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Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · 3d

What an amazing CMS event! We were so excited to celebrate not only Kathleen and Melek’s wonderful new book, but a bumper crop of new books from CMS members Matt Lampitt, Leah Tether, Rachael Harkes, Marianne Ailes, Adrian Ailes, Ad Putter, and Ben Pohl! 🎉🥳 Congratulations once again to all!

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Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · 20d

A new semester means a new exciting round of CMS seminars! Here's a sneak peek of what we have to look forward to over the next few weeks!

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 23d

Happy Glyndŵr Day! It was 625 years ago to this day – 16 September 1400 – that Owain Glyndŵr was proclaimed Prince of Wales and started the rebellion which has captured the imagination of so many people down the centuries

Llys Glyndŵr: The Men and Women Who Made the Rebellion Possible

Dr Rhun Emlyn, Department of History and Welsh History, Aberystwyth University Happy Glyndŵr Day! It was 625 years ago to this day – 16 September 1400 – that Owain Glyndŵr was proclaimed Prince of Wal...

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Mapping the March: Medieval Wales and England, c.1282-1550 @mappingthemarch.bsky.social · 23d

The Futures Festival of Discovery is coming to Bristol! This is a chance for all the family to come along and experience research like never before

Tickets are free and can be booked here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1585438542...

#MedievalStudies #medievalbluesky #mappingthemarch #Skystorian #education

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Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland @virtualtreasury.bsky.social · 24d

This Fri, 19 September: Join Paul Dryburgh, medieval collections specialist @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy, for "England's first colony: medieval Ireland, 1171-1500". An overview of English intervention in Ireland and its role in the political development of the British and Irish isles.

Seal of John, Lord of Ireland. Catalogue reference: C 109/86 (4).

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Mapping the March: Medieval Wales and England, c.1282-1550 @mappingthemarch.bsky.social · Aug 6

Exciting Digital Humanities Opportunity for Early Career Researchers! Don’t miss this chance to enhance your digital research toolkit, explore new methodologies, and boost your academic career.

Please find further details below!

#MedievalStudies #DigitalHumanities #medievalbluesky #Skystorians

Image shows a knight sat in a library on a laptop. The text reads: 'We are delighted to announce the first workshop of the 'Medieval Studies Mobilising Digital Humanities' project funded by the GW4 Building
Communities Generator Fund. Each workshop will focus on a particular aspect of digital technology and its application to Medieval Studies. Our first workshop is on the theme of 'Manuscripts'. This will take place at the University of Exeter on Monday 15th September 2025. Participants will be introduced to a range of methods and tools that can enhance the study of manuscripts, with the opportunity to gain hands on experience.'

Events of day:
10:30 Arrival & welcome Project team
11:00 Digital Imaging led by Ellie Jones (Exeter Cathedral) / Exeter DH
colleagues / Leonardo Constantini (Bristol)
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Digital Editing led by Tom Hinton and Levi Roach (Exeter)
14:00 Break
14:30 Biocodicology led by Sean Doherty (Exeter)
15:30 Transfer to Cathedral (optional)
16:00 Cathedral archive visit
(optional) led by Ellie Jones (Exeter Cathedral)
17:00 Close

Location: Digital Humanities Seminar Room 1, Queen's Building, University of Exeter, Streatham Campus

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · Jul 29

I've imported Royal Commission data (from @jrdollery.bsky.social and @scottlloyd.bsky.social) into @mappingthemarch.bsky.social for @latemedievalist.bsky.social and @mattlampitt.bsky.social ) and I'm becoming slightly obsessed with the fragmentation of Caernarfonshire and Denbighshire!

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Dr Rachael Harkes @latemedievalist.bsky.social · Jul 17

Tomorrow is the deadline for registering for this year’s Harlaxton, on the theme of ‘The Medieval City’. Join us!!! Register here: harlaxtonmedievalsymposium.org
📚 #medievalsky #skystorians

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Mapping the March: Medieval Wales and England, c.1282-1550 @mappingthemarch.bsky.social · Jul 15

"We’re a small volunteer-run charity responsible for Snodhill Castle located in the Herefordshire Marches some 7 miles east of Hay on Wye. Limited documentary research has been carried out but archaeology is revealing a larger and more unusual castle than we first thought."

Mapping the March: Medieval Wales and England, c.1282-1550 @mappingthemarch.bsky.social · Jul 15

The Snodhill Castle Preservation Trust is offering a research opportunity:

Download the full brief here www.snodhillcastle.org/documentary-...

Please submit proposals in PDF format to Project Lead Katherine Findlay at [email protected] by 11:59pm on Monday 11th August 2025.

Documentary Research Opportunity | SNODHILL CASTLE

Snodhill Castle Preservation Trust now seeks a qualified person to help uncover its history.

www.snodhillcastle.org

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Mapping the March: Medieval Wales and England, c.1282-1550 @mappingthemarch.bsky.social · Jul 10

Our database of people and their connections to places and manuscripts across the Welsh Marches is progressing! Starting to reconstruct individual networks from piles of rolls is very exciting as there's so much potential for how users of our database/website will use the data for their own research

Image of various scrolls on a table in an archive

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Mapping the March: Medieval Wales and England, c.1282-1550 @mappingthemarch.bsky.social · Jul 10

We’re pleased to announce that our database has reached 2,000 person entries! 🎉

#MedievalStudies #DigitalHumanities #ResearchMilestone #medievalbluesky #medieval #mappingthemarch #Skystorians

Screenshot taken from our database showing our value inputs.

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Dr Rachael Harkes @latemedievalist.bsky.social · Jun 17

It was great to hear @elizabethbiggs.bsky.social’s talk last night for our @mappingthemarch.bsky.social seminar series. Really interesting discussion afterwards on if it is possible to compare the different Marches (particularly the Scottish, Irish, and Welsh) in the late Middle Ages. #medievalsky

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Mapping the March: Medieval Wales and England, c.1282-1550 @mappingthemarch.bsky.social · Jun 16

Don't forget to email us at [email protected] for the link to this seminar today at 16:00 BST @bristolcms.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social @uobartsmatter.bsky.social #medievalbluesky #medieval #medievalhistory #medievalseminar #mappingthemarch #Skystorians

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Mapping the March: Medieval Wales and England, c.1282-1550 @mappingthemarch.bsky.social · Jun 2

Next week (11 June, 7.30pm), our PDRA @mattlampitt.bsky.social will be talking to the Mortimer History Society Online Seminar about his new book - join us there!(mortimerhistorysociety.org.uk/society/onli...)
#medievalbluesky #medieval #medievalhistory #medievalseminar #mappingthemarch #Skystorians

Online Seminar - Mortimer History Society

The Online Seminar Group: Medieval Wales and the Marches The Mortimer History Society has worked in partnership with staff from Chester, Swansea and Bristol Universities to create an Online Semin...

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Mapping the March: Medieval Wales and England, c.1282-1550 @mappingthemarch.bsky.social · May 8

All welcome to join! @uobartsmatter.bsky.social
@uobrishistory.bsky.social
#medievalbluesky #medieval #medievalhistory #medievalseminar #mappingthemarch #Skystorians #MedievalSky

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Helen Fulton @profhelenfulton.bsky.social · May 19

Delighted to share this article in PRj vol 23, 'Creating a Database for the Medieval March of Wales', @mappingthemarch.bsky.social
edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader...

Project Repository Journal

Project Repository Journal - PRj 23 April 2025

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Mapping the March: Medieval Wales and England, c.1282-1550 @mappingthemarch.bsky.social · May 8

All welcome to join! @uobartsmatter.bsky.social
@uobrishistory.bsky.social
#medievalbluesky #medieval #medievalhistory #medievalseminar #mappingthemarch #Skystorians #MedievalSky

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · May 7

Playing with importing @jrdollery.bsky.social and @scottlloyd.bsky.social 's Historical Boundaries of Wales data in MOWLIT (@mappingthemarch.bsky.social) and wondering if Denbighshire officials lost a bet to Caernarfonshire officials ...

Screenshot where a detached bit of Caernarfonshire is in a detached bit of Denbighshire

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Jon Dollery @jrdollery.bsky.social · Apr 25

Happy Friday Everyone! We've been working hard to recreate the historical townships of Wales from various historical sources and map.

The pre-1840 Township boundaries for Denbighshire, Flintshire, Montgomeryshire & Radnorshire are now available on the Historical Boundaries of Wales website!!!

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Matt Lampitt @mattlampitt.bsky.social · Apr 22

Thrilled to see that this is now available online (for free)!

academic.oup.com/book/59910

@mappingthemarch.bsky.social

Literary Culture in the Medieval Welsh Marches: Networks, Places, Politics

Abstract. The Welsh Marches, a name that today refers to the borderland regions between England and Wales, are often coupled with images of idealized rusti

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Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · Apr 15

We loved attending the French of the Celtic Worlds conference in Bristol last week!

Huge congratulations to Bristol CMS members Dr Luciana Cordo Russo and Dr Matt Lampitt for their hard work in putting this together, and to Abi Freeman for her invaluable support! #medievalsky

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · Mar 21

I'm the Research Software Engineer on the @mappingthemarch.bsky.social project. I'm currently experimenting with integrating @jrdollery.bsky.social 's GIS data, starting with the historic parishes of Wales. I thought I'd messed up something with the parish of Aber ...

Screenshot from the Mapping the March data management tool, looking at the parish of Aber. The boundary shown goes into the waters of the Menai Straits

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Mapping the March: Medieval Wales and England, c.1282-1550 @mappingthemarch.bsky.social · Mar 13

For those who missed our seminar with Professor Jackson Armstrong about The Surnames and other expressions of kin solidarity in the Anglo-Scottish Marches before 1498, you can watch the session on our YouTube channel here

#medievalhistory #medievalseminar #mappingthemarch #Skystorians #MedievalSky

The Surnames and other expressions of kin solidarity in the Anglo-Scottish Marches before 1498

YouTube video by Mapping the March

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Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · Mar 12

There's still time to get your tickets for Professor Helen Fulton's lecture this Friday (14th March)! Helen will be discussing 'Gentry Families and their Poets in Late-Medieval Brecon', and the lecture will take place in-person and online. We can't wait! #medievalsky

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