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Dr Rachael Harkes
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Medieval historian | postdoc @mappingthemarch.bsky.social | Interested in processes of decision-making, borders, networks, and digital humanities | Canadian in the UK | she/her
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Dr Rachael Harkes @latemedievalist.bsky.social · 20d
My book is out today! 🎉 I wrote a blog on what the book is about and why you should read it! blog.royalhistsoc.org/2025/11/06/f...

#skystorians #medievalsky 🗃️
royalhistsoc.org Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 21d
Published today: 'Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society. The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow', by Rachael Harkes bit.ly/49CIDzC

Rachael's new book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series. It's now available free Open Access & paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2
Book cover for: 'Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow', by Rachael Harkes
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richardasquith.bsky.social
As someone who has spent the last 6 years harping on about how great #medieval probate accounts are, this is very exciting. Soon to be followed by my edition of the accounts of the executors of Sir Ralph Verney, also with @yorkisthistory.bsky.social - it's a great time to be interested in wills!
yorkisthistory.bsky.social Yorkist History Trust @yorkisthistory.bsky.social · 3h
📣📣📣 Details of our next publication - The Post-Mortem Accounts and Inventories of Sir Thomas Charlton (d.1465), edited by Claire Martin - are now available on our website! 🎉 Click here for more info: yorkisthistorytrust.org/publications/ #MedievalSky #medieval #Skystorians #BookSky
Cover image of The Post-Mortem Accounts and Inventories of Sir Thomas Charlton (d.1465), edited by Claire Martin. On a gold background is placed an image from an illuminated manuscript (the Hours of Catherine of Cleves) which shows an illustration of a man on his deathbed surrounded by people. In the bottom margin, his heir is depicted rummaging through his father's chest of money.
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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canmedievalists.bsky.social
**CFP** for Session at the 2026 annual conference of the Canadian Society of Medievalists, 26-29 May 2026 in beautiful Antigonish, NS!

Understanding Medieval Race-Making: see attached for details or visit our webpage www.canadianmedievalists.org/Calls-for-Pa...
CALL FOR PAPERS UNDERSTANDING MEDIEVAL RACE-MAKING 2026 ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE CANADIAN SOCIETY OF MEDIEVALISTS / RÉUNION ANNUELLE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DES MÉDIÉVISTES 2026 The EDID (Equity, Diversity, Inclusivity and Decolonization) Committee of the CSM/SCM invites papers for a session on medieval race-making. THIS PANEL ASKS THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: • HOW DID WE UNDERSTAND THE IDEA OF RACE BEFORE MODERN DISCOURSES ON IMPERIALISM AND COLONIALISM? • HOW DO MODERN DISCOURSES ON IMPERIALISM, COLONIALISM, AND RACE HELP US UNDERSTAND MEDIEVAL RACE? • ALTERNATIVELY, HOW DOES MODERN DISCOURSE ON RACE SHAPE HOW RACE-MAKING OR RACE IS ENGAGED WITHIN MEDIEVALISM? • HOW DID THE PREMODERN IMAGINE ALTERITY? HOW DID THEY DEFINE THEMSELVES? • HOW DID THE PREMODERN UNDERSTAND THE INDIGENOUS VS THE COLONIZER? Presentations may be in either English or French and should be 15-20 minutes in length. Please submit proposals by email by January 5, 2026. For inquiries or proposal submissions, please contact Arkaprabha Chakraborty at arkaprabha.chakraborty@mail.utoronto.ca.
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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canmedievalists.bsky.social
**CFP** for Session at the 2026 annual conference of the Canadian Society of Medievalists, 26-29 May 2026 in beautiful Antigonish, NS!

Queer World-Making: see attached for details or visit our webpage www.canadianmedievalists.org/Calls-for-Pa...
CALL FOR PAPERS 2026 ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE CANADIAN SOCIETY OF MEDIEVALISTS / RÉUNION ANNUELLE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DES MÉDIÉVISTES 2026 QUEER WORLD-MAKING The EDID (Equity, Diversity, Inclusivity, and Decolonization) Committee of the CSM/SCM invites papers for a session on queer world-making in medieval studies. This session takes as its starting point the idea that queerness is a mode of imagining, creating, and inhabiting other worlds. We are interested in how medieval texts envision alternatives to normative ideals, and in how queer approaches to these texts might open transformative possibilities. LENGTH: 15-20 MINUTES LANGUAGE: ENGLISH OR FRENCH Please submit proposals by email by January 5, 2026. For inquiries or proposal submissions, please contact Gavin Foster at gavin.foster@dal.ca.
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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canmedievalists.bsky.social
**CFP** for Session at the 2026 annual conference of the Canadian Society of Medievalists, 26-29 May 2026 in beautiful Antigonish, NS!

Medieval Engagements with Disability: see attached for details or visit our webpage www.canadianmedievalists.org/Calls-for-Pa...
Call for Papers / Appel à communications MEDIEVAL ENGAGEMENTS WITH DISABILITY 2026 ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE CANADIAN SOCIETY OF MEDIEVALISTS / RÉUNION ANNUELLE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DES MÉDIÉVISTES 2026 The EDID (Equity, Diversity, Inclusivity, and Decolonization) Committee of the CSM/SCM invites papers for a session that will explore disability in the medieval past and/or the ways in which disability studies and medieval studies fruitfully intersect. Papers might consider: • Constructions of disability and difference, and the power structures they engage • Mobility impairments and aids, and/or responses to them • Sensory impairments and/or responses to them • The temporality of disability • How disability intersects with other axes of identity Presentations may be in either English or French and should be 15-20 minutes in length. Please submit proposals by email by January 5, 2026. For inquiries or proposal submissions, please contact Emma-Catherine Wilson at emma-catherine.wilson@hertford.ox.ac.uk.
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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gwentarchives.bsky.social
Today is #WorldTelevisionDay – soon you will be able to view digitised film, video and audio from the Wales Broadcast Archive at Gwent Archive’s very own Clip Corner! To find out more, why not join us at our event on Monday 15 December for a morning exploring the history of Ebbw Vale Steelworks.
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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bho.bsky.social
New #OpenAccess #MedievalHistory from @uolpress.bsky.social

Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society
The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow
by Rachael Harkes

uolpress.co.uk/book/forging...

#History
Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society - University of London Press
Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society is an ambitious and innovative study of the social, political and religious histories of medieval England and Wales. Using the Palmers’ Guild of Ludlow as a...
uolpress.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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medievalmcsheff.bsky.social
Includes Rachael Harkes’s Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society!
royalhistsoc.org Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 9d
We are delighted to receive today print copies of the three latest titles in our 'New Historical Perspectives' book series, published with @ihr.bsky.social and @uolpress.bsky.social

Each title is available in paperback print and free Open Access: further details bit.ly/4pl2gkA #Skystorians
Photograph of the following three titles: Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society. The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow, by Rachael Harkes Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment and Identity in Modern England and Wales, by Andrew McTominey Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940, by Gareth Roddy
November 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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royalhistsoc.org
We are delighted to receive today print copies of the three latest titles in our 'New Historical Perspectives' book series, published with @ihr.bsky.social and @uolpress.bsky.social

Each title is available in paperback print and free Open Access: further details bit.ly/4pl2gkA #Skystorians
Photograph of the following three titles: Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society. The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow, by Rachael Harkes Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment and Identity in Modern England and Wales, by Andrew McTominey Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940, by Gareth Roddy
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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misswalsingham.bsky.social
Here’s another fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on guilds and associations supporting early modern language professionals bit.ly/49rsLA3

Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
PhD position, project LangPro: 'Societies and Guilds in the Language Industry'
PhD position, project LangPro: 'Societies and Guilds in the Language Industry'
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November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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themedievaldrk.bsky.social
Hey hey, it’s now official on Concordia UP’s website, 20% discount code KENNEDY2026 at CUP (CAN) or Chicago (USD, link in next post) for Illuminating Media: Transmitting the Renaissance in England, 1400-1550! concordia.ca/press/illumi...
A turquoise book cover with a orange-red design on the front, Illuminating Media: Transmitting the Renaissance in England, 1400-1550.
November 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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richardasquith.bsky.social
Today is the Lady Mayor's show in #London - at Vintners' Hall we have a sumptuous record of the festivities performed for Samuel Dashwood as Lord Mayor in 1702. A remarkable piece of #book history, the cheap commemorative pamphlet has been augmented with gilded wine-themed decoration #Skystorians
The cover of a book, made of embossed, coloured, and gilded leather. At the centre is a heraldic device, in an elaborate cartouche of gold leather. The decoration is formed of scrolling vines and bunches of grapes. An oval portrait of a young gentleman in a wig wearing a lace cravat and elaborate silk clothes. Thought to be a member of the Dashwood family, possibly Sir Samuel Dashwood, or his brother, Sir Francis Dashwood. By Herman Verelst, Guildhall Art Gallery, London. The title page of the book. At the centre is a block of printed text: 'The Triumphs of London, at the inauguration of the right honourable Sir Samuel Dashwood, knight, Lord Mayor of the City of London, containing a description of the pageants, the speeches, and the whole solemnity of the day'. The border of the page is decorated with coloured vases from which spring vines and grapes, lined with gilding and with additional gilded decoration. A detail of the final page of the book, again formed of a printed text block surrounded by painted and gilded decoration. The text is the Vintners' Song, which celebrates the perceived social benefits of wine.
November 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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uolpress.bsky.social
Today we're excited to publish the 25th #OABook in our #NewHistoricalPerspectives series w/ @ihr.bsky.social & @royalhistsoc.org, Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society.

Congratulations @latemedievalist.bsky.social!

Read it online, download or purchase it here:
uolpress.co.uk/book/forging...
Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society - University of London Press
Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society is an ambitious and innovative study of the social, political and religious histories of medieval England and Wales. Using the Palmers’ Guild of Ludlow as a...
uolpress.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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latemedievalist.bsky.social
My book is out today! 🎉 I wrote a blog on what the book is about and why you should read it! blog.royalhistsoc.org/2025/11/06/f...

#skystorians #medievalsky 🗃️
royalhistsoc.org Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 21d
Published today: 'Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society. The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow', by Rachael Harkes bit.ly/49CIDzC

Rachael's new book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series. It's now available free Open Access & paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2
Book cover for: 'Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow', by Rachael Harkes
November 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
latemedievalist.bsky.social
My book is out today! 🎉 I wrote a blog on what the book is about and why you should read it! blog.royalhistsoc.org/2025/11/06/f...

#skystorians #medievalsky 🗃️
royalhistsoc.org Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 21d
Published today: 'Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society. The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow', by Rachael Harkes bit.ly/49CIDzC

Rachael's new book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series. It's now available free Open Access & paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2
Book cover for: 'Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow', by Rachael Harkes
November 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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dudleymarianna.bsky.social
Was great to celebrate Electric Wind with friends and colleagues @uobrisceh.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social . I was most excited about the book-cake. Cake-book. A book made of cake!!!!
A woman in a mustard colour shirt holds up a slab of cake with the cover of her book Electric Wind printed on it.
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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uobrisceh.bsky.social
Here’s @dudleymarianna.bsky.social introducing her new book to the world, in conversation with CEH co-director Paul Merchant. Everyone go read: ‘Electric Wind: An Energy History of Modern Britain’! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526182968/
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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richardasquith.bsky.social
As a previous prize winner, I can hardly recommend this enough: it’s a force for good in the study of #London history, and publishing with @thelondonjournal.bsky.social (with the gentle support/encouragement of @aidannorrie.bsky.social!) was a delight. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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timhitchcock.bsky.social
Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
London Lives
www.londonlives.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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royalhistsoc.org
On Thursday we publish the next title in our New Historical Perspectives book series:

'Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society: The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow', by Rachael Harkes, is available from 6 November bit.ly/4ogSm2H

Full details from @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians 1/2
Front cover of Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow, by Rachael Harkes
November 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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uolpress.bsky.social
You can pre-order the book in print, or the #OpenAccess PDF and 'read online' Manifold edition will both be available later this week!

uolpress.co.uk/book/forging...

@ihr.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org
Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society - University of London Press
Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society is an ambitious and innovative study of the social, political and religious histories of medieval England and Wales. Using the Palmers’ Guild of Ludlow as a...
uolpress.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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uolpress.bsky.social
'Rachael Harkes achieves a tremendous blend of analysis and insight through meticulous document research'

Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society: The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow by @latemedievalist.bsky.social is out this Thursday!

#OpenAccess #NewHistoricalPerspectives #Skystorians #History
November 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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manchesterup.bsky.social
📸 Pictured: a wonderful event at @bookhaus.bsky.social last night, where our authors @dominicmhinde.bsky.social and @dudleymarianna.bsky.social chatted all things climate, energy and sustainability🍃

Huge thanks to all who attended!

Drifting North and Electric Wind are out now📚
Authors Dominic Hinde and Marianna Dudley sit next to a table displaying their books at Bookhaus Bristol. Behind them is a wall of bookshelves. Authors Dominic Hinde and Marianna Dudley stand with a friend for a picture at their Bookhaus Bristol event. Author Marianna Dudley signs a copy of her new book Electric Wind for an attendee at the Bookhaus Bristol event.
October 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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rmblf.bsky.social
Publication – « The Cambridge Guide to Global Medieval Travel Writing », éd. Sebastian Sobecki

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Publication – « The Cambridge Guide to Global Medieval Travel Writing », éd. Sebastian Sobecki
The Middle Ages laid the foundations for the long European and Middle Eastern history of voyaging, colonialism, and expansion: the Papal embassies that took over a year of overland travel to reach …
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October 26, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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laurajcleaver.bsky.social
Back by popular demand, Introduction to Latin Palaeography will run online in February 2026 #MedievalSky 👇

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Introduction to Latin Palaeography
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October 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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mappingthemarch.bsky.social
Our team took part in the @bristoluni.bsky.social Discovery Day. Our aim was to engage children and families with the ‘Map of Bristol in 1480’.

The map was edited by @profhelenfulton.bsky.social and published by the @historictownstrust.bsky.social

#MedievalStudies #medievalbluesky #mappingthemarch
Image shows the Mapping the March team at the event booth with mapping goodies and colouring in sheets Image shows a child engaging with a medieval map work book Image shows two children using felt-tips to colour in a medieval map of Bristol Image shows an individual completing a very colourful map of medieval Bristol using highlighters on the event table
October 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM