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Dr Jenny Benham
Darllenydd mewn Hanes Canoloesol
Ysgol Hanes, Archaeoleg a Chrefydd
- BenhamJ@caerdydd.ac.uk
- +44 29208 75648
- Adeilad John Percival , Ystafell 4.27 (4ydd llawr), Rhodfa Colum, Caerdydd, CF10 3EU
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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
2023
- Benham, J. 2023. Friends to friends, enemies to enemies. History Today 73(6), pp. 74-83.
- Benham, J. 2023. The ordeal of the Lynx: Peacemaking in the Ruodlieb. Presented at: Fiat Pax. Le désir de paix dans la littérature médiévale, Strasbourg, Germany, 16-18 June 2022Fiat Pax. Le désir de paix dans la littérature médiévale. Fabula / Les colloques
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.
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. 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. 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. 2017. Danelaw. In: Echard, S. and Rouse, R. eds. The encyclopedia of medieval literature in Britain. Wiley
- Benham, J. 2017. Treaty of Verdun. In: Martel, G. ed. Wiley-Blackwell's Encyclopedia of Diplomacy. Wiley-Blackwell
- Benham, J. 2017. Treaty of Windsor. In: Martel, G. ed. Wiley-Blackwell's Encyclopedia of Diplomacy. Wiley-Blackwell
- Benham, J. 2017. Peace of Venice, 1177. In: Martel, G. ed. Wiley-Blackwell's Encyclopedia of Diplomacy. Wiley-Blackwell
2014
- 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. 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.
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. Friends to friends, enemies to enemies. History Today 73(6), pp. 74-83.
- 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. 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. 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. 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. 2017. Danelaw. In: Echard, S. and Rouse, R. eds. The encyclopedia of medieval literature in Britain. Wiley
- Benham, J. 2017. Treaty of Verdun. In: Martel, G. ed. Wiley-Blackwell's Encyclopedia of Diplomacy. Wiley-Blackwell
- Benham, J. 2017. Treaty of Windsor. In: Martel, G. ed. Wiley-Blackwell's Encyclopedia of Diplomacy. Wiley-Blackwell
- Benham, J. 2017. Peace of Venice, 1177. In: Martel, G. ed. Wiley-Blackwell's Encyclopedia of Diplomacy. Wiley-Blackwell
- 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. 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. 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.
Conferences
- Benham, J. 2023. The ordeal of the Lynx: Peacemaking in the Ruodlieb. Presented at: Fiat Pax. Le désir de paix dans la littérature médiévale, Strasbourg, Germany, 16-18 June 2022Fiat Pax. Le désir de paix dans la littérature médiévale. Fabula / Les colloques
- Benham, J. 2023. The ordeal of the Lynx: Peacemaking in the Ruodlieb. Presented at: Fiat Pax. Le désir de paix dans la littérature médiévale, Strasbourg, Germany, 16-18 June 2022Fiat Pax. Le désir de paix dans la littérature médiévale. Fabula / Les colloques
Ymchwil
Law, Treaties and International Relations
This project investigates the relationship between treaties and domestic law in medieval Europe c.500 to c.1250. The study aims, in particular, to re-align the historiography on international law in the medieval period with its modern counterpart by setting it in a wider context of international relations and diplomatic practice, and exploring some of the textual and practical possibilities and problems of this context. As part of this project, the intention is also to identify all treaties of the early and high medieval period, translate them into English and provide them with a commentary on their historical context.
Early English Laws
Early English Laws is an AHRC-funded project to publish online and in print new editions and translations of all English legal codes, edicts, and treatises produced up to the time of Magna Carta 1215 and to provide each with introductions and full commentary on all aspects of the texts, language, and law. It aims to transform the way in which these improved texts can be used by scholars and will provide a comprehensive resource on early law. For more information about the project, see Early English Laws.
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
