The booking form for the summer Dunnett day in Portsmouth is now live at dunnettcentral.org/weekend/Dunn...

One finds Dunnett squeaks in the darnedest places. (St Catherine's monastery!)

#dunnettsqueak Dog's Tooth Violet

@dunnettcentral.bsky.social , look!

I am a fan of Dorothy Dunnett -- an author of extremely entertaining and highly detailed historical fiction. But I can't be the only one frustrated by her use of horoscopes and astrology (Lymond Chronicles) and divining (House of Nicoló) in a world that is otherwise fully materialistic.

Wishing all readers a beautiful St. Parick‘s Day.☘️ Remember O‘Liam Roe and his ollave, two wonderful #dunnett characters!

DDS members: Zoom group meetings are underway! Please check your email for how to get involved.

gambling monk, germany, 15th century

Lymond is 500! This first issue of his quincentenary year features a talk Dunnett gave in 1997 on The Lymond Chronicles. Amongst other highlights: how the female characters drive the narrative of the novels; early maps and sea charts used by Dunnett’s heroes; priests and prophets 3, Niccolò.

Read about the importance of looking closely at art and the many captivating details and connections you'll be able to discover. 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #renaissance #mosaicmonday #academia #art 🏺 #medievalsky ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/visual-enl...

Mar 2: Feast of Sléibíne mac Congaile (†767), abbot of Iona. He enforced the Law of Colum Cille in Ireland in 757, which probably involved the formal bearing of the saint's relics on circuit in association with the collection of tax. Suibne succeeded him. 📸August Schwerdfeger #medievalsky

🚨 LATE SUBMISSION WINDOW OPEN 🚨 We've had a withdrawal from one of these sessions and would be very keen to include another paper - please do not hesitate to reach out if you're interested, and to help us spread the word. Many thanks!! #skystorians #medieval #medievalsky #premodernrace #imc2026

Our next seminar will be on Thursday 12th March with talks by Agnese Bargagna (University of Edinburgh) and Devon Sherwood (University of Toronto)! #medievalsky #thelongmiddleages Registration Link here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

A treasure of legal history for a medieval Monday - a splendid illuminated legal text - 'Bracton: the king’s duty to do justice' (BL MS Add 11353 fo 9. ©The British Library) #medievalsky

Remember that time the Bretons allied with the Vikings, and they killed Robert the Strong? Tumultuous times... open.substack.com/pub/cjadrien... #medievalsky #vikingsky #history #france #medievalists

Medieval elephant! Another in my series of images from medieval manuscripts #SomethingBeautiful #MedievalSky #elephants

Calling #Skystorians #MedievalSky the 49th Latin and Palaeography Summer School (formerly the Keele summer school) is open for bookings. 27-31 July in Birmingham. 👇 palaeography.uk/study/short-...

Rüben - root vegetables - were the stereotypical rustic food of medieval Germany. Medieval rustics on at least one occasion required a crusade to subdue - the Stedingerkreuzzug of 1232-34. www.culina-vetus.de/2026/03/02/f... #culinaryhistory #foodhistory #medievalsky #eattherich

Canons of Hexham Priory translated the relics of some of its saints to a space by the altar #OTD in 1154. The remains of Acca, Alchmund, Frithuberht and Tilberht were placed in a shrine coated with silver and gold and studded with gems. Eata was placed in another. 📸Paul Turner #medievalsky

You're going to see this from me a lot for a while. Please share, and contribute if you are a medievalist working in this area! It's going to be great. #medievalsky #genderstudies wp-research.aber.ac.uk/medievalgend...

My Eilmer of Malmesbury video discusses connections between a flying monk, Christ's Ascension, Halley's Comet, and the Norman Conquest, as well as why Eilmer may have wanted to try to fly. #medievalsky #medievalhistory

A stunning treasure of Norwegian medieval legal history - the Codex Hardenbergianus (GKS 1154 folio) - an illustrated law book with magnificent red and gold leaf in the illustrations. permalink.kb.dk/permalink/20... #medievalsky

Grünkern was eaten in the mountainous areas of Bohemia and nearby. They also had a long tradition of throwing officials out of windows and not fighting fair. www.culina-vetus.de/2026/03/03/f... #culinaryhistory #foodhistory #medievalsky #crusadefail

Hey history hivemind, does anyone recognize this image? A student wants to use it in her capstone and is trying to track down both citation and context. The earliest version of it in a reverse image search is from a Harry Potter fandom tumblr post in 2013. #skystorians #medievalism #medievalsky 🗃️

Here's my newest Women of 1000 piece! This is Paraskevi, also known as St Parascheva. She was a Byzantine hermit nun who defied her parents to live an ascetic life and travelled to the Holy Land as a pilgrim. #medievalsky #skystorians 🗃️

Si vous aviez manqué le colloque hommage à Martin Aurell "Elites, violences et imaginaires médiévaux", les vidéos sont désormais en ligne ! De mon côté j'étais intervenue pour parler de la force de l'imaginaire de l'épée dans l'audiovisuel médiévaliste. #medievalsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP6p...

#medievalsky #earlymodernsky #ancientsky #cfp #booksky Hands up who wants to get involved with a cool online journal - or attend an equally fun online conference this April! #fame&fortune

Was the sovereign Kingdom of Brittany a historical reality or a masterpiece of medieval propaganda? Join author and historian C.J. Adrien as he holds the grand, romanticized 19th-century narratives of Breton independence up to the light. geni.us/vikingbrittany #medievalsky #booksky #vikingsky

#maritimehistory #earlymodern

UPDATED DUE DATE! 📣✨ Two funded postdoc positions✨📣 Two fully funded postdoctoral positions are now open at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), beginning September 1, 2026, in History, Theory, and Heritage. Fellows will work closely with Cammy Brothers. (1/5)

NEXT MONDAY! Excited we get to welcome @sheilaghogilvie.bsky.social to the @ihr.bsky.social to talk about Epidemics and Institutions from the Black Death to Covid. 9 March, 17:30 (UK), in person & online -- sign up for the zoom link. #EarlyModern #SkyStorians #HistSTM #HistMed

Delighted to share our fascinating blog post on #rhubarb as a medicine within #Chinese and #European pharmaceutical traditions by @kingsenglish.bsky.social doctoral researcher Lin Yan Wong herbalhistory.org/home/a-tale-... #histherb #earlymodern #medhums

This lineup is tough to beat #earlymodern

Can’t wait for this! #earlymodern

CFP for the SCS conference in Chicago in October. Come join the most collegial gathering of early modernists that I know. #earlymodern 🗃️ sixteenthcentury.org/call-for-pro...

A really useful course for any historians that might encounter #Medieval or #EarlyModern documents in their research. #Skystorians

I'm hoping to propose a panel for the SCS on the 1570s, that most pivotal decade in the later Reformation. If you're interested in joining me, send me a DM. #reformazing

Video up on Youtube about #medievalsky #earlymodern women & alpine communities: Including female road construction workers, medieval gender pay gap & women as trusted elders whose word became law youtu.be/apkcYJKgGO0 This talk was the basis of the linked ⬇️ article, which includes a lot more!

For #WomensHistoryMonth we are resharing some of our past posts on Alice Thornton. Second up is @hagenilda.bsky.social on the remarkable friendship between Alice Thornton and her servant-companion, Daphne Lightfoot. #EarlyModern 🗃️ thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/blog/2...

Dorothy Dunnett. (All 15 historic fiction books. Once started, nothing quite like them)

Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett. I have read the whole Lymond series many times, but the first one is such a treat. Honorable mention to Patrick O’Brian - I did read all 20 M&C books three times. 😏

My new Strange Horizons essay is up! With a deliberately provocative title! WHY ALL SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY WRITERS ARE HISTORIANS Yes, *all* And, no, it isn't just for the reason you think... I've been working toward this one for a while, very excited to share it!

Historical writers! The HWA awards are open for 2026! 👑Enter the Gold, Non-fiction or Debut Crown if you're an author published 2025-6 ✍️Or the HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition with your unpublished short historical fiction. Details: historicalwriters.org/awards Please tell your friends

Ami here. Just finished N#1 and just started #2. Just paid $132 for the set of fair used because I had to have them. (1/10 my monthly income!) Bought to read so it's good. Extremely happy & consider it a worthy investment for my brain & sanity in these times.

Booking for this year's Dunnett weekend closes on Saturday 28 February. We are aware that in one place on the website the date is given as 28 March; that is an error for which we apologise and which will be corrected as soon as possible. There are in fact only three days left to book.

The DDS is pleased to announce that the link for Jelle Deltombe's lecture on Anselm Adorne - Destined for Greatness, on Saturday 21 February at 3pm UK time, is now available on the website. The Q&A session will be on Saturday 7 March and the link for that will appear on the website. #DunnettContent

The DDS is pleased to say that Dr Jelena Bakic's lecture is now available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHuw...

I'll be chairing a Dorothy Dunnett livestream Zoom lecture on Saturday 21 February at 15.00 GMT. The speaker is Jelle Deltombe, Operations & Marketing Manager at the Adornesdomein in Bruges. His subject will be Anselm Adornes – Destined for Greatness . All welcome. I'll send the link soon.