Professor Nancy Edwards

Emeritus Professor

n.edwards@bangor.ac.uk

Professor Nancy Edwards

Biography

I was appointed a Lecturer in Early Medieval Archaeology at Bangor in 1979 and became Professor of Medieval Archaeology in 2008. I retired in December 2020 and am now Emeritus Professor of Medieval Archaeology. I continue to supervise some research students.

I am a Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. I am also an Honorary Professor at Cardiff University and the University of Durham.

I completed my BA in Archaeology, Ancient and Medieval History at Liverpool University in 1976. I then moved to the University of Durham where I gained a PhD in Archaeology. My thesis examined early medieval sculpture in the Irish Midlands.

Research

My research is multidisciplinary embracing Archaeology, History and Art History. I am particularly interested in early medieval Wales c. AD 400鈥1100. I also have a continuing interest in early medieval Ireland and Scotland as well as aspects of the history of archaeology.

My book, Life in Early Medieval Wales (funded by a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship) was published by Oxford University Press in 2023.

Much of my research continues to focus on early medieval inscribed stones and stone sculpture in Wales. I am interested not only in the monuments themselves but also in their landscape contexts and what they can tell us about the early medieval society, identity, the Church, patronage and wealth. I have published two volumes of A Corpus of Early Medieval Inscribed Stones and Stone Sculpture in Wales, Volume II, South-West Wales (2007); Volume III, North Wales (2013).

I am currently working, with Gary Robinson (91精品黑料吃瓜) and Howard Williams (University of Chester), on a biography of the ninth-century Pillar of Eliseg. I have also become interested in early medieval graffiti as part of my research on the sculptural assemblage from St Patrick鈥檚 Chapel, near St Davids.

Areas of Teaching & Supervision

2023

  • Published
    Edwards, N., 22 Dec 2023, Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy, 21, p. 445-465 20 p.
    Research output: Contribution to specialist publication 鈥 Article
  • Published
    Edwards, N., 22 Aug 2023, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 511 p.
    Research output: Book/Report 鈥 Book 鈥 peer-review

2022

  • Published
    Edwards, N., 2022
    Research output: Book/Report 鈥 Commissioned report

2020

  • Published
    Edwards, N., 1 Sept 2020, In: Archaeologia Cambrensis. 2020, 169, p. 1-29
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review

2017

  • Published
    Edwards, N., 2017, Transforming Landscapes of Belief in the Early Medieval Insular World and Beyond: Converting the Isles II. Edwards, N., N脥 MHAONAIGH, M. & Fletcher, R. (eds.). Brepols Publishers
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥 Chapter
  • Published
    Edwards, N., 3 Jan 2017, Making Christian Landscapes : Conversion and Consolidation in Early Medieval Europe. Carrag谩in, T. O. & Turner, S. (eds.). Cork University Press, p. 177-203
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥 Chapter 鈥 peer-review
  • Published
    Hopewell, D. & Edwards, N., Dec 2017, In: Archaeologia Cambrensis. 166
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review
  • Published
    Edwards, N., 31 Dec 2017, In: Studia Celtica. 51, p. 65-87
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review
  • Published
    Edwards, N. (Editor), Flechner, R. (Editor) & Mhaonaigh, M. N. (Editor), 31 Oct 2017, Brepols Publishers. (Cultural Encounters in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages)
    Research output: Book/Report 鈥 Book 鈥 peer-review

2016

  • Published
    Edwards, N., Jun 2016, In: Archaeologia Cambrensis. 165, p. 187-199
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review

2015

  • Published
    Edwards, N. M. & Vousden, N., 19 Jun 2015, In: Archaeology in Wales. 53
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review
  • Published
    Edwards, N., 1 Nov 2015, In: Medieval archaeology. 59, 1, p. 340-340
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Book/Film/Article review 鈥 peer-review
  • Published
    Edwards, N. M., 27 Apr 2015, Cambridge University Press.
    Research output: Book/Report 鈥 Book
  • Published
    Tong, J., Evans, S., Williams, H., Edwards, N. & Robinson, G., 1 May 2015, In: Internet Archaeology. 39
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review

2014

  • Published
    Edwards, N., 1 Nov 2014, In: Medieval archaeology. 58, 1
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Book/Film/Article review 鈥 peer-review
  • Published
    Edwards, N., 1 Dec 2014, In: Welsh History Review. 27, 2, p. 368-370
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review

2013

  • Published
    Edwards, N., 15 Apr 2013, 2013 ed. University of Wales Press.
    Research output: Book/Report 鈥 Book
  • Published
    Edwards, N. M., Gould, J., Evans, N. (Editor) & Pryce, H. (Editor), 1 Dec 2013, Writing a Small Nation's Past: Wales in Comparative Perspective: 1850鈥1950. 2013 ed. Ashgate, p. 143-164
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥 Chapter

2011

  • Published
    Edwards, N. M., Edwards, N., Robinson, G., Williams, H. & Evans, D. M., 1 Jan 2011, In: Archaeology in Wales. 50, p. 57-59
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review
  • Published
    Edwards, N., 1 Jan 2011, Tome: Studies in Medieval Celtic history and Law in honour of Thomas Charles-Edwards. Edmonds, F. & Russell, P. (eds.). 2011 ed. Boydell, p. 73-87
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥 Chapter

2010

  • Published
    Edwards, N., 1 Jan 2010, In: Welsh History Review. 25, 1, p. 20-50
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review

2009

  • Published
    Edwards, N., 22 May 2009, In: Antiquaries Journal. 89, p. 143-177
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review
  • Published
    Edwards, N. (Editor), 1 Jan 2009, 2009 ed. Routledge. (Society for Medieval Archaeology Monotraphs; vol. 29)
    Research output: Book/Report 鈥 Book
  • Published
    Edwards, N., 1 Jan 2009, The Archaeology of the Early Medieval Celtic Churches. 2009 ed. Routledge, p. 1-18
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥 Chapter

2008

  • Published
    Edwards, N. M., Ghey, E., Edwards, N. & Johnston, R., 1 Dec 2008, In: Studia Celtica. 42, 1, p. 1-25
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review

2007

  • Published
    Edwards, N. M., 1 Jan 2007, University of Wales Board of Celtic Studies Monograph for University of Wales Press, Cardiff.
    Research output: Book/Report 鈥 Book
  • Published
    Edwards, N. M., Ghey, E., Edwards, N., Johnston, R. & Pope, R., 1 Nov 2007, In: Internet Archaeology. 23
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review
  • Published
    Edwards, N., Sept 2007, In: Antiquaries Journal. 87, p. 165-196
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review
  • Published
    Edwards, N. M., Edwards, N. & Moss, R. (Editor), 1 Jan 2007, Making and Meaning. Proceedings of the 5th International Insular Art Conference: Trinity College Dublin 2005.. 2007 ed. Four Courts Press, p. 184-197
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥 Chapter

2006

  • Published
    Edwards, N. M., Edwards, N. & Koch, J. T. (Editor), 1 Jan 2006, Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia. 2006 ed. ABC-CLIO Ltd
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥 Chapter
  • Published
    Edwards, N. M. & Hall, M. A., 1 Jan 2006, In: Church Archaeology. 7-9, p. 127-129
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review
  • Published
    Edwards, N., 1 Jan 2006, The Modern Traveller to Our Past: Papers in Honour of Ann Hamlin. Meck, M. (ed.). 2006 ed. DPK, p. 105-111
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥 Chapter

2005

  • Published
    Edwards, N. M., Edwards, N., Lane, A., Bapty, I. & Redknap, M., 1 Jan 2005, In: Archaeology in Wales. 45, p. 33-46
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review
  • Published
    Edwards, N. M., Edwards, N. & O Cr贸in铆n, D. (Editor), 1 Jan 2005, A New History of Ireland: Volume 1 Prehistoric and Early Ireland.. 2005 ed. Clarendon Press, p. 235-300
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥 Chapter

2002

  • Published
    Edwards, N. M., Edwards, N., Thacker, A. (Editor) & Sharpe, R. (Editor), 1 Jan 2002, Local Saints and Local Churches in the Early Medieval West. 2002 ed. Oxford University Press, p. 225-265
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥 Chapter
  • Published
    Edwards, N. M. (Editor), Redknap, M. (Editor), Edwards, N. (Editor), Youngs, S. (Editor), Lane, A. (Editor) & Knight, J. (Editor), 1 Jan 2002, 2002 ed. Oxbow Books.
    Research output: Book/Report 鈥 Book

2001

  • Published
    Edwards, N. M. & Edwards, N., 1 Jan 2001, In: Medieval archaeology. 45, p. 15-39
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review
  • Published
    Edwards, N. M., Edwards, N., Hamerow, H. (Editor) & MacGregor, A. (Editor), 1 Jan 2001, Image and Power in the Archaeology of Early Medieval Britain: Essays in Honour of Rosemary Camp.. 2001 ed. Oxbow Books, p. 53-77
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥 Chapter
  • Published
    Edwards, N. M., Jones, N., Silvester, B. & Edwards, N., 1 Jan 2001, In: Archaeology in Wales. 41, p. 42-50
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review

  • 01/10/2015 鈥 01/08/2019 (Finished)

  • 01/10/2014 鈥 29/04/2016 (Finished)

  • 12/03/2012 鈥 30/03/2013 (Finished)

  • 01/02/2011 鈥 30/09/2011 (Finished)

  • 01/07/2010 鈥 30/06/2016 (Finished)

  • 01/07/2010 鈥 31/10/2010 (Finished)

  • 01/08/2009 鈥 30/09/2009 (Finished)

  • 01/09/2007 鈥 10/07/2009 (Finished)

  • 01/10/2006 鈥 31/07/2009 (Finished)

  • 04/10/2004 鈥 31/10/2007 (Finished)

  • 01/09/1997 鈥 31/12/2021 (Finished)