Verity Allan
One day there may be a picture of me here.
Hello. I am Verity Allan, a former graduate student of St Cross College
Oxford. I have recently finished working on my thesis, The theological writings of the
Venerable Bede and their manuscript presentation, with special reference
to the Gospel homilies. What this means is that I spent my time
looking at manuscripts, and reading Latin, but I'm now exploring the
job market. I'm currently working as an administrative clerk for the
University of Cambridge, but am thinking of moving into something
like tech writing.
This site is currently under development, mostly when I'm not
working.
My
research interests include: Bede, palaeography and Old Norse Romance
literature. Other stuff I consider to be cool and worth
investigating include: the Capetian kings of France, Beowulf, the
100-years wars, the Roman Empire from Augustus to Vespasian, early
Christianity, early Islam, Shakespeare, English drama in general and the
metaphysical poets.
In my spare time I go walking, and play strategy board games. I
even win at them sometimes.
I have finally finished the M.Litt., and am waiting for a certificate to
happen. And here it is in glorious technicolour: one thesis. We also have my undergraduate thesis on Bede's commentary on
the Six ages of the World in In Genesim. I make an
assertion regarding the date of composition of the commentary that I
no longer think is correct; however, the rest still stands.
Links: Bede: Bede
Net, Bede's World
Other useful links: Simon
Keyne's homepage, and Alaric
Hall's webpage. Both of these have many useful links.
Other links: Boardgamegeek.
Just what it says on the box. Royal
Shakespeare Company homepage. The UK Parliament homepage,
on which details of forthcoming legislation can be found.
A collection of photos of (mostly)
medieval sites for education and general interest
Contact me: verity@tartarus.org
© Verity Allan 2006