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Eliot Benbow
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Research Associate at the Institute of Historical Research working on the Late Medieval London Customs Accounts. Formerly at MoLA. Researching Medieval and Early Modern material culture, trade, devotion etc.
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We are looking forward to welcoming everyone to the upcoming London Medieval Society @londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social Colloquium on Women and Knowledge which will be Saturday 22nd November from 10:20-15:00 UK time. 🙂

You can find the zoom registration link here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The programme for the London Medieval Society Colloquium on Women & Knowledge scheduled for Saturday 22nd November from 10:20 to 15:00 UK time. The poster features an illumination from a medieval manuscript depicting a group of women seated and standing reading a number of books. Image credit: British Library, Harlety 4431, f. 107
November 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
ebenbow.bsky.social
Here is the full programme for the London Medieval Society colloquium on Women and Knowledge on the 22nd November.

We are very excited to welcome everyone to the colloquium and to hear a range of fascinating papers. 🙂

You can find the Zoom registration link here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
ebenbow.bsky.social
@londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social London Medieval Society will be hosting its first colloquium of the academic year on the 22nd November 2025 on the subject of Women and Knowledge in the Middle Ages. 😊

You can find the Zoom link here: us02web.zoom.us/j/81823681150
This poster provides the details for the London Medieval Society Colloquium on Women & Knowledge. Saturday 22nd November 10:00-15:00 (UK time) via Zoom In the centre of the poster is an image from a Medieval manuscript of a group of standing and seated women reading a number of books Image credit: British Library, Harley 4431, f. 107
October 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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justincolson.bsky.social
The EAUH 2026 Barcelona call for papers has been extended! We've had some great submissions for our panel on pre-modern quaysides and customs records, but have room for some more - please do consider making a proposal!
justincolson.bsky.social Justin Colson @justincolson.bsky.social · Sep 29
Working on pre-modern customs records, in any context? We're running a session "Quayside and Custom House: Customs Accounts as a Source for Medieval and Early Modern Urban History" at EAUH 2026 Barcelona. Paper submissions very welcome! www.eauhbarcelona2026.eu/sessions/#se...
Sessions - EAUH2026
Sessions go to quick Sessions’ overview Session 1 Main Session The Cities that made the Empire: Connectivity and Urban Networks from Late Republican to Imperial Times Organizers Noelia Cases MoraUnive...
www.eauhbarcelona2026.eu
October 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
ebenbow.bsky.social
Delighted to be working on the III Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities with @arodsan95.bsky.social and @emmaolson5.bsky.social. Excited to see the proposals and the conversations that develop. 😊

Deadline for submissions 31 Jan 2026

Please do get in touch with questions or queries!
arodsan95.bsky.social Ana Roda Sánchez @arodsan95.bsky.social · Oct 21
So pleased to launch the CfP for the III Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities!!

Looking forward to your paper proposals 🤗🥳

Deadline 31 Jan 2026

@ebenbow.bsky.social @emmaolson5.bsky.social

#medievalsky #skystorians #medieval #cfp #earlymodern #history #urbanstudies #callforpapers
October 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social
We're absolutely delighted to invite you to this upcoming symposium on Nineteenth-Century Medievalisms, co-organised by the New York Medieval Society and the LMS!

It will take place on 18 Oct 2025. Please join through this link: us02web.zoom.us/j/8729115924...

We look forward to seeing you all! 🙂
September 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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onslies.bsky.social
PROGRAMME! Excited to be welcoming Alexander Marr, Dirk van Miert, and @ebenbow.bsky.social this term -- and David Hopkin, Jeroen Puttevils, Feike Dietz, Sam Geens, Valika Smeulders, and Gloria Moorman in Spring.

All welcome @ihr.bsky.social or zoom! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #SkyStorians
programme of hte Low Countries Seminar, Institute of Historical research, Fridays 17:30 17 October: Alexander Marr: Three Renaissance ‘Grotesques’: Holbein, Dürer, Massys 31 October: Dirk van Miert: The Synod of Dordrecht: binding the Anglo-Dutch orthodox Republic of Letters 17 November: Eliot Benbow: Low Countries Merchants in and around London c. 1350-1550: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods programme of hte Low Countries Seminar, Institute of Historical research, Fridays 17:30 17 October: Alexander Marr: Three Renaissance ‘Grotesques’: Holbein, Dürer, Massys 31 October: Dirk van Miert: The Synod of Dordrecht: binding the Anglo-Dutch orthodox Republic of Letters 28 November: Eliot Benbow: Low Countries Merchants in and around London c. 1350-1550: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods
September 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social
There's still plenty of times to get tickets for our 80th anniversary event on 'Memory and Commemoration' on Saturday 18th June:
www.eventbrite.com/e/memory-and...
June 1, 2025 at 7:21 AM
ebenbow.bsky.social
Very much looking forward to what is shaping up to be a fantastic celebration of LMS on its 80th anniversary!
londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social London Medieval Society @londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social · Apr 28
We are very excited to announce the programme for our 80th anniversary event on 'Memory and Commemoration' which will be held in person at The Warburg Institute in London on Saturday 28th June! 🎂🎈🎉

You can purchase your tickets here:

eventbrite.com/e/memory-and...
April 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
ebenbow.bsky.social
Very excited to be advertising this event @qmul.ac.uk on Thursday 29th May (9:00-18:30) 🙂

Join us for a day of new research on the later Middle Ages, and to celebrate the contributions that Virginia Davis has made to that field and to QM more broadly.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-resear....
New Research on Late Medieval England at Queen Mary
Join us to discover new research on the later Middle Ages, and celebrate the contribution that Virginia Davis has made to the field and QM.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
ebenbow.bsky.social
It was a real joy to work with John on this chapter and a delight to finally see it in print. Very much looking forward to reading the rest of the chapters! 🙂
armentarius.bsky.social John Jenkins @armentarius.bsky.social · Mar 25
This lovely book plopped through my door, with a chapter by me and the brilliant @ebenbow.bsky.social on so-called 'pilgrim souvenirs', medieval staff toppers, mould-making, trade in trinkets, and why we should embrace ambiguity in studying these objects.
The front cover of the book Images of Thomas Becket in the Middle Ages and Beyond, edited by Alyce Jordan and Kay Slocum The first page of the chapter 'Becket on a Peacock: The Manufacture of Devotional Toys and their Use in Civic Devotions' by John Jenkins and Eliot Benbow, from the Images of Thomas Becket book A page from the 'Becket on a Peacock' chapter showing a hollow-cast figurine of a peacock with St Thomas Becket on its back, made of lead between 1250 and 1350, found on Upper Thames Street, London and currently in the British Museum collections
March 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social
Hi there Blue Sky! Let us start with a bang, shall we?
Join us next Saturday for our smashing February Colloquium on Religious Minorities in the Middle Ages.
Free registration here: qmul-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#MedievalBlueSky
February 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
ebenbow.bsky.social
Delighted to begin posting on this account by advertising the upcoming London Medieval Society colloquium on Religious Minorities in the Middle Ages. 🙂

The colloquium will be on the 22nd February from 10:00-15:00 and you can register for free via the Zoom link: qmul-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
A poster advertising a London Medieval Society colloquium on the subject of religious minorities in the Middle Ages. The poster features a banner image depicting a scene from a medieval manuscript depicting a group of women in discussion. The poster details are as follows: LMS Religious Minorities Saturday 22nd February 10:00-15:00 (UK time) via Zoom 10:10 Virtual Meeting Room Opens 10.20 Welcome and Introduction 10.30 Helen Flatley (Oxford), 'Female Networks in Medieval Toledo: The Formation of a 'Mozarabic Community, 1085-c.1315' 11:15 Break 11:30 Ana Roda Sánchez (Queen Mary London), 'Radicalisation of Jews and Jewish Conversos in 15th-century Toledo (1449-1465)' 12:15 Lunch 13:15 Kerstin Mayerhofer (Vienna), 'Faith Under Fire: Jewish Responses to Christian Dominance' 14:00 Break 14:15 Sarah Ifft Decker (Rhodes College), 'Lost in Translation: Jews and Christian Notaries in the Late Medieval Mediterranean' 15: End of Event Tickets: Free (Register on Zoom) www.londonmedievalsociety.com @LondonMedSoc Image credit: Sarajevo, National Museum, Sarajevo Haggadah (14th c. Catalonia)
February 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM