After 26 talks by 27 speakers from across the UK and Australia, and a wonderful trip to our Guildhall to view our 13thC Royal Charters, the 21st Thirteenth Century Conference @LincolnMedieval is a wrap. A massive thanks to all who came - safe travels home.

Thank you @medievalfemina.bsky.social and Adrian Jobson for a splendid Thirteenth Century Conference @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social @uolhumanities.bsky.social! Thanks too for giving us the option to attend online, and to @hannah-boston.bsky.social in looking after online attendees!

Enjoying attending the Thirteenth Century Conference online today. Currently following the first Bjorn Weiler Memorial Lecture,by Daniel Power on Eleanor of Castile's inheritance in Ponthieu and Aumale. #medieval #medievalsky

How very sad - her work on Westminster Abbey was transformative for me!

Beautiful South Kyme, Lincolnshire, home to a church that was part of an Augustinian priory and a splendid 14thC tower. Lincolnshire really is a beautiful place to study the Middle Ages. @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social

An early 12thC knight, possibly from St Albans, and now in a Florence Museum.

On Saturday the 2nd of August at 10:30am we're hosting a short talk on how to use medieval title deeds in your research. From the many quirks of Latin to the fascinations of feoffments, come along and have your queries answered! Book your free space by emailing us at [email protected]

In case you haven't spotted it: **Historical Association Bursary Scheme via @royalhistsoc.org ** Open to early career and mid-career applicants £1,500 research support to produce an article Deadline 15 August 2025 royalhistsoc.org/calendar/his...

The next Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Sources (our peer-reviewed annual) @archumanities.bsky.social @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social is out now. A massive thanks to Graham Barrett (Durham) and Danna, Anna and the ARC team. #IMC2025

I wasn't able to attend the medieval conference in Leeds this year so I didn't get to see my book in the wild, but FYI Cambridge is offering a 30% conference discount through July, with code 102417

AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) Studentship: ‘Material Networks: The Tower, London, and the World in the Late Medieval and Tudor Period’ University of London - History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMM920/a...

Women played an important role in policing 13th-century England. Women couldn't be in frankpledge or sit on juries, but they were still required to raise the hue & cry, they chased criminals when need be, and were required to attend trials when they witnessed crime or discovered bodies. 🧵1/5

Crowland abbey in the sunshine today.

The stunning 12thC great hall at Oakham. Well worth a visit.

BBC News - Salisbury Cathedral displays 700-year-old bible for first time - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Something to brighten up Friday as the British Library’s Medieval Women comes to an end - Rye pottery’s medieval women.

On the grounds that you can never have to much of the @histassoc.bsky.social, I'm excited to judge my 2nd semi-final of the Great Debate, then I'm speaking (With my students) on the Lincoln Jewry. Do join: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... cc. @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social @medievalfemina.bsky.social

We are advertising for an Assistant Professor in Early Modern History. The deadline for applications for this open-ended, full time post is 27th March 2025. For full details see the link below. durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

A new manuscript discovery to gladden the soul on a dreay February day: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Editor copies of these fantastic new additions to the Lives of Royal Women series has just arrived! Wonderful to see how the series is growing with many more titles on the way! @medievalfemina.bsky.social @nemgarrett.bsky.social @routledgehistory.bsky.social

The Wakefield Tower looking suitably splendid today - Henry III.

Contributing Editor to the Victoria County History of Gloucestershire Gloucestershire County History Trust - Victoria County History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLG626/c...

A sunny Knaresborough Castle earlier today.

Lincoln cathedral looking suitably atmospheric in the mist this evening.

Our #medieval lecture for 2025 will be given by Dr Natasha Hodgson (Nottingham Trent University) on the lives and travels of medieval women. Join us in person (London) or online on Friday 7 February at 6:30pm GMT. All welcome. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1112882945...

Note that these plans also include a reduction in hours (and thus accessibility), of the city's excellent archives. 🗃️

Ooooh! The #GMS conference is in Canterbury next year. Theme - Gender: Charity & Care in the Global Middle Ages. As I am not presenting at Leeds #IMC2025 (3rd year in a row 😭), perhaps this is a good alternative. #CFP here: medievalgender.co.uk/wp-content/u...

The team at the Lincolnshire Archives are quite amazing, so if you are an archivist in search of a lovely new home, see below:

I cannot begin to say how excited I am to have a talk on Anglo-Jewry in my diary for '25 which requires me to do no work! Looking forward to hearing Natasha Jenman, Luka Liu, and Josh Outhwaite talk about Lincoln @mirierubin.bsky.social @medievalfemina.bsky.social @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social

On Thursday 27 February 2025, 10am-12pm, I'll be running an #online #training session on #KnowledgeExchange and #Impact, also featuring my colleague @ruthslatter.bsky.social. It's designed for those working in #history and the wider #humanities - all very welcome! www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Ford Lectures! Jocelyn Wogan-Browne! Bet these'll be great! @oxmedstud.bsky.social #medievalsky www.history.ox.ac.uk/james-ford-l...

Typical! I leave for dinner at 18:30, looking forward to a week in the Old Bar in early July. Get to dinner at 19:00 and my plans are in tatters… Very much looking forward to the @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social panels that Jess Holt and I have organised, as well as chairing for Ana Roda Sanchez!

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 353 Minimus filio tabulam monstrat: Silvius XVII ianuas minutas numerat. (Minimus shows his son a board: Silvius counts 17 tiny doors). cotidie unam ianuam ab Kalendis Decembris usque ad Saturnalia aperiet (Every day from Dec. 1st until Saturnalia he'll open a door).

Two recent additions to @bsky.app to follow: Laura Tompkins @aliceperrers.bsky.social (14th cent royal court, HRP, Alice Perrers) and Patrik Pastrnak @patrikpastrnak.bsky.social (late med/early modern princess/bridal journeys)

Canterbury Cathedral looking suitably gorgeous with its Christmas market.

Dr Diana Webb’s library is for sale in Canterbury’s Oxfam books. A lovely and immensely kind medievalist, she taught me as a KCL UG. Her collection is stunning - in shop and online. #medieval

Was delighted to be asked to write this short obituary of Jinty Nelson, one of my great academic heroes, who did much for my career (as that of countless others), for the latest @historytoday.com.

Calling mid-career library and archive professionals 📣 Looking to advance your career and connect with international peers? Join our International Library Leaders Programme for behind-the-scenes access and valuable insights. Apply by 6 February 2025: bit.ly/BL-Internati...

The glorious interior of Lincoln Cathedral! Looking forward to catching up with our visiting professor from Japan this lunchtime, who is working on its bishops’ records deposited at the Lincolnshire Archives. #medievalsky

Summer Schools at the Institute of English Studies! Including palaeography and manuscript studies. Senate House, London 9- 13 June 2025 Deadline for submission/application: 25 May All info www.rensoc.org.uk/event/ies-su...

'Sector leaders expected more than 100 of the UK’s 140-odd universities to be making redundancies by the start of 2025, in what has been described as a “cataclysmic” situation where “everything is on the table”.'

A couple years ago I put together a little list of yearly fellowships and applications, mostly for early modernists. It includes deadlines, salaries, and requirements. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Adam and Eve at work on the late thirteenth-century roof of Hallingdal’s stave church in Norway, now in Oslo’s Historical Museum.

#Postdoc #JobAlert! Join us at the German Historical Institute in London! For more information: www.ghil.ac.uk/opportunitie...

Here is an Open Access volume that includes essays by my lovely colleagues at Lincoln and my piece on our local castellan, Lady Nicholaa de la Haye's extant letters, charters, and seal, with an analysis of her charter witness lists. Her men served her loyally: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...

It’s been a good month and a half of research leave so far, with the BL Medieval Women exhibition launch and speaking at the Eleanor of Aquitaine 900 colloquium at Fontevraud. #medieval