Dr Sarah Hamilton BA (Cantab.), MA, Ph.D (London)

Extension: 4286

Telephone: 01392 264286

Senior Lecturer in Medieval History

I am interested in the religious and social history of early medieval Europe, especially between c. 900 and c. 1200. My work to date has focussed on the practice of penance, but recently I have undertaken research into pastoral care more generally, and also into Cathar theology; I am currently investigating the practice of excommunication, and am also writing a book on the laity's interest in, and influence upon, the Church in the central Middle Ages. I am happy to supervise research into most aspects of religious and social history in this period, in particular the study of social and political rituals.