Coming next spring ... yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Come and join us for a few days jam-packed with medieval and early modern keynotes, papers, roundtables, and events! @anzamems.bsky.social Conference 2025 at the University of Melbourne, 3–5 December

🚨Job Klaxon🚨 Open rank Professorship in History of the Middle Ages with consideration of digital Methods 📍Institute of History, University of Bern (🇨🇭) 📆Deadline: 19 October 2025 ▶️ Information: tinyurl.com/56ywncuj #Medievalsky #DigitalHumaniities

Late-medieval Books of Hours were tools for navigating both earthly & spiritual challenges. Elizabeth Burrell's article in @parergon.bsky.social 42.1 explores English & French examples held in A/NZ libraries, providing transcriptions & translations of some apotropaic texts. muse.jhu.edu/pub/62/...

Early English Queens, 850-1000 has just been reviewed in @jaema.bsky.social 20.2. McLeod states that it 'finds an ingenious structure to tell a difficult and timely story' & 'is highly recommended'. Links to the review & the book (all formats): Review → search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/... Book ↓

Henry VIII loved to receive cryptic gifts, but the so-called horned helmet given by the Emperor Maximilian I is perhaps the most bizarre! In @parergon.bsky.social 42.1, Grace Waye-Harris analyses its long-disputed iconographical significance. muse.jhu.edu/pub/62/...

Issue 42.1 of @parergon.bsky.social is out, follow the link to take a look! This open issue contains articles on a range of topics, as well as a cluster on the reception of Aristotle in early modern China. Look out for our feature posts for each article over the next week. muse.jhu.edu/issue/5...

Supernatural women in medieval literature seem to inhabit opposite ends of a moral spectrum: saints good, sorceresses bad. Kathryn Walton’s article in @parergon.bsky.social 42.1, though, shows that medieval images of female power were much more kaleidoscopic than we assume. muse.jhu.edu/pub/62/...

Do you: -Love #literature? 📚 -Adore #art? 🎨 -Fancy #film or #photography? 📽️📸 -Thrill to the #theater? 🎭 -Relish #RareBooks? 📖 Apply for @ransomcenter.bsky.social's 2026-27 #fellowships! Learn more & submit a proposal by Nov. 3: www.hrc.utexas.edu/fellowships/ #Humanities #Research #CFP #CFA 🗃️📜

My latest article is out in the a Journal of Medieval History (open access). It examines depictions of viking activity in the Sagas of Icelanders and the perceived moral implications of raiding in pre-/post-conversion settings. Quickest proofs turnaround ever...

Hardcopies of @parergon.bsky.social 42.1 (2025) have finally arrived. They'll be arriving in your mailboxes over the next couple of months!

Speaking of our latest issue - this review of @mattfirth.bsky.social's book is in it, along with 19 others! Follow the link to read them all...

Issue 42.1 is in press! Cosimo I de' Medici graces the cover in full armour, giving some side eye. This is an open issue so there are great articles on a range of topics. Follow the link for the TOC and book reviews. We'll feature each article over the coming month. www.parergon.org/index.php/pa...

Here are @parergon.bsky.social we are seeking proposals for our 2027 special issue: see www.anzamems.org?page_id=741

And while we're on @parergon.bsky.social, we're just sending to print issue 42.1 (2025) - and loving Agnolo Bronzino's Cosimo I de' Medici in Armour on our cover, courtesy of the Art Gallery of New South Wales

MORE Mysterious German Books? We've got another copy of the 1614 Bible found at Boerne High School at #NewberryLibrary! Or DO We? 1/? radio.kttz.org/2025-07-02/t...

How it all started! (and it's coming closer to home very soon!) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A copy of my edited collection in the (sort of) wild, at the @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social stand at @imc-leeds.bsky.social. You too could own a copy of 𝘗𝘳𝘦-𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 - 50% off and free shipping at the B&B website with code BB094.

SAGA EMOTIONS ed. garethlloydevans.bsky.social, profcarolyne.bsky.social and Brynja Þorgeirsdóttir is out today! Identifying and examining a range of emotions from across #OldNorse #Icelandic #saga literature - get it on the Hive now 🐝 @oxscandistudies.bsky.social‬ @imc-leeds.bsky.social‬

After a fantastic slate of papers at RSA Boston 2025, EMoDiR is delighted to announce our CfP for RSA San Francisco 2026. Please circulate, and submit a proposal! #earlymodern

In case you missed it, here is Laura Gathagan talking to us about her book The #Queenship of #MathildaofFlanders: Embodying Conquest. youtu.be/IEq3Phy8qJE?... #MedievalSky ##MedievalHistory #WomensHistory #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #Embodiment #Bodies #Flanders

👸 "This book set a benchmark in the study of #medieval queenship." Queen Emma and Queen Edith by Pauline Stafford was chosen as Matthew Firth's must-read book. Which #medievaltudies book had the most impact on you? Read more: buff.ly/jGIsQBL #kzooicms #ICMS #kzoo2025 @mattfirth.bsky.social

To mark the 60th International Congress on #MedievalStudies, we asked some of our authors what are the most influential books on #medievalstudies? Discover the 6 must-reads: buff.ly/jGIsQBL 📖 Which book would you choose? #kzooicms #ICMS #medievalsky

Charter S221 - an original single leaf invariably linked to Æthelflæd. But did you know that, due to damage to the document, her name doesn't appear in the text except as a later addition to the witness list? Some observations on S221 in Notes & Queries. academic.oup.com/nq/advance-a...

Vikings on the Silk Roads The Norse ravaged much of Europe for centuries. They were also cosmopolitan traders who followed trade winds into the Far East by Neil Price aeon.co/essays/the-v... #history #medieval

Coming up! My @erc.europa.eu Consolidator project #FEATHERS 🪶🪶 is organising a 3-day international conference on early modern scribal culture and manuscript production at @unileiden.bsky.social on 7-9 May 2025. See www.universiteitleiden.nl/feathers-con... Why not attend, registration closes soon!🥂

While I'm spruiking my recent publications at discount prices, you can also pick up 𝘗𝘳𝘦-𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 for 35% off with code BB897. There's some cracking historiographical research in this collection. #medievalsky

Ooh, Routledge is doing 20% off during April, so you can pick up my book, 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘴, 850–1000 in paperback or ebook for a decent price! #medievalsky

I’m pleased to say that we’re advertising an open ended lectureship in Early Modern English Literature at Glasgow. Details here, and please share: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...

Given that Routledge is doing 20% off this month, you can also pick up my latest book for much cheaper than usual - 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥: 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴. The ebook even approaches affordable... #medievalsky

🎉✨The Destruction of Medieval Manuscripts in England ✨ Absolutely delighted to announce that my second book has just been released (and it's open access; free to download at the link below!). academic.oup.com/book/59790?f...

Just did the final final check of the cover for my book (out in April!). My niece, age 4, helped me decide on the cover colours and I think she did a great job 😊

New Medieval Books: Rethinking Medieval Ireland and Beyond www.medievalists.net/2024/03/new-... #BookSky

I'll be on ABC Nightlife's 'This Week in History' at 9.30pm (AEDT) on Sunday, talking about Eleanor of Aquitaine. I'm venturing a little later in the Middle Ages than I usually do and we tried to cover a very packed life in only 30 minutes, so hopefully I did Eleanor justice...

An opportunity for a Lecturer in Ethics to come and work in my School. (It’s a three-year cover post.)

I recently did a Q&A with Boydell and Brewer about my recent edited collection, Pre-Conquest History and its Medieval Reception. Follow the link to read all about it. As a bonus, you can get the book for 35% off with code BB897 on the Boydell website!

Member News: AFCEMS Best Book in Medieval Art 2024 #medieval #earlymodern www.anzamems.org/?p=...#medieval#earlymodern

PhD Scholarship in Medieval History – Flinders University #medieval #earlymodern www.anzamems.org/?p=...

🦋 A starter pack of academic journals in History 📜 #history #historical #historia #historian #SkyStorians #HistorySky #HistorianSky #Historiography #MedievalSky #medieval #MedievalHistory #Medievalists #MiddleAges #AncientHistory #RomanHistory #roman #EarlyModern #RoyalHistory #AcademicSky #EduSky

The Great Viking Survey is still open for responses! No matter where you live, we want to hear your opinion about the vikings. Find us at vikingsurvey.org.

It's been great to receive all your proposals for our Melbourne conference in Dec, but we want more! Themed 'possibilities', the possibilities for papers and panels are endless (har-har). The #CFP closes 14 Feb; there are a number of bursaries available. conference.anzamems....

Member Publication: Pre-Conquest History and its Medieval Reception #medieval #earlymodern www.anzamems.org/?p=...

1/4📜✨ Exciting new treasures from the Russell Library, Maynooth! Discover manuscripts CF 9, CF 10, & CF 12, courtesy of MU Special Collections & Archives & Lámhscríbhinní Choláiste Cholmáin. Explore these remarkable manuscripts below. @maynoothuni.bsky.social @diasdublin.bsky.social #DIASdiscovers

Happy new year, all! Now that I'm back at work I'm hyped to realize that our edited volume on Lordship and the Decentralized State will be coming out in less than 3 weeks! This gives me just enough time to share the things I'm most excited about with this project... global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Currently free to read (until 5th Feb): Visions of Hierarchy and Inequality in Early Medieval England by Stuart Pracy www.cambridge.org/core/element... #History 🗃️

⏳ Deadline extended! ⏳ You now have until this Friday 17 January to apply to speak at our workshop. All postgraduate students and ECRs welcome. Come and join our friendly 18th century community 😊

It's me, talking about ninth- and tenth-century West Saxon queens and their pivotal role in the development of English queenship. Almost everything you could want to know in a neat 50 minutes (for the rest, see my book!).

A New Episode of The Medieval Podcast with @5minmedievalist.bsky.social : Early English Queens with Matthew Firth https://www.medievalists.net/2025/01/early-english-queens-with-matthew-firth/ #MedievalQueens #EarlyMiddleAges #Podcasts

Next up from @parergon.bsky.social 41.2 is Ros Smith, whose article ‘Marginalia as texts’, argues that the distinctive aspects of John Emmerson’s collection allow us to rethink what marginalia is and who might be considered to be marginalists in early modern England. muse.jhu.edu/pub/62/...