blog discusses a case going to the High Court of Australia in August on this point in the light of the HCA's 2024 ruling in Bird: legalresearch.blogs.bris.ac.uk/2025/07/comp...
Compensation for Historic Sexual Abuse in Australia: Vicarious Liability v. Non-delegable Duties – University of Bristol Law School Blog
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Appeal re Rahman v Hassan set to be heard on 23rd October 2025. Watch this space!
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My @cambridgelaw.bsky.social Journal note on Rahman v Hassan has been published (open access, @cambup-law.bsky.social). I hope everyone appreciates the title! #DonatioMortisCausa #Wills #Inheritance #SuccessionLaw #PropertyLaw #DMC
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DMC OF REGISTERED LAND? THAT’S THE WAY IT IS | The Cambridge Law Journal | Cambridge Core
DMC OF REGISTERED LAND? THAT’S THE WAY IT IS - Volume 83 Issue 3
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