James T Palmer
@jtpmedieval.bsky.social
Restless medievalist • Professor at St Andrews, Scotland • Apocalypse/ Nature/ Science/ Medicine c. 500-c. 1000
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Author copies of Merovingian Worlds have arrived!
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It's a good question
December 31, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It's a good question
I might one day get to write a pop account of the Merovingians
December 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I might one day get to write a pop account of the Merovingians
NEW! Open access co-authored essay on the Corpus of Early #Medieval Latin #Medicine and some things we have learned. Enjoy!
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December 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
NEW! Open access co-authored essay on the Corpus of Early #Medieval Latin #Medicine and some things we have learned. Enjoy!
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Vacancy: Assistant Professor of Celtic, with a specialism in Old Irish, University of Cambridge.
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Assistant Professor in Celtic
The Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, within the Faculty of English wishes to appoint an Assistant Professor in Celtic from 1 September 2026. We seek applicants who have research and
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December 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Vacancy: Assistant Professor of Celtic, with a specialism in Old Irish, University of Cambridge.
#MedievalSky
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Very much follows up your "hmm, some of this was really very dark..." vibe
December 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Very much follows up your "hmm, some of this was really very dark..." vibe
North American release has been given variously between May and August 2026
December 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
North American release has been given variously between May and August 2026
December 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Come hang out next year! #medievalsky
The Department of Medieval History at the University of St Andrews invites applications for the Donald Bullough Fellowship to be taken up during either semester of the academic year 2026-2027.
The closing date for applications is Monday 1 December 2025.
The closing date for applications is Monday 1 December 2025.
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Come hang out next year! #medievalsky
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Dioskurides-Fragment aus dem 9. Jahrhundert entdeckt.
Wenn's um Feigen geht, dann ist es das Ende des 1. Buches der "Materia medica".
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Wenn's um Feigen geht, dann ist es das Ende des 1. Buches der "Materia medica".
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Unibibliothek entdeckt Pergamentfragment aus dem 9. Jahrhundert
In der Bibliothek in Halle ist beim Digitalisieren eine Handschrift gefunden worden. Sie hatte als Einband reformatorischer Schriften gedient.
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November 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Dioskurides-Fragment aus dem 9. Jahrhundert entdeckt.
Wenn's um Feigen geht, dann ist es das Ende des 1. Buches der "Materia medica".
www.forschung-und-lehre.de/forschung/un...
#histmed #medievalsky #bookhistory
Wenn's um Feigen geht, dann ist es das Ende des 1. Buches der "Materia medica".
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#histmed #medievalsky #bookhistory
New in open access #medievalsky: Bede's Medical Books!
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Keepin' it Old School this time
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Keepin' it Old School this time
October 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
New in open access #medievalsky: Bede's Medical Books!
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Keepin' it Old School this time
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Keepin' it Old School this time
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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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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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September 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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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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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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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August 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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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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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August 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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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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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July 30, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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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This is also just untrue, not least because they mostly hung out in exactly the same rural villas
July 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This is also just untrue, not least because they mostly hung out in exactly the same rural villas
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Brilliant, sweeping, magnificent and highly recommended!
Glad @thetudortimes.bsky.social enjoyed House of Lilies
Glad @thetudortimes.bsky.social enjoyed House of Lilies
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
July 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Brilliant, sweeping, magnificent and highly recommended!
Glad @thetudortimes.bsky.social enjoyed House of Lilies
Glad @thetudortimes.bsky.social enjoyed House of Lilies
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Are you a doctoral student working on medieval history who'd benefit from a stay in Paris?
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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À faire circuler ! Cc @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Are you a doctoral student working on medieval history who'd benefit from a stay in Paris?
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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June 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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...)
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
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"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
www.thetimes.com/article/4415...
www.thetimes.com/article/4415...
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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June 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
"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
www.thetimes.com/article/4415...
www.thetimes.com/article/4415...
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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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/
#medievalsky
June 30, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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/
#medievalsky
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/
#medievalsky
NEW from the Corpus of Early Medieval Latin Medicine... our handlist of the 198(!!!) pre-1000 manuscripts with medical texts not included in the standard catalogues.
It's been a productive first phase for the project... but a lot of work still to do!
#medievalsky
It's been a productive first phase for the project... but a lot of work still to do!
#medievalsky
Handlist – Corpus of Early Medieval Latin Medicine
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June 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
NEW from the Corpus of Early Medieval Latin Medicine... our handlist of the 198(!!!) pre-1000 manuscripts with medical texts not included in the standard catalogues.
It's been a productive first phase for the project... but a lot of work still to do!
#medievalsky
It's been a productive first phase for the project... but a lot of work still to do!
#medievalsky
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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....
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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June 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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....
Full advert here: jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/11....
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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
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
June 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM