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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 19h

A thread by @wpezemed.bsky.social, on a recent French tv programme on Charlemagne, which doesn't pull its punches (via @andreloez.bsky.social)
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Thread by @WPezeMed on Thread Reader App

@WPezeMed: Nouvel épisode de "Quand l'Histoire fait date" de P. Boucheron sur le couronnement impérial de Charlemagne sur @ARTEfr, ou: les ravages de l'omnihistorien à la française. Une liste d'erreur...

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 1d

Should anyone find themselves in central London on Weds 19 November, consider yourself invited to a book launch! @earliermiddleages.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Book Launch: Local Priests in the Latin West, 900-1050

Earlier Middle Ages Seminar- Session 3

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Ed Roberts @ecroberts.bsky.social · 1d

Went looking for information on the very interesting works of Arnold of St Emmeram (c.1030s) and discovered that Veronika Lukas has just completed a major new edition for @monumenta.bsky.social: www.mgh.de/de/blog/post...

Blog Post | mgh.de

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Ed Roberts @ecroberts.bsky.social · 2d

"If this portrait sounds like a bad imitation of a bad mystery novel, it’s only fitting. The West Frankish kingdom was a bad imitation of a political community, and almost everything about it is a mystery." - this line may have pulled me into the study of the 10th century more than any other!

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IHR Earlier Middle Ages Seminar @earliermiddleages.bsky.social · 2d

THIS WEEK: Please join us and @uclioabmmedieval.bsky.social for the Sir David Wilson lecture, with @rorynaismith.bsky.social on 'From Mesoamerica to Early Medieval England: Money, Materiality and Society'. Weds 8 Oct, 6.15pm, Archaeology Lecture Theatre G6. All welcome! www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

The Sir David Wilson Lecture in Medieval Studies 2025

The Sir David Wilson Lecture, the first event in the 2025-26 UCL Institute of Archaeology/British Museum Medieval Seminar Series, will be given by Rory Naismith (University of Cambridge) on 8 October.

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British School at Rome @bsrome.bsky.social · 6d

📣 BSR / Early Medieval Europe Fellowship – Call for Applications!

Are you a PhD student or early career researcher in early medieval European history?
Apply now!

⏳ Deadline: 30 January 2026
More info here: bsr.ac.uk/awards-resid...

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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 6d

Dame Janet L. Nelson (28 March 1942 – 14 October 2024)

by Alice Rio (All Souls College, University of Oxford)

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Dame Janet L. Nelson (28 March 1942 – 14 October 2024)*

Jinty Nelson left a strong mark of her presence in every institution that she was ever a part of, and there is none which does not regard its association w

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Julia Hillner @writinghelena.bsky.social · 8d

The Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies is hiring three postdoctoral researchers.

We investigate the causes and mechanisms that contribute to the persistence of strong asymmetrical dependencies across historical and contemporary contexts.

Pre-modern perspectives are very welcome!

3 Postdoctoral Positions (100%, TV-L E-13, for 3 years)

full-time, Temporary, EG 13, Reference number: 2025/152

www.uni-bonn.de

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Scott G. Bruce @xuthal.bsky.social · 9d

I'm very excited to share the cover of my forthcoming collection of fourteen essays on Cluniac monasticism, which Cornell UP will publish in January 2026. The cover image is from fol. 1v of Angers BM 820, an eleventh-century compilation of texts related to the cult of Abbot Maiolus of Cluny.

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Robert Gallagher @hwaetspur.bsky.social · 9d

Interested in letter-writing in early medieval Britain? A three-year postdoc on @francescatinti.bsky.social’s and my project is now available. Apps close on 17th Oct. Let me know if you have any questions and please circulate! 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Postdoctoral Research Associate

Are you passionate about early medieval Britain? Do you have advanced knowledge of Medieval Latin and interested in the analysis of Latin letter-writing? If yes, then you may be interested in this f...

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IHR Earlier Middle Ages Seminar @earliermiddleages.bsky.social · 9d

📣 The Earlier Middle Ages seminar @ihr.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! Here's our autumn term schedule. First up is @rorynaismith.bsky.social on 8 October, giving the annual David Wilson Lecture (with @uclarchaeology.bsky.social). All welcome! Please sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Autumn 2025 schedule for the Institute of Historical Research's Earlier Middle Ages seminar. Full information available at https://www.history.ac.uk/news-events/seminars/earlier-middle-ages

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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 9d

Call for applications! 📣

The German Historical Institute London is seeking a Research Associate with a particular research interest in medieval history (with a focus on late medieval English history) for a part-time project position to start on 1 February 2026. 🤝
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Simon Coupland @scoupland.bsky.social · 14d

A feast for the eyes! 😍 One of the finest Carolingian coins ever seen, à gold solidus of Louis the Pious, minted in the 810s, in an auction with Jean Elsen. 💯% genuine as die-linked with previously known coins.
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Ed Roberts @ecroberts.bsky.social · 13d

Excited to learn that Drew Jones's new edition & translation of Odo of Cluny's Occupatio, one of the tenth century's most intriguing but little-known Latin works, is coming out very soon: www.brepols.net/products/IS-...

Brepols - The Occupatio by Odo of Cluny

Brepols is an international academic publisher of works in the humanities, with a particular focus in history, archaeology, history of the arts, language and literature, and critical editions of histo...

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Agenda des médiévistes @rmblf.bsky.social · 13d

Publication – « The Politics of Interpretation: The Bible and the Formation of Legal Authority in the Early Middle Ages », éd. Gerda Heydemann, Rosamond McKitterick

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Publication – « The Politics of Interpretation: The Bible and the Formation of Legal Authority in the Early Middle Ages », éd. Gerda Heydemann, Rosamond McKitterick

Early medieval political thought was profoundly influenced by scripture. This included law and legal culture: the Bible provided early medieval elites with the concepts and vocabularies to write ab…

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Christoph Haack @christoph-haack.bsky.social · 14d

I finally made it to Bluesky - and our volume on the "feudal revolution" ist out (and open access!!)!
www.mohrsiebeck.com/buch/after-t...

After the Feudal Revolution

Das Mittelalter gilt als Zeit der Ritter und Burgen, als Zeit

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Simon Coupland @scoupland.bsky.social · 20d

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Living in a Carolingian World

"Living in a Carolingian World" published on 18 Dec 2025 by Brill.

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Robert Gallagher @hwaetspur.bsky.social · 23d

Really grateful to @leverhulme.ac.uk for funding @francescatinti.bsky.social’s and my upcoming project on letter-writing in early medieval Britain. You can read about it in the current Leverhulme newsletter www.flipsnack.com/leverhulmetr... Info on postdoc positions coming soon 🙂

Leverhulme Trust Newsletter – September 2025

Flipsnack is a digital catalog maker that makes it easy to create, publish and share html5 flipbooks. Upload a PDF or design from scratch flyers, magazines, books and more.

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Ed Roberts @ecroberts.bsky.social · 28d

That line made me laugh too!

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Ryan Kemp @ryan1992reading.bsky.social · Sep 8

Delighted to announce that Krisztina Ilko and I are organising a set of panels for next year's IMC as a continuation of the some of the themes of the Bonn workshop back in January, this time focusing on chronological shifts in high medieval political culture. Details below and do feel free to share!

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Ed Roberts @ecroberts.bsky.social · 29d

Still time to submit a proposal for Early Medieval Europe's sponsored sessions at the 2026 Kalamazoo ICMS (@kzooicms.bsky.social)! EME will cover registration fees for accepted students & those with annual income <$45,000. Deadline 15 September: icms.confex.com/icms/2026/pr... #medievalsky #cfp

Early Medieval Europe

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wpezemed.bsky.social @wpezemed.bsky.social · Jul 25

The MGH have reinstated a Dokumentlieferdienst, or reprography service, and I'm advertising it on their behalf. If don't have access to a german library, you can order PDFs of rare papers and books, directly from their online catalogue. Example below!
mgh.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/se...

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Ed Roberts @ecroberts.bsky.social · Jul 24

Delighted to say that I've been awarded a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship for 2025-26, and we are hiring a 1-year full-time lecturer in early medieval history to replace me. Deadline 7 August. Please get in touch with me if you have any questions about the role! jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Lecturer in Early Medieval History (c.400-1100)

Are you an experienced Lecturer who can teach British and European Early Medieval History? Do you have a passion for Medieval History and are you available for a fixed term contract to start in Septe...

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · Jul 10

At a loose end now that #IMC2025 has ended? Fill the yawning hours with the latest issue of Early Medieval Europe!
The issue includes:
Robert Flierman and Hope Williard on Merovingian letter-writing
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Letters, gifts and messengers. The epistolary strategies of St Radegund

This article studies the ways the sixth-century queen and monastic founder Radegund (c.520–87) managed the non-textual elements of communication by letter. While Radegund’s role as a writer and commi...

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Rutger K. 🟥 @anotheraspirin.bsky.social · Jul 3

Hey kids! First time at the #IMC2025 @imc-leeds.bsky.social?

Here are some of Old Man Kramer's Hot Tips!

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