Professor Christopher Gerrard's Outputs (4)

Constructing identity in the Middle Ages: relics, religiosity and the Military Orders (2017)
Journal Article
Gerrard, C., & Borowski, T. (2017). Constructing identity in the Middle Ages: relics, religiosity and the Military Orders. Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies, 92(4), 1056-1100. https://doi.org/10.1086/693395

This paper examines the materiality and use of religious relics by the Military Orders. Examples taken from the Knights Templar, the Hospitallers and the Teutonic Order and across Europe and the Holy Land from the 12th to 16th centuries are explored... Read More about Constructing identity in the Middle Ages: relics, religiosity and the Military Orders.

The archaeology of earthquakes: The application of adaptive cycles to seismically-affected communities in late medieval Europe (2017)
Journal Article
Forlin, P., & Gerrard, C. (2017). The archaeology of earthquakes: The application of adaptive cycles to seismically-affected communities in late medieval Europe. Quaternary International, 446, 95-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2017.06.030

The study of archaeseismology (or ‘earthquake archaeology’) focuses mainly on the analysis of earthquakes at an archaeological scale, either in order to reconstruct the parameters of past seismic events (ie. their intensity, chronology, magnitude, ep... Read More about The archaeology of earthquakes: The application of adaptive cycles to seismically-affected communities in late medieval Europe.

Quantifying erosion of at risk archaeological sites using repeat terrestrial laser scanning (2017)
Journal Article
Kincey, M., Gerrard, C., & Warburton, J. (2017). Quantifying erosion of at risk archaeological sites using repeat terrestrial laser scanning. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 12, 405-424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.02.003

Effective heritage management is reliant on an understanding of the range of current and potential future threats facing archaeological sites. Despite this, the processes leading to the loss of in situ archaeological remains are still poorly understo... Read More about Quantifying erosion of at risk archaeological sites using repeat terrestrial laser scanning.

A collaborative engineering and archaeology project to investigate decay in historic rammed earth structures: the case of the medieval preceptory in Ambel (2017)
Journal Article
Miccoli, L., Gerrard, C., Perrone, C., Gardei, A., & Ziegert, C. (2017). A collaborative engineering and archaeology project to investigate decay in historic rammed earth structures: the case of the medieval preceptory in Ambel. International Journal of Architectural Heritage: Conservation, Analysis and Restoration, 11(5), 636-655. https://doi.org/10.1080/15583058.2016.1277283

This study assesses the structural vulnerability of part of a later medieval earthen building at Ambel (near Zaragoza, Spain), once a preceptory or monastic house belonging to the Military Orders. An inspection of its morphology and materials coupled... Read More about A collaborative engineering and archaeology project to investigate decay in historic rammed earth structures: the case of the medieval preceptory in Ambel.