Ben Hatchett
PhD Candidate in Medieval History
I research the place of plague and natural disaster in late medieval apocalyptic thought. I focus primarily on the eschatology of the Franciscan Order in the late-thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, investigating how catastrophes such as earthquakes, famines, and plagues (most notably the Black Death, 1348-1350) were understood through the lens of Christian notions of the End Times.
My PhD is supervised by Carl Watkins and funded by the faculty's Dr Lightfoot scholarship. I previously completed my MA at University College London and my BA at the University of Leicester, where I was awarded the West End Memorial Prize for being the final year student with the highest average grade.
My PhD is supervised by Carl Watkins and funded by the faculty's Dr Lightfoot scholarship. I previously completed my MA at University College London and my BA at the University of Leicester, where I was awarded the West End Memorial Prize for being the final year student with the highest average grade.
Late medieval Europe, particularly the period's religious and intellectual thought; apocalypticism, eschatology and prophey; plague, disease, and natural disasters; the Francsican Order.
‘‘Quibus plagis interficietur maxima pars prave generacionis presenti, ut renovetur orbis’: John of Rupescissa’s Regenerative Plague' (Theology in the City Conference 2022, Concordia University, Septemeber 2022)
‘‘A suitable medicine against all crimes’: John of Rupescissa’s Purgative Plague’ (Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference, April 2022)
‘The development of John of Rupescissa’s apocalyptic representation of the Black Death’ (Edinburgh Late Antique and Medieval Postgraduate Society Seminar, March 2022)
‘‘A suitable medicine against all crimes’: John of Rupescissa’s Purgative Plague’ (Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference, April 2022)
‘The development of John of Rupescissa’s apocalyptic representation of the Black Death’ (Edinburgh Late Antique and Medieval Postgraduate Society Seminar, March 2022)
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