In 2025, we are holding a number of seminars in conjunction with the project.
Mapping the March is a major research project selected by the ERC and funded by UKRI. Each semester we invite speakers to present papers on topics related to borders and borderlands in medieval and early modern Europe. All welcome to attend the seminars in person or online, with in-person refreshments available after the papers.
Date- Monday 17 March, 1.30pm.
Venue- University of Bristol, 7 Woodland Road.
Research Space, 1.H020.
Title- Making Marcher Towns
Speaker- Professor Keith Lilley, Queens University Belfast
Towns provided Marcher lords with a system of encouraging settlement of their territories and lordships. This talk explores this spatial process through combining morphological analysis and mapping methods. Taking a comparative approach reveals similarities in the form of medieval Marcher towns in Wales and the Welsh borders across the late-eleventh to the early-fourteenth century. The historical and cultural significance of these ‘urban designs’ is explored, what they tell us about the processes involved in ‘making Marcher towns’.
Please email mapping-the-march@bristol.ac.uk to register your online or in person attendance.
We look forward to seeing you there!
