We are delighted to share the news that the latest new VCH project is live. We have published only one volume for #Devon to date, and now Professor Nicholas Orme has begun the process of developing text on the county's medieval religious houses. The first drafts are now available. #Skystorians 1/3

Fantastic news!

Permanent medieval lecturing job at Glasgow, asking for Europe and contacts with external cultures, or collaboration beyond traditional discipline boundaries: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSF052/l...

I've just seen this. It should be excellent!

Get 50% off thousands of books with free UK postage! Use code FIFTY at checkout at: yalebooks.co.uk/history Only available from yalebooks.co.uk in Nov Includes all books except those priced £100+, preorders & books published after 31/10/25 Not available N/S America & Aus/NZ #Skystorians #history

Postdoc opportunity. Please distribute widely. We’re looking for an emerging scholar doing community-centred or community-led research in Pacific History. Minimal teaching duties, research, relocation funds and visa sponsorship available. usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_E...

Come join me and my lovely colleagues in @historyathull.bsky.social for three years! @hullhttps://jobs.hull.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=UOH-TA-0373

My grandmas were immigrants, my mum & sisters in law are immigrants; my sister & nephews are migrants. My kids study maths, Shakespeare, dance, act & score tries alongside the kids of immigrants. My dad’s life was saved by immigrants. Immigrants have made us richer, wiser, stronger Win the fight

As one of the co-supervisors with @justincolson.bsky.social & colleagues from Historic Royal Palaces (I'm a little biased), this is fantastic opportunity to place the Tower was in the period (palace, arsenal, prison - place of consumption of all sorts of things), in the widest context. Apply! 🗃️

Bonus episode out now. @colinveach.bsky.social talks in more detail about the contemporary written sources justifying the 'Anglo-Norman Invasion' and we reflect on modern scholars' approaches to 12th century Irish history. Gerald of Wales, Laudabiliter & more! open.spotify.com/episode/5Zmp...

It's nearly St Brigit's Day! So naturally we have an episode for you on ... the conquest of Ireland, 1169! Thanks to the brilliant (& patient!) @colinveach.bsky.social for explaining the English angle on the 'Anglo-Norman' Invasion. King Henry II, Strongbow & more. open.spotify.com/episode/1Gjz...

NEW TRAINING SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT: Join us in March to learn more about how to research place-based religious histories beyond the parish church. Everyone is welcome for this free training. www.history.ac.uk/events/resea...

"By making over these women in our own image, we lose so much of what was distinctive and beautiful about their literature." What Were the Lives of Medieval Women Like? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/b...

Just listened to this on my way back to Hull from Maynooth. Such a great overview. From now on I'll be sure to check old bookbindings for a lost tract about cats.

Many congratulations, Adam!

This is a great little book. A very useful introduction to the pipe rolls for students, and an essential aid for those of us who sometimes need a quick reminder.

Was William the Conqueror guilty of genocide? A free-to-read article about the Harrying of the North I wrote for @historyextra.bsky.social. www.historyextra.com/period/anglo...

I’m delighted by this wonderfully generous review in Church History of The Emperor and the Elephant: ‘This groundbreaking and much-needed new study will be a required reference for all future scholarly considerations of the early medieval world.’

Why we shouldn't call it 'Tyrone's Rebellion' (& I'm guilty of this too) short 🧵 I call it the Nine Years War (as much as I can but have relapses). Often still referred to as 'Tyrone's Rebellion'. Isn't the best term to use for a number of reasons. First, the word 'Rebellion'

The legendary early Irish poet Forgoll boasted that he knew a story for every night between Samain (1 November) and Beltene (1 May), a long season of storytelling that follows the shortening & lengthening day [RIA MS 23 E 25 p. 133 (Lebor na hUidre) www.isos.dias.ie/RIA/RIA_MS_2...

A nice map, a useful map (lacking Alt Text though - what is shows, by colour-coding, which archive, of 14 possibilities, holds records for each parish in Yorkshire). Among other things, it demonstrates how varied local government is in the county and how boundaries shift... 🗃️

"this is fine" British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r

Recent article on Open Access: Colin Veach 'From Kingdom to Colony: Framing the English Conquest of Ireland' @colinveach.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

Was Ireland a kingdom before the English invasion of 1169? Was it a colony after? Here's my new open-access article in the English Historical Review looking at how we might frame the English conquest of Ireland. doi.org/10.1093/ehr/...

Today we mark the Bristol650 anniversary by re-enacting Bristol’s first perambulation undertaken on this day in 1373 per pedes and by ship and confirmed by royal charter to define the medieval county boundary on land and water.

A good opportunity to work with Andy Seaman and Charles Insley on the 'Making the March' project, www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DCX385/r...

Come and work with us! We are recruiting for a new post of Training Fellow in History & the Humanities. Full-time, fixed term for 36 months. Details and how to apply here: www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #HistoryJobs #Skystorians

"As a result of the changes, AHRC expects to fund one quarter fewer PhD students, reducing from 425 to around 300 new studentships per year by 2029 to 2030." www.ukri.org/news/update-...