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Ed Roberts
@ecroberts.bsky.social
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Early medieval historian at the University of Kent. Carolingian and Ottonian Europe (c.750-1050)
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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 1d
Need cheering up on a gloomy October afternoon? The new issue of Early Medieval Europe is out!
Articles on justice in Bavaria, tolls in Italy, women in 10th-c. Rome, Carolingian kingship, and child slavery: mostly available Open Access 😎https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680254/2025/33/4
Early Medieval Europe: Vol 33, No 4
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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IHR Earlier Middle Ages Seminar @earliermiddleages.bsky.social · 2d
This week we're back at the IHR on Weds 15 October, where we welcome Maroula Perisanidi (Leeds), speaking on "Beyond Punishment: Speech Difference, Sin and Disability in Byzantine Thought, c. 1000-1200". All welcome, please sign up here! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Beyond Punishment: Speech Difference, Sin and Disability in Byzantine Thought, c. 1000-1200
Earlier Middle Ages Seminar- Session 2
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Charlie Rozier @rozierhistorian.bsky.social · 6d
Enjoyed hearing all about the amazing events and PG degree courses at @memsunikent.bsky.social yesterday.

Please share, and feel free to enquire with questions! #medieval
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Francesca Tinti @francescatinti.bsky.social · 6d
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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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 7d
A thread by @wpezemed.bsky.social, on a recent French tv programme on Charlemagne, which doesn't pull its punches (via @andreloez.bsky.social)
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Thread by @WPezeMed on Thread Reader App
@WPezeMed: Nouvel épisode de "Quand l'Histoire fait date" de P. Boucheron sur le couronnement impérial de Charlemagne sur @ARTEfr, ou: les ravages de l'omnihistorien à la française. Une liste d'erreur...
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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 8d
Should anyone find themselves in central London on Weds 19 November, consider yourself invited to a book launch! @earliermiddleages.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Book Launch: Local Priests in the Latin West, 900-1050
Earlier Middle Ages Seminar- Session 3
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Ed Roberts @ecroberts.bsky.social · 8d
Went looking for information on the very interesting works of Arnold of St Emmeram (c.1030s) and discovered that Veronika Lukas has just completed a major new edition for @monumenta.bsky.social: www.mgh.de/de/blog/post...
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Ed Roberts @ecroberts.bsky.social · 9d
"If this portrait sounds like a bad imitation of a bad mystery novel, it’s only fitting. The West Frankish kingdom was a bad imitation of a political community, and almost everything about it is a mystery." - this line may have pulled me into the study of the 10th century more than any other!
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IHR Earlier Middle Ages Seminar @earliermiddleages.bsky.social · 9d
THIS WEEK: Please join us and @uclioabmmedieval.bsky.social for the Sir David Wilson lecture, with @rorynaismith.bsky.social on 'From Mesoamerica to Early Medieval England: Money, Materiality and Society'. Weds 8 Oct, 6.15pm, Archaeology Lecture Theatre G6. All welcome! www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
The Sir David Wilson Lecture in Medieval Studies 2025
The Sir David Wilson Lecture, the first event in the 2025-26 UCL Institute of Archaeology/British Museum Medieval Seminar Series, will be given by Rory Naismith (University of Cambridge) on 8 October.
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British School at Rome @bsrome.bsky.social · 13d
📣 BSR / Early Medieval Europe Fellowship – Call for Applications!

Are you a PhD student or early career researcher in early medieval European history?
Apply now!

⏳ Deadline: 30 January 2026
More info here: bsr.ac.uk/awards-resid...
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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 13d
Dame Janet L. Nelson (28 March 1942 – 14 October 2024)

by Alice Rio (All Souls College, University of Oxford)

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Dame Janet L. Nelson (28 March 1942 – 14 October 2024)*
Jinty Nelson left a strong mark of her presence in every institution that she was ever a part of, and there is none which does not regard its association w
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Julia Hillner @writinghelena.bsky.social · 15d
The Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies is hiring three postdoctoral researchers.

We investigate the causes and mechanisms that contribute to the persistence of strong asymmetrical dependencies across historical and contemporary contexts.

Pre-modern perspectives are very welcome!
3 Postdoctoral Positions (100%, TV-L E-13, for 3 years)
full-time, Temporary, EG 13, Reference number: 2025/152
www.uni-bonn.de
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Scott G. Bruce @xuthal.bsky.social · 16d
I'm very excited to share the cover of my forthcoming collection of fourteen essays on Cluniac monasticism, which Cornell UP will publish in January 2026. The cover image is from fol. 1v of Angers BM 820, an eleventh-century compilation of texts related to the cult of Abbot Maiolus of Cluny.
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Robert Gallagher @hwaetspur.bsky.social · 16d
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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IHR Earlier Middle Ages Seminar @earliermiddleages.bsky.social · 16d
📣 The Earlier Middle Ages seminar @ihr.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! Here's our autumn term schedule. First up is @rorynaismith.bsky.social on 8 October, giving the annual David Wilson Lecture (with @uclarchaeology.bsky.social). All welcome! Please sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Autumn 2025 schedule for the Institute of Historical Research's Earlier Middle Ages seminar. Full information available at https://www.history.ac.uk/news-events/seminars/earlier-middle-ages
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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 16d
Call for applications! 📣

The German Historical Institute London is seeking a Research Associate with a particular research interest in medieval history (with a focus on late medieval English history) for a part-time project position to start on 1 February 2026. 🤝
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Simon Coupland @scoupland.bsky.social · 20d
A feast for the eyes! 😍 One of the finest Carolingian coins ever seen, à gold solidus of Louis the Pious, minted in the 810s, in an auction with Jean Elsen. 💯% genuine as die-linked with previously known coins.
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Ed Roberts @ecroberts.bsky.social · 20d
Excited to learn that Drew Jones's new edition & translation of Odo of Cluny's Occupatio, one of the tenth century's most intriguing but little-known Latin works, is coming out very soon: www.brepols.net/products/IS-...
Brepols - The Occupatio by Odo of Cluny
Brepols is an international academic publisher of works in the humanities, with a particular focus in history, archaeology, history of the arts, language and literature, and critical editions of histo...
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Agenda des médiévistes @rmblf.bsky.social · 20d
Publication – « The Politics of Interpretation: The Bible and the Formation of Legal Authority in the Early Middle Ages », éd. Gerda Heydemann, Rosamond McKitterick

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Publication – « The Politics of Interpretation: The Bible and the Formation of Legal Authority in the Early Middle Ages », éd. Gerda Heydemann, Rosamond McKitterick
Early medieval political thought was profoundly influenced by scripture. This included law and legal culture: the Bible provided early medieval elites with the concepts and vocabularies to write ab…
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Christoph Haack @christoph-haack.bsky.social · 21d
I finally made it to Bluesky - and our volume on the "feudal revolution" ist out (and open access!!)!
www.mohrsiebeck.com/buch/after-t...
After the Feudal Revolution
Das Mittelalter gilt als Zeit der Ritter und Burgen, als Zeit
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Simon Coupland @scoupland.bsky.social · 27d
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Living in a Carolingian World
"Living in a Carolingian World" published on 18 Dec 2025 by Brill.
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Robert Gallagher @hwaetspur.bsky.social · Sep 15
Really grateful to @leverhulme.ac.uk for funding @francescatinti.bsky.social’s and my upcoming project on letter-writing in early medieval Britain. You can read about it in the current Leverhulme newsletter www.flipsnack.com/leverhulmetr... Info on postdoc positions coming soon 🙂
Leverhulme Trust Newsletter – September 2025
Flipsnack is a digital catalog maker that makes it easy to create, publish and share html5 flipbooks. Upload a PDF or design from scratch flyers, magazines, books and more.
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Ed Roberts @ecroberts.bsky.social · Sep 10
That line made me laugh too!
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Ryan Kemp @ryan1992reading.bsky.social · Sep 8
Delighted to announce that Krisztina Ilko and I are organising a set of panels for next year's IMC as a continuation of the some of the themes of the Bonn workshop back in January, this time focusing on chronological shifts in high medieval political culture. Details below and do feel free to share!
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Ed Roberts @ecroberts.bsky.social · Sep 9
Still time to submit a proposal for Early Medieval Europe's sponsored sessions at the 2026 Kalamazoo ICMS (@kzooicms.bsky.social)! EME will cover registration fees for accepted students & those with annual income <$45,000. Deadline 15 September: icms.confex.com/icms/2026/pr... #medievalsky #cfp
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