👑📜 Did you know England’s first king secured his throne with… a piece of parchment?

Dr Jonathan Tickle (@ticklejonathan.bsky.social) from @uomsalc.bsky.social tells the story of how a farmland lease became a masterclass in political strategy 1,100 years ago. 👇

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A carefully documented farmland lease from the time of the first King of England, Æthelstan, tells us much about the power play in those days
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If early medieval Aquitaine or Carolingian political culture is your jam, please do give this a read (also on Open Access thanks to @livunihss.bsky.social @livunilibrary.bsky.social)!

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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And when I recognise the Sawyer number

Haven't gotten enough charters at this year's Leeds? Well you still have time, come to our series of three panels on charters this Thursday, covering a variety of places and times!

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

For those interested in Æthelstan, charters, or early medieval succession, look out for my new article in the Journal of Medieval History - available on early view online now - doi.org/10.1080/0304... #medievalsky

Today is the 1,137th anniversary of Arnulf's first charter, so naturally I took the opportunity to write a post about it and how we interpret this moment where the political order seemed to collapse into something new. #medievalsky

Delighted to announce the 2nd British School at Rome/Early Medieval Europe visiting fellowship, offering early career scholars a month in Rome: bsr.ac.uk/second-bsr-e...

I’m pleased to be able to share that my article ‘Changing Queenships in Tenth-Century England’ has been jointly awarded both Early Medieval Europe’s First Publication Prize and the Royal Historical Society’s Alexander Prize: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

If sub-rulers and succession or crisis and co-rulership are your thing, come along to these two panels organised by myself and Eddie Meehan at Leeds this year

Pretty sure I have them in my office, but I won’t be able to get to them until either late afternoon today or tomorrow…

Also, Suttonian

Thank you Levi, hope you enjoyed reading it