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Jan van Doren 🟥 @janvandoren.bsky.social · 8h

I will back up Sam in saying that since I've been quietly following this discussion, several very questionable and slanderous comments have been deleted from under the main post to which Sam is responding. Some were latching onto insinuations in the main post, others took ugly turns of their own.

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Jan van Doren 🟥 @janvandoren.bsky.social · 12h

And now for something completely different: the Text Object Research Network at the Radboud Institute for Culture and History had its first date with a manuscript of the academic year. I found myself reading a 17th c. letter by famous Dutch historian/poet/playwright P.C. Hooft. Not my usual fare!

A 17th century letter on paper by Dutch historian/poet/playwright P.C. Hooft

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Christoph Haack @christoph-haack.bsky.social · 3d

Another (quite exciting looking!) book from Tübingen!!

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Christoph Haack @christoph-haack.bsky.social · 10d

Sure you wonder (like me) what the bishops were doing/thinking in 829. - Well, here's the answer! publikationen.uni-tuebingen.de/xmlui/handle...

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Sam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · 13d

An interesting new blog series by @ajaltamimi.bsky.social translating the Roman History of Paul the Deacon. #medievalsky

www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/paul-the-d...

Paul the Deacon's Roman History (Book One)

From Rome's origins to the first sack of Rome

www.aymennaltamimi.com

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Sam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · 15d

The elephant rides again! 🐘 Join us on a journey from the palaces of Baghdad, through the streets of Córdoba and all the way to the forests of Aachen #medievalsky

Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 15d

Now in #paperback, The Emperor and the Elephant by @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social is a new history of Christian-Muslim relations in the #Carolingian period that provides a fresh account of events by drawing on Arabic as well as western sources.

Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

The Emperor and the Elephant: Christians and Muslims in the Age of Charlemagne by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby

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Carine van Rhijn🟥 @carinevanrhijn.bsky.social · 15d

New early medieval grave field in Nijmegen!

nos.nl/l/2583849

Begraafplaats vol schatten gevonden uit vroege middeleeuwen in Nijmegen

Op het grafveld lagen volgens de onderzoekers mannen, vrouwen en kinderen begraven. De menselijke resten zijn volledig vergaan, maar in de grond zaten veel objecten.

nos.nl

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Carine van Rhijn🟥 @carinevanrhijn.bsky.social · 16d

Net afgestudeerd in de vroege middeleeuwen? Manuscripten-fanaat? Paleografie en Latijn? We hebben een part-time baan voor een Nederlandstalige getalenteerde duizendpoot: vacatures.knaw.nl/job/Amsterda...
Wie vragen heeft: emailen mag. En deel dit vooral. @irenevanrenswoude.bsky.social

Junior Onderzoeker project Author Unknown - Huygens

vacatures.knaw.nl

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Jan van Doren 🟥 @janvandoren.bsky.social · 25d

You're doing all the hits!

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Jan van Doren 🟥 @janvandoren.bsky.social · Sep 3

Can highly recommend this volume as a holiday gift --as an added bonus you can even read my article within it about the judicial experiences of vulnerable groups in the Carolingian empire.

Simon Coupland @scoupland.bsky.social · Sep 3

Excited to hear that this volume is coming out in December - just in time for you to buy copies as Christmas presents for all your friends! 🤓
brill.com/display/titl...

Living in a Carolingian World

"Living in a Carolingian World" published on 18 Dec 2025 by Brill.

brill.com

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magistraetmater.bsky.social @magistraetmater.bsky.social · Sep 3

TIL that someone wrote a children's novel about Charles the Bald's daughter, Judith of Flanders: archive.org/details/judi...

Judith of France : Leighton, Margaret, 1922-1976 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

281 pages : 22 cm

archive.org

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Sven Meeder @svenmeeder.bsky.social · Aug 18

I have yet to see the book myself, but the
‪@cua-press.bsky.social‬ website assures me that my edition of the Collectio CCCC capitulorum is now out! This early medieval collection of canon law has been with me for a very long and I am happy to see it published www.cuapress.org/978081323847... 1/2

Collectio CCCC capitulorum, The Collection in 400 Chapters - CUAPress

Surviving in three ninth-century manuscripts, the collection of canon law known as the Collectio 400 capitulorum is a remarkable and understudied witness to...

www.cuapress.org

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Rike Chill @chillrike.bsky.social · Aug 18

Are you interested in medieval perspectives on #intersectionality? Then join our session at the next year's #IMC! @queebees.bsky.social @thiliel.bsky.social @isabelleschuerch.bsky.social @imc-leeds.bsky.social

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Jan van Doren 🟥 @janvandoren.bsky.social · Aug 12

Campus Galli, the experimental archaeology museum, is a lot of fun, so I can only imagine this boardgame is as well.

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · Jul 29

Job! 🚨

Assistant Professor, High Medieval European History (tenure track)
Princeton University

www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...

Assistant Professor, High Medieval European History (tenure track) - HigherEdJobs

Jobs in higher education. Faculty and administrative positions at colleges and universities. Updated daily. Free to job seekers.

www.higheredjobs.com

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · Jul 2

1-year temp. medieval lectureship at KCL, covering Alice Rio's teaching, closing date 20 July: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...

my.corehr.com

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Jan van Doren 🟥 @janvandoren.bsky.social · Jul 2

Would love to know the source, because that sounds right up my alley!

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Jan van Doren 🟥 @janvandoren.bsky.social · Jul 2

Not at all the same thing, but I find this Japanese classical shoe maker with zero narration incredibly relaxing: youtube.com/@ken_kataoka...

Siroeno Yosui by Ken Kataoka

Fully Handcrafted Shoes from Japan.

youtube.com

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Jan van Doren 🟥 @janvandoren.bsky.social · Jul 2

Ik had deze dissertatie nog niet gezien! Erg interessant, bedankt!

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Jan van Doren 🟥 @janvandoren.bsky.social · Jul 2

Ausgezeichnet! Höre es gern!

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Jan van Doren 🟥 @janvandoren.bsky.social · Jul 2

Zeker geen verkeerd spul! Und kein Problem! Wenn es um Garum geht, bin ich immer begeistert!

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Jan van Doren 🟥 @janvandoren.bsky.social · Jul 2

Pliny the Elder's Natural Histories (Book 32, c. 94) mentions the best garum is made from scombers in Carthago Spartaria (Cartagena, Spain) and that these are also caught in Baetica. According to Robert Curtis (Garum and Salsamenta, p. 2, n. 3), Galen ranked Baetica's mackerel garum second best.

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Jan van Doren 🟥 @janvandoren.bsky.social · Jul 2

No worries! I am a slow poster!

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Jan van Doren 🟥 @janvandoren.bsky.social · Jul 2

We serendipitously linked to the same Smithsonian article! I'm not too bothered about it being Spanish rather than Italian: garum/liquamen was produced all across the coastal regions of the Roman Empire, especially Spain, Italy, Greece, Tunis, and even the British Isles and Belgium/the Netherlands.

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Jan van Doren 🟥 @janvandoren.bsky.social · Jul 2

Flor de Garum is supposedly based on the so-called Gargilius Martialis garum recipe (more likely an early medieval attribution, which has a high salt content, but also contains lots of spices/flavorings), so I would recommend it on that basis. See: www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...

Culinary Detectives Try to Recover the Formula for a Deliciously Fishy Roman Condiment

From Pompeii to modern laboratories, scholars are working to recreate garum, a sauce made from decaying fish that delighted ancient Rome

www.smithsonianmag.com

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