Anthony Bale FBA
@realmandeville.bsky.social
Medievalist & wanderer. 🏳️🌈 Travel, literature, history, cats.
📖’A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages’ - ‘stunning’ (The Times)
University of Cambridge; Girton College Cambridge; London
https://linktr.ee/realmandeville
📖’A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages’ - ‘stunning’ (The Times)
University of Cambridge; Girton College Cambridge; London
https://linktr.ee/realmandeville
'Creative Medievalisms Now: Writing the Middle Ages Today and Tomorrow', forthcoming symposium at Cambridge. A two-day symposium for writer-researchers working on medieval materials to reflect on craft, research processes, and work in progress.
Booking essential: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-m...
Booking essential: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-m...
Creative Medievalisms Now: Writing the Middle Ages Today and Tomorrow
A two-day symposium on creative writing, the creative-critical seam, and the Middle Ages
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December 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
'Creative Medievalisms Now: Writing the Middle Ages Today and Tomorrow', forthcoming symposium at Cambridge. A two-day symposium for writer-researchers working on medieval materials to reflect on craft, research processes, and work in progress.
Booking essential: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-m...
Booking essential: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-m...
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Vacancy: Assistant Professor of Celtic, with a specialism in Old Irish, University of Cambridge.
#MedievalSky
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#MedievalSky
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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
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
#MedievalSky
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Very welcome news today that the UK will join the Erasmus+ programme in 2027. This will enable greater opportunities for study abroad and contributions in UK universities, and is something we called for in our most recent Manifesto.
December 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Very welcome news today that the UK will join the Erasmus+ programme in 2027. This will enable greater opportunities for study abroad and contributions in UK universities, and is something we called for in our most recent Manifesto.
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We are still accepting applications to the Neil Ker Memorial Fund 2026, open to both early career and established scholars of any nationality. Awards are tenable for a maximum of 12 months. Find out more and apply: https://bit.ly/4hO0Oo1
December 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
We are still accepting applications to the Neil Ker Memorial Fund 2026, open to both early career and established scholars of any nationality. Awards are tenable for a maximum of 12 months. Find out more and apply: https://bit.ly/4hO0Oo1
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"In Bactria there are more griffins than elsewhere...On his feet the griffin has long, large talons like ox-horns, and they are very sharp. From these talons people make drinking-cups, like we make bugles from horns, and from his ribs they make bows for archery."
Trans. @realmandeville.bsky.social
Trans. @realmandeville.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"In Bactria there are more griffins than elsewhere...On his feet the griffin has long, large talons like ox-horns, and they are very sharp. From these talons people make drinking-cups, like we make bugles from horns, and from his ribs they make bows for archery."
Trans. @realmandeville.bsky.social
Trans. @realmandeville.bsky.social
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To celebrate Melvyn Bragg’s 27 years of 'In Our Time', five well-known fans chose their favourite episodes, and Girton Fellow Prof Anthony Bale features in one!
Author & columnist Caitlin Moran chose the episode on English medieval mystic Margery Kempe.
🎧 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07cyfkg
Author & columnist Caitlin Moran chose the episode on English medieval mystic Margery Kempe.
🎧 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07cyfkg
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Margery Kempe and English Mysticism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Margery Kempe, the medieval English mystic.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
To celebrate Melvyn Bragg’s 27 years of 'In Our Time', five well-known fans chose their favourite episodes, and Girton Fellow Prof Anthony Bale features in one!
Author & columnist Caitlin Moran chose the episode on English medieval mystic Margery Kempe.
🎧 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07cyfkg
Author & columnist Caitlin Moran chose the episode on English medieval mystic Margery Kempe.
🎧 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07cyfkg
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I am very excited to speak alongside the alarmingly fantastic @cathamclarke.bsky.social, @realmandeville.bsky.social and @saracharles.bsky.social about the experience of writing a trade press book at #IMC2026, which is something I did not necessarily envisage myself doing!
#IMC2026, Weds, 8 July, 7pm! Four medievalists who've published 'trade' books will discuss the process - from finding an agent to working with publishers & beyond. Sponsored by @ihr.bsky.social. @realmandeville.bsky.social @saracharles.bsky.social @eleanormaybaker.bsky.social @imc-leeds.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I am very excited to speak alongside the alarmingly fantastic @cathamclarke.bsky.social, @realmandeville.bsky.social and @saracharles.bsky.social about the experience of writing a trade press book at #IMC2026, which is something I did not necessarily envisage myself doing!
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Radio 4 is currently repeating this wonderful episode of In Our Time
BBC Radio 4 - Margery Kempe and English Mysticism share.google/9liBWxkcH4pC...
BBC Radio 4 - Margery Kempe and English Mysticism share.google/9liBWxkcH4pC...
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Margery Kempe and English Mysticism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Margery Kempe, the medieval English mystic.
share.google
November 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Radio 4 is currently repeating this wonderful episode of In Our Time
BBC Radio 4 - Margery Kempe and English Mysticism share.google/9liBWxkcH4pC...
BBC Radio 4 - Margery Kempe and English Mysticism share.google/9liBWxkcH4pC...
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Si siempre has querido saber cómo era hacer un viaje en la Edad Media, este libro de @realmandeville.bsky.social publicado en @aticodeloslibros.com es lo que estabas esperando historiaeweb.com/2025/11/20/g...
"Guía de viajes por la Edad Media", de Anthony Bale
"Guía de viajes por la Edad Media" es el nuevo libro publicado por Anthony Bale en la editorial Ático de los Libros
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November 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Si siempre has querido saber cómo era hacer un viaje en la Edad Media, este libro de @realmandeville.bsky.social publicado en @aticodeloslibros.com es lo que estabas esperando historiaeweb.com/2025/11/20/g...
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アンソニー・ベイル/ ダコスタ吉村花子訳『中世トラベルガイド』(河出書房新社) 読了
歴史学者である著者が旅行記などから中世の旅とはどのようなものだったのかを描き出す。とはいえ中世の旅行記には行ったこともないのに想像で書いたものもあるので注意が必要w 旅の目的は巡礼と交易が主だったようで(旅があまりに苦難の連続なので物見遊山の旅人が少ないのは当然だ)、巡礼ならヨーロッパからエルサレム、交易であればもっと東方(インドや中国)までの旅が紹介されている。時折はさまれる旅の注意や、作法などのコラムが楽しい。それにしても、落書きしたり、記念物の石を削り取って持ち帰ったり、人間はあまり変わらないのねw
歴史学者である著者が旅行記などから中世の旅とはどのようなものだったのかを描き出す。とはいえ中世の旅行記には行ったこともないのに想像で書いたものもあるので注意が必要w 旅の目的は巡礼と交易が主だったようで(旅があまりに苦難の連続なので物見遊山の旅人が少ないのは当然だ)、巡礼ならヨーロッパからエルサレム、交易であればもっと東方(インドや中国)までの旅が紹介されている。時折はさまれる旅の注意や、作法などのコラムが楽しい。それにしても、落書きしたり、記念物の石を削り取って持ち帰ったり、人間はあまり変わらないのねw
November 17, 2025 at 4:06 AM
アンソニー・ベイル/ ダコスタ吉村花子訳『中世トラベルガイド』(河出書房新社) 読了
歴史学者である著者が旅行記などから中世の旅とはどのようなものだったのかを描き出す。とはいえ中世の旅行記には行ったこともないのに想像で書いたものもあるので注意が必要w 旅の目的は巡礼と交易が主だったようで(旅があまりに苦難の連続なので物見遊山の旅人が少ないのは当然だ)、巡礼ならヨーロッパからエルサレム、交易であればもっと東方(インドや中国)までの旅が紹介されている。時折はさまれる旅の注意や、作法などのコラムが楽しい。それにしても、落書きしたり、記念物の石を削り取って持ち帰ったり、人間はあまり変わらないのねw
歴史学者である著者が旅行記などから中世の旅とはどのようなものだったのかを描き出す。とはいえ中世の旅行記には行ったこともないのに想像で書いたものもあるので注意が必要w 旅の目的は巡礼と交易が主だったようで(旅があまりに苦難の連続なので物見遊山の旅人が少ないのは当然だ)、巡礼ならヨーロッパからエルサレム、交易であればもっと東方(インドや中国)までの旅が紹介されている。時折はさまれる旅の注意や、作法などのコラムが楽しい。それにしても、落書きしたり、記念物の石を削り取って持ち帰ったり、人間はあまり変わらないのねw
🔔 job opportunity at @cam.ac.uk in the History of Knowledge Pre-1400 in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400
Applications are invited for the position of Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400, in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. Please note
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November 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🔔 job opportunity at @cam.ac.uk in the History of Knowledge Pre-1400 in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The Snorri Sturluson Icelandic Fellowships invite writers, translators, and scholars in the humanities from around the world to spend at least three months in Iceland. Fellows receive support for travel and living expenses during their stay. Apply by 1 December.
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Snorri Sturluson Icelandic Fellowships
Annually The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies invites applications for the Snorri Sturluson Icelandic Fellowships.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The Snorri Sturluson Icelandic Fellowships invite writers, translators, and scholars in the humanities from around the world to spend at least three months in Iceland. Fellows receive support for travel and living expenses during their stay. Apply by 1 December.
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Reading rec:
📖🧳 A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes 🧳📖
by Anthony Bale (@realmandeville.bsky.social)
www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...
Entertaining exploration of how medieval European travelers made sense of foreign lands and the world.
📖🧳 A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes 🧳📖
by Anthony Bale (@realmandeville.bsky.social)
www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...
Entertaining exploration of how medieval European travelers made sense of foreign lands and the world.
A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Me…
A captivating journey of the expansive world of medieva…
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October 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Reading rec:
📖🧳 A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes 🧳📖
by Anthony Bale (@realmandeville.bsky.social)
www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...
Entertaining exploration of how medieval European travelers made sense of foreign lands and the world.
📖🧳 A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes 🧳📖
by Anthony Bale (@realmandeville.bsky.social)
www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...
Entertaining exploration of how medieval European travelers made sense of foreign lands and the world.
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The beloved BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time has been awarded the 2025 British Academy President’s Medal!
Professor Susan J Smith, President of the British Academy, praised the programme for bringing rigorous yet accessible discussion of complex ideas to millions of listeners: buff.ly/1bn63FD
Professor Susan J Smith, President of the British Academy, praised the programme for bringing rigorous yet accessible discussion of complex ideas to millions of listeners: buff.ly/1bn63FD
October 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The beloved BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time has been awarded the 2025 British Academy President’s Medal!
Professor Susan J Smith, President of the British Academy, praised the programme for bringing rigorous yet accessible discussion of complex ideas to millions of listeners: buff.ly/1bn63FD
Professor Susan J Smith, President of the British Academy, praised the programme for bringing rigorous yet accessible discussion of complex ideas to millions of listeners: buff.ly/1bn63FD
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you should read this book, one of the most interesting things I've read in years
October 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
you should read this book, one of the most interesting things I've read in years
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Anthony Bale: "En el siglo XV ya había turismo organizado en Europa"
El medievalista británico publica una guía que transporta al lector a los caminos, hostales y ciudades de la Edad Media.
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El medievalista británico publica una guía que transporta al lector a los caminos, hostales y ciudades de la Edad Media.
es.ara.cat/cultura/hist...
#ÁticoHistoria
Anthony Bale: "En el siglo XV ya había turismo organizado en Europa"
El medievalista británico publica una guía que transporta al lector a los caminos, hostales y ciudades de la Edad Media y recuerda que hace siete siglos viajar también era un ejercicio de curiosidad y...
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October 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Anthony Bale: "En el siglo XV ya había turismo organizado en Europa"
El medievalista británico publica una guía que transporta al lector a los caminos, hostales y ciudades de la Edad Media.
es.ara.cat/cultura/hist...
#ÁticoHistoria
El medievalista británico publica una guía que transporta al lector a los caminos, hostales y ciudades de la Edad Media.
es.ara.cat/cultura/hist...
#ÁticoHistoria
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I know this is uncomfortable to admit, but there is a small area in England's second city where people are just not integrated with the rest of society. Many of them hold views that arguably go against British values.
Yes, we need to talk about the Tory conference in Manchester.
Yes, we need to talk about the Tory conference in Manchester.
October 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I know this is uncomfortable to admit, but there is a small area in England's second city where people are just not integrated with the rest of society. Many of them hold views that arguably go against British values.
Yes, we need to talk about the Tory conference in Manchester.
Yes, we need to talk about the Tory conference in Manchester.
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Few signed copies at Atticus Books in New Haven, CT if anyone’s interested! (And in good company @realmandeville.bsky.social @peterfrankopan.bsky.social)
#medievalsky #booksky
#medievalsky #booksky
October 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Few signed copies at Atticus Books in New Haven, CT if anyone’s interested! (And in good company @realmandeville.bsky.social @peterfrankopan.bsky.social)
#medievalsky #booksky
#medievalsky #booksky
Medieval Literature faculty vacancy: Assistant Professor (Medieval British Literature), English Department, School of Arts & Sciences, Hunter College, CUNY
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October 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Medieval Literature faculty vacancy: Assistant Professor (Medieval British Literature), English Department, School of Arts & Sciences, Hunter College, CUNY
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Hoy tengo niña con galipandria de caballo e inminente mañana perdida en el CAP, pero en cuanto tenga un rato os tengo que hablar de este maravilloso libro y su excelente autor. De lo mejor que ha pasado por mis manos en el último año. Ya os di alguna pinceladita, pero luego MÁS
Spanish translation published by @aticodeloslibros.com today! Plus Benny the cat, contemplating his imminent breakfast
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September 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Hoy tengo niña con galipandria de caballo e inminente mañana perdida en el CAP, pero en cuanto tenga un rato os tengo que hablar de este maravilloso libro y su excelente autor. De lo mejor que ha pasado por mis manos en el último año. Ya os di alguna pinceladita, pero luego MÁS
Spanish translation published by @aticodeloslibros.com today! Plus Benny the cat, contemplating his imminent breakfast
aticodeloslibros.com/197-anthony-...
aticodeloslibros.com/197-anthony-...
September 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Spanish translation published by @aticodeloslibros.com today! Plus Benny the cat, contemplating his imminent breakfast
aticodeloslibros.com/197-anthony-...
aticodeloslibros.com/197-anthony-...
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¿Turismo en la Edad Media?: Gaza, Jerusalén y Tierra Santa, destinos de los siglos XII, XIII y XIV
Consejos para cruzar el desierto o la tabla de tasas para Tierra Santa en 'Guía de viajes por la Edad Media'
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Consejos para cruzar el desierto o la tabla de tasas para Tierra Santa en 'Guía de viajes por la Edad Media'
elconfidencial.com/cultura/2025... @elconfidencial.bsky.social @realmandeville.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
¿Turismo en la Edad Media?: Gaza, Jerusalén y Tierra Santa, destinos de los siglos XII, XIII y XIV
Consejos para cruzar el desierto o la tabla de tasas para Tierra Santa en 'Guía de viajes por la Edad Media'
elconfidencial.com/cultura/2025... @elconfidencial.bsky.social @realmandeville.bsky.social
Consejos para cruzar el desierto o la tabla de tasas para Tierra Santa en 'Guía de viajes por la Edad Media'
elconfidencial.com/cultura/2025... @elconfidencial.bsky.social @realmandeville.bsky.social
Delighted that my article 'Thinking with the Renegade' has been published in JMEMS, tracing the history of the 'renegade' as a figure in English culture. It is part of my @leverhulme.ac.uk funded project on cultural representations of Ottomans and others around the Siege of Rhodes 1480
Thinking with the Renegade: Politics of Conversion and Ambiguity of Identity in the Later Middle Ages
The figure of the renegade has often been considered an early modern invention, but the noun renegade and associated verbs entered the English language in the fourteenth century to describe figures wh...
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September 19, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Delighted that my article 'Thinking with the Renegade' has been published in JMEMS, tracing the history of the 'renegade' as a figure in English culture. It is part of my @leverhulme.ac.uk funded project on cultural representations of Ottomans and others around the Siege of Rhodes 1480
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¡Novedad!
"Guía de viajes por la Edad Media", del mayor experto en el viaje y la peregrinación en la Edad Media Anthony Bale, llegará a librerías el 29 de septiembre 📚
Descubre cómo era imaginado, percibido y experimentado el mundo por los viajeros medievales✨
aticodeloslibros.com/inicio/393-g...
"Guía de viajes por la Edad Media", del mayor experto en el viaje y la peregrinación en la Edad Media Anthony Bale, llegará a librerías el 29 de septiembre 📚
Descubre cómo era imaginado, percibido y experimentado el mundo por los viajeros medievales✨
aticodeloslibros.com/inicio/393-g...
September 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM
¡Novedad!
"Guía de viajes por la Edad Media", del mayor experto en el viaje y la peregrinación en la Edad Media Anthony Bale, llegará a librerías el 29 de septiembre 📚
Descubre cómo era imaginado, percibido y experimentado el mundo por los viajeros medievales✨
aticodeloslibros.com/inicio/393-g...
"Guía de viajes por la Edad Media", del mayor experto en el viaje y la peregrinación en la Edad Media Anthony Bale, llegará a librerías el 29 de septiembre 📚
Descubre cómo era imaginado, percibido y experimentado el mundo por los viajeros medievales✨
aticodeloslibros.com/inicio/393-g...