For those who weren't able to attend – and anyone else who is interested to hear what I had to say – the recording of my inaugural professorial lecture is now available via the @unibirmingham YouTube channel: https://t.co/vgOzKskSKB
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Thank you so much to everyone who came to my inaugural lecture @unibirmingham last night. It was such a thrill to be speaking in a packed lecture theatre and surrounded by colleagues, friends + family. I had the best time!
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Full house this evening for the splendid inaugural lecture of our colleague @WilliamPurkis. If I hear anyone talking about The Crusades ever again, I will be cross! Congratulations, Prof. Purkis! 🥳🥳🥳
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We should study not so much crusades ordered by numbers, but the act of crusading, taking the cross, be willing to engage in devotional violence, with the expectation of spiritual reward. This means including all acts of ‘taking the cross’ in whatever arena, alone or in a group.
All gathered to celebrate our colleague @WilliamPurkis as he delivers his inaugural lecture! We will soon know: Should We Stop Talking about the Crusades?????
Just arrived on @unibirmingham to hear @WilliamPurkis deliver his inaugural lecture. I have known him since he began researching the ‘crusades’. Will he be deconstructing them this evening?
Should we stop talking about The Crusades? https://t.co/Blvhy832CG via @unibirmingham
I'm preparing a talk that I'm giving later this month about the past, present and future of the #RhodesMissal – one of the many treasures within the #medieval collections @StJohnsGate. Here are just a few of the stunning illuminations the manuscript contains ...
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Should we stop talking about The Crusades?
Join Professor @WilliamPurkis for his Inaugural lecture
🗓️ Wed 1 May
🕕 6-7pm
📍Arts Main Lecture Theatre (room 120)
Register 👉 https://t.co/QnlpjHxX2V
In 1998, as a @LancasterHistor UG, I was awarded a @CSJ_UK bursary and discovered the Middle Ages while walking to Compostela. 25 years later and I'm to become Prof. of Medieval History @unibirmingham. My heartfelt thanks to everyone who's guided and supported me along the way.
There's something very moving about the sight of worn stone steps, here from the staircase to the Calvary chapel in the church of the Holy Sepulchre.
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A somewhat meta moment as Jonathan Phillips reminds us that the origins of this @IIAS_Jerusalem Advanced School are to be found in a happy conversation we had over lunch with Ronnie, @IShagrir and Netta in January 2018.
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Very pleased to share the details of @BassettHayleye's online Zoom lecture @StJohnsGate on "Melisende Queen of Jerusalem: Co-rule and Conflict in the Kingdom of Heaven": https://t.co/cp7lzCuqbg
Tickets are free, donations are welcome.
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The programme for this term's @ihr_history#Crusades seminar (feat. Stephen Spencer, @LouisPulford, @DrSThroop, and Steve Tibble) is now online. All are welcome but advance is booking is essential #medievaltwitter
https://t.co/nYfpUYhSdo