Reginald Taylor & Lord Fletcher Essay Prize

The Reginald Taylor & Lord Fletcher Essay Prize is an award for the best unpublished essay submitted on aspects of the art, architecture or archaeology of Europe or the Mediterranean from the Roman era to the Middle Ages, or their study.

The prize consists of a bronze medal and a cheque for £500. Prize-winning essays are commonly published in the Journal of the British Archaeological Association (subject to approval via peer review). Essays should represent original and rigorous research, and should normally be no longer than 8,000 words (not including footnotes). Through this prize the BAA seeks to recognize developing researchers (of any age), so those who already have a substantial publication record are ineligible to apply.

Essays (including illustrations) should be submitted as a single PDF file, and sent as an attachment to editor@thebaa.org

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Previous winners of the Reginald Taylor & Lord Fletcher Essay Prize

  • 2023
    Joanna Olchawa

    ‘The Püsterich of Sondershausen: An Explosive Bronze Object between Art, Science, and Questions of Human Nature in the 13th Century’

    PUBLISHED IN:
    JBAA, 177 (2024), 49-74
  • 2021
    Jane Stewart

    ‘The Chantry Chapels of Cardinal; Beaufort and Bishop Waynflete in Winchester Cathedral’

    PUBLISHED IN:
    JBAA, 175 (2022), 203-34
  • 2019
    John Munns

    The Henry of Blois Enamels: A(nother) Reassessment

    PUBLISHED IN:
    JBAA 174 (2021), 34-54
  • 2017
    Katherine Turley

    ‘The face of one who is making for Jerusalem’: The Angel Choir of Lincoln Cathedral and Joy

    PUBLISHED IN:
    JBAA 171 (2018), 61-99
  • 2015
    Jana Gajdošová

    Vaulting Small Spaces: The Innovative Design of Prague’s Bridge Tower Vault

    PUBLISHED IN:
    JBAA 169 (2016), 39-58
  • 2013
    Gabriel Byng

    The Function and Iconography of the Minstrels’ Gallery at Exeter Cathedral

    PUBLISHED IN:
    JBAA 167 (2014), 133-53.
  • 2008
    Harry Sunley

    Introducing a Linear Measure Used in Norman England

    PUBLISHED IN:
    Introducing a Linear Measure Used in Norman England
  • 2004
    Heather Gilderdale

    ‘“this little Westminster”: The Chantry-Chapel of Sir Henry Scott Scott Vernon at Tong, Shropshire’

    PUBLISHED IN:
    JBAA 158 (2005), 46-81
  • 2000
    Carol Davidson Cragoe

    ‘Reading and Rereading Gervase of Canterbury’

    PUBLISHED IN:
    JBAA 154 (2001), 40-53
  • 2000
    Kate Heard

    ‘Death and Representation in the 15th century: The Wilcote Chantry Chapel at North Leigh’

    PUBLISHED IN:
    JBAA 154 (2001), 134-49

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