Delighted to share that my first book The Experience of Work in Early Modern England (co-written with the fantastic @jwhittle.bsky.social, @markhailwood.bsky.social, and Hannah Robb) has been published and is available free and Open Access! doi.org/10.1017/9781... #earlymodern #economic #history

Here's a treat for manuscript- and fragment-lovers everywhere: @manuelmunoz.bsky.social will speak at Senate House Library @ies-sas.bsky.social Tuesday, 30th September, 5:30pm on his research into fragments at Keio University. To attend in-person or online, register at ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

#MedievalSky don't forget to send in your proposals for #DigitalMedievalist sessions at #IMC2026! Thank you for the great abstracts already received! We'll be in touch in the coming days. #DigitalMedievalStudies #MedievalStudies #DigitalHumanities #DH #AI #LLM

Started to read and seems very important.

An excellent talk well worth listening to given by Dr Paul Dryburgh, Medieval Records Specialist at The National Archives (UK), on the history of the medieval English colony in Ireland and the surviving documentary record: vimeo.com/event/510578...

Grant of Margaret Neville to her son in 1315 of her London mansion called 'la Sale de Plum', the Hall of Lead. The area is still called Leadenhall today. LFC Ch XXIII 16. #medievalsky

One of our medievalists doing fab stuff!

Short-term post-doc for arts/humanities researchers! Do you love rare books, manuscripts, archives, art and/or objects? Would you like to explore one of our amazing Cultural Collections @universityofleeds.bsky.social for c. 6 weeks (longer part-time)? Find out more lahri.leeds.ac.uk/brotherton-f...

A great seal depicting a child king enthroned in majesty at the @nlireland.bsky.social. This broken seal is attached to a writ in the name of King Edward, which in this case likely refers to the Yorkist pretender Lambert Simnel who was crowned as Edward VI in Dublin in May 1487.

Fountains Mill, or Abbey Mill, was built in the 1130s–40s to grind corn for Fountains Abbey, and is among the oldest Cistercian mills to survive. Rebuilt in the 1150s with twin wheels and later extended with an upper-storey granary, it continued working after

“You’ve made a rookie error there mate. Always do them skin side down.” - 15th century, Kraków, MNK 3025 I, p. 460

Alongside the ‪@leverhulme.ac.uk, we invite postdoctoral – or equivalent – scholars in the humanities and social sciences to apply for the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. Application deadline is 5 November. Apply now: https://bit.ly/3K4kEyA

My thanks to TEAMS (Teaching Association for Medieval Studies) for posting a notice on their newsletter of the new #OpenAccess teaching module on the Black Death: teams-medieval.org/untitled-4/. #histmed #MedievalSky #PandemicPedagogy 🧪🗃️

Hello everyone! Sharing a cfp for the International Medieval Congress at Leeds next summer, organised by Gummies Marie Besson and Brooklyn Arnot. Check it out!

#MosaicMonday The Madaba Map is part of a floor mosaic in the early #Byzantine church of Saint George in Madaba, #Jordan. The Madaba #Map is of the Middle East, and it contains the oldest surviving original cartographic depiction of the Holy Land. #Archaeology #History #art

This is fun!

Our medieval curator Alison Ray introduces Rawlinson Bodleian Library MS. Rawl. D. 252...a 15th Century necromancer's journal. This manuscript contains spells written in Latin and Middle English, and would have served as a reference for a professional sorcerer. #MedievalMonday

The first objects of the West Yorkshire Hoard were found by detectorist Frank Andrusyk near Leeds #OTD in 2008. The early medieval hoard comprises four gold rings, one with a garnet, a gold brooch fragment, gold ingot fragment and lead spindle whorl. 📸Leeds Museums and Galleries #medievalsky

If you do #DigitalMedievalStudies consider submitting to panels we are organising for #IMC2026 by @imc-leeds.bsky.social, sponsored by @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social! Feel free to get in touch if you have questions!

The C12th church of the Hospital of St Cross. It was founded by Henry of Blois between 1132 and 1136 to support 13 men, and is possibly England's oldest surviving charitable institution. The church is the only remaining part of the original foundation. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday

After making a dumb joke on here about the creative side of academic writing as "unfunded hobbit research", I then wrote a serious post about it

ALTERNATIVELY: "Don't be a conference troll: a guide to asking good questions" www.theguardian.com/higher-educa... #edchat #HigherEd #academia

Hi #Medievalsky, Michaela and I have decided to put together a last minute #IMC2026 session proposal: *Dead Reckoning in the early medieval [?world]" If you've anything on interactions with the dead (literary, historical, legal, etc.) and are looking for an (unfunded) session to join, let us know!

Jobs For Medievalists Tenure-track Assistant Professor of English: Medieval Literature Review of applications will begin 10 November, 2025 The English Department at Trinity University seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor in medieval www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs-for-med...

🚨Job Klaxon🚨 Open rank Professorship in History of the Middle Ages with consideration of digital Methods 📍Institute of History, University of Bern (🇨🇭) 📆Deadline: 19 October 2025 ▶️ Information: tinyurl.com/56ywncuj #Medievalsky #DigitalHumaniities

"Mighty oaks from little acorns grow..." 600 'acorns' went into building the hull of the Mary Rose, not including the trees used for the mast, rigging, gun carriages and other items made of oak. Other woods used included ash, beech, elm, pine and poplar. maryrose.org

👩‍🏫 Seeking medieval teaching support this academic year? 🧑‍🏫Consider joining our friends at TEAMS, the Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages! Membership is free, and the support is priceless 🤝 teams-medieval.org/membership/ #medievalsky

Paid student opportunities!! If you're a @universityofleeds.bsky.social student looking to gain experience in museums & galleries, or know someone who is, check out the links below: Exhibitions Interns - mycareer.leeds.ac.uk/leap/app/job... Events Interns - mycareer.leeds.ac.uk/leap/app/job...

Call for Papers @imc-leeds.bsky.social Following my recent fieldwork sailing down the Seine in a reconstructed tenth-century ship, @stevedehailes.bsky.social and I are organising a panel on practice-based/experiential research in medieval studies. We welcome abstracts from any field. #Medievalsky

😱Suspended from ropes, lowered through the ceiling boss at Beverley Minster – a once-in-a-lifetime perspective. I’ve tried to capture it in words & film. Full story + video here: 🔗 www.digest.andymarshall.co/andy-marshal...

Timelapse of the relocation of the #Oseberg ship is now available. On the same page you will also find press images that are free to use (with proper attribution). www.vikingtidsmuseet.no/english/relo...

The Image of the Black archive: Past, Present and Future This two-day conference brings together scholars who have contributed to the Image of the Black archive and those producing new research on the historic representation of African people in Western art.

“you can’t do anything to a listed building, ever!” okay, counterpoint, you can hoist a 700 year old church tower up 16metres in the air to build a new subterranean basement for an office block

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The Gros Horloge in Rouen in 1927 from an antique photo album bought in Yorkshire last week. Unknown traveller with keen interest in medieval churches, some later destroyed in WW2. Anyone out there with interests in early 20th century tourism? #medievalsky #medievalarchitecture

THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE Fifteenth-century claim to the throne of England displayed in colorful 16-foot scroll Team headed by Penn professor Emily Steiner creates online edition of freelibrary.bsky.social manuscript with transcription, translation, and extensive annotations. 🔗: https://bit.ly/3HOyy7z

At a breakneck speed of 0.008 knots (or 25cm/min), the Oseberg ship is once again on the move today, for the first time in almost a century.

We recently awarded a research grant to Lucy Beall Lott, a PhD researcher at the University of St Andrews - and now you can read about her fascinating work on #medieval child saints on our blog! 😇 yorkisthistorytrust.org/2025/09/10/c... #Skystorians #MedievalSky

Late 9th century wall painting of an angel which was found during excavations at New Minster in Winchester; possibly part of the monastic buildings founded by King Alfred. Now on display at Winchester Cathedral. 📸 My own. #WallpaintingWednesday #WinchesterCathedral

Appel à contribution – Se chauffer au château (Xe-XVIIIe siècles). Techniques, pratiques et usages pour le confort thermique dans la demeure élitaire rmblf.be/2025/09/09/a...

Medieval floor tiles from the refectory at Kirkstall Abbey in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The Cistercian abbey was established on its present site in 1152 by monks from Fountains Abbey. 📸 My own. #TilesOnTuesday #KirkstallAbbey #Leeds

We're seeking proposals for papers on the long fifteenth century for Trust-sponsored panels at next year's @imc-leeds.bsky.social, as well as offering bursaries of £300 for speakers! Please see here for more info: yorkisthistorytrust.org/2025/09/02/y... @jllaynesmith.bsky.social #MedievalSky

@medievaljews.bsky.social and I were quoted in The Times last week about a project we've been helping on to commemorate London's medieval Jewish cemetery. A free exhibition on the site is now at St Giles Cripplegate church until 16 September. #medievalsky www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...

Sharing this CfP for @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026 - send us your ideas on castles and temporalities, we’d love to hear them!

New blogpost in which I introduce one of my favourite early medieval figures: Radbod of Frisia longhairedkingsblog.wordpress.com/2025/09/03/r...

Just over two weeks left to apply for this post - a rare opportunity where one position is open for application at two levels. Don't hesitate to take your shot!

It was too cloudy to see the lunar eclipse tonight, so here’s some fun diagrams of eclipses from a 13th century astronomical compilation, now @bodleian.ox.ac.uk MS. Arch. Selden. B. 34, f. 47v 🌘

Gilt bronze buckle dating to c. AD 500-650. It was found in Grave 95, Finglesham, Northbourne, Kent. 'Decorated with a male holding spears and wearing a horned helmet and belt. This is believed to be a representation of the Germanic god Wōden' Ref. @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social LI1326.23 My 📷

This is one of my favorite manuscript pages anywhere: I call it Frankenfolio. It shows how valuable parchment was in the Middle Ages: they sewed up two holes & the scribe wrote carefully around the stitches. Fittingly, the text is Pseudo-Hippocrates, "Book of Diets", talking about different meats.