Il faut taxer les milliardaires. Point. open.substack.com/pub/gabrielz...

This week I explore what we know and don’t know about the Viking warlord Hasting, who is the MC in my award-winning historical fiction series. www.cjadrien.com/p/a-true-and... #vikingsky #medievalsky #history #writingcommunity

Was the beginning of the Hundred Years' War really just a French Civil War? Let's see if my latest article convinces you! Had fun with it at least. open.substack.com/pub/cjadrien... #medievalsky #history #writingcommunity #medievalists

Hey, look, that'll be me teaching! 😇 Join me in 6 weeks to learn about why it's called the Hundred Years' War, why it happened, and how it changed the course of European history. Use promo code 'ADRIEN' for a discount. #medievalsky #history #writingcommunity #booksky

Check out this self-paced course: The Inception, Evolution, and Legacy of Chivalry, taught by @cjadrien.bsky.social medievalstudies.thinkific.com/courses/chiv... #chivalry

The rebrand of my series begins! www.amazon.com/dp/B082NJ8HFB #vikingsky #medievalsky #booksky #writingcommunity #historicalfiction #vikings

Starting Next Week: Early Medieval Brittany A.D. 800-1100, taught by @cjadrien.bsky.social - sign up for this online course at medievalstudies.thinkific.com/courses/earl... #medievalists

Happy New Year, everyone! open.substack.com/pub/cjadrien... #history #writingcommunity #medievalsky

I made another one! #history #medievalsky #historyteacher youtu.be/NMhir7FVGMA?...

Video two in my new series is out! Why do we call it the Hundred Years' War? youtu.be/HDWFwI7jA9o #medievalsky #history #criticalthinking

Dive into the rich history of a region whose experience of the Viking Age was one of the most dramatic. Use promo code ‘ADRIEN’ at checkout to get 10% my courses and any course in the medievalist catalogue! medievalstudies.thinkific.com/courses/earl... #vikingsky #medievalsky #history

Launching a new YouTube channel called C.J. Adrien’s Critical Thinking Lab, where I’ll use the study of history to highlight and teach critical thinking skills useful in today’s digital media hellscape. Let me know what you think! youtu.be/l1AFswynt9c?... #history #teacher

The Hundred Years’ War and the Birth of Modern Europe - a 10-week online course with @cjadrien.bsky.social starting February 17th - sign up at medievalstudies.thinkific.com/courses/hund... #HundredYearsWar

Check out our scary chat with @shieldofskuld.bsky.social. Revenants, ghosts, and the supernatural in the #viking age vikingology.substack.com/p/viking-gho...

In the historical notes of my third novel, I made a promise: to deliver a more comprehensive history behind my work via a course. It’s finally happening, and in partnership with @medievalists.bsky.social ! Sign up today! www.cjadrien.com/p/six-weeks-... #writingcommunity #medievalsky #history

A hidden treasure of legal history for a medieval Monday – a magnificent illustrated Icelandic law manuscript (Jónsbók, MS AM 351 Fol., Skálholtsbók eldri.) #medievalsky

Absolutely top notch marginal creatures in this book of hours leaf! (2024.1.14) 😍🥰 @peripheralmss.bsky.social #midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts #fragments

“Herein lay the incendiary problem: Edward had been denied a claim the French throne because Salic Law did not allow succession through a female line. But Phillip was now pressing his advantage in Brittany with a claim through a woman.” www.cjadrien.com/p/the-breton... #medievalsky #history

Some light reading as I prepare to teach the Hundred Years War for @medievalists.bsky.social. You can sign up for the course at www.cjadrien.com/p/courses. #medievalsky #history

This week, we spoke with @jakestattel.bsky.social about how legal institutions in England changed dramatically from AD 900 to 1200, due in part to internal political developments and the Viking incursions. vikingology.substack.com/p/viking-law... #medievalsky #vikingsky #history #podcast

Viking Age Woman’s Grave with Mysterious Scallop Ritual Unearthed in Norway www.medievalists.net/2025/11/viki... #archaeology #Norway #Vikings

Happy Halloween! #medievalsky #vikingsky #writingcommunity #history #meme

One of my favorite restaurants, mostly because of the castle. #travel #writingcommunity #history #travelsky #medievalsky

When I learned that their CEO is Mark Smith, who helped propel Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo to fame, I had to read the email twice. This is a team that has built global success stories. Now, they’re betting on mine. open.substack.com/pub/cjadrien... #booksky #writingcommunity

I’m pretty sure this is the grave we talked about with @downham.bsky.social on our recent podcast 😂 vikingology.substack.com/p/catching-u... #medievalsky #vikingology

I've moved my newsletter to Fridays! This week, I reflect on something Tolkien said that gave me an "ah-ha!" moment on a tricky question about the #Vikings. open.substack.com/pub/cjadrien... #medievalsky #history #writingcommunity #booksky

Neuroscience is uncovering the addition that’s making the world turn: revenge. Science, it appears, is catching up to one of the central themes of my novels. www.yahoo.com/news/study-p...

Big discount to celebrate 1 year since the release of my Fur Trade novel The Road to Malheur: www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p... #booksky #writingcommunity #fiction

Saw the “Viking” show at le Puy du Fou. It’s anachronistic, cheesy, utterly wrong….but fun as hell! Haha 😂 #travel #medievalsky #vikingsky #writingcommunity

My book fair tour in France has been getting some quality attention 🥳 www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-l... #writingcommunity #booksky #author #vikingsky

This is my life now. Driving through France and stopping at anything that looks remotely medieval to learn all about it. I’m in heaven! #history #medievalsky #france #travel #writingcommunity

Visited the Viking ship Olaf D’Olonne, built in France, today. What a treat! #travel #vikingsky #medievalsky #writingcommunity

This was an amazing find in the small town of La Flocellière: a church dating from 1090, before the first crusade! How cool! #travel #medievalsky #travelsky #france

The Nantes Cathedral finally opened again after five years! #medievalsky #travel #writingcommunity

Book fair at the Chateau de la Flocellière today. Beautiful site! #writingcommunity #medievalsky #booksky #travel

Ignore the ladies in the back.

I was on the radio again 😊 what fun! novmaradio.fr/podcasts/les... #writingcommunity #vikingsky

The French History Podcast: The Flower of Chivalry with @cjadrien.bsky.social www.thefrenchhistorypodcast.com/the-flower-o... #chivalry

Attended a book fair at the Domaine de Roiffé today. #writingcommunity #booksky

How are Viking longships made? Here’s the story of The Valkyrie: open.substack.com/pub/vikingol... #medievalsky #vikingsky #medievalist #history #podcast

L’exemption de péage de Pépin en 826 et ce qu’elle peut nous dire sur l’activité viking durant une décennie « silencieuse ». open.substack.com/pub/cjadrien... #medievalsky #vikingsky #histoire #france

This is when the Viking invasions in France started to accelerate: www.cjadrien.com/p/the-first-... #medievalsky #history #vikingsky #medievalists #france #writingcommunity

🔥 Une saga viking pas comme les autres 🔥 Écrite par C.J. Adrien, auteur franco-américain originaire de Noirmoutier, cette série mêle rigueur historique et récit épique. 👉 www.amazon.fr/dp/B0FPG1DT9X 👈 #medievalsky #booksky #france #vikingsky

Last week, we looked at Pépin I’s toll exemption of 826 in response to growing pressure from Viking activity along the Loire. This week, we move forward just a few years to 830, when a monastery tried something...radical. www.cjadrien.com/p/how-a-mona... #medievalsky #history #medievalists

My novel The Fell Deeds of Fate: A Historical Novel of the Vikings in Byzantium won a Readers Favorite bronze medal. Not gold like the last one but it’s a win! 🏅 Check out the series: geni.us/thesagaofhas... #medievalsky #booksky #writingcommunity

Cette semaine j'explore le raid Viking sur Bouin et ses implications: open.substack.com/pub/cjadrien... #medievalsky #vikingsky #medievalist #history #histoire #france

This week, I explore the quiet decade of the 820s in France's experience of the Viking Age, and propose that it may not have been so quiet (outside the sources)... open.substack.com/pub/cjadrien... #medievalsky #vikingsky #history #medievalists #writingcommunity

#southpark did Towelie dirty. Horrifying….

Week 2 of my "deep dives" into the earliest Viking activity in the Carolingian realm: www.cjadrien.com/p/vikings-at... #medievalsky #vikingsky #medievalists #history