Jonathan Tickle
@ticklejonathan.bsky.social
PhD Early Medieval History | University of Manchester
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👑📜 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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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. 👇
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/t...
How an ancient document secured the power of the ‘first King of England’
An expert from The University of Manchester has revealed how a single sheet of 1,100-year-old parchment may have been used to heal a dangerous royal rift in Ancient England.King Æthelstan, who is gene...
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August 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
👑📜 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. 👇
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/t...
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. 👇
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/t...
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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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How a document secured the power of the first King of England
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
northwestbylines.co.uk
August 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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
northwestbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...
northwestbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...
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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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August 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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)!
Reposted by Jonathan Tickle
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".
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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".
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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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!
July 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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!
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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
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
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May 17, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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
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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
By Divine Grace We Were Placed in Front of Others
On the anniversary of Arnulf becoming king
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November 27, 2024 at 4:29 PM
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
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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...
Second BSR/Early Medieval Europe Fellowship - bsr.ac.uk
In partnership with the journal Early Medieval Europe, the British School at Rome is pleased to announce the second BSR/EME Fellowship. Aimed at early career researchers (defined as current PhD stu...
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November 12, 2024 at 8:13 AM
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/...
Changing queenships in tenth‐century England: rhetoric and (self‐)representation in the case of Eadgifu of Kent at Cooling
The charter now known as Sawyer 1211 contains a detailed account of an intergenerational property dispute between Queen Eadgifu and her rival Goda, concerning the possession of two Kentish estates. T...
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July 25, 2024 at 6:49 PM
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
January 26, 2024 at 1:39 PM
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