The Long Seventh Century

Alessandro Gnasso is a doctoral candidate in history at the University of Edinburgh, conducting research on the manuscript transmission of Merovingian historiography. Emanuele E. Intagliata is a doctoral candidate in archaeology at the University of Edinburgh, undertaking a dissertation on the city of Palmyra in the Late Antique and Umayyad periods. Thomas J. MacMaster is a doctoral candidate in history at the University of Edinburgh, working on the slave trade in the long seventh century. Bethan N. Morris works for the National Trust for Scotland and also tutors in Celtic studies and medieval Scottish history at the University of Edinburgh. Her research focuses on early medieval ethnic identity in Northern Britain, warfare and the negotiation of peace treaties, and the beginning of literacy and its impact in Scotland.