Institute for Medieval Studies Leeds
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The Institute for Medieval Studies at Leeds is a major centre for interdisciplinary medieval studies. Home of the International Medieval Congress and the International Medieval Bibliography. https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/medieval
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We are delighted to announce our research seminars for this semester in Leeds. All will be hybrid. Keep an eye out for links to register for zoom nearer the time or come in person. All welcome! #medievalsky #medievalresearch
This Thursday. In person or hybrid. To sign up for online attendance click forms.office.com/e/L834SBHzKX. #medievalsky #medievalwarfare #museums #materialculture
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This Thursday. In person or hybrid. To sign up for online attendance click forms.office.com/e/L834SBHzKX. #medievalsky #medievalwarfare #museums #materialculture
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Glass 'funnel beaker' from #Viking-Age Birka grave Bj 854.
From the Carolingian region, such pieces were high-status signifiers due to the costs of importing delicate artefacts long distances, and their likely prominent role in elite feasting contexts.
My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet
From the Carolingian region, such pieces were high-status signifiers due to the costs of importing delicate artefacts long distances, and their likely prominent role in elite feasting contexts.
My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Glass 'funnel beaker' from #Viking-Age Birka grave Bj 854.
From the Carolingian region, such pieces were high-status signifiers due to the costs of importing delicate artefacts long distances, and their likely prominent role in elite feasting contexts.
My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet
From the Carolingian region, such pieces were high-status signifiers due to the costs of importing delicate artefacts long distances, and their likely prominent role in elite feasting contexts.
My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet
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Medieval Ghost Stories: The Chilling Haunts of Byland Abbey www.medievalists.net/2024/11/medi... #ghoststories
Medieval Ghost Stories: The Chilling Haunts of Byland Abbey - Medievalists.net
What would you do if a ghost blocked your path, or if a spirit appeared at your door, desperate for absolution? For the people of medieval England, these weren’t mere tales to spook children—they…
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November 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Medieval Ghost Stories: The Chilling Haunts of Byland Abbey www.medievalists.net/2024/11/medi... #ghoststories
Come along to hear specialists in pre-modern Asian & African arms, edged weapons, and combat techniques discuss their research. Hybrid #medievalsky @royalarmouries.bsky.social
Interested in learning more about the oldest museum in the UK and its research? Sign up to attend our next seminar online or come along on 27 November at 5.30 pm GMT: forms.office.com/e/L834SBHzKX. More info at link in bio (scroll down to events) #medievalsky #royalarmouries
November 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Chaucer in the Age of Medievalism needs you! In the wake of our conference, we are now preparing a collective volume and seeking additional chapters to complement the proceedings. Please share widely!
#medievalsky
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modmed.hypotheses.org/8517
Appel à articles : Chaucer in the Age of Medievalism
Following the Chaucer: Here and Now exhibition (2023–2024) at the Bodleian Library, the conference Chaucer in the Age of Medievalism—sponsored by the Modernités médiévales association and the New Chau...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Chaucer in the Age of Medievalism needs you! In the wake of our conference, we are now preparing a collective volume and seeking additional chapters to complement the proceedings. Please share widely!
#medievalsky
modmed.hypotheses.org/8517
#medievalsky
modmed.hypotheses.org/8517
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Okay, I've fleshed out this initial timeline w/ bibliographical citations & a few more pertinent details on how & when our current knowledge about the 12thC medic Trota of Salerno was recovered. You can find it here: doi.org/10.17613/emm... #histmed #MedievalSky
Timeline of the "Recovery" of Trota of Salerno
On November 18, 19, and 20, 2025, what turned out to be a lively thread on the social media platform, Bluesky, raised some questions about when and how the historicity of the 12th-century female medic...
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November 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Okay, I've fleshed out this initial timeline w/ bibliographical citations & a few more pertinent details on how & when our current knowledge about the 12thC medic Trota of Salerno was recovered. You can find it here: doi.org/10.17613/emm... #histmed #MedievalSky
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Love medieval manuscripts? Love public libraries? Love Bristol? Don’t miss this FREE exhibition: bristol.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=250...
Medieval Manuscripts at Bristol Central Library
A rare opportunity to view a selection of medieval manuscripts from our collections. Highlights from this unique display include a richly decorated Book of Hours, a Missal made for St Augustine’...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Love medieval manuscripts? Love public libraries? Love Bristol? Don’t miss this FREE exhibition: bristol.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=250...
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Alex Brown and I have a new piece in @uk.theconversation.com - check it out! #medievalsky #history #medieval theconversation.com/medieval-pea...
Medieval peasants enjoyed a surprising range of sick, annual and bereavement leave benefits
Some peasants were entitled to up to a year and a day of leave if they were sick.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Alex Brown and I have a new piece in @uk.theconversation.com - check it out! #medievalsky #history #medieval theconversation.com/medieval-pea...
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Read more about it here:
www.historians.org/perspectives...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Read more about it here:
www.historians.org/perspectives...
www.historians.org/perspectives...
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We are pleased to announce that Dr. Lee's monograph has been published open-access with @archumanities.bsky.social. Read The Medieval Womb: Hildegard of Bingen’s Views on the Female Reproductive Body now! www.arc-humanities.org/978180270039... [3/4] #medievalsky #histmed
November 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Lee's monograph has been published open-access with @archumanities.bsky.social. Read The Medieval Womb: Hildegard of Bingen’s Views on the Female Reproductive Body now! www.arc-humanities.org/978180270039... [3/4] #medievalsky #histmed
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Want to start the new year by learning new things? In January 2026 Anna Somfai will teach an online course on medieval philosophical and scientific manuscripts. More information here 👇 @warburginstitute.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social #MedievalSky please reskeet!
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IES: LIPS & LRBS Winter School | 2026
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November 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Want to start the new year by learning new things? In January 2026 Anna Somfai will teach an online course on medieval philosophical and scientific manuscripts. More information here 👇 @warburginstitute.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social #MedievalSky please reskeet!
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Oh wow! This is what happens when you're photographing MSS & don't capture the text in the inner gutter. 1st, here's the photograph (made about 100 yrs ago) of the Codex Salernitanus, f. 82ra. Although that big tear of the page is obvious, the inner gutter hasn't been fully captured in the photo.
November 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Oh wow! This is what happens when you're photographing MSS & don't capture the text in the inner gutter. 1st, here's the photograph (made about 100 yrs ago) of the Codex Salernitanus, f. 82ra. Although that big tear of the page is obvious, the inner gutter hasn't been fully captured in the photo.
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Philip Freeman joins Classical Wisdom tomorrow (Nov 19) at noon EST to discuss his book How to Cope and what the writings of Boethius can teach us about enduring hardship. Hear about this recent addition to our Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers series!
This is a free, virtual event: buff.ly/vrV7OCK
This is a free, virtual event: buff.ly/vrV7OCK
November 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Philip Freeman joins Classical Wisdom tomorrow (Nov 19) at noon EST to discuss his book How to Cope and what the writings of Boethius can teach us about enduring hardship. Hear about this recent addition to our Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers series!
This is a free, virtual event: buff.ly/vrV7OCK
This is a free, virtual event: buff.ly/vrV7OCK
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Is this a golden age of sculptures of, and by, women?
Licoricia of Winchester, Jewish business women (d. 1277) & her youngest son, Asser. Sculpture by Ian Rank-Broadley, Jewry Street, Winchester (Hampshire) installed in 2022. Photo: Pat Goodall / Art UK.
Licoricia of Winchester, Jewish business women (d. 1277) & her youngest son, Asser. Sculpture by Ian Rank-Broadley, Jewry Street, Winchester (Hampshire) installed in 2022. Photo: Pat Goodall / Art UK.
November 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Is this a golden age of sculptures of, and by, women?
Licoricia of Winchester, Jewish business women (d. 1277) & her youngest son, Asser. Sculpture by Ian Rank-Broadley, Jewry Street, Winchester (Hampshire) installed in 2022. Photo: Pat Goodall / Art UK.
Licoricia of Winchester, Jewish business women (d. 1277) & her youngest son, Asser. Sculpture by Ian Rank-Broadley, Jewry Street, Winchester (Hampshire) installed in 2022. Photo: Pat Goodall / Art UK.
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A new volume in the Fontes Historiae Africanae series, The Chronicles of Two West African Kingdoms presents a new reading of West African history from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries based on close analysis of Arabic manuscripts from Timbuktu and other regions.
https://bit.ly/3Jeb8cm
https://bit.ly/3Jeb8cm
October 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A new volume in the Fontes Historiae Africanae series, The Chronicles of Two West African Kingdoms presents a new reading of West African history from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries based on close analysis of Arabic manuscripts from Timbuktu and other regions.
https://bit.ly/3Jeb8cm
https://bit.ly/3Jeb8cm
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FYI. The recording of my talk last night is available below. Come for the discussion of sources and medieval Scotland, stay for the images of heads on sticks... "The Death of David Strathbogie, earl of Atholl, in 1335: What was going on?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=StHs... #medievalsky #skystorians
"The Death of David Strathbogie, earl of Atholl, in 1335: What was going on?" By Dr Iain MacInnes
YouTube video by Society of Highland & Island Historical Research
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November 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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It's almost the end of #AdoorableThursday, but I had to share these two lovely doors from the Gede ruins in Kenya! This town was occupied between the 12th and 16th centuries CE, and can boast some amazing coral stone architecture that is still visible today.
#Archaeology #EastAfrica #Swahili
#Archaeology #EastAfrica #Swahili
November 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
It's almost the end of #AdoorableThursday, but I had to share these two lovely doors from the Gede ruins in Kenya! This town was occupied between the 12th and 16th centuries CE, and can boast some amazing coral stone architecture that is still visible today.
#Archaeology #EastAfrica #Swahili
#Archaeology #EastAfrica #Swahili
Come along to hear specialists in pre-modern Asian & African arms, edged weapons, and combat techniques discuss their research. Hybrid #medievalsky @royalarmouries.bsky.social
Interested in learning more about the oldest museum in the UK and its research? Sign up to attend our next seminar online or come along on 27 November at 5.30 pm GMT: forms.office.com/e/L834SBHzKX. More info at link in bio (scroll down to events) #medievalsky #royalarmouries
November 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Come along to hear specialists in pre-modern Asian & African arms, edged weapons, and combat techniques discuss their research. Hybrid #medievalsky @royalarmouries.bsky.social
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Lecturer in the Study of Islam position at the University of Glasgow www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG786/l...
Deadline: 13 November
Deadline: 13 November
Lecturer in the Study of Islam (LTS) at University of Glasgow
Explore an exciting academic career as a Lecturer in the Study of Islam (LTS). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Lecturer in the Study of Islam position at the University of Glasgow www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG786/l...
Deadline: 13 November
Deadline: 13 November
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Everyone knows the color images of the 20th century copy, but who knows the black and white photos of the lost original?
www.kulturelles-erbe-koeln.de/documents/ob...
#bookhistory #medievalsky
www.kulturelles-erbe-koeln.de/documents/ob...
#bookhistory #medievalsky
November 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Everyone knows the color images of the 20th century copy, but who knows the black and white photos of the lost original?
www.kulturelles-erbe-koeln.de/documents/ob...
#bookhistory #medievalsky
www.kulturelles-erbe-koeln.de/documents/ob...
#bookhistory #medievalsky
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masc, n.n: a mesh, net. (MAWSH / ˈmaʃ)
Image: Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda Aurea; Interlaken (?), 14th century; Freiburg, Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire, Ms. L 34, f. 246v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Image: Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda Aurea; Interlaken (?), 14th century; Freiburg, Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire, Ms. L 34, f. 246v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
November 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
masc, n.n: a mesh, net. (MAWSH / ˈmaʃ)
Image: Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda Aurea; Interlaken (?), 14th century; Freiburg, Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire, Ms. L 34, f. 246v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Image: Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda Aurea; Interlaken (?), 14th century; Freiburg, Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire, Ms. L 34, f. 246v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
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'Applications are invited from both early career and established scholars of any nationality, engaged on original research intended to produce monographs, editions or studies of documents, texts or illustrations, that include the analysis of the material features of original manuscripts'. up to £2k.
The British Academy invite applications for the Neil Ker Memorial Fund 2026. The scheme aims to promote the study of Western medieval manuscripts, particularly those of British interest: https://bit.ly/4hO0Oo1
November 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
'Applications are invited from both early career and established scholars of any nationality, engaged on original research intended to produce monographs, editions or studies of documents, texts or illustrations, that include the analysis of the material features of original manuscripts'. up to £2k.
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A week today - Dr David Lewis (Edinburgh) will join us to speak on 'Reconstructing the Ancient Greek Slave Trade', Thursday 20 November, 17:15-18:30 UK time (online and on campus - details in the thread below). All welcome to attend!
On 20 November, we will welcome Dr David Lewis (Edinburgh), who will be speaking on 'Reconstructing the Ancient Greek Slave Trade'. Join us on Thursday 20 November, 17:15-18:30 UK time for this hybrid seminar (online joining instructions in the thread). All very welcome to attend!
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
A week today - Dr David Lewis (Edinburgh) will join us to speak on 'Reconstructing the Ancient Greek Slave Trade', Thursday 20 November, 17:15-18:30 UK time (online and on campus - details in the thread below). All welcome to attend!
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Are you a scholar of the fifteenth century and have an interest in the British Isles and its wider connections? If so, then you will want to know that @memsunikent.bsky.social will be hosting the 2026 Fifteenth Century Conference in Canterbury and the CfP is now open: www.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
MEMS to Host the Fifteenth Century Conference 2026
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November 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Are you a scholar of the fifteenth century and have an interest in the British Isles and its wider connections? If so, then you will want to know that @memsunikent.bsky.social will be hosting the 2026 Fifteenth Century Conference in Canterbury and the CfP is now open: www.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...