Centre for Medieval Studies
Katie Vernon
Arms and Armour in Middle English Romance
Katie's research focuses on arms and armour in Middle English romance. She examines how different items of arms and amour have certain connotations and contexts within medieval society and how this is expressed in the romances, and she is also interested in how different social groups use martial objects or imagery to express identity. Katie is particularly interested in interdisciplinary studies, with supervisors from the Archaeology department and the English and Related Literatures department, she is therefore also more broadly interested in studies of material culture in literary works.
Biography
Katie completed her undergraduate degree in English from the University of Cambridge in 2014. She then worked in as an Schools Liaison and Outreach Officer for the university, and assisted with research on a doctoral project for the Psychology department before heading back North for her Masters. Katie undertook her masters in Medieval Studies at the University of York in 2015/2016 while working as a College Tutor, and her thesis focused on material culture in Middle English romance. After a break of three years, mainly working as a manager in the Civil Service, Katie returned to York to begin her PhD in 2019. Katie is passionate about access to higher education and working with both academic and external organisations to make research available to the wider public.
