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Julie Barrau
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Cross-Channel medieval historian
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cam.ac.uk
Something really big happened #OnThisDay 1,100 years ago! 🏰

@davidwoodman45.bsky.social from @robinsoncollege.bsky.social ‬and @camhistory.bsky.social thinks someone in English history deserves far greater fame.

Find out why in our full film 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDhj...
September 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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camhistory.bsky.social
📢 Congratulations to Fernanda Gallo, Associate Professor in History and Politics (@fernandag.bsky.social), recognised by @ecpr.bsky.social in the prestigious Political Theory Book Prize 2025.

Her "stunningly written" book 'Hegel and Italian Political Thought' was awarded an Honourable Mention.
Fernanda Gallo, Associate Professor in History and Politics at the University of Cambridge, has been recognised by the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) in the Political Theory Book Prize 2025. Gallo’s book, Hegel and Italian Political Thought: The Practice of Ideas, 1832-1900 (Cambridge University Press, 2024), was awarded an Honourable Mention by the Prize Jury.
September 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Earliest extant portrait of an English king: Aethelstan (r. 924–927) with St Cuthbert from the Parker Library copy of Bede's two Lives of St Cuthbert (CCCC MS 183)

Prof David Woodman of @camhistory.bsky.social highlights Aethelstan's impact on England's history
www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/new...
Opening of a 10th-century manuscript that is now in the Parker Library as CCCC MS 183. Opening shows a full page portrait of King Aethelstan (d. 939) presenting a book to St Cuthbert, or rather the community of St Cuthbert, then already in exile from Lindisfarne. The full page image has a floral border in red, king under an arch on the left and St Cuthbert in front of a brick structure topped with a cross. Right of the image contains the beginning of Life of St Cuthbert, written in Latin. First three lines in red (rubric) is followed by two lines of monumental script in multiple colours, after which the text itself continues in usual brown ink.
September 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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camhistory.bsky.social
Congratulations to Professor Lucy Delap, appointed new Chair of Cambridge's History Faculty, to succeed Professor Mary Laven on 1 October 2025.

Lucy is Professor of Modern British & Gender History at @cam.ac.uk and a Fellow of Murray Edwards College.

@lucydelap.bsky.social @marylaven.bsky.social
Lucy Delap appointed new Chair of the Faculty | Faculty of History University of Cambridge
www.hist.cam.ac.uk
September 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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camhistory.bsky.social
➡️ What is it like to study History at Cambridge?
➡️ Why does History matter?
➡️ What are we looking for in potential students?

Get an inside look at why History at the University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk stands out ⬇️

🔎Interested? Here’s how to apply:
www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/hist...
July 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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camlibresearch.bsky.social
One of the most astonishing - like really astonishing things - @theul.bsky.social in Cambridge. The Moore Bede - prime manuscript of the first English history, given by the King-Elector George I in 1715. Seems to have spent time at the court of Charlemagne. Isn’t that just multiple wow?
theulspeccoll.bsky.social Cambridge UL Special Collections @theulspeccoll.bsky.social · May 26
Bede, the English monk & scholar, died #OTD in 735. We are privileged to look after the earliest known copy of his 'Ecclesiastical History of the English People', made in the middle of the 8th century & possibly as early as 737. Digitized in full! #bede cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-KK-0...
May 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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suzpaul.bsky.social
Excellent opportunity! Scholarships for MA in Medieval Studies @leedsims.bsky.social Highly recommended…
nkivilcimyavuz.bsky.social Dr N. Kıvılcım Yavuz @nkivilcimyavuz.bsky.social · May 28
Come and do an MA in Medieval Studies at @leedsims.bsky.social! This year we have *two scholarships* specifically for UK students from underrepresented groups. Apps due 9 June: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/dir-record/s.... Get in touch with us if you have any questions! #MedievalStudies #Scholarships #Leeds #MA
Leeds Masters Scholarships (Thomson fund for Medieval Studies)
ahc.leeds.ac.uk
May 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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camedieval.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
On now at the Cambridge University Library!
Cambridge University exhibition reveals medieval medical cures
A new exhibition shows the bizarre recipes untrained practitioners concocted to help people.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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profelainechalus.bsky.social
Lecturer in Medieval History of Art
University of East Anglia - Faculty of Arts and Humanities - School of History and Art History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DND415/l...
Lecturer in Medieval History of Art at University of East Anglia
An opportunity for an academic position as a Lecturer in Medieval History of Art is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
www.jobs.ac.uk
May 21, 2025 at 5:15 AM
julieb534.bsky.social
Cambridge medieval history has now moved from the other place and are now on here @camedieval.bsky.social. Please follow us!
May 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
julieb534.bsky.social
Fellow medievalists, esp. charter people, a question out of ignorance: how common was it that single people were 'exchanged' as Heloise and Emeline were in the act below (source: The Cartulary of Blanche Countess of Champagne, ed. T. Evergates, p. 58). Thanks!
January 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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julieb534.bsky.social
Good morning #Academicbluesky. What has been published on the effect on current public debate/life of using terms like 'fascist' and 'communist' to describe political adversaries? Thanks!
December 13, 2024 at 10:40 AM
julieb534.bsky.social
Good morning #Academicbluesky. What has been published on the effect on current public debate/life of using terms like 'fascist' and 'communist' to describe political adversaries? Thanks!
December 13, 2024 at 10:40 AM
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toebi.bsky.social
📢Upcoming Talks #medievalsky
🔖The Kemble Lecture 2024
🗣️Prof. Elaine Treharne, Stanford University
📜‘Mundane Matters: Early English Manuscripts, 700-1200, and the Aesthetics of the Ordinary'
📅Thursday (5.30pm), 28 November 2024
November 20, 2024 at 12:43 PM
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historydan1066.bsky.social
Applications are now open for the Mellon Fellowships at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies for 2025-2026. Really enjoyed my time there in 2023-2024, so can thoroughly recommend applying 👇

pims.ca/article/post...

#medievalsky #skystorians
Post-doctoral Mellon Fellowships – Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
pims.ca
November 18, 2024 at 4:25 PM
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helengittos.bsky.social
Fancy doing a PhD on the archaeology of medieval Europe, c. AD 400-1500 at Oxford? Scholarship available here:
www.stx.ox.ac.uk/st-cross-son...
November 15, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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kbneal.bsky.social
#medievalsky Register now for The Exercise of Medieval Power & Rulership (c1000-c1400) coming up online @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social on 20-23 Nov, UK time. Attendance supporting bursaries available. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-exerci...
The Exercise of Medieval Power and Rulership (c.1000-c.1400)
A three-day online conference examining the plurality of power and rulership in the Middle Ages in Europe and beyond.
www.eventbrite.com
November 13, 2024 at 1:56 AM
julieb534.bsky.social
This is desperately sad news. Björn was one of the kindest and funniest people in our trade, as well as a brilliant scholar. He will be terribly missed - and live on in our fond and grateful memories.
gaborgelleri.bsky.social Gábor Gelléri @gaborgelleri.bsky.social · Nov 15
I am devastated to share the news that our colleague and friend, Björn Weiler, Professor of History at Aberystwyth University, passed away after a period of illness. He was one of most kind and helpful people you could encounter in academia, and a world-leading scholar of medieval kingship.
November 15, 2024 at 6:14 PM
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calthalas.bsky.social
Gregory of Tours describing a historical event
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Gregory of Tours about that one guy miraculously healed from hiccups, St Martin be praised
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November 14, 2024 at 11:07 AM
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calthalas.bsky.social
In this "Teach Yourself to Be a Missionary" compendium you get short snippets from authors like Isidore or Jerome but also this little FAQ: Who was the first pope in Rome? Peter. Who built Rome? Romulus. You know, just in case people ask questions! 4/
November 11, 2024 at 10:27 AM
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etreharne.bsky.social
If you’re in Dublin in a fortnight, what a coincidence! Come and hear about ordinary Early English manuscripts (as if there’s such a thing!)
November 14, 2024 at 1:49 PM
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memsunikent.bsky.social
The #CFP for the 17th International Congress of Medieval Canon Law is open till 15 December! The congress will be hosted in Canterbury at the University of Kent, 7-13 July 2024 - its 1st visit to the UK in 40 years. Full details: icmcl2024.org

For any queries, feel free to email [email protected]
October 6, 2023 at 4:13 PM
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bho.bsky.social
Medieval murder maps of three English cities offer window into past

Online project draws on 700-year-old records of coroners’ inquests in London, Oxford and York

www.theguardian.com/science/2023...

#History
Medieval murder maps of three English cities offer window into past
Online project draws on 700-year-old records of coroners’ inquests in London, Oxford and York
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2023 at 7:29 AM