Krisztina Ilko
@drkrisztinailko.bsky.social
Junior Research Fellow @queens.cam.ac.uk and Affiliated Lecturer @camhistory.bsky.social. ~> Chess & Global Middle Ages.
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Dragon-slaying saints performed green-fingered medieval miracles, new study reveals
Pope Leo XIV's Augustinian order once performed green-fingered, dragon-slaying miracles. Dr Krisztina Ilko rediscovers their lives and wild power base
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Wild medieval saints! 🔥🔥🔥 Dragons and miraculously sprouting cherry twigs. An evil walnut tree growing above the tomb of Nero. For these and much more in my book, 'The Sons of St Augustine' (OUP), I am delighted to share the wonderful media release that Cambridge published this morning:
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Leo XIV is the 1st Augustinian Pope, but did you know that his order once performed green-fingered, dragon-slaying miracles?
@drkrisztinailko.bsky.social from @camhistory.bsky.social @queens.cam.ac.uk reveals the forgotten lives of these wild medieval saints 👇
https://bit.ly/4rP25Qj
#skystorians 🗃️
@drkrisztinailko.bsky.social from @camhistory.bsky.social @queens.cam.ac.uk reveals the forgotten lives of these wild medieval saints 👇
https://bit.ly/4rP25Qj
#skystorians 🗃️
Dragon-slaying saints performed green-fingered medieval miracles, new study reveals
Pope Leo XIV's Augustinian order once performed green-fingered, dragon-slaying miracles. Dr Krisztina Ilko rediscovers their lives and wild power base
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December 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Leo XIV is the 1st Augustinian Pope, but did you know that his order once performed green-fingered, dragon-slaying miracles?
@drkrisztinailko.bsky.social from @camhistory.bsky.social @queens.cam.ac.uk reveals the forgotten lives of these wild medieval saints 👇
https://bit.ly/4rP25Qj
#skystorians 🗃️
@drkrisztinailko.bsky.social from @camhistory.bsky.social @queens.cam.ac.uk reveals the forgotten lives of these wild medieval saints 👇
https://bit.ly/4rP25Qj
#skystorians 🗃️
Forgotten Medieval Miracles of the Augustinians Revealed in New Study www.medievalists.net/2025/12/forg... research (and new book) by @drkrisztinailko.bsky.social #medieval
Forgotten Medieval Miracles of the Augustinians Revealed in New Study - Medievalists.net
New research reveals how Augustinian friars shaped medieval rural life through overlooked miracles—from healing livestock to restoring barren land—challenging long-held assumptions about the order’s…
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December 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Queens' JRF (@camhistory.bsky.social) @drkrisztinailko.bsky.social's new book, The Sons of St Augustine, challenges major assumptions about the medieval Catholic Church and early Renaissance.
Read more about her publication on our website, and the Cambridge University press release.
Read more about her publication on our website, and the Cambridge University press release.
December 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Queens' JRF (@camhistory.bsky.social) @drkrisztinailko.bsky.social's new book, The Sons of St Augustine, challenges major assumptions about the medieval Catholic Church and early Renaissance.
Read more about her publication on our website, and the Cambridge University press release.
Read more about her publication on our website, and the Cambridge University press release.
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Medieval historian Dr Krisztina Ilko (@queens.cam.ac.uk) challenges major assumptions about the medieval Catholic Church and early Renaissance.
Forgotten medieval miracles are brought to light in her new book 'The Sons of St Augustine', published today by Oxford University Press ⬇️⬇️
Forgotten medieval miracles are brought to light in her new book 'The Sons of St Augustine', published today by Oxford University Press ⬇️⬇️
Wild medieval saints! 🔥🔥🔥 Dragons and miraculously sprouting cherry twigs. An evil walnut tree growing above the tomb of Nero. For these and much more in my book, 'The Sons of St Augustine' (OUP), I am delighted to share the wonderful media release that Cambridge published this morning:
December 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Wild medieval saints! 🔥🔥🔥 Dragons and miraculously sprouting cherry twigs. An evil walnut tree growing above the tomb of Nero. For these and much more in my book, 'The Sons of St Augustine' (OUP), I am delighted to share the wonderful media release that Cambridge published this morning:
Dragon-slaying saints performed green-fingered medieval miracles, new study reveals
Pope Leo XIV's Augustinian order once performed green-fingered, dragon-slaying miracles. Dr Krisztina Ilko rediscovers their lives and wild power base
www.cam.ac.uk
December 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Wild medieval saints! 🔥🔥🔥 Dragons and miraculously sprouting cherry twigs. An evil walnut tree growing above the tomb of Nero. For these and much more in my book, 'The Sons of St Augustine' (OUP), I am delighted to share the wonderful media release that Cambridge published this morning:
Artist: what would you like on your coat of arms?
Lady: a giant skeleton fish.
Artist: say no more.
Lady: a giant skeleton fish.
Artist: say no more.
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Artist: what would you like on your coat of arms?
Lady: a giant skeleton fish.
Artist: say no more.
Lady: a giant skeleton fish.
Artist: say no more.
What is the point of an index if the page numbers "may, on occasion, appear on only one" of the pages listed? Apparently, this is for the benefit of the digital users. But what about the benefit of the readers of the actual physical book? #academicpublishing
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
What is the point of an index if the page numbers "may, on occasion, appear on only one" of the pages listed? Apparently, this is for the benefit of the digital users. But what about the benefit of the readers of the actual physical book? #academicpublishing
Book cover plan, now complete with the blurb on the back! 📕
October 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Book cover plan, now complete with the blurb on the back! 📕
September 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Just a quick reminder that we are still eagerly awaiting your paper proposals for the next IMC! ⏰🎓👇 @imc-leeds.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Just a quick reminder that we are still eagerly awaiting your paper proposals for the next IMC! ⏰🎓👇 @imc-leeds.bsky.social
Very excited to spread the news that @ryan1992reading.bsky.social and I are organising a session for the Leeds IMC next year on political culture in the High Middle Ages! Please drop us a message if interested and share widely.
September 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Very excited to spread the news that @ryan1992reading.bsky.social and I are organising a session for the Leeds IMC next year on political culture in the High Middle Ages! Please drop us a message if interested and share widely.
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The College intends to appoint a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) from 1 October 2026 in each of the following subject areas: Music and Pure Mathematics/Mathematical Statistics.
For more information visit our vacancies page on our website: www.queens.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...
For more information visit our vacancies page on our website: www.queens.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...
August 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The College intends to appoint a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) from 1 October 2026 in each of the following subject areas: Music and Pure Mathematics/Mathematical Statistics.
For more information visit our vacancies page on our website: www.queens.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...
For more information visit our vacancies page on our website: www.queens.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...
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For the fans of the eleventh century (there are dozens of us!), here's a 30% pre-order discount from @oxunipress.bsky.social on my book, due out next month.
July 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
For the fans of the eleventh century (there are dozens of us!), here's a 30% pre-order discount from @oxunipress.bsky.social on my book, due out next month.
A gigantic stack of copyedits to read through over the weekend!
July 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A gigantic stack of copyedits to read through over the weekend!
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Dieses Zinnpferdchen vom Konstanzer Fischmarkt aus der Zeit des 14./15.Jahrhunderts war das Spielzeug eines Kindes der Oberschicht.
Auch Kinder aus weniger wohlhabenden Familien spielten im Mittelalter gerne mit Tierfiguren, jedoch waren diese aus Holz oder Ton gefertigt.
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Auch Kinder aus weniger wohlhabenden Familien spielten im Mittelalter gerne mit Tierfiguren, jedoch waren diese aus Holz oder Ton gefertigt.
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July 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Dieses Zinnpferdchen vom Konstanzer Fischmarkt aus der Zeit des 14./15.Jahrhunderts war das Spielzeug eines Kindes der Oberschicht.
Auch Kinder aus weniger wohlhabenden Familien spielten im Mittelalter gerne mit Tierfiguren, jedoch waren diese aus Holz oder Ton gefertigt.
🏺
Auch Kinder aus weniger wohlhabenden Familien spielten im Mittelalter gerne mit Tierfiguren, jedoch waren diese aus Holz oder Ton gefertigt.
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The Broletto is the main civic complex in Novara. The building is famous for its purist reconstruction in the 19th century, but I would love to know if the frescoes on the upper rim have some historical basis. So many fantastic belligerent figures!
July 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The Broletto is the main civic complex in Novara. The building is famous for its purist reconstruction in the 19th century, but I would love to know if the frescoes on the upper rim have some historical basis. So many fantastic belligerent figures!
Sadly, the diocesan museum in Novara doesn’t maintain the hours listed online…
July 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Sadly, the diocesan museum in Novara doesn’t maintain the hours listed online…
The cathedral of Novara has been rebuilt, but it preserves some 12th-c. spolia and a handsome 15th-c. reliquary bust of the 11th-c. saint Bernard of Aosta.
July 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The cathedral of Novara has been rebuilt, but it preserves some 12th-c. spolia and a handsome 15th-c. reliquary bust of the 11th-c. saint Bernard of Aosta.
Cheers from Novara! I have two hours until the archives open - so I will be exploring the city.
July 23, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Cheers from Novara! I have two hours until the archives open - so I will be exploring the city.
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'Jinty Nelson in Thirteen Articles', edited by Alice Rio bit.ly/46WkC5j
New in 'Transactions', a special essay celebrating the work of medieval historian Jinty Nelson (1942-2024). Thirteen historians choose articles (1977-2016) that have had a lasting impression on their own careers #Skystorians
New in 'Transactions', a special essay celebrating the work of medieval historian Jinty Nelson (1942-2024). Thirteen historians choose articles (1977-2016) that have had a lasting impression on their own careers #Skystorians
July 23, 2025 at 7:39 AM
'Jinty Nelson in Thirteen Articles', edited by Alice Rio bit.ly/46WkC5j
New in 'Transactions', a special essay celebrating the work of medieval historian Jinty Nelson (1942-2024). Thirteen historians choose articles (1977-2016) that have had a lasting impression on their own careers #Skystorians
New in 'Transactions', a special essay celebrating the work of medieval historian Jinty Nelson (1942-2024). Thirteen historians choose articles (1977-2016) that have had a lasting impression on their own careers #Skystorians
A semi-serious question: why are medieval lions moustachioed?
July 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
A semi-serious question: why are medieval lions moustachioed?
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Having read the full manuscript, I can confirm that this will be *excellent*.
Here to spread the word that my book, 'The Sons of St Augustine', is now on OUP's site. 📕🎉 Forthcoming in November/December 2025: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
July 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Having read the full manuscript, I can confirm that this will be *excellent*.
Here to spread the word that my book, 'The Sons of St Augustine', is now on OUP's site. 📕🎉 Forthcoming in November/December 2025: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
July 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Here to spread the word that my book, 'The Sons of St Augustine', is now on OUP's site. 📕🎉 Forthcoming in November/December 2025: global.oup.com/academic/pro...