The bones of Otto I and Henry II have been dna-authenticated. The Magdeburg AfD want to celebrate Otto as a founder of the 'German Reich'. They are not the first to have this idea. www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...

Join us for 'Primacy: Archbishops and Authority from late Roman Africa to Medieval England', a talk held in connection with our current exhibition Primate of All England: The Archbishop of Canterbury Through Time.

This week on the blog, I get grumpy about Graeber and Wengrow’s The Dawn of Everything and talk about medieval ideas of inequality (add your anarcho-syndicalist peasants here). #medievalsky salutemmundo.wordpress.com/2026/03/19/a...

For #medievalsky today a gorgeous Carolingian comb, ivory, dated c. 870, believed to have been made in Metz, now in Cologne. www.museum-schnuetgen.de/sammlung-dig...

The Carolingian South is now available for preorder! Edited by me and @graemeyward.bsky.social and out in May, the book assembles a crack team of scholars (and me) to turn Charlemagne's empire upside down. @manchesterup.bsky.social #medievalsky manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/978152617630...

And another press release from @unibonn.bsky.social, this time on our new project funded by @volkswagenstiftung.de The Nameless in History ...and in English www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/048-... @woodjamie.bsky.social

St Patrick described himself as a refugee ("profugus"). He was a Roman Briton, trafficked into slavery in Ireland as a teenager who chose to return in adulthood as a missionary. He was elevated to the role of Ireland's national saint in the 7th century by the church of Armagh. Happy #StPatricksDay ☘️

For anyone in London at a loose end on Thursday 9 April, I'm giving a talk at @lampallib.bsky.social on the concept of the primate archbishop, exploring its history from late antiquity to the Norman Conquest. Free to attend but please register here! #medievalsky

Our final seminar of the term takes place this Wednesday, 18 March, with Philip Wood, speaking on "The Church of the East in Abbasid Iraq (750-950). A second established religion?". 5.30pm, IHR Wolfson NB02. All welcome - please register in advance!👇

"The Caliph and the Falcons": just out, by @medivalist.bsky.social and @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

We have an incredible new PhD placement opportunity to help support the development and curation of our major exhibition on the Norman Conquest, opening in October 2027. Learn more and apply through the link below! www.bl.uk/services/res...

How likely is it that Alfred the Great sent two emissaries to India in the ninth century? ⌛️ Last chance to read this recent History Matters for free www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...

'Wynflaed's Will', the earliest surviving woman's will in British history, made in the 940s. Its bequests include tapestries, jewelry, bedclothes and books for her daughter Æthelflæd. Cotton Ch VIII 38 searcharchives.bl.uk/catalog/040-...

Check out the latest Early Medieval Europe podcast, in which I interviewed Christina Lee and Holly Miller about their recent article, in a terrific conversation about medicine, magic and pigs (many, many pigs)! #medievalsky rss.com/podcasts/ear...

Our @memsunikent.bsky.social Canterbury Medieval Weekend, 1-3 May looks amazing. Open to all, at just £10 (£5 for students): www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/eve...

Forthcoming lecture in London (and live on YouTube apparently) on 1st April at the British Archaeological Association thebaa.org/events/lectu... #medievalsky #archaeology

The latest "Early Medieval Europe" podcast is out now! Catch @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social talking to Holly Miller and Christina Lee about their new article on animals and early medieval medicine: rss.com/podcasts/ear...

Fascinating new article by Nick Karn, focusing on the material aspects of charters to identify forgeries— including upside-down seals! Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The slate of Carrio (Asturias), c. 900, which contained a charm against storms: discussed in a just-published article on early medieval storm makers, by Juan Antonio Jiménez Sánchez. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Our next seminar will be this Wednesday 4 March with Niall Ó Súilleabháin (King's College London), speaking on 'Archives of Servitude in Post-Carolingian Francia'. All welcome - please register here! IHR Wolfson NB02, 5.30pm.

A large early medieval settlement from the #Merovingian period was discovered in Rolleng (Luxembourg) in 2019. The excavation, which is still ongoing, has yielded around 6000 objects so far. Article in Luxembourgish and German w. link to the French press release: www.rtl.lu/kultur/news/...

In our current exhibition you will find this portrait of St. Dunstan with 'The Tempter' perched upon his crozier. 🖼️ St. Dunstan famously had several encounters with the Devil, including the moment he seized him with red-hot tongs, while living as a hermit at Glastonbury. #LambethPalace #StDunstan

😃 puz.unizar.es/3257-en-nues...

This has been a slog but I’m pleased to day that I’m currently checking the proofs, which means this book will soon be out in the wild!

My Biographical Memoir of Jinty Nelson for the British Academy is now available on their website, open access on this link www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publishing/m...

Hurray!

Featuring my own expert opinions on medieval French geography and modern AI idiocy

Thégan - La Bonté de l'empereur Louis Texte introduit, traduit et commenté par Philippe Depreux À paraître en mars aux Belles Lettres

Tomorrow we are delighted to welcome Rebecca Thomas (Cardiff) to the Earlier Middle Ages seminar to speak on 'Hostages in Early Medieval Wales'. Weds, 18 Feb, 5.30pm, IHR Wolfson NB02. All welcome! #medievalsky

New article! Barbara Bombi @bbombi.bsky.social on 'Keeping Your Eyes and Ears Open: A Diplomatic Counsel for an Anglo-Aragonese Alliance at the Outbreak of the Hundred Years War' academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... #medieval

How did large-scale landowning work on the ground, in a society without centralized landownership records? A brand-new article by Julio Escalona suggests it's about 'Dense Local Knowledge': onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

On another damp, fog-bound day here in the Pennines, I thought I’d share a few of the lustrous fragments of Saxon glass that I've just submitted for publication. Deposited in the early 8th century AD, they still sparkle with joy 1,300 years later 🏺✨

Turns out there's more to Felix Liebermann than just obsessiveness about manuscripts and a fondness for difficult German. ingridfiv.github.io/ingridsblog/...

What changes were made to REF2029 as part of last December's 'unpausing'; and what are the likely implications - positive and negative - for History and the wider humanities? New on the RHS blog: bit.ly/3ZIfe0P #Skystorians @artsandhums.bsky.social

We're back this week, welcoming @rossbalzaretti.bsky.social to speak on 'Corteolona and Santa Cristina: the lives and afterlives of a Lombard “palace” and a “Lombard” monastery'. Weds 4 Feb, 5.30pm, IHR Wolfson NB.02. All welcome - please sign up in advance here!

"The problem of the lack of papyrus [after c.1000] forced a receptiveness to new forms of papal government which the high medieval 'reformers' were able to move into and exploit from about 1050"... Absolutely enthralling new article by @cjg70.bsky.social and Ben Savill (Open Access). #medievalsky

Final call for the @bsrome.bsky.social and Early Medieval Europe early career fellowship, for a month's stay in Rome plus some travel costs to get there. Deadline tomorrow. bsr.ac.uk/awards-resid...

There's no cover image yet, but look what's coming out next year: Do you like bureaucracy? early Christianity? both? Robin Whelan has got you covered: www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...

It me! Online attendance also available; book on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/professor-...

Looks like essential reading for Carolingianists, gonna need to carve out time to read this! #medievalsky

Today on the blog - was Pirenne a psychohistorian and what influence did he have on Asimov’s classic SF Foundation series? #medievalsky #SF #Asimov salutemmundo.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/a...

A few months ago I was curious to know how much Anna's Archive was charging AI developers for access to their massive library of pirated works for training - so I emailed them saying I was interested in buying access. Here is their reply. 🧵 1/n

PhD funding for early career historians completing a doctorate. Applications are invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships for the academic year 2026-27 bit.ly/49MzqmT. Two awards of £8500 per student, held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians

Our first seminar of 2026 will be this Wednesday at 5.30pm (IHR, Wolfson Room NB02), when we welcome @helengittos.bsky.social to speak on "Christianity before Conversion: The women who led the way". All welcome, please register in advance: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #medievalsky

Excellent news - @monumenta.bsky.social to the rescue of online access to Deutsches Archiv!

The inkless doodles of Eadburg, an 8th-c. nun, discovered by new technology: now published by Jessica Hendy-Hodgkinson in EME doi.org/10.1111/emed... (Open access)

From the current issue: Viewpoint: “Secularizing Strategies in the Early Middle Ages and the History of Pre-Modern Religion” by Conor O'Brien (@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social) #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/past...

Came across this handsome diploma of Otto I from 947, granting the abbot of St Gall the rights to hold a market and mint coins in Rorschach, on the southern shore of Lake Constance, 'for the convenience of those travelling to Italy or Rome'. www.e-chartae.ch/de/charters/...

My chat with the wonderful Marco Panato about mills in Italy for the inaugural episode of Early Medieval Europe podcast is now up! Join us for a conversation about water and wealth, class and gender, and power in every sense of the word. #medievalsky rss.com/podcasts/ear...

Plus reviews of recent books on the Three Chapters controversy, King Liutprand, Hincmar, 11th-century León & Galicia, Alfred the Great, the Regnum Italicum, Ernst Kantorowicz, and cartularies!