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Josh Coulthard

@joshcoulthard.bsky.social

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PhD at EHU, Fear of Disinheritance in Political Culture in Plantagenet Britain and Ireland, co-convener North West Medieval Studies Postgrad Network, Medieval Editor EPOCH PGR History Magazine in a love/hate relationship with TNA SC 8.

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Josh Coulthard @joshcoulthard.bsky.social · Jun 2

Exciting News!!! I have just had not one but two magazine articles published in @epoch-history.bsky.social.

Article 1 sets out what we can gain by examining petitions politically.

www.epoch-magazine.com/post/voices-...

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Josh Coulthard @joshcoulthard.bsky.social · 8d

Be sure to send us your pitches for Issue 22 Sport and Society: out on the 1st of December.

We also accept off-theme pitches, as long as they're historical in nature!

Submit here !👇

epoch-magazine.com/submit

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Josh Coulthard @joshcoulthard.bsky.social · 8d

Exciting news!

I am now the Medieval Editor for @epoch-history.bsky.social PGR Magazine

www.epoch-magazine.com/joshua-coult...

EPOCH | Joshua Coulthard

Josh Coulthard is a doctoral candidate in History based in the Department of History, Geography and Social Sciences at Edge Hill University and is also the co-convenor of the North West Medieval Studi...

www.epoch-magazine.com

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 9d

Enjoyed showing students today the amazing 1063 charter signed by Anna, queen of France, in cyrillic.

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Dr Basil Arnould Price @basilaprice.bsky.social · 13d

Hey #medievalsky ! I’m designing a medieval hero & monsters literature class. If anybody has some syllabi they would be willing to share, I would super appreciate it !

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Laura @lauropea.bsky.social · 14d

professional secret: vikings didn't exist. medievalists invented them in 1968 in the wake of the first wave of Tolkienmania to trick people into spending their careers reading saints' lives and homily books

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Alex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social · 16d

Anyone got any good recommendations for books about the Visigoths or, more generally, 4-7th c. Spain? 📚

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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 18d

Fantastic piece on a fascinating aspect of early Irish law, by my former PhD student and @ceilteachomn.bsky.social graduate, Dr Viktoriia Krivoshchekova, who is now a postdoc at @scs-dias.bsky.social

#MedievalSky

www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

How to get away with murder in medieval Ireland

Duinetháide murders, where the killer didn't leave a trace or a body, carry all the intrigue of a classic murder mystery

www.rte.ie

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Josh Coulthard @joshcoulthard.bsky.social · 21d

I’ll be there! :)

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Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 22d

Delighted to have this post published by the @irishhumanities.bsky.social, where I discuss some of the terminology surrounding disability in medieval Ireland!

www.irishhumanities.ie/news-events/...

Irish Humanities Alliance | The Good, The Bad, and The Blemished: Disability Terminology in Medieval Ireland

The language surrounding disability changes over time. There are certain terms which were previously common for describing disabled people but would now be considered out of date…

www.irishhumanities.ie

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Hannah E @hspevans.bsky.social · 27d

Our #CFP has been extended to Friday 26th September!! @imc-leeds.bsky.social #imc2026

Hannah E @hspevans.bsky.social · Aug 16

#CFP for our session “Law and Contacts in the Irish Sea Region” at Leeds International Medieval Congress #imc2026 !!! Please share with anyone who may be interested! @imc-leeds.bsky.social #medievalsky

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 27d

Still space for abstracts for the Leeds IMC call for papers hosted by Institute for Irish Studies doctoral researchers at Liverpool 'Law and Contacts in the Irish Sea Region' #medievalsky

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Josh Coulthard @joshcoulthard.bsky.social · 27d

DEADLINE EXTENDED to Friday 26th September

Really exciting call for papers for Leeds, please get in touch with Hannah and Nik by the 26th of September!

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Josh Coulthard @joshcoulthard.bsky.social · Sep 7

Always!

Josh Coulthard @joshcoulthard.bsky.social · Aug 31

Glad you enjoyed it!

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Josh Coulthard @joshcoulthard.bsky.social · Aug 26

Perhaps the most vivid of the petitions

discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9...

Petitioners: Poor liege people of King's Barton. Addressees: King and council. ... | The National Archives

The official archive of the UK government. Our vision is to lead and transform information management, guarantee the survival of today's information for tomorrow and bring history to life for everyone...

discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Josh Coulthard @joshcoulthard.bsky.social · Aug 26

TNA SC 8/97/4826: The Lion and the Saint of Gloucester

Dr Dean Irwin @medievaljews.bsky.social · Aug 26

Aaron of Lincoln: The Moneylending Years.

Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · Aug 25

Still sad that Nicaea: the movie never came into fruition.

What super bureaucratic episodes in history would you like to see dramatised?

I want a six part epic on Domesday survey.

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David Hendy @davidhendy.bsky.social · Aug 24

‘… social historian David Kynaston, told The Observer he suspects “a serious scandal is unfolding”

John Wyver, Ian Greaves, Erica Wagner and others on the growing battle to prevent damaging changes to the BBC’s priceless behind-the-scenes archives:

Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...

Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research

observer.co.uk

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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · Aug 23

They've been called 'american gentry' and speaking as a medievalist, it's not un-apt

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · Aug 23

One of the things I’ve learned a lot about this past year is how in many smaller towns, the sheriff, judge, real estate developer and construction company are either the same person, same family or just as good as. It’s all landlords all the way down.

Analytical Left @leaddreamer.bsky.social · Aug 23

Given the prevalence of Real Estate and Construction company owners in local politics, these efforts are *all* about short-term grift for the already-privileged.
Tucson *just* defeated (like, last week) such an effort. The self-satisfied smarminess of the "pro" politicians in interviews is awful

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Josh Coulthard @joshcoulthard.bsky.social · Aug 20

Reviewer 2: this needs to contain more discussion of pot shaped buckets

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Josh Coulthard @joshcoulthard.bsky.social · Aug 16

Very cool call for papers for next year’s Leeds IMC!

Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · Aug 16

Call for Papers Leeds IMC #medievalsky #irish #law #skystorians

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TOEBI @toebi.bsky.social · Aug 15

📅Save the date: Sat. 25th Oct. 2025‼️
📜 #TOEBI2025: "Education and Early Medieval England"
🏫 University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
🗣️ Alice Jorgensen @tcddublin.bsky.social
🗣️ Lindy Brady, Edge Hill University
#️⃣ #medievalsky #OldEnglish

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Josh Coulthard @joshcoulthard.bsky.social · Aug 14

“Ugh”

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Dr Hope Doherty-Harrison @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social · Aug 8

My book, Love and anti-Judaism in medieval English romance: Typologies of violence and desire, with @manchesterup.bsky.social, is coming out next month! I would be delighted if you might consider ordering a copy for your libraries 💚

Front cover for Love and anti-Judaism in medieval English romance, illustration from British Library MS Cotton Nero A X/2 of Lady Bertilak and Gawain in the bedchamber. Gawain is lying down with eyes closed, wrapped in green blankets, and Lady Bertilak is wearing a spotted dress, seated beside him with her hair up, her arms outstretched in a loose embrace and touching under his chin.

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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/...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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