Shelley M. Williams

Thesis title: ‘The astral poetics of Geoffrey Chaucer: art, text and materiality’

Recent publications include:

• ‘The Wife of Bath's Prologue.’ The Palgrave Encyclopaedia of Medieval Women's Writing in the Global Middle Ages (Springer Meteor, 2024).
• "Capturing Sound: The Art of William de Brailes in New College MS 322." New College Notes 17/2 (2022): 1-18.
• "The Zodiac on Church Portals: Astrology and the Medieval Cosmos." Peregrinations, Journal of Medieval Art & Architecture 7/3 (2021): 59-115. 

Primarily I am a medievalist, with an interest in the history, literature, art, and culture of Europe c. 1100-1400 CE. I am particularly interested in Geoffrey Chaucer and Middle English poetry; the history of science and astronomy, natural history and philosophy; astrology and star lore; manuscript illuminations; secular and sacred architecture; and art history.