Curriculum Vitae
Charles Jonathan Wilson
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Charles Jonathan Wilson
Citation names
- Wilson, Charles
- Jonathan Wilson
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- DB1C-9D88-87DA
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-3223-3514
Knowledge fields
- Humanities - History and Archaeology - History
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| Portuguese | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
| French | Beginner (A1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | |
| German | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
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2016
Concluded
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PhD (Doktor (PhD))
University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
"Contextualising the De Expugnatione Salaciae Carmen, the development of Crusading Ideology in the Portuguese Reconquista" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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N/A |
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1996
Concluded
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LLM (Master of Law) (Mestrado)
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
"N/A" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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II i |
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1994
Concluded
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LLB (honours degree in Law) (Licenciatura)
Queen Mary University of London - Charterhouse Square Campus, United Kingdom
"N/A" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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II i |
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1984
Concluded
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BA (hons) Bachelor of Arts with honours (Licenciatura)
Bangor University, United Kingdom
"N/A" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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II ii |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/10/01 - 2022/09/30 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal |
| Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Estudos Medievais, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011/09/30 - 2019/03/01 | Assistant (University Teacher) | University of Liverpool Department of History, United Kingdom |
Other Careers
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 - 2010 | Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) | Various Institutions and Organisations, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 1996/09/20 - 1999/04/20 | Barrister at Law | 11 Stone Buildings Chambers of Edward Cohen, United Kingdom |
Projects
Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/11/01 - 2024/12/01 | Books, Rituals, and Space in a Cistercian Nunnery, praying and reading in Lorvão, 13th-16th centuries
PTDC/ART-HIST/0739/2020
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2020/10/01 - 2022/09/30 | Cistercian Horizons, Studying and Characterising a Medieval Scritporium, the Monastery of Alcobaça
Post-doc
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Estudos Medievais, Portugal
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Outputs
Publications
| Book |
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| Book chapter |
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| Journal article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2022/09/29 | Cistercians of the Western Edge - Adventus - Notes on Portuguese Beginnings | Cistercian Horizons, International Symposium,
Instituto de Estudos Medievais (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2021/10/18 | Crusader Objections to Fighting in Iberia | II Seminario Internacional sobre Cruzadas e Ordens Militares
Universidade de Buenos Aires and Univerisdade de Evora et al. (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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| 2021/07/01 | The Early Private Documents of Santa Maria de Alcobaca | Cistercian Worlds Conference
York Centre for Medieval Studies and The Wolfson Foundation (United Kingdom)
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| 2019/11/06 | Curing Souls on Crusader Ships: Maritime Clergy in the Portuguese Reconquista | Medieval Europe in Motion, Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória, Batalha
Instituto de Estudos Medievaus/Mosteiro de Batalha (Batalha, Portugal)
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| 2019/06/25 | The Song of the Conquest of Alcácer (1217) and its Author’ | International Medieval Meeting, University of Lleida
University of Lleida (Lleida, Spain)
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| 2019/06/12 | The Templar Connection: Bernard of Clairvaux, Afonso Henriques and the Conundrum of Letter 308 | VIII Encontro sobre Ordens Militares
GESOS-Camara Municipal de Palmela (Lleida, Portugal)
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| 2019/05/29 | Searching for Gosuinus, a Brabantine Cistercian in Lisbon? - the Song of the Conquest of Alcácer (1217) and its Author | Seminário de Estudos Medievais
FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2018/12/07 | 'The Feast for the Liberation of Santarém? – Liturgical Creativity and the Cistercians on the Portuguese Frontier; twelfth and thirteenth centuries. | Church Powers Territories Conference
University of Porto, Faculdade das Letras, IF (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2018/06/25 | Alcobaça and the Liturgy of the Portuguese Reconquista in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries | International Medieval Meeting, Universitat de Lleida
Universitat de Lleida (Lleida)
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| 2017/06/26 | Crusading East and West, a Tale of Two Frontiers; Berenguer Ramon II of Barcelona and Afonso Henriques of Portugal, perspectives on Christian Holy War in eleventh/twelfth-century Hispania | International Medieval Meeting Lleida, Universitat de Lleida
Universitat de Lleida (Lleida, Spain)
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| 2017/06/22 | The Conquest of Alcácer-do-Sal, 1217; the monk, the bishop and the pope’s proviso | Medieval Culture and War Conference, Spaces, Images, Mentalities
Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2017/05/18 | Soeiro (II) Viegas of Lisbon and the First Portuguese Crusade | Colóquio Internacional da conquista de Lisboa à conquista de Alcácer: definição e dinâmicas de um território de fronteira
GESOS Palmela Sesimbra Alcácer CIDEHUS FCT (Palmela , Portugal)
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| 2016/03/14 | Enemies and Friends in the Portuguese Reconquista; a Cistercian point-of-view | Historians of Medieval Iberia - International Symposium
Stockholm University, Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden)
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| 2015/10/14 | The Crusades and Portugal | VII Encontro Internacional sobre Ordens Militares
GESOS-Camara Municipal de Palmela (Palmela, Portugal)
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| 2014/10/20 | O Bispo Soeiro Viegas de Lisboa e a Palmeira Milagrosa de São Vicente de Fora | Colóquio: O culto medieval de São Vicente. Textos, Imagens, Problemas
Instituto de Estudios Medievais, FCSH, Lisboa (Lisboa)
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| 2014/06 | Suerius, fighting bishop of Lisbon, reasons for inspiration and a strange commission in the Portuguese Reconquista | Leeds International Medieval Congress
Leeds International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds (Leeds, United Kingdom)
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| 2013/11/04 | Tactics of Attraction; Saints Pilgrims and Warriors in the Portuguese Reconquista | Institute of Historical Research, Crusades Seminar
Institute of Historical Research, Crusades Seminar (London)
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| 2013/06/05 | Portuguese Formation and Cistercian Influence in the Twelfth Century | North West Universities Medieval History Seminar Group (M6), University of Manchester
North West Universities Medieval History Seminar Group (M6), University of Manchester (Manchester)
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| 2013/04/19 | The Alvor Massacre; Occupying Space in the Strategy of Sancho I of Portugal and the Identity of his Crusader Helper | The Alvor Massacre; Occupying Space in the Strategy of Sancho I of Portugal and the Identity of his Crusader Helper
Trinity College, Dublin (Dublin, Ireland)
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| 2013/01/08 | The Alvor Massacre, the Conquest of Silves and Sancho I | Public Lecture, SB de Alportel, Lagoa
Algarve Archaeological Association (SB de Alportel e Lagoa, Portugal)
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| 2012/06/23 | Convivencia, is it dead yet? | Possessing the Past; Themes in Historiography
Department of Classics, University of Liverpool (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
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| 2012/06/11 | Questions raised by the Gosuini de Expugnatione Salaciae Carmen’ | New Research Seminar Series
Department of History, University of Liverpool (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
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| 2010/03/02 | The Siege and Conquest of Silves 1189’ | Public Lecture, SB de Alportel, Lagoa
Algarve Archaeological Association (SB de Alportel e Lagoa, Portugal)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/09/30 - 2022/10/01 | Member of Organising Committee for Conference, Cistercian Horizons (2022/09/30 - 2022/10/01)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Estudos Medievais, Portugal |
Consulting
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000/06/30 - 2010/09/30 | Specialist Translator: Portuguese to English. Numerous works for employers including Campo Arqueológico de Mértola, Câmara Municipal de Silves, Terra Culta Lda. Also freelance journalists writing numerous historical and cultural features for Portuguese-based English Press, including Clearview Magazine, Algarve Goodlife, Portugal News, Portugal Resident. |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/10 - 2019/05 | Uses of History | Uses of History (Bachelor) | |
| 2017/09 - 2019/05 | Animals, Beasts and Monsters in the Middle Ages | Animals, Beasts and Monsters in the Middle Ages | University of Liverpool Department of History, United Kingdom |
| 2016/10 - 2019/05 | Enemies or Friends, Muslims and Christians at the Time of the Crusades | ||
| 2016/09 - 2019/05 | History Dissertation | (Bachelor) | University of Liverpool Department of History, United Kingdom |
| 2011/09 - 2019/05 | Conquest and Encounter from Rome to The Americas | Conquest and Encounter from Rome to The Americas | University of Liverpool Department of History, United Kingdom |
| 2016 - 2019 | • Presenting the Past | Presenting the Past (Bachelor) | University of Liverpool Department of History, United Kingdom |
| 2016 - 2019 | Reviewing History | (Bachelor) | |
| 2011/09 - 2018/05 | Religion, Politics and Society, c.800-c.1700 | Religion, Politics and Society, c.800-c.1700 (Bachelor) | University of Liverpool Department of History, United Kingdom |
Distinctions
Award
| 2018 | Routlegde/Taylor & Francis, Best Scholarly Article of 2017 Award, 'Enigma of the De Expugnatione Lyxbonensi', Jonathan Wilson,
Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies, 9.1 (pp. 99-129)
Routledge, United Kingdom
Taylor & Francis Group LLC New York, United States |
| 1993 | Barlow, Lyde and Gilbert Prize for Common Law |