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Benjamin Comshaw

Status: PhD Student

Adviser: Marcus Bull

Graduate Email: bcomshaw@unc.edu

Education

B.A., Kent State University, 2014
M.A. The University of Akron, 2017

Research Interests

I am interested in the way that medieval authors chose to preserve and present their own history, with a particular focus on the twelfth century.

Some Notable Publications

M.A. Thesis: Memories of a Conquest: The Norman Conquest in Twelfth-Century Memory, available through Ohiolink


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