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Research interests
- Political and cultural history of the early and high Middle Ages
- International relations and medieval diplomacy
- Early medieval legal history
- Medieval warfare
- Medieval Scandinavia
Current research projects
- Law, Treaties and International Relations
- Early English Laws
Cyhoeddiad
2025
- Benham, J. 2025. Negotiation, peacemaking and treaties. an early medieval perspective. In: Lazzarini, I., Piffanelli, L. and Pirillo, D. eds. Reframing Treaties in the Late Medieval and Early Modern West. Oxford University Press
2024
- Benham, J. 2024. "A Little Bird Told Me.." Spies and espionage in the Norman world. In: Church, S. D. ed. Anglo-Norman Studies XLVI. Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2023. Boydell & Brewer, pp. 185-202.
- Benham, J. and Smith, J. 2024. Was there transitional justice in the medieval world?. In: Meierhenrich, J., Hinton, A. L. and Douglas, L. eds. Oxford Handbook of Transitional Justice. Oxford: Oxford University Press, (10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198704355.013.7)
- Benham, J. 2024. Peacemaking and negotiations in high medieval Scandinavia. In: Orning, H. J., Sigurðsson, J. V. and Esmark, K. eds. New Perspectives on the 'Civil Wars' in Medieval Scandinavia. Brepols
2023
- Benham, J. 2023. 'A little bird told me': Spies and espionage in the early medieval world. The Historian Magazine 159, pp. 6-11.
- Benham, J. 2023. The ordeal of the Lynx: Peacemaking in the Ruodlieb. Fabula. Les colloques
- Benham, J. 2023. Friends to friends, enemies to enemies. History Today 73(6), pp. 74-83.
2022
- Benham, J. 2022. International law in Europe, 700-1200. Artes Liberales. Manchester University Press.
2021
- Benham, J. and Afsah, E. 2021. The contingent state between ideal and practice. In: Sigurđsson, J. V. and Orning, H. J. eds. Medieval and Modern Civil Wars: A Comparative Perspective. History of Warfare Brill, pp. 124-168.
- Benham, J., McHaffie, M. and Vogt, H. 2021. Introduction. The Mediaeval Journal 11(2), pp. 7-14. (10.1484/J.TMJ.5.137084)
2020
- Benham, J. 2020. Battle-writing and commemoration: the transition from conflict to peace. In: Ni Mhaonaigh, M., Naismith, R. and Ashman Rowe, E. eds. Writing Battles: New Perspectives on Warfare and Memory in Medieval Europe. London: Bloomsbury, pp. 27-38.
- Benham, J. 2020. The earliest arbitration treaty? A reassessment of the Anglo-Norman Treaty of 991. Historical Research 93(260), pp. 189-204. (10.1093/hisres/htaa001)
- Benham, J. 2020. Peace, security and deterrence. In: Simons, W. P. ed. A Cultural History of Peace in the Medieval Age. The Cultural Histories Series London: Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 119-134.
2018
- McHaffie, M. W., Benham, J. and Vogt, H. eds. 2018. Law and language in the middle ages. Medieval Law and Its Practice. Brill.
- Benham, J. 2018. Peace of Venice (1177). In: Martel, G. ed. The Encyclopedia of Diplomacy., Vol. 4. John Wiley & Sons, (10.1002/9781118885154.dipl0470)
- Benham, J. 2018. Treaty of Windsor. In: Martel, G. ed. The Encyclopedia of Diplomacy. John Wiley & Sons, (10.1002/9781118885154.dipl0496)
- Benham, J. 2018. Treaty of Verdun. In: Martel, G. ed. Wiley-Blackwell's Encyclopedia of Diplomacy. John Wiley & Sons, (10.1002/9781118885154.dipl0494)
- Benham, J. 2018. Translating medieval documents: some basic problems. In: Benham, J. and Julian-Jones, M. eds. Translation and Medieval Documents. Voices of Law, pp. 9-16.
2017
- Benham, J. 2017. Danelaw. In: Echard, S. and Rouse, R. eds. The Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain. John Wiley & Sons, (10.1002/9781118396957.wbemlb392)
- Benham, J. 2017. Writing peace, writing war: Roger of Howden and Saxo Grammaticus compared. In: Munster-Swendsen, M., Heeboll-Holm, T. K. and Sonnesyn, S. O. eds. History and Intellectual Culture in the Long Twelfth Century: The Scandinavian Connection. Durham Medieval and Renaissance Monographs and Essays Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, pp. 272-294.
2014
- Benham, J. 2014. Wounding in the High Middle Ages: law and practice. In: Kirkham, A. and Warr, C. eds. Wounds in the Middle Ages. Routledge, pp. 151-174.
- Benham, J. 2014. Law, language and crime in Denmark and England: a comparative approach. In: Andersen, P. et al. eds. How Nordic are the Nordic Medieval Laws: Ten Years After. Proceedings of the 10th Carlsberg Academy Conference on Medieval Legal History. Djet Forlag
2013
- Benham, J. 2013. Walter Map and Ralph Glaber: intertextuality and the construction of memories of peacemaking. In: Di Bacco, G. and Plumley, Y. eds. Citation, Intertextuality and Memory in the Middle Ages and Rennaissance. Volume 2: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Medieval Culture. Exeter Studies in Medieval Europe Exeter: University of Exeter Press
- Benham, J. 2013. Law or treaty? Defining the edge of legal studies in the early and high medieval periods. Historical Research 86(233), pp. 487-497. (10.1111/1468-2281.12025)
- Benham, J. 2013. Perceptions of war and peace: the role of treaties from the tenth to the early thirteenth centuries. In: Bleach, L. and Borrill, K. eds. Battle and Bloodshed: The Medieval World at War. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, pp. 217-230.
2011
- Benham, J. 2011. Peacemaking in the Middle Ages: principles and practice. Manchester Medieval Studies. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
2005
- Benham, J. 2005. Anglo-French peace conferences in the Twelfth Century. In: Gillingham, J. ed. Anglo-Norman Studies XXVII. Boydell and Brewer, pp. 52-67.
2004
- Benham, J. 2004. Philip Augustus and the Angevin Empire: the Scandinavian connexion. Mediaeval Scandinavia 14, pp. 37-50.
Articles
- Benham, J. 2023. 'A little bird told me': Spies and espionage in the early medieval world. The Historian Magazine 159, pp. 6-11.
- Benham, J. 2023. The ordeal of the Lynx: Peacemaking in the Ruodlieb. Fabula. Les colloques
- Benham, J. 2023. Friends to friends, enemies to enemies. History Today 73(6), pp. 74-83.
- Benham, J., McHaffie, M. and Vogt, H. 2021. Introduction. The Mediaeval Journal 11(2), pp. 7-14. (10.1484/J.TMJ.5.137084)
- Benham, J. 2020. The earliest arbitration treaty? A reassessment of the Anglo-Norman Treaty of 991. Historical Research 93(260), pp. 189-204. (10.1093/hisres/htaa001)
- Benham, J. 2013. Law or treaty? Defining the edge of legal studies in the early and high medieval periods. Historical Research 86(233), pp. 487-497. (10.1111/1468-2281.12025)
- Benham, J. 2004. Philip Augustus and the Angevin Empire: the Scandinavian connexion. Mediaeval Scandinavia 14, pp. 37-50.
Book sections
- Benham, J. 2025. Negotiation, peacemaking and treaties. an early medieval perspective. In: Lazzarini, I., Piffanelli, L. and Pirillo, D. eds. Reframing Treaties in the Late Medieval and Early Modern West. Oxford University Press
- Benham, J. 2024. "A Little Bird Told Me.." Spies and espionage in the Norman world. In: Church, S. D. ed. Anglo-Norman Studies XLVI. Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2023. Boydell & Brewer, pp. 185-202.
- Benham, J. and Smith, J. 2024. Was there transitional justice in the medieval world?. In: Meierhenrich, J., Hinton, A. L. and Douglas, L. eds. Oxford Handbook of Transitional Justice. Oxford: Oxford University Press, (10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198704355.013.7)
- Benham, J. 2024. Peacemaking and negotiations in high medieval Scandinavia. In: Orning, H. J., Sigurðsson, J. V. and Esmark, K. eds. New Perspectives on the 'Civil Wars' in Medieval Scandinavia. Brepols
- Benham, J. and Afsah, E. 2021. The contingent state between ideal and practice. In: Sigurđsson, J. V. and Orning, H. J. eds. Medieval and Modern Civil Wars: A Comparative Perspective. History of Warfare Brill, pp. 124-168.
- Benham, J. 2020. Battle-writing and commemoration: the transition from conflict to peace. In: Ni Mhaonaigh, M., Naismith, R. and Ashman Rowe, E. eds. Writing Battles: New Perspectives on Warfare and Memory in Medieval Europe. London: Bloomsbury, pp. 27-38.
- Benham, J. 2020. Peace, security and deterrence. In: Simons, W. P. ed. A Cultural History of Peace in the Medieval Age. The Cultural Histories Series London: Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 119-134.
- Benham, J. 2018. Peace of Venice (1177). In: Martel, G. ed. The Encyclopedia of Diplomacy., Vol. 4. John Wiley & Sons, (10.1002/9781118885154.dipl0470)
- Benham, J. 2018. Treaty of Windsor. In: Martel, G. ed. The Encyclopedia of Diplomacy. John Wiley & Sons, (10.1002/9781118885154.dipl0496)
- Benham, J. 2018. Treaty of Verdun. In: Martel, G. ed. Wiley-Blackwell's Encyclopedia of Diplomacy. John Wiley & Sons, (10.1002/9781118885154.dipl0494)
- Benham, J. 2018. Translating medieval documents: some basic problems. In: Benham, J. and Julian-Jones, M. eds. Translation and Medieval Documents. Voices of Law, pp. 9-16.
- Benham, J. 2017. Danelaw. In: Echard, S. and Rouse, R. eds. The Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain. John Wiley & Sons, (10.1002/9781118396957.wbemlb392)
- Benham, J. 2017. Writing peace, writing war: Roger of Howden and Saxo Grammaticus compared. In: Munster-Swendsen, M., Heeboll-Holm, T. K. and Sonnesyn, S. O. eds. History and Intellectual Culture in the Long Twelfth Century: The Scandinavian Connection. Durham Medieval and Renaissance Monographs and Essays Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, pp. 272-294.
- Benham, J. 2014. Wounding in the High Middle Ages: law and practice. In: Kirkham, A. and Warr, C. eds. Wounds in the Middle Ages. Routledge, pp. 151-174.
- Benham, J. 2014. Law, language and crime in Denmark and England: a comparative approach. In: Andersen, P. et al. eds. How Nordic are the Nordic Medieval Laws: Ten Years After. Proceedings of the 10th Carlsberg Academy Conference on Medieval Legal History. Djet Forlag
- Benham, J. 2013. Walter Map and Ralph Glaber: intertextuality and the construction of memories of peacemaking. In: Di Bacco, G. and Plumley, Y. eds. Citation, Intertextuality and Memory in the Middle Ages and Rennaissance. Volume 2: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Medieval Culture. Exeter Studies in Medieval Europe Exeter: University of Exeter Press
- Benham, J. 2013. Perceptions of war and peace: the role of treaties from the tenth to the early thirteenth centuries. In: Bleach, L. and Borrill, K. eds. Battle and Bloodshed: The Medieval World at War. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, pp. 217-230.
- Benham, J. 2005. Anglo-French peace conferences in the Twelfth Century. In: Gillingham, J. ed. Anglo-Norman Studies XXVII. Boydell and Brewer, pp. 52-67.
Books
- Benham, J. 2022. International law in Europe, 700-1200. Artes Liberales. Manchester University Press.
- McHaffie, M. W., Benham, J. and Vogt, H. eds. 2018. Law and language in the middle ages. Medieval Law and Its Practice. Brill.
- Benham, J. 2011. Peacemaking in the Middle Ages: principles and practice. Manchester Medieval Studies. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
- Benham, J. 2023. The ordeal of the Lynx: Peacemaking in the Ruodlieb. Fabula. Les colloques
Ymchwil
Little Birds: Spies and Espionage in the Medieval World
Chwaraeodd ysbïwyr, eu rhwydweithiau a'u gweithgareddau ran hanfodol yn y cystadlu gwleidyddol y byd canoloesol. Amlygir hyn yn glir yn y trosiadol 'adar bach' – e.e. gigfran, jackdaws, starlings – a geir yn llenyddiaeth Ladin a brodorol Ewrop 500-1200, ac a oedd yn aml yn dynodi menywod, plant, anabl, lleiafrifoedd crefyddol, a alltudion yn cymryd rhan mewn gweithgareddau ysbïo. Drwy ategu'r dystiolaeth lenyddol hon gyda chofnodion hanesyddol a diwylliant materol, mae'r prosiect hwn yn adeiladu darlun cyfoethocach, mwy amrywiol, o ysbïo canoloesol cynnar sy'n mynd y tu hwnt i'r ffocws hanesyddiaethol cyfredol ar ysbïo milwrol a diplomyddol ac yn adolygu ein dealltwriaeth o sut roedd gwleidyddiaeth ganoloesol yn gweithio.
Cyfraith Ryngwladol yn Ewrop, c. 700-1200
A oedd deddf ryngwladol yn yr Oesoedd Canol? Gan ddefnyddio cytuniadau fel ei brif ffynhonnell, mae'r llyfr hwn yn archwilio i ba raddau y gwyddwyd a dilynwyd system o'r fath reolau yn y cyfnod rhwng 700 a 1200. Mae'n ystyried pa mor gyson ufuddhawyd i reolau cyfreithiol rhyngwladol, a oedd dibyniaeth ar gyfiawnhad gweithredu ac a oedd gan y system y gallu i ddatrys cwestiynau ffeithiol a chyfraith. Mae'r llyfr yn taflu goleuni pellach ar faterion megis cydymffurfio, gorfodi, ataliaeth, awdurdod ac awdurdodaeth, herio syniadau traddodiadol ynghylch eu rôl a'u swyddogaeth yn hanes cyfraith ryngwladol.
Lleisiau'r Gyfraith: Iaith, Testun ac Ymarfer
Mae Caerdydd, ynghyd â phrifysgolion Caergrawnt, Glasgow a Copenhagen a'r Academi Friesaidd yn yr Iseldiroedd, wedi derbyn tua £80,000 gan Ymddiriedolaeth Leverhulme ar gyfer y rhwydwaith rhyngwladol 'Voices of Law: Language, Text and Practice'. Nod y rhwydwaith yw sefydlu fframwaith cymharol eang a fydd yn tynnu sylw at gysylltiadau trawsddiwylliannol ac yn cwmpasu meysydd o arwyddocâd eithriadol ar gyfer astudio'r gyfraith, iaith ac ymarfer cyfreithiol ym Mhrydain, Sgandinafia a Frisia yn y cyfnod 600-c1250 OC. Dros gyfnod o 24 mis, bydd y rhwydwaith yn cynnal tri choloquia a thri gweithdy, pob un mewn sefydliad gwahanol ym Mhrydain, Sgandinafia a'r Iseldiroedd. Bydd y rhwydwaith yn cynhyrchu dau gasgliad wedi'u golygu ymhellach, monograff cydweithredol sy'n ymwneud â'r prif themâu, a chanllaw sgiliau ôl-raddedig ar weithio gyda chyfraith ganoloesol gynnar.
Cyfreithiau Lloegr Cynnar
Mae Early English Laws yn brosiect a ariennir gan AHRC i gyhoeddi ar-lein ac mewn print argraffiadau a chyfieithiadau newydd o'r holl godau cyfreithiol, edicts, a thraethodau a gynhyrchwyd hyd at amser Magna Carta 1215 ac i roi cyflwyniadau a sylwebaeth lawn i bob un ar bob agwedd ar destunau, iaith a chyfraith. Ei nod yw trawsnewid y ffordd y gall ysgolheigion ddefnyddio'r testunau gwell hyn a bydd yn darparu adnodd cynhwysfawr ar gyfraith gynnar.
Addysgu
I welcome undergraduate students interested in gaining an in-depth knowledge of the political and cultural history of the early and high Middle Ages and Medieval war and diplomacy. The contents of the courses can be found below:
Undergraduate year one modules
Undergraduate year two modules
Postgraduate
- HST911 Approaches to the History of Medieval Britain
- HST903 Themes in Ancient and Medieval Warfare
- HST906 Epic Warriors: Achilles, Beowulf and Beyond
Bywgraffiad
Education and qualifications
BA, MA and PhD University of East Anglia
Career overview
Before arriving in Cardiff in September 2013, I worked for several years outside academe, first in the legal sector and then in the publishing industry. I also spent five years as the lead teacher and Norfolk co-ordinator of the Civitas school in Great Yarmouth, and worked for three years as a project officer for the AHRC-funded project Early English Laws at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London.
Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau
2000-2003 Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB) PhD Studentship
1999-2000 AHRB Master Studentship
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
2016 Etholwyd yn Gymrawd y Gymdeithas Hanesyddol Frenhinol
2015 Cymrawd yr Academi Addysg Uwch
Meysydd goruchwyliaeth
Mae gen i ddiddordeb mewn goruchwylio myfyrwyr PhD ym meysydd:
- Hanes cyfraith ryngwladol a diplomyddiaeth ganoloesol
- Hanes cyfreithiol canoloesol cynnar
- Rhyfela canoloesol
- Sgandinafia Canoloesol
- Hanes gwleidyddol a diwylliannol yr Oesoedd Canol cynnar ac uchel
Goruchwyliaeth gyfredol
Contact Details
+44 29208 75648
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