James T Palmer
@jtpmedieval.bsky.social
Restless medievalist • Professor at St Andrews, Scotland • Apocalypse/ Nature/ Science/ Medicine c. 500-c. 1000
New in open access #medievalsky: Bede's Medical Books!
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Keepin' it Old School this time
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Keepin' it Old School this time
October 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
New in open access #medievalsky: Bede's Medical Books!
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Keepin' it Old School this time
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Keepin' it Old School this time
Hey gang! For your entertainment I've got a new piece on the Merovings in this month's History Today magazine - enjoy!
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April 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Hey gang! For your entertainment I've got a new piece on the Merovings in this month's History Today magazine - enjoy!
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As Handlist v1.0 of the Corpus of Early #Medieval Latin Medicine approaches its launch, Claire Burridge blogs about what might be the oldest manuscript in our dossier. Check it out!
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January 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
As Handlist v1.0 of the Corpus of Early #Medieval Latin Medicine approaches its launch, Claire Burridge blogs about what might be the oldest manuscript in our dossier. Check it out!
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So @medievalrevolt.bsky.social is off doing her Paris January and sending me pics of eighth-century mss of Gregory of Tours. Not jealous at all.
Did guess in one which copy of Gregory so that's good.
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Did guess in one which copy of Gregory so that's good.
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January 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
So @medievalrevolt.bsky.social is off doing her Paris January and sending me pics of eighth-century mss of Gregory of Tours. Not jealous at all.
Did guess in one which copy of Gregory so that's good.
#medievalsky
Did guess in one which copy of Gregory so that's good.
#medievalsky
Found this a bit odd in the Guardian today: (a) "Oxbridge" used mostly as a vibe (Schama's chairs were in the US) and (b) review itself is mostly angry that a 79yo is out of touch (shock) while also being nostalgic for the Good Old Days of BBC documentaries.
January 9, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Found this a bit odd in the Guardian today: (a) "Oxbridge" used mostly as a vibe (Schama's chairs were in the US) and (b) review itself is mostly angry that a 79yo is out of touch (shock) while also being nostalgic for the Good Old Days of BBC documentaries.
January 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Author copies of Merovingian Worlds have arrived!
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January 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Author copies of Merovingian Worlds have arrived!
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I have finally seen a real copy of the book! It belonged to my PhD student Matt Edholm (successful viva this week by the way - go Matt!) but still.
December 12, 2024 at 9:21 PM
I have finally seen a real copy of the book! It belonged to my PhD student Matt Edholm (successful viva this week by the way - go Matt!) but still.
Reminded Gregory of Tours doesn't start his Histories with "a great many things keep happening, some of them good, some of them bad" (as per the Penguin edition), but gets in a grumble about "the decline or rather death of the cultivation of liberal letters" first.
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(pic Paris BF 17655)
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(pic Paris BF 17655)
November 21, 2024 at 9:55 AM
Reminded Gregory of Tours doesn't start his Histories with "a great many things keep happening, some of them good, some of them bad" (as per the Penguin edition), but gets in a grumble about "the decline or rather death of the cultivation of liberal letters" first.
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(pic Paris BF 17655)
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(pic Paris BF 17655)
"I feel like I've been confused about the date a lot this month"
The kitchen calendar:
The kitchen calendar:
November 21, 2024 at 7:24 AM
"I feel like I've been confused about the date a lot this month"
The kitchen calendar:
The kitchen calendar:
And @profgabriele.com's own excellent new book!
November 19, 2024 at 11:14 AM
And @profgabriele.com's own excellent new book!
This came out from @medievaljay.bsky.social too in another series I'm involved in. Bumper year for medieval apocalypse studies!
November 19, 2024 at 11:11 AM
This came out from @medievaljay.bsky.social too in another series I'm involved in. Bumper year for medieval apocalypse studies!
Starting to think of nice things that happened in 2024: the first two volumes of mine and @profgabriele.com's Apocalypse series came out!
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November 19, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Starting to think of nice things that happened in 2024: the first two volumes of mine and @profgabriele.com's Apocalypse series came out!
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Last night we had a History Professorial Inaugural Lectures Showcase at St Andrews with myself, @medievalrevolt.bsky.social and Kate Ferris. We covered the end of the world, peasant uprisings against the state, and life under fascist regimes. Any contemporary resonance entirely coincidental.
November 14, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Last night we had a History Professorial Inaugural Lectures Showcase at St Andrews with myself, @medievalrevolt.bsky.social and Kate Ferris. We covered the end of the world, peasant uprisings against the state, and life under fascist regimes. Any contemporary resonance entirely coincidental.
New in the "books to review" pile by @leafandstream.bsky.social
November 13, 2024 at 1:13 PM
New in the "books to review" pile by @leafandstream.bsky.social
(experiments with AI-generated art to create new t-shirt design for the band)
October 23, 2024 at 5:09 PM
(experiments with AI-generated art to create new t-shirt design for the band)
October 16, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Applications are open for the 2025/6 Bullough Fellow in Medieval History at St Andrews. Deadline 2 December. More details - inc. a list of illustrious past fellows - here saims.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/the-bullough...
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October 14, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Applications are open for the 2025/6 Bullough Fellow in Medieval History at St Andrews. Deadline 2 December. More details - inc. a list of illustrious past fellows - here saims.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/the-bullough...
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August 22, 2024 at 2:18 PM
April 30, 2024 at 12:44 PM
New article out in the book "Pre-Carolingian Computus and its Regional Contexts"! Includes the horror of my first attempt at an edition of a text...
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April 12, 2024 at 9:22 AM
New article out in the book "Pre-Carolingian Computus and its Regional Contexts"! Includes the horror of my first attempt at an edition of a text...
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