Dr. Erika Graham-Goering
@jeanneologist.bsky.social
Too many Jeannes | Medieval lordship and power, French comparative history, archives | Associate prof. Universitetet i Oslo (personal account) | she/hun.
Pinned
My new minigraph on gender, joint leadership, and the historiographical invention of a war can now be freely downloaded here! library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
I said grabby hands, I meant grabby hands 😁
Now let's see if I can get some of these documents onto my spring syllabus!
Now let's see if I can get some of these documents onto my spring syllabus!
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I said grabby hands, I meant grabby hands 😁
Now let's see if I can get some of these documents onto my spring syllabus!
Now let's see if I can get some of these documents onto my spring syllabus!
Spotted in an Oslo metro car
![Sporveis-dikt
humanisme
skriv ned hele verdenshistorien
på soveromsveggen
hvor plasserer du neandertalerne
hvor høyt opp mot taket
hvor nær det store vinduet
er det der de forsvant ut
har de krøpet inn
i lufteventilen
til naboens stue
hvor my ansvar tar du egentlig
for de som bor
under føttene dine
Bård Torgersen
Fra samlingent la oss gjøre dette sammen
Forlaget Okstober, 2025
[English translation:
write down the entire history of the world
on the bedroom wall
where do you place the Neanderthals
how high up towards the ceiling
how close to the large window
is that where they disappeared
have they crawled into
the air vent
of the neighbor's living room
how much responsibility do you actually take
for those who live
under your feet]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ew6s547jsvp5npbjqd6d6c4i/bafkreibtxtiu6tjpmjha5kwdsxts5kuvjw6ajojytq5c4zvqigyf3if4pu@jpeg)
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Spotted in an Oslo metro car
I will say that my (already limited) self-restraint on buying books has really gone out the window now that I'm a paren. "But it's for the *baby*!" is the perfect excuse to yield to that impulse 😂
November 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I will say that my (already limited) self-restraint on buying books has really gone out the window now that I'm a paren. "But it's for the *baby*!" is the perfect excuse to yield to that impulse 😂
5 authors I've read 5+ books by:
Lynn Flewelling
N. K. Jemisin
Martha Wells
Naomi Novik
Ann Leckie
Lynn Flewelling
N. K. Jemisin
Martha Wells
Naomi Novik
Ann Leckie
5 authors I’ve read 5+ books by:
Norman Bridwell
Roald Dahl
Beatrix Potter
Mercer Mayer
Robert Munsch
Norman Bridwell
Roald Dahl
Beatrix Potter
Mercer Mayer
Robert Munsch
5 authors I’ve read 5+ books by:
Dickens
Le Carre
Iain (M) Banks
Le Guin
Me
Dickens
Le Carre
Iain (M) Banks
Le Guin
Me
November 25, 2025 at 7:03 AM
5 authors I've read 5+ books by:
Lynn Flewelling
N. K. Jemisin
Martha Wells
Naomi Novik
Ann Leckie
Lynn Flewelling
N. K. Jemisin
Martha Wells
Naomi Novik
Ann Leckie
The timeframe of my impending deadlines is starting to have real "This is Fine" meme vibes 🙃
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The timeframe of my impending deadlines is starting to have real "This is Fine" meme vibes 🙃
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I find it very pleasing that sometime around 1040, an Icelandic skald addressed the king of the Norwegians as "sinjórr", showing that already at this early stage the French vocabulary for lordship had entered the Nordic world.
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I find it very pleasing that sometime around 1040, an Icelandic skald addressed the king of the Norwegians as "sinjórr", showing that already at this early stage the French vocabulary for lordship had entered the Nordic world.
...I hate trying to figure out how big anything was in the past
(If anyone happens to know of a handy reference work discussing French regional variations in units of measurement, please do point it my way! Sounds like the kind of thing some 19th-century person might have compiled, I dunno)
(If anyone happens to know of a handy reference work discussing French regional variations in units of measurement, please do point it my way! Sounds like the kind of thing some 19th-century person might have compiled, I dunno)
![Screenshot from the Dictionnaire du Moyen Français for the entry "arpent"
ARPENT, subst. masc.
[T-L: arpent; GDC: arpent; AND : arpent; DÉCT: arpent; FEW XXV, 177b :
arepennis; TLF : III, 524a : arpenti]
A. -"Mesure agraire de surface, divisée en 100 perches ou 30 toises carrées et variant suivant les localités (entre 20 à 70 ares)" : Et, au fait des vignes, il y eut bien peu de vin, et par especial en l'Isle de France, comme d'ung muy de vin pour chascun arpent mais il fut bien bon (ROYE,
Chron. scand., I, 1460-1483, 3).
- Arpent de bois : Si l'ay j'en plus de cent arpens De bois quise (Mir. st J. Paulu, c.1372, 110). .. les arpens de bois sont de cent cordes, la corde de VIII aulnes et demie de Provins de long ; l'en a dit par arrest au seigneur de Rochefort que l'arpent de bois en Bourgoingne a XXX toises rapenaulz de quarrure et a chascune toise VII piéz et demi de long. (Cout. bourg. glosé P.M., c.1380-1400, 286). Avecques ce lesdiz religieux ont VIII arpens de boiz en une piece en ladicte forest (HECTOR DE CHARTRES, Cout. R., 1398-1408, 282). ..pour vendre ou faire vendre par les verdiers (...) IIJc arpens de bois chauffage, à coper et abatre es forests du Roy (FAUQ., I, 1417-1420, 204).
Rem. «L'arpent du roi, utilisé dans le domaine royal et ailleurs, comportait 100 perches carrées de 22 pieds de côté; la perche contenait 484 pieds carrés (22 X 22) et l'arpent par conséquent 48.000. L'arpent valait 51 ares 7 centiares» (M. Devèze, La Vie de la forêt fr. au XVIeS., 1961, 348).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ew6s547jsvp5npbjqd6d6c4i/bafkreiaybsy2jtssc56p7xpkoe7go6c37htwr42xy2pmw5mxw7bugmfb3e@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
...I hate trying to figure out how big anything was in the past
(If anyone happens to know of a handy reference work discussing French regional variations in units of measurement, please do point it my way! Sounds like the kind of thing some 19th-century person might have compiled, I dunno)
(If anyone happens to know of a handy reference work discussing French regional variations in units of measurement, please do point it my way! Sounds like the kind of thing some 19th-century person might have compiled, I dunno)
V2.0 (which is also visualizing the data in a different way). Guess which piece of property was the most important?
November 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
V2.0 (which is also visualizing the data in a different way). Guess which piece of property was the most important?
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Thinking a lot lately about the simple fact that college allows people to spend about 15 weeks immersed in a disciplinary conversation with an expert in that field. And what a special thing that is.
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Thinking a lot lately about the simple fact that college allows people to spend about 15 weeks immersed in a disciplinary conversation with an expert in that field. And what a special thing that is.
I'm back at my let's-diagram-this-lordship game
November 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I'm back at my let's-diagram-this-lordship game
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SO FUNNY COINCIDENCE, as an undergrad I had these manuscript fragments remounted properly for display! 😁
In 2009–10 I was lucky enough to take a course in which we collectively curated an art exhibit using the College's collections.
In 2009–10 I was lucky enough to take a course in which we collectively curated an art exhibit using the College's collections.
Another incredible treasure from Grinnell, this time in the art collection, is this set of cuttings of the miniatures from what must have been a gorgeous book of hours! 🌟
(1985.003.001-009)
#midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts #fragments
(1985.003.001-009)
#midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts #fragments
November 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
SO FUNNY COINCIDENCE, as an undergrad I had these manuscript fragments remounted properly for display! 😁
In 2009–10 I was lucky enough to take a course in which we collectively curated an art exhibit using the College's collections.
In 2009–10 I was lucky enough to take a course in which we collectively curated an art exhibit using the College's collections.
Reposted by Dr. Erika Graham-Goering
It's time to remove laptops from classrooms.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It's time to remove laptops from classrooms.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
SO FUNNY COINCIDENCE, as an undergrad I had these manuscript fragments remounted properly for display! 😁
In 2009–10 I was lucky enough to take a course in which we collectively curated an art exhibit using the College's collections.
In 2009–10 I was lucky enough to take a course in which we collectively curated an art exhibit using the College's collections.
Another incredible treasure from Grinnell, this time in the art collection, is this set of cuttings of the miniatures from what must have been a gorgeous book of hours! 🌟
(1985.003.001-009)
#midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts #fragments
(1985.003.001-009)
#midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts #fragments
November 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
SO FUNNY COINCIDENCE, as an undergrad I had these manuscript fragments remounted properly for display! 😁
In 2009–10 I was lucky enough to take a course in which we collectively curated an art exhibit using the College's collections.
In 2009–10 I was lucky enough to take a course in which we collectively curated an art exhibit using the College's collections.
Reposted by Dr. Erika Graham-Goering
Oh wow! This is what happens when you're photographing MSS & don't capture the text in the inner gutter. 1st, here's the photograph (made about 100 yrs ago) of the Codex Salernitanus, f. 82ra. Although that big tear of the page is obvious, the inner gutter hasn't been fully captured in the photo.
November 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Oh wow! This is what happens when you're photographing MSS & don't capture the text in the inner gutter. 1st, here's the photograph (made about 100 yrs ago) of the Codex Salernitanus, f. 82ra. Although that big tear of the page is obvious, the inner gutter hasn't been fully captured in the photo.
Reposted by Dr. Erika Graham-Goering
Help! @frenchhistory.bsky.social really wanted this for journal cover next year (we’ve got exciting things coming on quantitative and computational methods) but it’s a challenge finding higher res versions/rights holder.
Do YOU have suggestions to track these down OR alternative, similar images? 🙏🏻 🗃️
Do YOU have suggestions to track these down OR alternative, similar images? 🙏🏻 🗃️
November 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Help! @frenchhistory.bsky.social really wanted this for journal cover next year (we’ve got exciting things coming on quantitative and computational methods) but it’s a challenge finding higher res versions/rights holder.
Do YOU have suggestions to track these down OR alternative, similar images? 🙏🏻 🗃️
Do YOU have suggestions to track these down OR alternative, similar images? 🙏🏻 🗃️
A really exciting slate of papers for this year's Late Medieval France and Burgundy Seminar! If anyone will be in Durham and wants in (or maybe even wants to attend online, I don't know?), drop me a line and I can share details!
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
A really exciting slate of papers for this year's Late Medieval France and Burgundy Seminar! If anyone will be in Durham and wants in (or maybe even wants to attend online, I don't know?), drop me a line and I can share details!
"So a lot of it is about grain" is, in retrospect, perhaps not the strongest opening hook I have ever composed 😅
Palaeography 🧵! Or why it can take a historian a while to confirm what they already suspected must be the case and not really get any further than they were—but this time with confidence 😂
I'm working with documents that list the incomes of medieval French lordships, so a lot of it is about grain.
I'm working with documents that list the incomes of medieval French lordships, so a lot of it is about grain.
November 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
"So a lot of it is about grain" is, in retrospect, perhaps not the strongest opening hook I have ever composed 😅
Palaeography 🧵! Or why it can take a historian a while to confirm what they already suspected must be the case and not really get any further than they were—but this time with confidence 😂
I'm working with documents that list the incomes of medieval French lordships, so a lot of it is about grain.
I'm working with documents that list the incomes of medieval French lordships, so a lot of it is about grain.
November 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Palaeography 🧵! Or why it can take a historian a while to confirm what they already suspected must be the case and not really get any further than they were—but this time with confidence 😂
I'm working with documents that list the incomes of medieval French lordships, so a lot of it is about grain.
I'm working with documents that list the incomes of medieval French lordships, so a lot of it is about grain.
::grabby hands::
It’s publication day for Law, Society and Political Culture in Late Medieval and Reformation Germany! At last, the key sources from the Holy Roman Empire - laws, treaties, and polemics - are available in English translation. #medievalsky #earlymodern
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526165893/
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526165893/
November 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
::grabby hands::
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It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
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It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Oh
November 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
It's not just evil, it doesn't work.
Possibly one for @greenleejw.bsky.social but really for anyone who feels like a bit of C14 French palaeography, what's the last word on the top line? "Item le tiers de la huche ? anguilles dudit vivier." I'd have expected "aux" but it's... not. What other word could link eels with their reservoir? 😂
November 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Possibly one for @greenleejw.bsky.social but really for anyone who feels like a bit of C14 French palaeography, what's the last word on the top line? "Item le tiers de la huche ? anguilles dudit vivier." I'd have expected "aux" but it's... not. What other word could link eels with their reservoir? 😂
OK but how *is* the medieval historian Kaeuper pronounced? I don't think I've ever had to say it out loud but I will next semester 😂
November 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
OK but how *is* the medieval historian Kaeuper pronounced? I don't think I've ever had to say it out loud but I will next semester 😂
Left to my own devices I'm all about Baskerville (with Garamond as an acceptable runner-up), but I use it mainly for my own documents rather than e.g. slides, since I know sans-serif fonts are more accessible for some students. (I have fewer strong opinions on those, but Avenir is nice.)
What are your favourite fonts? I'm quite partial to Century Gothic, Andale Mono, and Abadi.
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Left to my own devices I'm all about Baskerville (with Garamond as an acceptable runner-up), but I use it mainly for my own documents rather than e.g. slides, since I know sans-serif fonts are more accessible for some students. (I have fewer strong opinions on those, but Avenir is nice.)
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
Fuck off @microsoft.com, get this shitty slop-generator out of my workspace and back to hell where it belongs
Anyone know how to kill this dead on a Mac? Meanwhile, looks like I'll be using alternatives to Word for the foreseeable.
Anyone know how to kill this dead on a Mac? Meanwhile, looks like I'll be using alternatives to Word for the foreseeable.
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Fuck off @microsoft.com, get this shitty slop-generator out of my workspace and back to hell where it belongs
Anyone know how to kill this dead on a Mac? Meanwhile, looks like I'll be using alternatives to Word for the foreseeable.
Anyone know how to kill this dead on a Mac? Meanwhile, looks like I'll be using alternatives to Word for the foreseeable.