Amy Jeffs

Nov 1, 2024 | literaryreview.co.uk | Amy Jeffs

With Saints, Amy Jeffs makes her own contribution to the centuries-old tradition of abridging and compiling saints’ lives. Medieval hagiographies, or lives of saints, served as edifying examples of piety from which lessons could be learned. They might be recited aloud in social settings, woven into sermons or popular song, or used for private devotion.

Oct 17, 2024 | waterstones.com | Alice Loxton |Dan Jones |Terry Deary |Amy Jeffs

Posted on 17th October 2024 by Mark Skinner From Alice Roberts to Ben Macintyre, here are the history books we've loved this year.

Apr 22, 2023 | tttpodcast.com | Leonard Grigoryan |Amy Jeffs

Show NotesScene One: A disaster in the scriptorium. A group of manuscript makers, including a scribe and a painter, have been working on producing a book containing a series of portraits of English kings from William the Conqueror to Edward II, surmounting a poem that builds up to an exhortation for Edward II to conquer the Scots.