Research and Outreach
All members of MARCUS are actively engaged in research into the medieval and ancient worlds. MARCUS aims to facilitate co-operation and collaboration within the field, and arranges round-table seminars to discuss potential bids for external research funding.
We also recognise that we are members of a local community in Sheffield and South Yorkshire, and are keen to share our work on the medieval and ancient past more broadly, through activities with schools, libraries, and other local interest groups.
Research Projects
One of the definitions of the Middle Ages is as a time when religion was not considered a separate category from other areas of life, before the invention of the secular in the Enlightenment. Yet ‘the secular’ is arguably a concept intrinsic to Christianity, and in fact people did distinguish between secular and religious in certain contexts. This AHRC project focuses on how this boundary was ‘performed’ in Europe c.600-1200, with particular attention to judicial practice
Outreach & Public Engagement
