What was life like for a medieval princess? My next book explores this question through the lives of English princesses. Princesses of the Early Middle Ages: Royal Daughters of the Conquest by Sharon Bennett Connolly. I would like to thank Sharon Bennett Connolly for sending me a copy of this book.

Hi, Historian here. Just a heads up that the shape of the future is actually not inevitable or fixed. *You help make it happen. So try to make it the one you want*

Dr Eleanor Janega on Witchhunts YouTube video by ElleOnTheTudors

Ohhh check it out my chat with @estelleprnq.bsky.social about witch hunts is live on her YouTube now! Place bets now on how long it takes me to start talking about dick magic.

youtu.be/G6mIrBobh0Y?...

Resources for Historians The IHR offers a wide range of online resources and publications for historians. These pages introduce and provide access to these resources.

The @ihr.bsky.social has brought all its online resources - journals, @vch-home.bsky.social, OA book series, @bho.bsky.social, BBIH, @layersoflondon.bsky.social, and more - into one section of its website for easier access bit.ly/4cCrpUD.

Much of this content is free to use online #Skystorians

A short white text formatted like an inspirational quote against a black background. The text reads 'A Viking is an occupation like being a zookeeper but obviously totally different in every way'. It is attributed as 'anonymous, from the Great Viking Survey (2025)'.

Some Friday wisdom from our Great Viking Survey dataset:

What would it take to get the Tower back up and running?? #toweroflondon #historicalprison

#1000TudorPeople M is for Sir John Morgan, a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre, an order devoted to promoting Christian pilgrimage. Back in Wales, he was fêted by the bard Gwilym Tew as Y Marchog Tew (the fat knight). A Lancastrian, he fought with Henry, Earl of Richmond, at Bosworth. bit.ly/3PjugG6

This is a good read.

Was the Bayeux Tapestry Made for a Monastic Dining Hall? - Medievalists.net New research suggests the Bayeux Tapestry may have been designed for display in a monastic refectory at St Augustine’s Abbey in Canterbury, where monks could view and reflect on its narrative during…

Was the Bayeux Tapestry Made for a Monastic Dining Hall? www.medievalists.net/2025/12/baye... #bayeuxtapestry

'Do you love me?': The Viking messages unearthed on Sweden's rune stones Runic inscriptions from the Viking Age still turn up in Sweden 1,000 years after they were written – revealing fascinating stories of love, loss and epic battles.

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

The Dead of Winter: Medieval Ghost Stories - Medieval - History Hit This winter, Dr Eleanor Janega leads us into the darker corners of the medieval imagination - a world where the boundary between the living and the dead was dangerously thin. Drawing on medieval chro...

My new show on winter ghosts in the medieval period is out today and I am very proud of it

The Dead of Winter: Medieval Ghost Stories - Medieval - History Hit share.google/gz6aMMrchycq...

Chester book argues Wirral is site of historic British battle A new book from the University of Chester Press paves the way for ending the debate on the location of a pivotal clash in early English history.

Chester book argues Wirral is site of historic battle www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/2570506...

Who ruled Frisia in the mid-ninth century? An important article setting out the reasons for retaining the traditional view that Lothar I and II ruled the whole of Frisia between 840 and 869, from the Sincfal to the Weser, not just the western ...

Delighted to add this article to my publications available to download:
Who ruled Frisia in the mid-ninth century? works.hcommons.org/records/n3a9...

My statement formally recognising the State of Palestine.

The press is always targeted first. Every historian knows this. Don’t ignore it.
#stephencolbert
#jimmykimmel

This is an excellent article that brings an empathetic eye to an escalating crisis in higher education 👇👌

Monochrome photograph featuring a woman walking down a street as men of diferent ages look at her or seem to want her attention, including blociing her path

'American Girl in Italy', 1951, an image intended to 'show what it's like to be a woman alone' according to the photographer, Ruth Orkin #womensart

Wordly Women: Gemma Hollman In a new edition of my Wordly Women series, I chat with historian Gemma Hollman...

Wordly Women: Gemma Hollman

In a new edition of my Wordly Women series, I chat with historian Gemma Hollman...

We’ll be at @imc-leeds.bsky.social next week for a full day of 15th century topics! Join us on Tuesday for a range of excellent papers on fascinating themes, and then for a drinks reception in the evening! 📚 🍷 #Skystorians #Medievalsky

Scottish Witch-Hunting and the Rise of a Protestant Culture 1590-1690 - Online short course Study the history of Scottish witchcraft online. Earn credits towards a Masters degree as you explore the Scottish witch trials and witch-hunting in Scotland.

The initmitable Bill Naphy is offering an online course on Scottish witchcraft and Protestant culture via the University of Aberdeen. #earlymodern #reformazing
on.abdn.ac.uk/courses/scot...

Excited to be joining @Mattlewishistory.bsky.social for a chat on 𝗚𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹 this week! We’re diving into my new book The Rose, The Bastard & The Saint King - expect rebels, battles, thrones, and a few bloody surprises⚔️🥀👑 #Medieval
#Podcast📚buff.ly/4h5qlIT

I have a bad feeling about this

Strong Women: A manifestation of Christian values in the Icelandic family sagas — The Young Historians The Íslendingasögur (The Sagas of the Icelanders or Family Sagas) feature stories about prominent Icelandic families from 850-1050 AD, authored anonymously, narrated like history. In the 20th centur...

I had so much fun writing about #StrongWomen in the #IcelandicSagas for #TheYoungHistorians

www.theyounghistorians.com/blog/strong-...

#sagaoftheicelanders
#Íslendingasögur
#SagaofEriktheRed
#Greenlandsaga
#Laxdælasaga
#familysagas
#medieval-literature
#medieval
#Grænlendingasaga
#Eiríkssagarauða

Spatial dynamics of homicide in medieval English cities: the Medieval Murder Map project - Criminal Law Forum This study examines the spatial patterns of homicide in three 14th-century English cities—London, York, and Oxford—through the Medieval Murder Map project, which visualizes 355 homicide cases derived ...

Someone out there needs this.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Original Artwork - Surprised Eel Mapping Original hand-drawn artwork, made of abstract shapes and lines, usually in black and white.

Fun news! I’m adding my artwork to the list of things you can buy! Maps, diagrams, and now drawings!

You’ve been playing along with “what did the Eel Guy just draw?” for years. And now you can commission your own personal drawings, or buy one of your favorites!
surprisedeelmaps.com/original-art...

‘The Supernatural and the Ethereal in the Character of Milady de Winter’ by Josephine Wilkinson A history blog by Dr Josephine Wilkinson, author of Katherine Howard: The Tragic Story of Henry VIII's Fifth Queen.

🏰 A bit of Milady spookiness for the weekend

dr-josephine-wilkinson.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-...

A photograph of four clay pendants of a trowel, an amphora, a bivalve shell half, and a colour scale bar, each attached to loops of black cord

Happy National Archaeology Week!

This year's craft in celebration of Archaeology Week is little clay pendants - the scale bar is 4cm

#2025NAW #archaeology #craft

Women in Archaeology

May 24 Sydney (CCWM, 3pm) Women in Archaeology: A National Archaeology Week panel discussion www.sydney.edu.au/museum/whats... Book (free) www.eventbrite.com.au/e/women-in-a... #2024NAW

Eighty Years On: World War II Maritime Heritage in Australasia Celebrate National Archaeology Week with an online seminar commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, with a focus on ships and submarines.

📣 Join us on 24 May for this online event, "Eighty Years On: World War II Maritime Heritage in Australasia", part of National Archaeology Week and featuring speakers from @seamuseum.bsky.social @flindersmap.bsky.social #WAMuseum #UWA & Kyoto Uni

#NAW2025

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events.humanitix.com/eighty-years...