Wither patriarchy & anti-feminism? I have just read two very different articles; “Real Masculinity Terrifies the System” positing “There is a war on men" and "What is ‘Toxic Femininity’?” arguing society will crumble with the “shift female dominance.” Are we really back in the 1990s? #medievalsky

I’ve been reflecting on independent and assertive Catholic religious women. #medievalsky religionnews.com/2025/10/23/n...

#medievalsky Pleased that tonight — On The Brian Crombie Hour, Sauga 960 @ 6:00) I will be discussing how concepts of manhood have evolved across centuries and why these debates remain urgent today. Also on Podcasts: briancrombie.com/podcasts-the... Videos: briancrombie.com/video-gallery/

My gift to all my friends, cat-lovers or not, going back to their offices and classrooms. A feline survival guide for the neo-liberal university. Plus it is clever and light-hearted and will elicit a smile on this Labour Day weekend. Stay safe out there. #medievalsky

Had the pleasure of meeting the Lord Lyon at the Fergus Scottish Festival.

Hey #medivalsky friends. Thinking of going to Leeds next year if there is a panel I can squeeze into. Sexes, genders, sexualities esp masculinities. Also have a 12th century hagiography project. Please let me if you think there might be a fit.

Beannachd leat Canada. Tha mi a’ dol gu Eilean Leòdhais. 🌧️ ☂️ and 18 degrees. Tha mi glè toilichte!

Latha Chanada sona a-huile duine! Happy Canada Day everyone!🇨🇦🇨🇦🍁🍁🇨🇦🇨🇦

Tonight I am on the Brian Connie show talking about how the Middle Ages is relevant to the modern world. Relics. Prostitution and all manner of things in between. 6:00pm on Sauga 960. Watch the video/podcast afterwards at briancrombie.com Brain's parting thoughts now available at lnkd.in/gteh6f3s

Any Medievalists want a copy of the newest edition of Debating #Medieval Europe - The central and later Middle Ages - for... free? Our DME books serve as an entry point for understanding the distinctive historiography of their periods. Hit repost and we'll add you to the giveaway 📗👇 #booksky

Last day of the conference Canadian Society of Medievalists. It has had wonderful papers and congenial colleagues. If you didn’t attend, you missed a great interdisciplinary event. #medievalsky

A little popular thing on swords and stones. #medievalsky www.medievalists.net/2025/06/swor...

That’s day one of the Canadian Society of Medievalists Conference. Two more days to go. Great colleagues, great papers! #medievalsky

Hi ho! Off to a writing retreat I go! Ambition: finish one short public-facing article. Wish me luck #medievalsky

#medievalsky Tonight I am being interviewed about popes and conclaves (Monday, May 12th, at 6 pm) on the Brian Crombie Hour Sauga radio 690 am or watch the episode on lnkd.in/g9_8b6gE

Opened a mystery box and found this! A medievalist’s lifetime in one volume. So happy to see this between covers. Thanks to everyone involved. #medievalsky

My contribution to providing an historical context to conclaves beyond a vague “ancient tradition.” #medievalsky

podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/b... A fun romp with Kate Lister. #medievalsky

My underpants article on medievalists dot net. Very cool since it was written on a whim. #medievalsky The Debate about Underwear among Medieval Monks

#medievalsky. Looking for article by Leonard Boyle published in undigitized book. “Summa for Confessors as a Genre” in Pursuit of holiness in late med&Ren Religion ed Trinkaus&Oberman Brill, 1974. Pp 126-30. So grateful if anyone has a copy

#medievalsky years ago an article by Leonard Boyle incl flow chart of the various genres of pastoralia incl how they moved from universities to the parish priest. I donated all my books & no longer have his Variorum Pastoral Care clerical edu. which might have it. Could any one share pdf? Thanks

Grades submitted at 4:00. That’s it for Mediaeval Genders & Sexualities this semester. Will be happy now to return to an article revision long delayed #medievalsky

These just arrived though how I received two copies I cannot say. Congratulations David and Matt! #medievalsky

So my article on Thomas Aquinas’ heads has led me to be termed “a well-known anti-Catholic.” Hmm… I work at a Catholic college, hang out at the Pontifical Institute for Mediaeval Studies, and was educated by priests in grad school. A very interesting take. Well-known indeed. #medievalsky

The Montreal Massacre. December 6 1989. He separated the women from the men because he hated feminists. Then he killed 14 women. We remember their names.

Friends, here is a link to my article about Thomas Aquinas’ two heads. Please note, I consciously avoided the pun that the editors added to the headline. #medievalsky religionnews.com/2024/12/05/w...

Friends, here is a link to my article about Thomas Aquinas’ two heads. Please note, I consciously avoided the pun that the editors added to the headline. religionnews.com/2024/12/05/w...

Found on FB and thought #medievalsky might enjoy! All readers need to be acquainted with traditional “women’s magazines”

I have a question of etiquette #medievalsky I think because of starter packs I have been inundated by new followers. Some have anonymized ids and others not one bit of information. How are people handling this. Blocking anyone not clearly medieval in some way? Letting them languish as followers?

"Like all empires, this one rested on a foundation of lies." #Oathbreakers, out from @harpercollins.bsky.social on 12/10. The story of how Charlemagne's grandsons fought a brutal civil war and shattered the Frankish Empire. SIGNED COPY GIVEAWAY. Repost to enter. First drawing 7 pm CST USA. /1

#medievalsky friends. Here is a piece just published on the vicissitudes of medieval Archbishops of Canterbury. religionnews.com/2024/11/13/t...

#medievalsky friends I would appreciate advice for a lunch menu the seems medieval but can be made by university cafeteria catering & will be modestly priced. Braised or roasted chicken is easy but what about apps & desert? This was suddenly placed on my shoulders so thank you for quick replies.

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Bluesky queers and tech folk! The Invisible Histories Project, which preserves LGBTQ history in the deep south, is looking for help for a Nov. 13 hackathon to preserve LGBTQ websites! Sign up here: bit.ly/IHhack24

As a medieval historian, I am so glad I tend to see events in the context of centuries rather than 4-year blocks of time. It helps me sleep at night. #medievalsky

Finally, after 9 months of solid work, my project has moved from editorial to production. Who knows how long that gestation will take? But for now, free at last! #medievalsky

Finally, I think I’ve pulled together the threads of my paper for the print culture conference in September. Yes, it really is possible to link a 12th-C hermit with 16th-&17th-century printing. The long Middle Ages! #medievalsky

Well, #medievalsky that’s that. Experiencing the dread and excitement of clicking send and off goes the project that has occupied me for the past 8 months. Of course, things will continue to pop up (like indexes) but still, I’m on to the next thing with an all too tight deadline. Nevertheless, yay!

#medievalsky I read an article from the AHR (1908). It was astonishing because it was so personal. The prose was literary graceful; not undermined by dozens of footnotes. Just enough to lead back to the archives. We could never get away with writing like this today, but what a pleasure to read.

ICYMI from yesterday (there were, in fairness, other things going on) "the leaders of New College who are and dumping books “in the great tradition of the West” don’t really care about their students any more than their fellow travelers from the Middle Ages" #medievalsky

Hi #Medievalsky friends. I wonder if anyone would like a proposal for LEEDS25 on Margery Kempe and masculinity? Only now do I miss medieval twitter. Please email. Thanks.

Dear #medievalsky colleagues, Another question. Does anyone know of a modern English translation of a primary source for the story of Wilgefortis or another bearded female saint (Uncumber, Liberata) You were so helpful for my last query (special thanks to Karl Galle)

Hello #Medievalsky hoping someone might be able to help. I need a copy of the chapter on Pope Joan in Boccaccio’s Famous Women (in English please for students) Neither modern Eng version is available electronically. Might anyone have a scan they could share?title page and the one chapter gratefully

Something this historian never expected to do: submitted a review of a novel set in the 1920s. Not sure which is most surprising, the genre or the time period. #medievalsky

Medievalists have you heard about this? Dreadful and to think how central Routledge is to medieval publishing. I am heartbroken. #medievalsky#

Oh no www.theguardian.com/world/articl... #medievalsky

Balcony time on a blisteringly hot day. Rhubarb G&T hits the spot!

Editing a first draft: why I always mark student papers in less-intimidating pencil.