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Carl Watkins carries out research on the religious culture of the central Middle Ages, with a particular interest in beliefs and conceptualizations of the supernatural within this period. His work addresses methodological challenges in the study of medieval religion, focusing on the interplay between high theological change and popular beliefs regarding the afterlife, including concepts such as ghosts, angels, demons, miracles, and divine signs. He has authored works exploring the concepts of sinfulness and the emergence of purgatory, with one book published by Cambridge University Press that investigates beliefs in the supernatural within a medieval English context. Another wider-ranging book published by Bodley Head delves into beliefs about the dead during the Middle Ages. As a fellow at Magdalene College, he directs studies in history and supervises M.Phil and PhD students focusing on British and Western European religious and political history in the central Middle Ages. His teaching interests encompass British political, religious, and social history from around 1000 to 1500, as well as European history from approximately 900 to 1250.
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