Ed Roberts
@ecroberts.bsky.social
Early medieval historian at the University of Kent | Reviews editor for Early Medieval Europe | Convenor @earliermiddleages.bsky.social
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There's no cover image yet, but look what's coming out next year:
Do you like bureaucracy? early Christianity? both?
Robin Whelan has got you covered:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...
Do you like bureaucracy? early Christianity? both?
Robin Whelan has got you covered:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...
Serving the Christian State in Late Antiquity
Cambridge Core - Church History - Serving the Christian State in Late Antiquity
www.cambridge.org
January 28, 2026 at 2:21 PM
There's no cover image yet, but look what's coming out next year:
Do you like bureaucracy? early Christianity? both?
Robin Whelan has got you covered:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...
Do you like bureaucracy? early Christianity? both?
Robin Whelan has got you covered:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...
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It me! Online attendance also available; book on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/professor-...
January 22, 2026 at 8:37 PM
It me! Online attendance also available; book on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/professor-...
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Looks like essential reading for Carolingianists, gonna need to carve out time to read this! #medievalsky
Annals in Carolingian Europe
In the 8th-9th centuries annals became the predominant genre of Frankish historiography, displaying a remarkable variety of texts. Yet for a long time scholarly appreciation of this variety has been l...
www.degruyterbrill.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Looks like essential reading for Carolingianists, gonna need to carve out time to read this! #medievalsky
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Today on the blog - was Pirenne a psychohistorian and what influence did he have on Asimov’s classic SF Foundation series? #medievalsky #SF #Asimov
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Asimov and Pirenne
Spoilers for the first three Foundation books below. And the Pirenne thesis, I guess. Exactly when and how Isaac Asimov (c.1920-1992) encountered Henri Pirenne (1862-1935) is unknown. That the Amer…
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January 22, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Today on the blog - was Pirenne a psychohistorian and what influence did he have on Asimov’s classic SF Foundation series? #medievalsky #SF #Asimov
salutemmundo.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/a...
salutemmundo.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/a...
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A few months ago I was curious to know how much Anna's Archive was charging AI developers for access to their massive library of pirated works for training - so I emailed them saying I was interested in buying access.
Here is their reply.
🧵 1/n
Here is their reply.
🧵 1/n
January 22, 2026 at 10:34 AM
A few months ago I was curious to know how much Anna's Archive was charging AI developers for access to their massive library of pirated works for training - so I emailed them saying I was interested in buying access.
Here is their reply.
🧵 1/n
Here is their reply.
🧵 1/n
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PhD funding for early career historians completing a doctorate.
Applications are invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships for the academic year 2026-27 bit.ly/49MzqmT.
Two awards of £8500 per student, held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
Applications are invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships for the academic year 2026-27 bit.ly/49MzqmT.
Two awards of £8500 per student, held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
January 22, 2026 at 8:47 AM
PhD funding for early career historians completing a doctorate.
Applications are invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships for the academic year 2026-27 bit.ly/49MzqmT.
Two awards of £8500 per student, held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
Applications are invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships for the academic year 2026-27 bit.ly/49MzqmT.
Two awards of £8500 per student, held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
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Our first seminar of 2026 will be this Wednesday at 5.30pm (IHR, Wolfson Room NB02), when we welcome @helengittos.bsky.social to speak on "Christianity before Conversion: The women who led the way". All welcome, please register in advance: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #medievalsky
Christianity before Conversion: The women who led the way
www.history.ac.uk
January 19, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Our first seminar of 2026 will be this Wednesday at 5.30pm (IHR, Wolfson Room NB02), when we welcome @helengittos.bsky.social to speak on "Christianity before Conversion: The women who led the way". All welcome, please register in advance: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #medievalsky
Excellent news - @monumenta.bsky.social to the rescue of online access to Deutsches Archiv!
Indeed, this is a major problem. But all articles of the Deutsches Archiv (and the older Neues Archiv) can be researched in our OPAC and we have a PDF of each article publicly available. As of now, the old "Archiv" (1819–1874) is still work in progress. (1/3)
January 19, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Excellent news - @monumenta.bsky.social to the rescue of online access to Deutsches Archiv!
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The inkless doodles of Eadburg, an 8th-c. nun, discovered by new technology: now published by Jessica Hendy-Hodgkinson in EME doi.org/10.1111/emed... (Open access)
January 19, 2026 at 8:27 AM
The inkless doodles of Eadburg, an 8th-c. nun, discovered by new technology: now published by Jessica Hendy-Hodgkinson in EME doi.org/10.1111/emed... (Open access)
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From the current issue: Viewpoint: “Secularizing Strategies in the Early Middle Ages and the History of Pre-Modern Religion”
by Conor O'Brien (@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by Conor O'Brien (@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Validate User
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January 16, 2026 at 5:18 PM
From the current issue: Viewpoint: “Secularizing Strategies in the Early Middle Ages and the History of Pre-Modern Religion”
by Conor O'Brien (@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by Conor O'Brien (@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Came across this handsome diploma of Otto I from 947, granting the abbot of St Gall the rights to hold a market and mint coins in Rorschach, on the southern shore of Lake Constance, 'for the convenience of those travelling to Italy or Rome'. www.e-chartae.ch/de/charters/...
January 16, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Came across this handsome diploma of Otto I from 947, granting the abbot of St Gall the rights to hold a market and mint coins in Rorschach, on the southern shore of Lake Constance, 'for the convenience of those travelling to Italy or Rome'. www.e-chartae.ch/de/charters/...
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My chat with the wonderful Marco Panato about mills in Italy for the inaugural episode of Early Medieval Europe podcast is now up! Join us for a conversation about water and wealth, class and gender, and power in every sense of the word. #medievalsky
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Mills and society in early medieval northern Italy | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
Welcome to the very first EME podcast, brought to you by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby, our inaugural Podcast Editor. In this podcast, Sam talks to Marco Panato, about Marco's latest article, 'Mills and societ...
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January 13, 2026 at 1:11 PM
My chat with the wonderful Marco Panato about mills in Italy for the inaugural episode of Early Medieval Europe podcast is now up! Join us for a conversation about water and wealth, class and gender, and power in every sense of the word. #medievalsky
rss.com/podcasts/ear...
rss.com/podcasts/ear...
Plus reviews of recent books on the Three Chapters controversy, King Liutprand, Hincmar, 11th-century León & Galicia, Alfred the Great, the Regnum Italicum, Ernst Kantorowicz, and cartularies!
Finally, 2026 has started properly, with a new issue of Early Medieval Europe! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680254...
Early Medieval Europe: Vol 34, No 1
Early Medieval Europe is an interdisciplinary medieval studies journal covering European history from the fall of the Roman Empire up until the 11th century.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Plus reviews of recent books on the Three Chapters controversy, King Liutprand, Hincmar, 11th-century León & Galicia, Alfred the Great, the Regnum Italicum, Ernst Kantorowicz, and cartularies!
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But there's more! The issue also sees the launch of the EME podcast. 🌟
In this inaugural episode, catch @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social in conversation with Marco Panato about his article in the issue 🤓
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In this inaugural episode, catch @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social in conversation with Marco Panato about his article in the issue 🤓
rss.com/podcasts/ear...
January 13, 2026 at 9:59 AM
But there's more! The issue also sees the launch of the EME podcast. 🌟
In this inaugural episode, catch @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social in conversation with Marco Panato about his article in the issue 🤓
rss.com/podcasts/ear...
In this inaugural episode, catch @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social in conversation with Marco Panato about his article in the issue 🤓
rss.com/podcasts/ear...
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Finally, 2026 has started properly, with a new issue of Early Medieval Europe! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680254...
Early Medieval Europe: Vol 34, No 1
Early Medieval Europe is an interdisciplinary medieval studies journal covering European history from the fall of the Roman Empire up until the 11th century.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Finally, 2026 has started properly, with a new issue of Early Medieval Europe! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680254...
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@memsunikent.bsky.social term card until March, featuring yours truly on Wednesday 14 January.
For more details links to online access for each paper, see here:
research.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
For more details links to online access for each paper, see here:
research.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
January 12, 2026 at 12:50 PM
@memsunikent.bsky.social term card until March, featuring yours truly on Wednesday 14 January.
For more details links to online access for each paper, see here:
research.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
For more details links to online access for each paper, see here:
research.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
Medieval legal manuscripts don't often contain illustrations, but this collection (Vatican lat. 1339) made in central Italy in the mid-11th C features depictions of 6 ecumenical councils and 44 portraits of canonical authorities. Here's the 431 council of Ephesus, convened by Theodosius II:
January 7, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Medieval legal manuscripts don't often contain illustrations, but this collection (Vatican lat. 1339) made in central Italy in the mid-11th C features depictions of 6 ecumenical councils and 44 portraits of canonical authorities. Here's the 431 council of Ephesus, convened by Theodosius II:
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There is time to apply until 30
January for this opportunity sponsored by Early Medieval Europe to spend one month at the British School in Rome
January for this opportunity sponsored by Early Medieval Europe to spend one month at the British School in Rome
📣 BSR / Early Medieval Europe Fellowship – Call for Applications!
Are you a PhD student or early career researcher in early medieval European history?
Apply now!
⏳ Deadline: 30 January 2026
More info here: bsr.ac.uk/awards-resid...
Are you a PhD student or early career researcher in early medieval European history?
Apply now!
⏳ Deadline: 30 January 2026
More info here: bsr.ac.uk/awards-resid...
January 7, 2026 at 9:02 AM
There is time to apply until 30
January for this opportunity sponsored by Early Medieval Europe to spend one month at the British School in Rome
January for this opportunity sponsored by Early Medieval Europe to spend one month at the British School in Rome
DigiZeitschriften is now sadly gone, though apparently any last orders for its public domain content can be made until the end of April...
January 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
DigiZeitschriften is now sadly gone, though apparently any last orders for its public domain content can be made until the end of April...
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Our first RHS lecture of 2026 is '"Alike in Appearance but not in Scope": Queens and the Making of Medieval Europe', with Prof Charles West (Edinburgh) bit.ly/49GlmMR
6pm, Friday 6 February. In-person booking is now full but registration to attend this event online remains open #Skystorians
6pm, Friday 6 February. In-person booking is now full but registration to attend this event online remains open #Skystorians
'Queens and the Making of Medieval Europe': RHS Lecture, online
Royal Historical Society Lecture, 6 February 2026
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January 6, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Our first RHS lecture of 2026 is '"Alike in Appearance but not in Scope": Queens and the Making of Medieval Europe', with Prof Charles West (Edinburgh) bit.ly/49GlmMR
6pm, Friday 6 February. In-person booking is now full but registration to attend this event online remains open #Skystorians
6pm, Friday 6 February. In-person booking is now full but registration to attend this event online remains open #Skystorians
Been greatly enjoying this new book, which contains some excellent studies of life in the Carolingian Empire. brill.com/display/titl...
January 6, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Been greatly enjoying this new book, which contains some excellent studies of life in the Carolingian Empire. brill.com/display/titl...
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Konf: Ein Europa der Bischöfe? Wege und Möglichkeiten der Erforschung von Bischöfen in überregionaler Perspektive (10.–12. Jahrhundert)
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-159457
Köln, 09.02.2026-10.02.2026, Étienne Doublier, Abteilung für Mittelalterliche Geschichte, Universität zu Köln; …
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-159457
Köln, 09.02.2026-10.02.2026, Étienne Doublier, Abteilung für Mittelalterliche Geschichte, Universität zu Köln; …
www.hsozkult.de
December 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Konf: Ein Europa der Bischöfe? Wege und Möglichkeiten der Erforschung von Bischöfen in überregionaler Perspektive (10.–12. Jahrhundert)
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-159457
Köln, 09.02.2026-10.02.2026, Étienne Doublier, Abteilung für Mittelalterliche Geschichte, Universität zu Köln; …
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-159457
Köln, 09.02.2026-10.02.2026, Étienne Doublier, Abteilung für Mittelalterliche Geschichte, Universität zu Köln; …
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Happy new year! We're delighted to share our seminar schedule for Spring 2026. All events take place at the @ihr.bsky.social (Wolfson NB02) on Wednesdays at 5.30pm. All welcome - please sign up in advance here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
January 5, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Happy new year! We're delighted to share our seminar schedule for Spring 2026. All events take place at the @ihr.bsky.social (Wolfson NB02) on Wednesdays at 5.30pm. All welcome - please sign up in advance here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Publication – Privaturkunden und Dokumentationspraxis im langen 10. Jahrhundert (Archiv für Diplomatik, Schriftgeschichte, Siegel- und Wappenkunde, t. 71, 2025)
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Publication – Privaturkunden und Dokumentationspraxis im langen 10. Jahrhundert (Archiv für Diplomatik, Schriftgeschichte, Siegel- und Wappenkunde, t. 71, 2025)
Privaturkunden und Dokumentationspraxis im langen 10. Jahrhundert, Archiv für Diplomatik, Schriftgeschichte, Siegel- und Wappenkunde, t. 71, 2025. ISBN : 978-3-412-53451-6. Table des matières : Pet…
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January 5, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Publication – Privaturkunden und Dokumentationspraxis im langen 10. Jahrhundert (Archiv für Diplomatik, Schriftgeschichte, Siegel- und Wappenkunde, t. 71, 2025)
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Another beer post for the evening: In 1241, Pope Gregory IX informed Archbishop Sigurd Eindridesson (r.1231-52) that children who are baptised in beer can not be considered to have been properly baptised.
December 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Another beer post for the evening: In 1241, Pope Gregory IX informed Archbishop Sigurd Eindridesson (r.1231-52) that children who are baptised in beer can not be considered to have been properly baptised.