Participant Info

First Name
Claire
Last Name
Burridge
Affiliation
University of Sheffield
Website URL
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/history/people/research/claire-burridge
Keywords
history of health, history of medicine, medieval history, Carolingian history, global middle ages, manuscript studies, biocodicology, digital humanities
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About Me

Broadly, I work on early medieval health and medicine, with particular interests in the relationship between medical knowledge and practice, the movement of knowledge, and the global middle ages. While my research is largely based on in-depth textual analyses (and often involves working directly with manuscripts), I am keen to incorporate interdisciplinary approaches and collaborate with researchers in other fields (archaeologists, palaeopathologists, biologists, (ethno-)pharmacologists, imaging specialists, conservators, etc.).

I am currently holding a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at the University of Sheffield, ‘Crossroads: The Evolution of Early Medieval Medicine in Global & Local Contexts’.

Recent Publications

Burridge, C., ‘Incense in medicine: an early medieval perspective’, Early Medieval Europe 28 (2020), 219-55, doi.org/10.1111/emed.12394

Burridge, C., ‘Healing Body and Soul in Early Medieval Europe: Medical Remedies with Christian Elements‘, Studies in Church History 58 (2022), 46-67

Media Coverage
Country Focus
Carolingian world
Expertise by Geography
Mediterranean, Western Europe
Expertise by Chronology
Medieval
Expertise by Topic
Medicine