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Name Professor Elizabeth Archibald
Job title Visiting Fellow in Humanities
Department School of Humanities University of Bristol
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Qualifications PhD(Yale)
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Keywords medieval romance
women in medieval literature
medieval latin
the classical tradition in the middle ages
Areas of expertise My research focusses on medieval romance, the Arthurian legend, the representation of women in medieval literature, the reception of classical literature in the Middle Ages, medieval Latin literature, Middle Scots literature and macaronic literature. Among my publications are Apollonius of Tyre(1991) and A Companion to Malory (1996, edited with A.S.G. Edwards). Most recently I have published Incest and the Medieval Imagination (2001). I am currently working on baths and bathing in medieval literature and society.