My name is Bethan Welch, and I am studying MA International Heritage Management. Over the last six weeks, I have been lucky enough to work with the Museum of the Order of St John as a Collaborative Research Intern. The main aim of the internship has been to research ten objects from the medieval collection … Continue reading “Finding Stories in Medieval Objects at the Museum of the Order of St John by Bethan Welch (CRI 2025)”
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Crossroads of Empires: The Lombard Church of Montecorvino Rovella
‘Being guided by seasoned professionals has been a highlight of my academic career’ – Kylie (BA Ancient History and Archaeology) shares her experiences of spending two and a half weeks excavating a Lombard church in southern Italy.
At the Crossroads of Empires
There was much more to Benjamin’s research trip to Italy than the wonderfully preserved Church of Sant’Ambrogio – during the two and a half week project he also had the chance to explore chapels and churches at Salerno and Formis.
At the Crossroads of Empires: the Longobard Church of Sant’Ambrogio at Montecorvino Rovella (Salerno), Italy
Sean Deans (BA Ancient and Medieval History) shares his experiences of working with the ‘At the Crossroad of Empires’ project team to research an early medieval church in Italy, which encompassed everything from archaeological surveying and interviewing local residents to meeting the Mayor and attending a saxophone concert!