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Francesca Tinti @francescatinti.bsky.social · 5d

A new Early Medieval Europe virtual issue on Travel and Mobility in the Early Middle Ages, featuring five brilliant articles published over the past 20 years by Andy Merrills, Paul Dutton, Frank Riess, Ben Allport and Rebecca Thomas: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

Beyond migrations: travel and mobility in the early Middle Ages: Early Medieval Europe

Early Medieval Europe is an interdisciplinary medieval studies journal covering European history from the fall of the Roman Empire up until the 11th century.

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graemeyward.bsky.social @graemeyward.bsky.social · 4d

A delightfully niche award (clarkesworldmagazine.com/hall_02_25/)

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James T Palmer @jtpmedieval.bsky.social · 7d

New in open access #medievalsky: Bede's Medical Books!

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Keepin' it Old School this time

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Christoph Haack @christoph-haack.bsky.social · 15d

Sure you wonder (like me) what the bishops were doing/thinking in 829. - Well, here's the answer! publikationen.uni-tuebingen.de/xmlui/handle...

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PD Dr. Laury Sarti @laurysarti.bsky.social · 12d

Tenure-track assistant professor "Early medieval history" (Univ. of Copenhagen) www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...

Tenure-track assistant professor "Early medieval history" (Univ. of Copenhagen)

Tenure-track assistant professor in early medieval history at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen The Saxo Institute, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH) invites ap...

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Rutger K. 🟥 @anotheraspirin.bsky.social · 19d

This is a problem.

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Robert Gallagher @hwaetspur.bsky.social · 15d

Interested in letter-writing in early medieval Britain? A three-year postdoc on @francescatinti.bsky.social’s and my project is now available. Apps close on 17th Oct. Let me know if you have any questions and please circulate! 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Postdoctoral Research Associate

Are you passionate about early medieval Britain? Do you have advanced knowledge of Medieval Latin and interested in the analysis of Latin letter-writing? If yes, then you may be interested in this f...

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Thom Gobbitt 🎲✨🌿☠️⚖️📖 @booksoflaw.bsky.social · Sep 13

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!

michaelajaneruth.bsky.social @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social · Sep 13

Hey! Are you still looking for someone? I hadn't got around to organizing a panel cos I've been so busy so if you wanted to put together a last minute one I'd be keen 🙂

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · Sep 8

"Rethinking rebellion in early Capetian Burgundy (1002–1016)" doi.org/10.1093/fh/c... Just out, by @ralphtorta.bsky.social

Rethinking rebellion in early Capetian Burgundy (1002–1016)

Abstract. This article examines the civil conflict which took place in Burgundy after the death of Duke Henry (r. 965–1002), normally understood as a strug

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Agenda des médiévistes @rmblf.bsky.social · Sep 3

Publication – Robert A.H. Evans, « God and History in the Early Medieval West. The Theology of Carolingian Historians »

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Publication – Robert A.H. Evans, « God and History in the Early Medieval West. The Theology of Carolingian Historians »

While virtually all early medieval historians wrote about God, they did not do so in the same way. Rather than taking their comments about God at face value then, as has been the case in much work …

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Sven Meeder @svenmeeder.bsky.social · Aug 18

I have yet to see the book myself, but the
‪@cua-press.bsky.social‬ website assures me that my edition of the Collectio CCCC capitulorum is now out! This early medieval collection of canon law has been with me for a very long and I am happy to see it published www.cuapress.org/978081323847... 1/2

Collectio CCCC capitulorum, The Collection in 400 Chapters - CUAPress

Surviving in three ninth-century manuscripts, the collection of canon law known as the Collectio 400 capitulorum is a remarkable and understudied witness to...

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graemeyward.bsky.social @graemeyward.bsky.social · Aug 17

Frechulf! There's an example in his Histories and one in a letter he sent to Hrabanus Maurus (see nn. 42 and 43 in screenshot from my book)

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Rory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · Aug 8

A very interesting new article out in @enghistrev.bsky.social from Ingrid Rembold on the discourse around orphans, widows and protection in the Carolingian World. academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

Widows, Orphans and Churches: Protection and Virtue Signalling in the Carolingian World*

Abstract. This article fundamentally reassesses the interpretation of grants of protection within the Carolingian world. The established view of such grant

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Eddie Meehan @eddiemeehan99.bsky.social · Aug 6

If early medieval Aquitaine or Carolingian political culture is your jam, please do give this a read (also on Open Access thanks to @livunihss.bsky.social @livunilibrary.bsky.social)!

Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · Aug 6

Fresh on early view: @eddiemeehan99.bsky.social on how Pippin I of Aquitaine (d. 838) balanced kingship "as an office and as a dynastic status".
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · Aug 6

Fresh on early view: @eddiemeehan99.bsky.social on how Pippin I of Aquitaine (d. 838) balanced kingship "as an office and as a dynastic status".
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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graemeyward.bsky.social @graemeyward.bsky.social · Jul 26

Manchmal bietet er dir Pferde Leberkäse. Er enthält aber auch Schweinefleisch

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Ed Roberts @ecroberts.bsky.social · Jul 24

Delighted to say that I've been awarded a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship for 2025-26, and we are hiring a 1-year full-time lecturer in early medieval history to replace me. Deadline 7 August. Please get in touch with me if you have any questions about the role! jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Lecturer in Early Medieval History (c.400-1100)

Are you an experienced Lecturer who can teach British and European Early Medieval History? Do you have a passion for Medieval History and are you available for a fixed term contract to start in Septe...

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Sam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · Jul 24

Today on the blog, Vienna and Charlemagne in the wake of the Second World War as we take a look at the luck of Heinrich Fichtenau. #medievalsky

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The Luck of Heinrich Fichtenau

While in much of the world a PhD is the highest university degree one can achieve, in many European countries such as France, Germany and Italy there exists another, further, qualification, known a…

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Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social · Jul 19

This is the truest thing I have ever seen. You cannot imagine how much the Romans would have lost their minds for excel. They literally already started writing our historical chronicles in synchronized columns *by hand*

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Agenda des médiévistes @rmblf.bsky.social · Jul 6

Publication – Josh Timmermann, « In the Footsteps of the Ancient Fathers. The Construction and Use of Patristic Authority in the Carolingian Era »

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Publication – Josh Timmermann, « In the Footsteps of the Ancient Fathers. The Construction and Use of Patristic Authority in the Carolingian Era »

This book traces the categorical construction and discursive employment of the Church Fathers across a variety of textual genres and contexts during the Carolingian era. This study shows that Carol…

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Jan van Doren 🟥 @janvandoren.bsky.social · Jul 2

Given that my @imc-leeds.bsky.social talk this year is on garum/liquamen in early medieval cuisine, dietetics and medicine, I was really excited to see the publication of this piece today: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Roman Atlantic garum: DNA confirms sardine use and population continuity in north-western Iberia | Antiquity | Cambridge Core

Roman Atlantic garum: DNA confirms sardine use and population continuity in north-western Iberia

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · Jul 2

1-year temp. medieval lectureship at KCL, covering Alice Rio's teaching, closing date 20 July: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...

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Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · Jun 20

Great timing! Part 2 of 2: my and Simon Whedbee’s edition of the glosses to the 13th-century pseudo-Ovidian De vetula, by… Roger Bacon? With some new thoughts on authorship, function, style, and newly identified sources of the scholia.

Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · Jun 20

New volume of The Journal of Medieval Latin Vol. 35 (2025) www.brepolsonline.net/toc/jml/2025... @brepols.net @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social @erikkaars.bsky.social

The Journal of Medieval Latin: Vol 35

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INSULAR @insularmss.bsky.social · Jun 18

There's an exciting new 3-year job in Göttingen (Germany) available as part of our project! www.uni-goettingen.de/en/644546.ht...

We need someone with experience in manuscript studies and early medieval Germanic vernaculars. Digital humanities skills an advantage! Deadline: 14 July. #palaeography

Stellenanzeigen - Georg-August-University Göttingen

Website of the Georg-August-University Göttingen

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Merle Eisenberg @merleeisenberg.bsky.social · Jun 12

My review article, "How Mediterranean Economies Were Shaped in the Early Middle Ages" in the American Historical Review is out. This was a lot of fun and I try to make sense of 500+ years of recent economic histories. Find it: doi.org/10.1093/ahr/.... 1/

How Mediterranean Economies Were Shaped in the Early Middle Ages

The clichéd image of the premodern Mediterranean economy is stagnation until the twin forces of capitalism and Industrial Revolution kick-started growth an

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