Outputs (3)

Visions and Voice-Hearing in Medieval and Early Modern Contexts (2020)
Book

This book examines how the experiences of hearing voices and seeing visions were understood within the cultural, literary, and intellectual contexts of the medieval and early modern periods. In the Middle Ages, these experiences were interpreted acco... Read More about Visions and Voice-Hearing in Medieval and Early Modern Contexts.

Wandering Minds: Tracing Inner Worlds Through a Historical-Geographical Art Installation (2018)
Journal Article

The human act of wandering across landscapes and cityscapes has carved the research interests of scholars in cultural, urban, and historical geography, as well as in the humanities. Here we call for—and take the first steps toward—a historical geogra... Read More about Wandering Minds: Tracing Inner Worlds Through a Historical-Geographical Art Installation.

Demonic Daydreams: Mind-Wandering and Mental Imagery in the Medieval Hagiography of St Dunstan (2018)
Book Chapter
Powell, H. (2018). Demonic Daydreams: Mind-Wandering and Mental Imagery in the Medieval Hagiography of St Dunstan. In L. Ashe, P. Knox, D. Lawton, & W. Scase (Eds.), New medieval literatures 18 (44-74). D. S. Brewer. https://doi.org/10.7722/j.ctt1wx910t

Richard Harris Barham was correct in his 1837 lay lampooning the legend of St Dunstan: the tale of the saint tweaking the devil’s nose was indeed one which everyone knew. In fact, so famous was the tale that Barham felt it needed no further explanati... Read More about Demonic Daydreams: Mind-Wandering and Mental Imagery in the Medieval Hagiography of St Dunstan.