Yorkshire: 3 (Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani) - Hardcover

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Dame Rosemary Cramp was Professor Emerita of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology at Durham University. Following an MLitt and position as Fellow and Lecturer at St Anne’s college, Oxford, she joined Durham University in 1955 and was instrumental in the founding of the Department of Archaeology. She specialised in the archaeology and art of the Anglo-Saxon era, with extensive contributions in archaeology and heritage, most notably excavations of the twin monastery of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow, Hirsel and the founding of the Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture. She published widely in the fields of early medieval archaeology, art, architecture and literature in numerous academic journals and series. She served the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, the British Museum, Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission England (latterly Historic England), the Archaeological Data Service and the Council for British Archaeology and was President of the Society of Antiquaries of London from 2001-2004 and elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2006. Due to ill health she was unable to complete the East Midlands volume and passed away on the 28th April 2023.