Miss Melissa Julian-Jones
History Tutor for Continuing & Professional Education
Overview
I specialise in the Welsh March 1066-1272, with interests in socio-political and ecclesiastical networks. I have experience in teaching at Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Access to HE and Adult Learning Course levels, and was an Honorary Research Associate at Cardiff University from 2015-2016 and the Network Facilitator for the Leverhulme Trust-funded project, Voices of Law: Text, Language and Practice from 2016-2018.
Currently I am the co-organiser and co-editor of the Power of the Bishop Conference Series and Transactions, and a History Tutor for the Cardiff University Centre for Continuing and Professional Education (CPE).
I am also a voluntary Medieval Researcher for the AHRC-funded CAER Heritage Project [CHP], co-producing research with the local community and schools in West Cardiff, with whom I lead community courses through Live Local Learn Local.
In addition to the public engagement and curriculum support activities which CHP delivers, I am also the Project Lead on a curriculum enhancement project producing history research skills resources for students and teachers for KS4-5. This Research Councils UK-funded project website can be found at: www.welshbacchistory.co.uk.
Publication
2020
- Julian-Jones, M. 2020. Murder during the Hundred Years' War: the curious case of William Cantilupe. Pen and Sword Books.
- Coss, P. et al. eds. 2020. Episcopal power and personality in medieval Europe 900-1480. Medieval Church Studies. Brepols Publishers.
- Dennis, C., Julian-Jones, M. and Silvestri, A. 2020. Introduction. In: Episcopal Power and Personality in Medieval Europe 900-1480., Vol. 42. Medieval Church Studies Turnhout: Brepols Publishers
2019
- Hines, J. and Julian-Jones, M. 2019. Below Malvern: MS Digby 86, the Grimhills, and the Underhills in their regional and social context. In: Fein, S. ed. Interpreting MS Digby 86: A Trilingual Book from Thirteenth-Century Worcestershire. Manuscript Culture in the British Isles Cambridge: D S Brewer, pp. 255-273.
2017
- Julian-Jones, M. 2017. Reading the March: interpretations and constructions of the Welsh Marcher Lordships and the Church in Wales, c. 1100-1284. History Compass 15(7), article number: e12384. (10.1111/hic3.12384)
- Coss, P. et al. eds. 2017. Episcopal power and local society in Medieval Europe. 900-1400. Brepols Publishers.
- Julian-Jones, M. 2017. Sealing Episcopal identity: The Bishops of England 1200-1300. In: Coss, P. et al. eds. Episcopal Power and Local Society in Medieval Europe, 900-1400. Medieval Church Studies Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 239-258.
- Julian-Jones, M., Silvestri, A. and Dennis, C. 2017. Introduction. In: Coss, P. et al. eds. Episcopal Power and Local Society in Medieval Europe, 900-1400. Medieval Church Studies Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 1-20.
2015
- Julian-Jones, M. 2015. The land of the raven and the wolf: family power and strategy in the Welsh March. 1199- c.1300, Corbets and the Cantilupes. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
- Julian-Jones, M. 2015. Family strategy or personal principles? The Corbets in the reign of Henry III. In: Burton, J., Schofield, P. and Weiler, B. eds. Thirteenth Century England XV: Authority and Resistance in the Age of Magna Carta. Proceedings of the Aberystwyth and Lampeter Conference, 2013. Boydell & Brewer, pp. 69-82.
- Julian-Jones, M. 2015. Finding Caerau: The 'lost' hillfort of Cardiff in the Middle Ages. Morgannwg: The Journal of Glamorgan History 59, pp. 93-114.
Articles
- Julian-Jones, M. 2017. Reading the March: interpretations and constructions of the Welsh Marcher Lordships and the Church in Wales, c. 1100-1284. History Compass 15(7), article number: e12384. (10.1111/hic3.12384)
- Julian-Jones, M. 2015. Finding Caerau: The 'lost' hillfort of Cardiff in the Middle Ages. Morgannwg: The Journal of Glamorgan History 59, pp. 93-114.
Book sections
- Dennis, C., Julian-Jones, M. and Silvestri, A. 2020. Introduction. In: Episcopal Power and Personality in Medieval Europe 900-1480., Vol. 42. Medieval Church Studies Turnhout: Brepols Publishers
- Hines, J. and Julian-Jones, M. 2019. Below Malvern: MS Digby 86, the Grimhills, and the Underhills in their regional and social context. In: Fein, S. ed. Interpreting MS Digby 86: A Trilingual Book from Thirteenth-Century Worcestershire. Manuscript Culture in the British Isles Cambridge: D S Brewer, pp. 255-273.
- Julian-Jones, M. 2017. Sealing Episcopal identity: The Bishops of England 1200-1300. In: Coss, P. et al. eds. Episcopal Power and Local Society in Medieval Europe, 900-1400. Medieval Church Studies Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 239-258.
- Julian-Jones, M., Silvestri, A. and Dennis, C. 2017. Introduction. In: Coss, P. et al. eds. Episcopal Power and Local Society in Medieval Europe, 900-1400. Medieval Church Studies Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 1-20.
- Julian-Jones, M. 2015. Family strategy or personal principles? The Corbets in the reign of Henry III. In: Burton, J., Schofield, P. and Weiler, B. eds. Thirteenth Century England XV: Authority and Resistance in the Age of Magna Carta. Proceedings of the Aberystwyth and Lampeter Conference, 2013. Boydell & Brewer, pp. 69-82.
Books
- Julian-Jones, M. 2020. Murder during the Hundred Years' War: the curious case of William Cantilupe. Pen and Sword Books.
- Coss, P. et al. eds. 2020. Episcopal power and personality in medieval Europe 900-1480. Medieval Church Studies. Brepols Publishers.
- Coss, P. et al. eds. 2017. Episcopal power and local society in Medieval Europe. 900-1400. Brepols Publishers.
Thesis
- Julian-Jones, M. 2015. The land of the raven and the wolf: family power and strategy in the Welsh March. 1199- c.1300, Corbets and the Cantilupes. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Research
Current Research Interests
- Fourteenth-century gentry society in Lincolnshire: the murder of William Cantilupe 1375
- Inter-marcher warfare 1100-1300
- The bishops of Wales 1066-1300
- Socio-political and ecclesiastical networks across the Severnside region 1066-1300
- Language and practice of Marcher law 1100-1282
- The medieval history of Caerau and Ely, West Cardiff - CAER Heritage Project. [See my first article output for the project, 'Finding Caerau']
Teaching
Access to HE Courses
Pathway to a History Degree
2015/16 - Present - Exploring the Past: History - tutor of the core module and module designer
Adult Learner Courses
Historical Choices 2020: Murder and Marriage - William Cantilupe (1375) - course designer and deliverer
Learn Local Live Local
2018 - LLLL Hidden Histories - tutor and module designer
2016 - LLLL Exploring Family History - tutor and module designer
Postgraduate Modules
MA
2015/16 - Approaches to Medieval History - co-tutor
2015/16 - Paleography - co-tutor
Undergraduate Modules
Year 3
2015/16 - Kingship: Image and Power c.1000-1399 - co-taught seminar
Year 1
2011/12 - 2013/14 - Medieval Europe 1000-1350 - tutor
2013/14 - Making of the Modern World 1750-1970 - tutor
Biography
Education
- 2015: PhD (Medieval History: Welsh March) Cardiff University
- 2010: MA (Medieval British Studies) Cardiff University
- 2008: BA (History and English Literature Joint Honours) Oxford University
Career Overview
- 2016-2018: Network Facilitator - Voices of Law: Text, Language and Practice, International research network funded by The Leverhulme Trust
- 2016: MA co-tutor, School of History, Archaeology and Religion [SHARE], Cardiff University
- 2015-Present: History Tutor, Centre of Continuing and Professional Education, Cardiff University
- 2015-2016: Honorary Research Associate, School of History, Archaeology and Religion [SHARE], Cardiff University
- 2015-2016: Project Lead for the Welsh Baccalureate History Resources Project, funded by Research Councils UK
- 2013-Present: Co-founder and co-organiser of the biennial Power of the Bishop in Medieval Europe conference, and co-editor of its transactions.
- 2013-Present: Medieval Researcher and Public Engagement for the CAER Heritage Project, funded by AHRC
- 2012-2014: Postgraduate Coordinator of the flagship widening access project, SHARE With Schools, Cardiff University
- 2011-2014: History Tutor for Undergraduates, School of History, Archaeology and Religion [SHARE], Cardiff University
Academic positions
2015-Present: Tutor, Cardiff University CPE
2016-2018: Network Facilitator for Voices of Law: Language, Text and Practice (Leverhulme Trust)
2015-2016: Research Associate, Cardiff University
2008-2014: Postgraduate Demonstrator, Cardiff University