Becky Lawton

Becky’s AHRC funded collaborative PhD with the British Library and the University of Leicester examines how the Anglo-Saxons used the written word to experience Rome from afar. Her research focuses on travel texts and papal letters preserved in medieval manuscripts.

Published date:: 12 April 2018

Being at both Leicester and the British Library has given me two outlets to present my research to the wider public.

Key points

Becky’s project has been heavily inspired by her access to the Anglo-Saxon manuscripts in the British Library’s collection.
She regularly writes for the British Library’s Medieval Manuscripts blog, and gives a mixture of academic papers and public talks.
She has been able to participate in the preparation of the British Library’s major exhibition on the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms, opening in autumn 2018.