Kimberley Cosgrove


Email: kis@aber.ac.uk

Thesis

Rewriting Sanctity: Anglo-Saxon Saints Cults in Post-Conquest England

General Research Interests

All things Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman, but particularly focusing on the ways in which literature can be used to trace cultural integration and development, and on the relationship between religion and politics during the medieval period.

Publications and Conference Papers

Publications:

  • ‘The Ladies of Ely’, Quest, No.6 (Spring, 2009)

Papers:

  • ‘The Use of Imagery in the Hagiographical Works of Ælfric’ (26th February 2008, Gregynog) University of Wales Staff-Student Medieval History Colloquium; Signs & Symbols
  • ‘St Æthelthryth & the English Resistance’ (11th June 2008, Bangor University) IMEMS Conference; Women & the Sacred
  • ‘The Ladies of Ely’ (19th September 2008, Queens University Belfast) School of History & Anthropology Conference; Et credidit populus : The Role and Function of Beliefs in Early Societies
  • ‘Rise to Fame or Descent into Obscurity: The Cults of SS Æthelthryth and Mildrith’ (13th January 2009) Aberystwyth Postgraduate Forum
  • ‘Sponsa Christi: Female Anglo-Saxon Saints and the Evolution of their Cults’ (2nd May 2009) St. Andrews Institute of Medieaval Studies Conference; Gender and Transgression
  • ‘Sponsa Christi: Female Anglo-Saxon Saints and the Evolution of their Cults’ (17th May 2009) Lancaster University Histfest
  • ‘Rewriting Sanctity: Changes in Veneration Practices During the Central Middle Ages’ (8th June 2009) School of Arts, Histories and Cultures, University of Manchester Conference; Religion, Belief & Supersitition
  • ‘St. Hild: Deciphering an Unsuccessful Anglo-Saxon Cult’ (9th January 2010) Aberystwyth Postgraduate Colloquium
  • ‘Rewriting Sanctity: Changes in Veneration Practices During the Central Middle Ages’ (14th May 2010) Lancaster University Histfest
  • ‘Cults Crossing Boundaries’ (13th July 2010) Leeds International Medieval Congress; Travel and Exploration
  • ‘Rewriting Sanctity: The Translations of Edward the Confessor’ (15th December 2010) Aberystwyth University Research Seminar Series