Staff Members
Judith A. Frost BA (Park University, USA), MA (York), PhD (York)
Research Associate Department of History
Judith Frost is a tutor for the Centre for Lifelong Learning at the University of York. In the autumn term 2010 she is teaching 'The Monastic Order in Yorkshire c.600-1600'.
Research Interests:
Her research interest is medieval religion and in particular monasticism in England in the 12th - 13th century. Her work focuses on Augustinian (Regular) Canons in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
Personal Publications:
-- 'Case Study: St Agatha, Easby, North Yorkshire' in The English Parish Church through the Centuries ed. Dee Dyas, et al (2010)
--'Thornton Abbey: Canons and their Careers within the Cloister' in Janet Burton and Karen Stober (eds) The Regular Canons in the Medieval British Isles (Brepols, forthcoming 2011).
-- The Foundation of Nostell Priory 1109 - 1153, Borthwick Paper no. 111 (2007)
-- 'The Cartulary of the Priory of North Feriby a guide to the contents' Monastic Research Bulletin 8: 1-19, (2002).
-- She is currently preparing for publication an edition of the Cartulary of Nostell Priory (BL: Cotton Vespasian E xix).
Selected Conference Papers
-- 'Augustinian Canons: Out and about on Community Business'. International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds (July 2010)
-- 'The Practical Issues of Stability in the Augustinian Community'. International Medieval Congress (July 2009)
-- 'Thornton Abbey: How to get elected Abbot'. Lincoln Record Society Conference 'Lincoln City, Church and County' (May 2009).
Professional Activities
-- Judith was a Technical and Design Editor and Research Assistant for three recent Christianity and Culture CD-ROM teaching resources: Images of Salvation: The Story of the Bible through Medieval Art (2004); Pilgrims and Pilgrimage: Journey, Spirituality & Daily Life throughout the Centuries (2007); and The English Parish Church through the Centuries (2010).
-- Judith was the administrator for the USA National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Institute The Cathedral and City: Medieval York in 2007. This was the first NEH Institute held outside of Oxbridge/London and was sponsored locally by the Centre for Medieval Studies and the Dean and Chapter of York. The month long institute, 17 June 2007 - 13 July 2007, brought twenty-five American University lecturers to York for an intensive lecture/research program.
