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Professor Nancy Edwards

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n.edwards@bangor.ac.uk

0000-0003-4606-1012

Professor Nancy Edwards

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Biography

I was appointed a Lecturer in Early Medieval Archaeology at Bangor in 1979 and became Professor of Medieval Archaeology in 2008. I retired in December 2020 and am now Emeritus Professor of Medieval Archaeology. I continue to supervise some research students.

I am a Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. I am also an Honorary Professor at Cardiff University and the University of Durham.

I completed my BA in Archaeology, Ancient and Medieval History at Liverpool University in 1976. I then moved to the University of Durham where I gained a PhD in Archaeology. My thesis examined early medieval sculpture in the Irish Midlands.

Research

My research is multidisciplinary embracing Archaeology, History and Art History. I am particularly interested in early medieval Wales c. AD 400–1100. I also have a continuing interest in early medieval Ireland and Scotland as well as aspects of the history of archaeology.

My book, Life in Early Medieval Wales (funded by a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship) was published by Oxford University Press in 2023.

Much of my research continues to focus on early medieval inscribed stones and stone sculpture in Wales. I am interested not only in the monuments themselves but also in their landscape contexts and what they can tell us about the early medieval society, identity, the Church, patronage and wealth. I have published two volumes of A Corpus of Early Medieval Inscribed Stones and Stone Sculpture in Wales, Volume II, South-West Wales (2007); Volume III, North Wales (2013).

I am currently working, with Gary Robinson (Bangor University) and Howard Williams (University of Chester), on a biography of the ninth-century Pillar of Eliseg. I have also become interested in early medieval graffiti as part of my research on the sculptural assemblage from St Patrick’s Chapel, near St Davids.

Areas of Teaching & Supervision

Publications

2023

  • PublishedCharles Thomas
    Edwards, N., 22 Dec 2023, Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy, 21, p. 445-465 20 p.
    Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
  • PublishedLife in Early Medieval Wales
    Edwards, N., 22 Aug 2023, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 511 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

2022

  • Published‘Catalogue of Early Medieval Carved Stones’, Excavation at an Early Medieval Cemetery at St Patrick’s Chapel, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, K. Murphy and K. A. Hemer (Dyfed Archaeological Trust report 2022/46)
    Edwards, N., 2022
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

2020

  • PublishedAfterlives: reinventing early medieval sculpture in Wales
    Edwards, N., 1 Sept 2020, In: Archaeologia Cambrensis. 2020, 169, p. 1-29
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

  • PublishedChi-Rhos, Crosses and Pictish Symbols: Inscribed Stones and Stone Sculpture in Early Medieval Wales and Scotland
    Edwards, N., 2017, Transforming Landscapes of Belief in the Early Medieval Insular World and Beyond: Converting the Isles II. Edwards, N., NÍ MHAONAIGH, M. & Fletcher, R. (eds.). Brepols Publishers
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  • PublishedChristianising the landscape in early medieval Wales: the island of Anglesey
    Edwards, N., 3 Jan 2017, Making Christian Landscapes : Conversion and Consolidation in Early Medieval Europe. Carragáin, T. O. & Turner, S. (eds.). Cork University Press, p. 177-203
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
  • PublishedEarly Medieval Settlement and Field Systems at Rhuddgaer, Anglesey
    Hopewell, D. & Edwards, N., Dec 2017, In: Archaeologia Cambrensis. 166
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedEarly Medieval Wales: material evidence and identity
    Edwards, N., 31 Dec 2017, In: Studia Celtica. 51, p. 65-87
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedTransforming Landscapes of Belief in the Early Medieval Insular World and Beyond: Converting the Isles II
    Edwards, N. (Editor), Flechner, R. (Editor) & Mhaonaigh, M. N. (Editor), 31 Oct 2017, Brepols Publishers. (Cultural Encounters in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages)
    Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

2016

  • PublishedNew discoveries of early medieval carved stones in Wales
    Edwards, N., Jun 2016, In: Archaeologia Cambrensis. 165, p. 187-199
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

  • PublishedA rediscovered piece of early medieval sculpture from Silian, Ceredigion
    Edwards, N. M. & Vousden, N., 19 Jun 2015, In: Archaeology in Wales. 53
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedRaising the Dead. Early Aledieval,Yaine Stones in Northumbria
    Edwards, N., 1 Nov 2015, In: Medieval archaeology. 59, 1, p. 340-340
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
  • PublishedThe Early Medieval Sculpture of Wales: Text, Pattern and Image
    Edwards, N. M., 27 Apr 2015, Cambridge University Press.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book
  • PublishedVlog to Death: Project Eliseg's Video-Blogging
    Tong, J., Evans, S., Williams, H., Edwards, N. & Robinson, G., 1 May 2015, In: Internet Archaeology. 39
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2014

  • PublishedEarly Medieval Art and Archaeology in the Northern World. Studies in Honour of James Graham-Campbell
    Edwards, N., 1 Nov 2014, In: Medieval archaeology. 58, 1
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
  • PublishedWales and the Britons 350-1064
    Edwards, N., 1 Dec 2014, In: Welsh History Review. 27, 2, p. 368-370
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

  • PublishedA Corpus of Early Medieval Inscribed Stones and Stone Sculptures in Wales: Volume 3 North Wales
    Edwards, N., 15 Apr 2013, 2013 ed. University of Wales Press.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book
  • PublishedFrom antiquarians to archaeologists in nineteenth-century Wales: The question of prehistory
    Edwards, N. M., Gould, J., Evans, N. (Editor) & Pryce, H. (Editor), 1 Dec 2013, Writing a Small Nation's Past: Wales in Comparative Perspective: 1850–1950. 2013 ed. Ashgate, p. 143-164
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2011

  • PublishedThe Pillar of Eliseg, Llantysilio. Incomplete inscribed cross and cairn.
    Edwards, N. M., Edwards, N., Robinson, G., Williams, H. & Evans, D. M., 1 Jan 2011, In: Archaeology in Wales. 50, p. 57-59
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedViking-age sculpture in north-west Wales: welath, power, patronage and the Christian landscape
    Edwards, N., 1 Jan 2011, Tome: Studies in Medieval Celtic history and Law in honour of Thomas Charles-Edwards. Edmonds, F. & Russell, P. (eds.). 2011 ed. Boydell, p. 73-87
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2010

  • PublishedEdward Lhuyd – an archaeologist’s view
    Edwards, N., 1 Jan 2010, In: Welsh History Review. 25, 1, p. 20-50
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2009

  • PublishedRethinking the pillar of Eliseg
    Edwards, N., 22 May 2009, In: Antiquaries Journal. 89, p. 143-177
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedThe Archaeology of the Early Medieval Celtic Churches
    Edwards, N. (Editor), 1 Jan 2009, 2009 ed. Routledge. (Society for Medieval Archaeology Monotraphs; vol. 29)
    Research output: Book/Report › Book
  • PublishedThe archaeology of the early medieval celtic churches – an introduction.
    Edwards, N., 1 Jan 2009, The Archaeology of the Early Medieval Celtic Churches. 2009 ed. Routledge, p. 1-18
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2008

  • PublishedCategorizing Roundhouse Settlements in Wales: A Critical Perspective.
    Edwards, N. M., Ghey, E., Edwards, N. & Johnston, R., 1 Dec 2008, In: Studia Celtica. 42, 1, p. 1-25
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2007

  • PublishedA Corpus of Early Medieval Inscribed Stones and Stone Sculpture in Wales: Vol. 2 South West Wales
    Edwards, N. M., 1 Jan 2007, University of Wales Board of Celtic Studies Monograph for University of Wales Press, Cardiff.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book
  • PublishedCharacterizing the Welsh Roundhouse: chronology, inhabitation and landscape
    Edwards, N. M., Ghey, E., Edwards, N., Johnston, R. & Pope, R., 1 Nov 2007, In: Internet Archaeology. 23
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedEdward Lhuyd and the origins of early medieval Celtic archaeology
    Edwards, N., Sept 2007, In: Antiquaries Journal. 87, p. 165-196
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedThe early medieval inscribed stones and stone sculpture in south-west Wales: the Irish Sea connection.
    Edwards, N. M., Edwards, N. & Moss, R. (Editor), 1 Jan 2007, Making and Meaning. Proceedings of the 5th International Insular Art Conference: Trinity College Dublin 2005.. 2007 ed. Four Courts Press, p. 184-197
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2006

  • PublishedCeltic Crosses.
    Edwards, N. M., Edwards, N. & Koch, J. T. (Editor), 1 Jan 2006, Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia. 2006 ed. ABC-CLIO Ltd
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  • PublishedProtecting carved stones in Scotland and Wales
    Edwards, N. M. & Hall, M. A., 1 Jan 2006, In: Church Archaeology. 7-9, p. 127-129
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedThe early medieval sculpture of Bangor Fawr yn Arfon.
    Edwards, N., 1 Jan 2006, The Modern Traveller to Our Past: Papers in Honour of Ann Hamlin. Meck, M. (ed.). 2006 ed. DPK, p. 105-111
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2005

  • PublishedEarly medieval Wales: a framework for archaeological research.
    Edwards, N. M., Edwards, N., Lane, A., Bapty, I. & Redknap, M., 1 Jan 2005, In: Archaeology in Wales. 45, p. 33-46
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedThe archaeology of early medieval Ireland, c.400-1169: settlement and economy.
    Edwards, N. M., Edwards, N. & O Cróinín, D. (Editor), 1 Jan 2005, A New History of Ireland: Volume 1 Prehistoric and Early Ireland.. 2005 ed. Clarendon Press, p. 235-300
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2002

  • PublishedCeltic Saints and early medieval archaeology.
    Edwards, N. M., Edwards, N., Thacker, A. (Editor) & Sharpe, R. (Editor), 1 Jan 2002, Local Saints and Local Churches in the Early Medieval West. 2002 ed. Oxford University Press, p. 225-265
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  • PublishedPattern and Purpose in Insular Art. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Insular art.
    Edwards, N. M. (Editor), Redknap, M. (Editor), Edwards, N. (Editor), Youngs, S. (Editor), Lane, A. (Editor) & Knight, J. (Editor), 1 Jan 2002, 2002 ed. Oxbow Books.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book

2001

  • PublishedEarly medieval inscribed stones and stone sculpture in Wales: context and function.
    Edwards, N. M. & Edwards, N., 1 Jan 2001, In: Medieval archaeology. 45, p. 15-39
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedMonuments in a landscape, the early medieval sculpture of St David’s.
    Edwards, N. M., Edwards, N., Hamerow, H. (Editor) & MacGregor, A. (Editor), 1 Jan 2001, Image and Power in the Archaeology of Early Medieval Britain: Essays in Honour of Rosemary Camp.. 2001 ed. Oxbow Books, p. 53-77
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  • PublishedSt Cyngar’s Church, Hope.
    Edwards, N. M., Jones, N., Silvester, B. & Edwards, N., 1 Jan 2001, In: Archaeology in Wales. 41, p. 42-50
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Projects

  • Life in Early Medieval Wales

    01/10/2015 – 01/08/2019 (Finished)

  • Project Eliseg (Excavations and Post-Excavation)

    01/10/2014 – 29/04/2016 (Finished)

  • Project Eliseg 2012

    12/03/2012 – 30/03/2013 (Finished)

  • A Corpus of Early Medieval Inscribed Stones and Stone Sculpture in Wales, Volume III, North Wales

    01/02/2011 – 30/09/2011 (Finished)

  • Project Eliseg (Excavations and Post-Excavation)

    01/07/2010 – 30/06/2016 (Finished)

  • Project Eliseg (Prosiect Eliseg)

    01/07/2010 – 31/10/2010 (Finished)

  • Viking Congress in Iceland

    01/08/2009 – 30/09/2009 (Finished)

  • Early Medieval Inscribed Stones

    01/09/2007 – 10/07/2009 (Finished)

  • Early Medieval Inscribed Stones And Ston

    01/10/2006 – 31/07/2009 (Finished)

  • Esf - Phd 04/07 - Filmiau'R Bont

    04/10/2004 – 31/10/2007 (Finished)

  • University Of Wales Christian Monuments

    01/09/1997 – 31/12/2021 (Finished)

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