Published and forthcoming work
Journal articles
"Power over Past and Future: Abbess Emma and the nunnery of Sant Joan de les Abadesses" in Early Medieval Europe Vol. 12 Pt 3 (Oxford: Blackwells 2004 for 2003), pp. 229-258. Winner of the Blackwells/Early Medieval Europe Prize for Best First Published Essay 2004. An electronic copy of the text of this paper is linked here, in PDF format; the definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com"The Political Range of Áedán mac Gabráin King of Dál Riata" in Pictish Arts Society Journal Vol. 17 (Brechin: Pictish Arts Society 2008), pp. 3-24. This paper was first written in 2000 and was originally scheduled to emerge in 2001; as it finally came out it was missing its graphics and its endnotes, and spelt my name wrong. A correct version can be downloaded here, with its bibliography here.
"Currency change in pre-millennial Catalonia: coinage, counts and economics" in Numismatic Chronicle Vol. 168 (London forthcoming), pp. 00-00.
"Aprisio in Catalonia in perspective" in Early Medieval Europe (Oxford forthcoming), pp. 00-00.
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Chapters in edited volumes
"Centurions, Alcalas and Christiani perversi: Organisation of Society in the pre-Catalan 'Terra de Ningú'" in A. Deyermond & M. Ryan (ed.), Early Medieval Spain: a symposium, Papers of the Medieval Hispanic Research Seminar 63 (London: Queen Mary University of London forthcoming), pp. 00-00.Reviews
Stephen D. White, Feuding and Peacemaking in Eleventh-Century France, Variorum Collected Studies Series (Aldershot: Ashgate 2005) in Early Medieval Europe Vol. 15 (Oxford: Blackwells 2006), pp. 124-125.Under revision after review
Books
Pathways of Power in late-Carolingian Catalonia: charters and connections on a medieval frontier, Studies in History (London: Royal Historical Society, publication expected 2008).Journal articles
"Digitizing Numismatics: getting the Fitzwilliam Museum's coins to the world-wide web", for The Heroic Age (online)."Fixing Documents in Carolingian Catalonia: replacement, redaction and diplomatic method", submitted to Historical Methods (Washington: Heldref). Text available.
"The Continuation of Carolingian Expansion: edge cases from medieval Catalonia". Submitted to Viator (Turnhout: Brepols).
"Archbishop Ató of Osona: false metropolitans on the Marca Hispanica". Originally submitted to Journal of Medieval History (Amsterdam: Elsevier).
Under review
Nothing outstanding at last update.For further details of works in progress, for several of which I have texts available, see the Projects page.
Conference and Seminar presentations
"Documents that shouldn't survive: preservation from before the archive in Catalonia and elsewhere". International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds (in submitted session 'Problems and Possibilities of Early Medieval Diplomatic, II: was it filed or was it lost?'), upcoming 07/07/2008."Centurions, Alcalas and Christiani Perversi: organisation of society in the pre-Catalan terra de ningú". Second Colloquium on the Cultures of Christian and Islamic Iberia, University of Exeter, 3 September 2007.
"Uncertain Origins: comparing the earliest documentary culture in Carolingian Catalonia". International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds (in submitted session 'Problems and Possibilities of Early Medieval Diplomatic, I: Formulas and Realities – Did Charters Reflect Real Life?'), 9 July 2007.
"Currency change in pre-millennial Catalonia: coinage, counts and economics". Department of Coins & Medals, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 4 May 2007.
"Neo-Goths, Mozarabs and Kings: chronicles versus charters in tenth-century León". Earlier Middle Ages Seminar, Institute of Historical Research, London, 7 February 2007.
"An ivory tower over the palace? Gothic self-image in tenth-century León". Fifth Conference of Historians of Medieval Iberia, St Andrews, 7 September 2006.
"Fixing documents in Carolingian-period Catalonia". International Medieval Congress, Leeds (in submitted session: 'Clods, altars, records and donors: reading narratives and emotions in early medieval charters'), 11 July 2006.
"Aprisio in Catalonia in perspective", Fourth Conference of Historians of Medieval Iberia, Exeter, 15 September 2005.
"Sales, swindles and sanctions: Bishop Sal·la of Urgell and the counts of Catalonia". International Medieval Congress, Leeds (in session: 'Telling Laymen What to Do'), 21 July 2005.
"The Continuation of Carolingian Expansion: splitting hairs in medieval Catalonia". Second Conference of Historians of Medieval Spain and Portugal, Liverpool, 15 September 2003.
"Archbishop Ató of Vic: ecclesiastical separatism in Carolingian Catalonia". EMERGE Conference 2003, St Andrews, 13 September 2003.
"Power over Past and Future: Abbess Emma and the abbey of Sant Joan de les Abadesses". Earlier Middle Ages Seminar, Institute of Historical Research, London, 28 May 2003.
"The Political Range of Áedán mac Gabráin, King of Dál Riata". EMERGE Conference 2000, Edinburgh, 07 September 2000.