Author Archives: Laura Saetveit Miles

The Birgittine library at Altomünster is at immanent risk. Only recently discovered by scholars, this women’s library contains an irreplaceable ensemble of books and other materials that can extend our knowledge of late-medieval women’s experiences. To sign a petition go … Continue reading →

The Syon Abbey Society is delighted to be co-sponsoring with the Vernacular Devotional Cultures Group a paper session on “Syon Abbey and Its Associates” at the next Kalamazoo Medieval Congress in May 2017. Please see below for full call details, … Continue reading →

Under the ‘Resources’ menu above, please find several new and very valuable resources generously offered by John Adams of the Syon Abbey Associates (London). They include: An updated “List of Extant MSS and Books.” This is the most comprehensive list of … Continue reading →

Call for Papers, Kalamazoo International Medieval Congress 2016, 12-15 May Session: “New Perspectives on Catherine of Siena and her Contemporaries” Sponsoring Group: Vernacular Devotional Cultures Group There has been a surge in interest in Catherine of Siena as a result of Heather … Continue reading →

Jonathan Nicholson, resident of one of the new houses on the Marley estate — formerly the site of the modern Syon Abbey — has self-published a wonderful collection of photographs, maps, and historical descriptions pertaining to the Marley Estate. It … Continue reading →

“Continuity and Chance in the Birgittine Order,” the third and final workshop for the “Syon at 600” project, will be held at Dartington Hall, Devon, UK, 21-24 July 2015. If you plan to go to this exciting event, please register … Continue reading →

England’s Last Medieval Monastery: Syon Abbey 1415-2015, by E. A. Jones (Gracewing, 2015) E.A. Jones, associate professor at the University of Exeter and principal investigator of the Syon at 600 project, has just published a new book that is a … Continue reading →

SPECIAL REPORT: “Syon at 600” Project – Syon Abbey Workshop @ Syon House, 7-9 November, 2014 by Sue Powell Dr Eddie Jones of the University of Exeter was the organiser of this Syon workshop, which took place in the impressive, … Continue reading →

The AHRC-funded Syon at 600 project, run by Eddie Jones (principal investigator) and Vincent Gillespie (co-investigator), has an exciting new website: http://syonat600.exeter.ac.uk The project’s second workshop, Syon in Lisbon, is appropriately based in Portugal and coming up soon: 20-22 April. If you are … Continue reading →

Syon to Agincourt: 1415 and Beyond Saturday, 25 April 2015, Graduate School, University of Hull, UK This Marvell symposium is the third in an integrated series recently organized under the auspices of the Andrew Marvell Centre for Medieval and Early … Continue reading →