Dominik Waßenhoven
@domwass.bsky.social
Historian (Early Medieval) ❧ Bishops ❧ Church History ❧ Female Power ❧ Historiography ❧ England ❧ Scandinavia ❧ ‘Germany’ ❧ University of Cologne ❧ @fobim.bsky.social ❧ @digitrip.bsky.social ❧ Header: Bamberg Msc.Lit.53, fol.2v ❧ opinions my own ❧ he/him
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Dominik Waßenhoven
@domwass.bsky.social
· May 26
Wie erzählt man Geschichte, wenn Quellen fehlen?
Das Projekt „Mind the Gap / Mut zur Lücke“ untersucht, wie verschiedene Disziplinen mit Überlieferungslücken umgehen – am Beispiel von Schwarzrheindorf & Vilich bei Bonn.
Ein Thread 👇
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#vfg_bonn #archaeologie #archaeology #interdisziplinär
Das Projekt „Mind the Gap / Mut zur Lücke“ untersucht, wie verschiedene Disziplinen mit Überlieferungslücken umgehen – am Beispiel von Schwarzrheindorf & Vilich bei Bonn.
Ein Thread 👇
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#vfg_bonn #archaeologie #archaeology #interdisziplinär
An diesem Projekt 👇 arbeite ich mit zwei Bonner Kolleginnen (Valerie Palmowski, Archäologie, und Hanna Jacobs, Kunstgeschichte). Alles weitere im Thread. #medievalsky #Mediävistik
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An extremely cool map
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
An extremely cool map
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WHO'S READY TO TEACH SOME HILDESHEIM DOORS?!
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
WHO'S READY TO TEACH SOME HILDESHEIM DOORS?!
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🚨 Hwæt, medievalists: following its successful inauguration last year, the Bristol Medieval Studies Summer School will be running again in 2026! 🚨 Please share the good news or—even better—sign up yourself: www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-s... We're so proud of this course, and we'd love to see you! 🚨
November 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🚨 Hwæt, medievalists: following its successful inauguration last year, the Bristol Medieval Studies Summer School will be running again in 2026! 🚨 Please share the good news or—even better—sign up yourself: www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-s... We're so proud of this course, and we'd love to see you! 🚨
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Hot off the press, my review of Doublier's (excellent) 'Reich ohne König?'. The book is an absolute game-changer for how we approach politics in 11th and 12thC northern Italy.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Ein Reich ohne König? Akzeptanz, Deutung und Repräsentation königlicher Herrschaft im regnum Italicum zwischen dem 11. und 12. Jahrhundert. By Étienne Doublier. Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Schriften 84. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. 2024. LXXIV + 666 pp.; 45 colour figures and 10 b/w maps. €115. ISBN 978 3 447 12274 0.
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Hot off the press, my review of Doublier's (excellent) 'Reich ohne König?'. The book is an absolute game-changer for how we approach politics in 11th and 12thC northern Italy.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Just listened to @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social talking about topics of his new book, and it was so interesting. Now I have to get hands on the book (and find some time to read it, which is much more difficult.) www.historyextra.com/membership/1... #medievalsky
11th-century Europe: not just the Norman Conquest
Charles West explains how the 11th century saw a raft of major changes and a plethora of significant events that extend beyond the Norman Conquest
www.historyextra.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Just listened to @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social talking about topics of his new book, and it was so interesting. Now I have to get hands on the book (and find some time to read it, which is much more difficult.) www.historyextra.com/membership/1... #medievalsky
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Related to this: A favourite point of mine to make when I'm teaching source criticism to students is that we have had newspapers for the better part of five centuries, & this is a media technology that we as a society still do not properly understand.
Frankly, I'm not sure people have the brains to manage the technology they've got
- Hobbes, Calvin & Hobbes 28.12.89
- Hobbes, Calvin & Hobbes 28.12.89
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Related to this: A favourite point of mine to make when I'm teaching source criticism to students is that we have had newspapers for the better part of five centuries, & this is a media technology that we as a society still do not properly understand.
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I‘m just going through the tutorial and – wow, why didn’t I try out Scrivener earlier? 🤯
November 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I‘m just going through the tutorial and – wow, why didn’t I try out Scrivener earlier? 🤯
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November 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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#hist4dem jetzt auch auf YouTube!
Den Start unseres neues Kanals macht der Vortrag zu "Banned Books" in den USA, den Norbert Finzsch am 6. November 2025 an der Uni Köln gehalten hat. Anschauen lohnt sich! ⬇️
Den Start unseres neues Kanals macht der Vortrag zu "Banned Books" in den USA, den Norbert Finzsch am 6. November 2025 an der Uni Köln gehalten hat. Anschauen lohnt sich! ⬇️
November 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
#hist4dem jetzt auch auf YouTube!
Den Start unseres neues Kanals macht der Vortrag zu "Banned Books" in den USA, den Norbert Finzsch am 6. November 2025 an der Uni Köln gehalten hat. Anschauen lohnt sich! ⬇️
Den Start unseres neues Kanals macht der Vortrag zu "Banned Books" in den USA, den Norbert Finzsch am 6. November 2025 an der Uni Köln gehalten hat. Anschauen lohnt sich! ⬇️
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Palaeography 🧵! Or why it can take a historian a while to confirm what they already suspected must be the case and not really get any further than they were—but this time with confidence 😂
I'm working with documents that list the incomes of medieval French lordships, so a lot of it is about grain.
I'm working with documents that list the incomes of medieval French lordships, so a lot of it is about grain.
November 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Palaeography 🧵! Or why it can take a historian a while to confirm what they already suspected must be the case and not really get any further than they were—but this time with confidence 😂
I'm working with documents that list the incomes of medieval French lordships, so a lot of it is about grain.
I'm working with documents that list the incomes of medieval French lordships, so a lot of it is about grain.
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
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What are your favourite fonts? I'm quite partial to Century Gothic, Andale Mono, and Abadi.
November 16, 2025 at 7:14 AM
What are your favourite fonts? I'm quite partial to Century Gothic, Andale Mono, and Abadi.
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Great sum-up of our roundtable on the power and powerlessness of so-called “flagship” history journals at the last Historikertag (in German). A huge thanks to its authors, Mia Schumacher and Charlotte Sophie Metternich
www.hsozkult.de/conferencere...
www.hsozkult.de/conferencere...
November 15, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Great sum-up of our roundtable on the power and powerlessness of so-called “flagship” history journals at the last Historikertag (in German). A huge thanks to its authors, Mia Schumacher and Charlotte Sophie Metternich
www.hsozkult.de/conferencere...
www.hsozkult.de/conferencere...
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
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So...this might be a really interesting thread if you've ever wondered about mapmaking. @susietogo.bsky.social grilled me (gently!) for a bit about how I draw maps, and I thought others might enjoy the conversation.
Esp. if you've been thinking about a map for your book, this thread's for you!
Esp. if you've been thinking about a map for your book, this thread's for you!
I would imagine! May i ask you some stupid/ridiculous questions about map making?
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 AM
So...this might be a really interesting thread if you've ever wondered about mapmaking. @susietogo.bsky.social grilled me (gently!) for a bit about how I draw maps, and I thought others might enjoy the conversation.
Esp. if you've been thinking about a map for your book, this thread's for you!
Esp. if you've been thinking about a map for your book, this thread's for you!
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I learn from my students of the Icelandic Saga map: hours of fun! sagamap.hi.is/is/
Icelandic Saga Map
sagamap.hi.is
November 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I learn from my students of the Icelandic Saga map: hours of fun! sagamap.hi.is/is/
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'University academic translates Norse saga to uncover Viking history of northern Scotland'! Find out more: www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/norse-s...
November 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
'University academic translates Norse saga to uncover Viking history of northern Scotland'! Find out more: www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/norse-s...
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This is a sad & horrifying tale of how millions of kids' opportunity to get good at reading has been hampered by offering them 'path of least resistance' work-arounds. This is exactly what I foresee happening as we shovel AI into curricula too. There are no short cuts to training your brain.
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This is a sad & horrifying tale of how millions of kids' opportunity to get good at reading has been hampered by offering them 'path of least resistance' work-arounds. This is exactly what I foresee happening as we shovel AI into curricula too. There are no short cuts to training your brain.
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#Historians, mark your calendars!
Our 2026 Summer Conference will be held on 13-15 July at @royalholloway.bsky.social. The Call for Papers will open in January 2026.
#churchhistory #Skystorians #cfp
Our 2026 Summer Conference will be held on 13-15 July at @royalholloway.bsky.social. The Call for Papers will open in January 2026.
#churchhistory #Skystorians #cfp
November 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
#Historians, mark your calendars!
Our 2026 Summer Conference will be held on 13-15 July at @royalholloway.bsky.social. The Call for Papers will open in January 2026.
#churchhistory #Skystorians #cfp
Our 2026 Summer Conference will be held on 13-15 July at @royalholloway.bsky.social. The Call for Papers will open in January 2026.
#churchhistory #Skystorians #cfp
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guys I was able to access a British Library digitized manuscript today for the first time in years. Check it out. www.bl.uk/collection/d...
click on the pdf [save that!] and use its hyperlinks!
+ for the post I wrote for today's MEDIEVAL NATURE class
click on the pdf [save that!] and use its hyperlinks!
+ for the post I wrote for today's MEDIEVAL NATURE class
Digitised manuscripts and archives - British Library
View more than 2,000 of our digitised manuscripts and archival documents, including the Sherborne Missal and Octateuch, Four Gospels and Synodicon.
www.bl.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
guys I was able to access a British Library digitized manuscript today for the first time in years. Check it out. www.bl.uk/collection/d...
click on the pdf [save that!] and use its hyperlinks!
+ for the post I wrote for today's MEDIEVAL NATURE class
click on the pdf [save that!] and use its hyperlinks!
+ for the post I wrote for today's MEDIEVAL NATURE class
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Erinnerung: Unser Call for Papers läuft bis zum 30. November. Gerne weitersagen! fobim.de/forum-2026
Der aktualisierte Call for Papers für unser Forum zum britisch-irischen Mittelalter ist jetzt da! Die Frist für Bewerbungen endet am 30.11.2025. Bitte weitersagen oder selbst bewerben! #medievalsky #mediävistik #skystorians
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Erinnerung: Unser Call for Papers läuft bis zum 30. November. Gerne weitersagen! fobim.de/forum-2026
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Hannah Arendt 🙏
#gegenfaschismus #niewiederistjetzt #gegendasvergessen #antisemitismus #nazisraus #afdverbotprüfen #prüf
#gegenfaschismus #niewiederistjetzt #gegendasvergessen #antisemitismus #nazisraus #afdverbotprüfen #prüf
"Das Problem war doch nicht etwa, was unsere Feinde taten, sondern was unsere Freunde taten."
November 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Anyone got a spare £million? Asking for.... Well, asking for me news.artnet.com/art-world/me...
Rare Gospel Written by Medieval Women Could Fetch More Than $1 Million at Auction
A recently discovered gospel likely written by women at the abbey of Essen in the 10th century could sell for more than $1 million.
news.artnet.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Anyone got a spare £million? Asking for.... Well, asking for me news.artnet.com/art-world/me...
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Heute Abend diskutieren @kheinsohn.bsky.social,
@michaelwildt.bsky.social, @ilkokowalczuk.bsky.social
und Nadine Rossol über die vielschichtigen Bedeutungen des 9. Novembers. Schaltet Euch dazu! Wir freuen uns auf eine spannende Diskussion!
#hist4dem
@michaelwildt.bsky.social, @ilkokowalczuk.bsky.social
und Nadine Rossol über die vielschichtigen Bedeutungen des 9. Novembers. Schaltet Euch dazu! Wir freuen uns auf eine spannende Diskussion!
#hist4dem
Wir laden Sie und Euch herzlich ein, zuzuhören und mitzudiskutieren! (3/3)
#hist4dem #hist4demaktion #9november
Zuschalten können Sie sich auf Zoom unter uni-koeln.zoom.us/j/9997953793....
Weiter Infos auch unter
#hist4dem #hist4demaktion #9november
Zuschalten können Sie sich auf Zoom unter uni-koeln.zoom.us/j/9997953793....
Weiter Infos auch unter
Der 9. November: Aufbrüche, Abgründe und die Fragilität der Demokratie
Am 9. November jähren sich mehrere Schlüsselereignisse der deutschen Geschichte. Er steht für den Aufbruch in die Demokratie, aber auch für deren Fragilität. Anlässlich dieses zentralen Datums lädt hi...
www.hsozkult.de
November 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Heute Abend diskutieren @kheinsohn.bsky.social,
@michaelwildt.bsky.social, @ilkokowalczuk.bsky.social
und Nadine Rossol über die vielschichtigen Bedeutungen des 9. Novembers. Schaltet Euch dazu! Wir freuen uns auf eine spannende Diskussion!
#hist4dem
@michaelwildt.bsky.social, @ilkokowalczuk.bsky.social
und Nadine Rossol über die vielschichtigen Bedeutungen des 9. Novembers. Schaltet Euch dazu! Wir freuen uns auf eine spannende Diskussion!
#hist4dem
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Hi #MedievalSky, does anybody have a copy of Lisi Oliver's 2003 chapter “Who was Æthelberht’s Laet?” from Linda Hall's Confrontation in Late Antiquity?
Many thanks in advance! 😁
Many thanks in advance! 😁
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Hi #MedievalSky, does anybody have a copy of Lisi Oliver's 2003 chapter “Who was Æthelberht’s Laet?” from Linda Hall's Confrontation in Late Antiquity?
Many thanks in advance! 😁
Many thanks in advance! 😁