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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 1d

MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 15d

if you're interested, you can read it (for free!) in this new open access book, ed. Christoph Haack, Annette Grabowsky and Steffen Patzold www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/book/afte...

After the Feudal Revolution

The Middle Ages are regarded as the age of knights and castles, a time of

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Hannah Boston @hannah-boston.bsky.social · 5d

…did this scribe just accidentally switch to English mid-charter?

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 8d

This year's Brixworth Lecture will be given by Joyce Hill on Pastoral Provision and the Benedictine Reform. Tickets: www.friendsofbrixworthchurch.org.uk/2025/09/03/b...

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Hannah Boston @hannah-boston.bsky.social · 7d

Very exciting!

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 8d

The 2025 Dorothy Whitelock Lecture @engfac.bsky.social will be given by Prof. Jane Roberts. All welcome. In person and online. Registration details below.
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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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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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Dr. Erika Graham-Goering @jeanneologist.bsky.social · 9d

I want to send *both* books to someone who'd find my work useful! (PP in paperback, GR in hardback—note it's also available as a free PDF! library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...) If that's you, just *quote-post* this thread, and I'll pick a recipient next week 😊 (To share without entering, just repost!)

Photo of two books lying stacked on a shelf. Top spine reads 'Gendered Reputations and Aristocratic Partnership', bottom spine reads 'Princely Power in Late Medieval France'. Behind is a miniature gothic pillar in reddish stone.

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Dr. Erika Graham-Goering @jeanneologist.bsky.social · 9d

It's Michaelmas, so it's also the anniversary of the battle of Auray (1364), which marked the beginning of the end of the Breton War of Succession begun 23 years earlier. And you know what? Let's mark it with a 🚨BOOK GIVEAWAY🚨 this time! (Charles de Blois has never had a stranger memorial...)

photo of two book covers, one called "Princely Power in Late Medieval France: Jeanne de Penthièvre and the War for Brittany", and one called "Gendered Reputations and Aristocratic Partnership: Re-Presenting the Breton Civil War from the Fourteenth to Sixteenth Centuries", both by Erika Graham-Goering. Princely Power has a green cover with a picture of a medieval document and green wax seal, while Gendered Reputations has a grey cover with a medieval drawing of a crowd of people raising their hands to a man and woman couple.

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 9d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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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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Hannah Boston @hannah-boston.bsky.social · 12d

4-year funded PhD in the field of Old Norse-Viking Studies, working on artistic and literary representations of the Vikings for the ERC-funded NorseMap Project #jobs www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...

Research Vacancies | University College Cork

Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

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Rory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · 26d

Coming next spring ... yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Offa

An authoritative biography of Offa of Mercia, revealing his importance as the king who stood at the turning point of Anglo-Saxon history Offa ruled the Merci...

yalebooks.yale.edu

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Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 26d

Call for Papers @imc-leeds.bsky.social

Following my recent fieldwork sailing down the Seine in a reconstructed tenth-century ship, @stevedehailes.bsky.social and I are organising a panel on practice-based/experiential research in medieval studies. We welcome abstracts from any field. #Medievalsky

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Hannah Boston @hannah-boston.bsky.social · Sep 7

Delighted you could join!

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Hannah Boston @hannah-boston.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congratulations! 🐻

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Hannah Boston @hannah-boston.bsky.social · Sep 1

Because it’s raining and I’m under deadlines: Wayland’s Smithy last weekend, on a scorching hot bike ride along the Ridgeway

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Hannah Boston @hannah-boston.bsky.social · Sep 1

Immediately adding to the ‘to be read’ pile!

Agenda des médiévistes @rmblf.bsky.social · Sep 1

Publication – Charles West, « Europe in the Eleventh Century. Beyond Revolution and Reform »

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Publication – Charles West, « Europe in the Eleventh Century. Beyond Revolution and Reform »

Eleventh-century Europe was diverse and fast-changing. Historians have often debated this change through two sets of competing arguments, one about the shifting role of the Church and the Papacy, a…

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Hannah Boston @hannah-boston.bsky.social · Aug 21

Congratulations!! 🥳

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Arc Humanities Press @archumanities.bsky.social · Aug 21

{New book} This book examines the messy legacies of Jeanne de Penthièvre and Charles de Blois, duchess and duke of Brittany, and their fight to claim the ducal title at the start of the Hundred Years’ War. www.arc-humanities.org/978164189408...

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Hannah Boston @hannah-boston.bsky.social · Aug 15

12-week research post available in medieval and early modern landscape, focusing on West Horsley near Oxford: www.tss.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/19...

Researcher in Oxford City Centre | Oxford University

View details and apply for this Researcher Temporary Assignment in Oxford City Centre. To apply for this role you must have: Proven experience in high-level research, ideally at adva...

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Rachel Delman @racheldelman.bsky.social · Jul 31

I’m delighted that James Spellane & I are among the first cohort of @royalhistsoc.org Scouloudi Public History grant recipients. Our project, ‘London’s Watery Heritage’ aims to enhance knowledge & understanding of a unique collection of medieval & early modern water maps at the London Charterhouse

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Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · Jul 22

Want to know if your place is among the (roughly), 6,300 English places whose histories we've published in the last 126 years?

The excellent 'Medieval Genealogy' webpages have an index:

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Hannah Boston @hannah-boston.bsky.social · Jul 22

Terrific work, Alice!

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