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by James F. McGrath — Reposted by Sara M. Butler, Klaus Oschema

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#CFP : Star Gazing: Astrology and Astronomy in the Medieval and Renaissance Imagination

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CFP: Star Gazing: Astrology and Astronomy in the Medieval and Renaissance Imagination
Call for PapersStar Gazing: Astrology and Astronomy in the Medieval and Renaissance ImaginationPopular Culture and the Deep Past 2026
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Reposted by Sara M. Butler, Elizabeth Ewan

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I cannot imagine what it would be like to find 13 rare medieval and Roman artifacts at a charity thrift store in Chilliwack, BC, but I'm glad they were donated to Simon Fraser University for further study: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
Rare ‘medieval’ artifacts found in B.C. thrift store donated to SFU for study
Rare artifacts dating back potentially thousands of years have been found in a British Columbia thrift store and donated to Simon Fraser University for study.
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The battle of Cat and Mouse

BL Harley 6563; Book of Hours; c.1320 CE-c.1330 CE; England, S. E. (London); f.72r
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by Sara M. Butler

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Our most recent talk from the Center for Historical Research: Comparative Perspectives on Slavery before the Age of Exploration. Peter Hunt, Gabriel Kruell, Paloma Martinez-Cruz.

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Comparative Perspectives on Slavery Before the Age of Exploration Panel
YouTube video by Department of History at Ohio State
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Reposted by Sara M. Butler, Oliver Cromwell, Lesley A. Hall , and 2 more

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Many congratulations to my colleagues in the Forms of Labour project team on the publication of their new monograph! 🗃️👏🎉

Brilliantly, The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England is available open access:

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A woman’s place was not in the home: New book challenges assumptions about women’s work in early modern history
New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England’s national economy before 1700. Far from being the unpaid homemakers and housewives of traditional historic...
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by Sara M. Butler

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No I hadn’t heard anything about this. Eric is probably in the know.
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Happy 259th anniversary of the Nottingham Cheese Riot to all those who celebrate...
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If you need a pick me up this rainy afternoon, here's some colourful stories of sex & C18th Ulster Presbyterians to whet your appetite! #HistSex #HistFam @unioflimerick.bsky.social @ria.ie @theconversation.com theconversation.com/the-sex-live...
The sex lives of Presbyterians in 18th- and 19th-century Ulster were surprisingly colourful
The Presbyterian church closely regulated the intimate lives of its members through a system of church court discipline.
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Reposted by Sara M. Butler

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For too long, the 1798 Rebellion was told as a man’s story. But hidden in the Rebellion Papers are women’s voices that witnessed, resisted, and sometimes fought. Through a new weekly series curated by @timvrti.bsky.social, we're bringing them back into the light.
J. F. O'Hea. A Scout of '98. "The Yeos'!!!". drawn, printed and published by the Freeman's Journal, 1891. Source: National Library of Ireland
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"Arrington argued against giving away an artifact that had been accepted as a donation and had become the property of the American people." 📜 www.cbsnews.com/news/sword-t...
Head of Eisenhower library resigns after sword spat with Trump administration
A dispute over a gift given by President Trump to King Charles forced out the museum boss, sources say.
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Reposted by Sara M. Butler, Tim Bale, Smith

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So, with Jane Goodall passing, I am reminded of a very fun incident where her institute sent a furious complaint over this cartoon on her behalf, only to have Goodall herself find it hilarious and go on to write the introduction to the collection it appeared in. A fantastic sense of humour.
Two monkeys sit on a branch, one picks a hair off the other. Caption: "well well, another blond hair, conducting a little more research with that Goodall Tramp."
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Reposted by Sara M. Butler, Margot C. Finn, Nicole Guenther Discenza

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She is holding a book! 📖
Currently writing a section on visual evidence for book use in medieval Scotland - so this could not be better timed...
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'Rare' medieval hair accessory uncovered at Eilean Donan Castle
The gravoir was used for neatly parting hair and creating elaborate hairstyles.
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Reposted by Sara M. Butler, Adrian Streete

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The English Department at Hunter College, CUNY is very happy to announce a Tenure Track position in #Medieval British Literature at the Assistant Professor level. Applications from scholars in interdisciplinary and/or global approaches are especially encouraged to apply.

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Jobs | City University of New York
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Reposted by Sara M. Butler, Martin Paul Eve, Kris Inwood , and 2 more

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Today is publication day for PAPER AND THE MAKING OF EARLY MODERN LITERATURE! Available in paper or digital form www.pennpress.org/978151282744... @pennpress.bsky.social
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by Sara M. Butler

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It goes back even further than the Black Death. I give you a post for a post!

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When did the Poor become Deserving or Undeserving?
Posted by Sara M. Butler; 20 February 2017. The economic crisis that dominated the Tudor era was wrought by a combination of factors: explosive population growth (roughly 2.4 million in 1525, to 4.…
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by Sara M. Butler

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Its Miscellany Monday! Here's Watson, "Early Acid Throwing in the British Isles: the Insolence of Weavers" (2021).

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Early Acid Throwing in the British Isles: The Insolence of Weavers
By Cassie Watson; posted 27 June 2021. Although acid throwing in the past was largely associated with motives of jealousy and revenge, it also played a historically significant role as a feature of…
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Reposted by Sara M. Butler, Max Weber, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 24 more

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

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MATER meeting 2 is scheduled for 18 November. If you'd like to join our network, get in touch. Everyone working in medieval-related fields is welcome. 🗃️ #skystorians #medievalsky www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo...
MATER: Medievalists Against The Extreme Right | UON
The Extreme Right Research Network are pleased to announce the formation of a new research seminar group. Following the success of our workshop...
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Reposted by Sara M. Butler, Charles West, Lesley A. Hall , and 3 more

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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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Reposted by Sara M. Butler, Elena Woodacre

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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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Wood and bone tally sticks from England, China & the Maya world show money began as state accounting—not barter. New research reframes our economic origins. #Anthropology #Archaeology #Money #HumanEvolution www.anthropology.net/p/counting-p...
Counting Power: What Ancient Tally Sticks Tell Us About the Origins of Money
Wooden and bone sticks from England, China, and the Maya world show how governments—not barter—first created money
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A while back Historic England asked for my opinion on which was the oldest pub in London. The result is a new online article that outlines the variables, busts some myths, and points to a couple of genuinely ancient pubs in and around the city...

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Reposted by Sara M. Butler, Michel Lussault, Juan Cole , and 4 more

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The white supremacist conceit that everyone in antiquity was living under some kind of global jim crow segregation is just complete bullshit news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette
Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.
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Reposted by Sara M. Butler, Pauline Stafford

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Free book download of collected papers on Knowledge Commons ‘No Horns on their Helmets? essays on the Insular Viking Age’ #medievalsky #history #vikingsky #archaeology works.hcommons.org/records/xc6k...
No Horns on their Helmets? Essays on the Insular Viking Age
Collected papers, including 1 An imaginary viking-raid on Skye in 795? 2 Annals, armies, and artistry: 'The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle', 865–96 3 'Hiberno-Norwegians' and 'Anglo-Danes': anachronistic ethni...
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by Sara M. Butler

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Fascinating new post by Cassie Watson and Carolyn Strange!

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Poisoning Crimes and the ‘Mushroom Murderer’: Patterns and Precedents
By Cassie Watson and Carolyn Strange; posted 23 September 2025. The prosecution and sentencing of the Australian ‘Mushroom Murderer’ to life in prison for the poisoning of three relatives and the a…
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