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James T Palmer

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Restless medievalist • Professor at St Andrews, Scotland • Apocalypse/ Nature/ Science/ Medicine c. 500-c. 1000

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James T Palmer @jtpmedieval.bsky.social · Jan 6

Author copies of Merovingian Worlds have arrived!

www.cambridgebookshop.co.uk/products/mer...

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Author copies of my new book Merovingian Worlds

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James T Palmer @jtpmedieval.bsky.social · 6d

New in open access #medievalsky: Bede's Medical Books!

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Keepin' it Old School this time

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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 14d

Call for applications! 📣

The German Historical Institute London is seeking a Research Associate with a particular research interest in medieval history (with a focus on late medieval English history) for a part-time project position to start on 1 February 2026. 🤝
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James T Palmer @jtpmedieval.bsky.social · Aug 13

Big workshop coming up in Southampton on #apocalyptic literature in Judaism, Christianity and Islam in the early Middle Ages - all welcome, in person or online! Any queries do get in touch.

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Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Apocalypticism

The conference marks the final event of a project examining apocalyptic literature of Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the 7th-9th centuries

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · Aug 6

Fresh on early view: @eddiemeehan99.bsky.social on how Pippin I of Aquitaine (d. 838) balanced kingship "as an office and as a dynastic status".
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The Mediaeval Journal @themediaevalj.bsky.social · Jul 30

Vol 12.2 is OUT! This time we have a special issue for you: "Contours of Spiritual Formation from the Thirteenth to the Fifteenth Century", with essays by Jean-Claude Schmitt, Leandro Alves Teodoro and Pablo Martin Prieto

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James T Palmer @jtpmedieval.bsky.social · Jul 14

This is also just untrue, not least because they mostly hung out in exactly the same rural villas

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Tudor Times @thetudortimes.bsky.social · Jul 11

Check out our new book review. We have strayed from Tudor territory into medieval France with a review of #HouseofLilies by @medievalrevolt.bsky.social Find out if it was worth the journey. bit.ly/40ITaEe

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André Loez & podcast Paroles d’histoire @andreloez.bsky.social · Jul 9

Pour des doctorants / docteurs en histoire médiévale ne préparant pas leur thèse en France, vous pouvez candidater à une bourse Robert de Sorbon du
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À faire circuler ! Cc @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social

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James T Palmer @jtpmedieval.bsky.social · Jun 30

If anyone likes medieval podcasts by the way "All You Ever Wanted to Know about the #Merovingians" came out on History Extra last week with me chatting about my book "Merovingian Worlds" (Cambridge UP 2024)! (This is the Apple link but it's on Spotify and a load of other places...)

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The Merovingians: everything you wanted to know

Podcast Episode · History Extra podcast · 21/06/2025 · 34m

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Jun 30

"The popularity of seasonal healthcare and dietary regimes to prevent illness discovered has surprising parallels with modern day social media wellness influencers," said @jtpmedieval.bsky.social - nice coverage of a bit of research we have funded
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Lizard shampoo, bloodletting and other wellness tips from the Middle Ages

Curiosity about health trends is not a modern-day phenomenon, academics reveal, as they uncover medieval texts sharing dietary regimes and medical advice

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James T Palmer @jtpmedieval.bsky.social · Jun 30

Corpus of Early Medieval Latin Medicine getting some attention today in the Times!

If you missed it last week our handlist of "new" pre-1000 medical manuscripts can be found here cemlm.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/handlist/

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Dan Stewart @drdanstewart1.bsky.social · Jun 20

Please share: we have a Teaching Fellow in Roman History post available! I want to be up front: 0.4 FTE for basically 10 months. We know what that means, but we are supportive, friendly & not cruel taskmasters. Applications close June 30.

Full advert here: jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/11....

Teaching Fellow in Roman History in Leicester | University of Leicester Recruitment Team

View details and apply for this Teaching Fellow in Roman History vacancy in Leicester. An exciting new post has arisen for a Teaching Fellow in Roman History to join the University of Leicester...

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · Jun 10

Giveaway! I have 1 copy of a Lithuanian translation and 1 copy of the Chinese translation of “The Bright Ages.” Respond below for a chance to get one! #medievalsky #booksky

Lovely book covers. The Lithuanian version is yellow with a blue medieval manuscript. The Chinese version is blue with a 19th century reproduction image

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · Jun 10

Any Medievalists want a copy of the newest edition of Debating #Medieval Europe - The central and later Middle Ages - for... free?

Our DME books serve as an entry point for understanding the distinctive historiography of their periods.

Hit repost and we'll add you to the giveaway 📗👇 #booksky

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Neil McGuigan @neilmcguigan.bsky.social · Jun 9

New publication from myself today:
"The fame and significance of Dunkeld in the tenth and eleventh centuries"
clog.glasgow.ac.uk/ojs/index.ph...

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James T Palmer @jtpmedieval.bsky.social · Jun 4

He would have been taught by Bartlett around the time Rob was working on that book

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James T Palmer @jtpmedieval.bsky.social · May 30

Free to download for the next two weeks: Rick Sowerby's excellent new book Natural and Supernatural in Early #Medieval England!

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Natural and Supernatural in Early Medieval England

Cambridge Core - European Studies - Natural and Supernatural in Early Medieval England

www.cambridge.org

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Classics, University of Galway @galwayclassics.bsky.social · May 29

Congratulations to Jacopo Bisagni and Paula Harrison on the release of their new monograph on Laon, B.M., MS 422 written in collaboration with Isabelle Draelants @cnrs.fr. This comprehensive study focusses on the scientific, cosmological, and computational content of this manuscript from ca 815.

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James T Palmer @jtpmedieval.bsky.social · May 15

Hot of the press: new blog by Jeff Doolittle on a tenth-century manuscript on medical recipes, veterinary science and cosmetics

cemlm.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/05/15/m...

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16: Drugs, Veterinary Medicine… & Cosmetics (Einsiedeln 29) – Corpus of Early Medieval Latin Medicine

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James T Palmer @jtpmedieval.bsky.social · May 15

These are great books. Medieval medicine is cooking at the moment. (Opinion not at all skewed by being at a conference this week with Debby Banham, Deborah Hayden, and also the Corpus of Early Medieval Latin Medicine gang...)

Conan Doyle @conandoyle.bsky.social · May 14

I'm very pleased to be able to browse through both of these books. I'm also humbled to have work published alongside such excellent international scholars. #histmed #medievalsky

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Conan Doyle @conandoyle.bsky.social · May 14

I'm very pleased to be able to browse through both of these books. I'm also humbled to have work published alongside such excellent international scholars. #histmed #medievalsky

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Brepols @brepols.net · May 13

Discover all our #journals in #MedievalStudies via bit.ly/4klLvmW

#MedievalSky #Medieval #AcademicJournal #Kzoo2025 #IMC2025

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Mark Thakkar @brunellus.com · May 6

Registration DEADLINE Friday 16th for online summer school Advanced Readings in Medieval Latin, May 27–July 3. Two 1½-hour classes per week for 6 weeks, $500 (£375ish). We've not had many takers, so at just over £20 per hour this is pretty cheap for small-group tuition. marco.utk.edu/summerlangua...

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James T Palmer @jtpmedieval.bsky.social · May 2

Historians being cautiously curious about how things work in other times and places is a good thing

Sam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · May 1

Never good at staying in my lane, this week on the blog, I annoy two sets of historians for the price of one by comparing early medieval Japan with the Carolingians.

#medievalsky #GlobalMiddleAges #Japan

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Carolingian Japan

Long before the phrase ‘Global Middle Ages’ had appeared on anyone’s horizon, historians of medieval Europe were fascinated by Japan. The world of feuding daimyos plotting in castles supported by h…

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Sam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · May 1

Carolingian Japan

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James T Palmer @jtpmedieval.bsky.social · Apr 27

Hey gang! For your entertainment I've got a new piece on the Merovings in this month's History Today magazine - enjoy!

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James T Palmer @jtpmedieval.bsky.social · Apr 23

Does House of Lillies count as self-promotion? It is very accessible. Even my mum liked it.

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Sam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · Apr 23

Delighted that my article, ‘The Circle of the World: The Global Diplomacy of Caliph al-Manṣūr’, is now out OA with BSOAS. Come for a journey stretching from the Atlantic to China, tracing how the caliph brought the world to Baghdad:

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The circle of the world: the global diplomacy of Caliph al-Manṣūr | Bulletin of SOAS | Cambridge Core

The circle of the world: the global diplomacy of Caliph al-Manṣūr

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James T Palmer @jtpmedieval.bsky.social · Apr 22

Tis the job

(Well done!!!!)

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · Apr 22

Teaching and Research Fellow in Imperial and Global History- The University of Edinburgh - CAHSS / School of History, Classics & Archaeology / History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMS220/t...

Teaching and Research Fellow in Imperial and Global History at The University of Edinburgh

Discover Teaching and Research Fellow in Imperial and Global History jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

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