This week on The Medieval Podcast with @5minmedievalist.bsky.social : Medieval Wills and Testaments with Robert A. Wood www.medievalists.net/2025/09/medi... #medieval

This week on The Medieval Podcast with @5minmedievalist.bsky.social : Forensic Medicine and Death Investigation with @sarabutler.bsky.social www.medievalists.net/2025/09/fore... #criminalforensics #medievalcrime

I've deleted my academia.edu. The new ToCs were totally unacceptable.

This week on The Medieval Podcast with @5minmedievalist.bsky.social : History in Flames with Robert Bartlett www.medievalists.net/2025/09/hist... #medievalmanuscripts #historypodcast

On Wednesday, 24 September, I'll be visiting Yale & revisiting my earlier work on the history of plague in premodern Africa. What do we know now about the history of this disease (which seems to be of Eurasian origin) in Africa? macmillan.yale.edu/africa/event... #histmed #GlobalMiddleAges 🧪🗃️

This week on The Medieval Podcast with @5minmedievalist.bsky.social : Æthelstan, First King of England with @davidwoodman45.bsky.social www.medievalists.net/2025/09/aeth... #Æthelstan #medieval

Whoa! Thanks for the tip. For other folks wanting to do this, here are screenshots of what I just did. Start by going to you "Account Settings." Then follow the screenshots below. And yes, when given the option "Are you sure you want to proceed?," you better believe I hit that sucker!

This week on The Medieval Podcast: Robert DeVere, Royal Favourite with James Ross with @5minmedievalist.bsky.social www.medievalists.net/2025/08/robe... #EnglishHistory #HistoryPodcast

Agnes, daughter of Stephen, was accidentally killed when she was struck by the sail of a windmill in Herringswell, Suffolk, sometime around the year 1240. Accidents such as these (death by the arm of the windmill) are not common in the records I use in my research🧵1/3...

It's good to be queen! 👑 My new queen of Moondoor tees and hats are available now for a limited time! Each purchase benefits True Colors United, working to end LGBTQ+ youth homelessness. Charlie approved! Get yours here: shopstands.com/collections/...

Deborah is so lovely - and seriously knowledgeable! I so enjoyed talking with her about one of my favourite subjects.

We are excited to welcome Sébastien Rossignol of Memorial University to open the 2025-26 Convivium series with his lecture, 'Tenere suam aquam equo modo': Understanding the Urbanized Energy Landscape of Medieval Silesia" on September 12! RSVP today to attend in person or virtually! uoft.me/bLL

This was such a fun episode! (And book!)

It's great to be the brother of the king! Or is it? Looks like Louis of Orleans may have something to say about that... This week on This is History Presents: The Glass King, enter John the Fearless - because France was not chaotic enough already. Hope you've been enjoying the series!

A new episode of The Medieval Podcast with @5minmedievalist.bsky.social : Marco Polo and his World with Sharon Kinoshita www.medievalists.net/2025/08/marc... #MarcoPolo #medieval #podcast

I don't usually talk about my freelance work on here but today marks the first episode of a new mini series for This Is History about King Charles VI of France. It's a fascinating story and I've been given a lot of creative freedom with the sound, and I'm really proud of what we've made!

ASU English alum @vikingrhetoric.bsky.social, now a @tmccnevada.bsky.social professor, recently discussed his work—on how Vikings actually settled disputes using due process rather than bloodshed—with @5minmedievalist.bsky.social on The Medieval Podcast. Listen: ow.ly/gJA050Wybue #ASUHumanities

Check out my summer project: a new miniseries for This Is History! This one is about Charles VI, whose reign was going swimmingly … until he fell to pieces. 6 eps & 6 more subscriber eps with Dan Jones and me going deep into the weeds (& way off into the woods). I hope you enjoy The Glass King! 🎧

With pride, joy and a great deal of nerves, I'd like to reveal the cover for my book 'Why Q Needs U'!, published by @bonnierbooksuk.bsky.social! I love the cover, with the endorsement from its first reviewer, who also called it "a wonderful achievement" and "just couldn't recommend it more highly".

If you like my stories, then please consider supporting me either on Kofi or by joining my patreon. I still can't work full-time because of my current cancer treatment, which causes extreme fatigue, so ongoing support really, really helps! ko-fi.com/annelouiseav... patreon.com/annelouiseav...

Medieval History Job Alert! University of Tennessee, where I used to work. Unbelievably strong medieval studies. Unbelievable that they are hiring in this climate! Please share this post. jobs.chronicle.com/job/37862790...

Episode 300?! 🥂 How did this happen? Mostly, with a little help from my friends. ❤️ Thank-you so much, listeners! I’m so grateful for your kindness and enthusiasm every week! (And your questions this week…) Here’s to 300 more episodes of awesome medieval history. 🥳 Thanks, everybody!

Over the weekend I drew these two subway maps for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and shared them. A lot of you asked about purchasing them, and now you can! You can buy one or both (as digital files or as prints) at my brand new Etsy shop: surprisedeelmaps.etsy.com

This week on The Medieval Podcast with @5minmedievalist.bsky.social : Vikings Behaving Reasonably with Robert Lively www.medievalists.net/2025/07/viki... #Vikings #Norse #MedievalLaw

To mark the 50th anniversary of the Journal of Medieval History we’ve asked eight distinguished historians each to use an article from the journal’s first five years as a jumping off point to discuss historiographical trends. @tandfresearch.bsky.social

Episode 300 of The Medieval Podcast drops this week! 🥳 Ask me anything and I’ll answer in the ep!

Cones & Bones

Tell ‘em, kid! (I need this shirt!)

The brilliant @5minmedievalist.bsky.social (Danièle Cybulskie) spoke to my class last week about the work she does in the field of medieval history. My students are still talking about how amazing she is and how much they enjoy her “The Medieval Podcast”. m.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

I'm so thrilled to have this published! Starting from a chat over lunch at @girtoncollege.bsky.social, James Wade & I chipped away at this & have made some fascinating discoveries. The actual article should be published later today. In the meantime, more here: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/song...

If @sebfalk.com is excited, *I'm* excited!

My writer friends, learn The Secret to Creating Compelling Narrative with a free webinar from Arlene F. Marks this Wednesday July 16 from 7 - 8:30 pm Eastern presented by CAA and SF Canada. Explore conflict, the dos and don'ts of suspense, and more. Register here canadianauthors.org/national/pro...

So, remember when (way back yesterday) I noted that I had dug the Y. pestis isolates out of that big huge pan-Eurasian aDNA study? If you'll notice, one sample is dated to the 13thC (800 BP). Poor quality retrieval, so not a lot can be inferred from the genome. But guess what I just found today?

A new episode of The Medieval Podcast with @5minmedievalist.bsky.social : Elephants and Ivory with John Beusterien www.medievalists.net/2025/07/elep... #elephants #ivory #history

Have the best time at Leeds, everybody!

For people interested in women’s history, queens, Iberia - or even Henry VIII’s wife Catherine of Aragon (this is her family).

Big congrats to John Wyatt for being the he(eel)ro we all aspire to be.

Returning this September: Calamity and Change: An Introduction to the Fourteenth Century - a five-week online course taught by @5minmedievalist.bsky.social - get the details and sign up at medievalstudies.thinkific.com/courses/cala... #medieval #historyclass

This week on The Medieval Podcast with @5minmedievalist.bsky.social : Mysterious Manuscripts with Garry Shaw www.medievalists.net/2025/06/myst... #medievalmanuscripts #medievalpodcast

Featuring medieval authors such as @thehistorybits.bsky.social, @5minmedievalist.bsky.social and @princessburton.bsky.social, Tudor authors such as @sylviabso.bsky.social and @historyaimee.bsky.social, women's history from @historyroyalwmn.bsky.social and @louisewyatt.bsky.social, there's plenty!

The Medieval Sleeping Beauty, by @5minmedievalist.bsky.social‬ www.medievalists.net/2025/06/medi... #MedievalLiterature #SleepingBeauty

It’s National Indigenous Peoples Day here in Canada, and this is essential reading. For all people who want to walk with Indigenous peoples, and show with actions - not just words - that we are willing to work towards reconciliation, here are simple, clear actions to take.

This week on The Medieval Podcast with @5minmedievalist.bsky.social : Johannes Gutenberg with Eric White www.medievalists.net/2025/06/joha... #history #GutenbergBible

I mean, same.

Hi Friends, Today, tell an author who is important to you what their work means to you. Some of them absolutely need to hear it. You'll feel good. They'll feel good. Adds some joy to the world & our world could use more joy. OK! Thanks!!

Job: Director of Learning and Education Programs, Folger Shakespeare Library artsconsulting.com/opensearches...

I’m not great at a whole lot of things in life, but I’d like to think that people in my life can tell pretty quickly that I am an ally. Also, I kinda hate that I have to say “ally” when really, I’m just a person with a normal amount of empathy & compassion for my fellow earthlings.

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Julie Singer was a wonderful person to speak with - so deeply thoughtful and able to articulate tricky concepts with clarity and ease. I hope you enjoy this episode!