The 49th palaeography summer school in Birmingham incudes an advanced course on wills. It could be useful to experienced genealogists. #Skystorians #AncestryHour #Genealogy 🌳📜
‘I leave my soul to God’: Testamentary Records c. 1300-c.1600 (with Shelagh Sneddon)
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Thomas H Crofts explores how the Middle English Sir Tristrem transforms the legendary romance of Tristan and Iseult into a vibrant tale crafted for performance, rich with adventure, humour, and emotional depth. Read the blog ➡️ buff.ly/SLLi6tq @hypermetrix.bsky.social @imems.bsky.social
👑 Learn more about Mathilda of Flanders with Laura Gathagan as she discusses this powerful queen with Danièle Cybulskie on The Medieval Podcast. #medievalsky #skystorians
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🎉 Join Richard Barber to celebrate 25 years of the Marlborough Mound Trust! To mark the anniversary a conference will be help on 15 April at the Society of Antiquaries which will look at the site's history and future plans. For more information and to book your ticket, visit: buff.ly/BpEfbRu
NEW: Agricultural Modernisation and the Green Revolution in the Twentieth-Century World explores the overarching history of the origins, development, and application of agricultural innovation.
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🎉 We're so pleased to be shortlisted for Independent Publisher of the Year at The British Book Awards for the third consecutive year! Thank you to our authors, partners and team members for making this possible. 🥂 Congrats to all our fellow nominees! #BritishBookAwards #Nibbies
Did King Harold Really Sail to the Battle of Hastings? I'm not convinced...
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I am very jealous
Medieval manuscripts are shaped by countless decisions made by scribes, illustrators, binders, and other hands. Thomas C. Sawyer explores how these choices, both material and textual, reveal the rich and complex world behind the making of a #medieval book. Read the blog: buff.ly/1iqlhvD #medievalsky
🎧 Listen to Kathryn A. Smith, author of The Painted Histories of the Welles-Ros Bible, talk with Danièle Cybulskie about the complexities of translating the Bible during the Middle Ages on this episode of The Medieval Podcast 👉 buff.ly/8HjuYqh #medievalsky #skystorians
We're thrilled to have been shortlisted for the Independent Publisher of the Year award for the third time! 🎊 #nibbies #BritishBookAwards
We don't know how much of the reward Licence donated. And tbh would have been better had he waived his portion of the reward so that a museum might have been able to purchase the hoard. Also, he and the landowner kept a coin each...
🎧 Learn more about Sir Tristrem, one of the earliest Middle English romances, with author Thomas H. Crofts on The Medieval Podcast 👉 buff.ly/OQ6xhbH #medievalsky #skystorians @hypermetrix.bsky.social
Very happy with the positive review of/Trés heureux avec le compte rendu très positive de 'A Chivalric Life. The Book of the Deeds of Messire Jacques de Lalaing', in @lemoyenage.bsky.social by Matthieu Marchal: shs.cairn.info/revue-le-moy.... The book appeared in 2022 @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social
🎧 Tune in to the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast to hear author @lmillerrenberg.bsky.social in conversation with Miranda Melcher about her book Women, Dance and Parish Religion in England, 1300–1640. ➡️ buff.ly/FTv0jet #medievalsky #skystorians
Enjoy!
"Humans remade nature and nature remade humans." In this blog, Piet van Cruyningen shares how the adaptability and resilience of settlers in the #MiddleAges, transformed the challenging wetlands along the North Sea Coast into high-yielding cropland. buff.ly/0N2jfme #medievalsky
Attention all Norman postgrad scholars! Here are the details for the Marjorie Chibnall Prize 2026. The Battle Conference will be in Swansea next year. Supervisors, please talk to your students and encourage them to submit. battleconference.wordpress.com/marjorie-chi... #skystorians #medievalsky
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In memory especially of Derek Brewer who suffered from same. All donations welcome.
"The fact that a well-founded overview of "The Norse and Celtic Charlemagne" is now possible is in itself a great merit of the book." - SPECULUM. Save 50% on Charlemagne in the Norse and Celtic Worlds with code BB050. Ends 31 August 2025. #medievalsky buff.ly/qJVHnWl
Publishing this month, Storytelling in Gaelic from AD 700 to the Present, edited by Alice R Taylor-Griffiths and Seosamh Mac Cárthaigh, examines common themes and connections in #Gaelic storytelling from the #MiddleAges to present day. Learn more: buff.ly/o4MbAC8 #medievalsky
In this blog post, Kathryn A. Smith tells us about her research into the lavishly illustrated Welles-Ros Bible. Read the blog ➡️ buff.ly/HyO5WZ5 #medievalsky
In our latest blog post, Emil Lauge Christensen tells us about the narration of adventus – the elaborate ceremony of lordship on their arrival – in #medieval England. Read the blog 👉 buff.ly/N9Ef2ZC #medievalsky
New Medieval Books: Huon d’Auvergne: An Edition and Translation of the Fourteenth-Century Chanson de geste in Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett MS 78 D 8 published by @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social www.medievalists.net/2025/07/new-... #medievalliterature #booksky
Carol Symes reviews 'Death and Disease in the Medieval and Early Modern World: Perspectives from the Mediterranean and Beyond', ed. Lori Jones and Nükhet Varlık
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Love the new shopfront of our ‘Bristol Studies in Medieval Cultures’ series @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social! 📚 Check it out: boydellandbrewer.com/bristol-stud..., and browse the titles on our back catalogue here: boydellandbrewer.com/books/series... 📚 #medievalsky #skystorians @bristolcms.bsky.social
Published this month, the Journal of #Medieval Military History: Volume XXIII examines the diverse ways in which medieval European cities, towns, and other urban communities engaged with warfare.
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In our latest video Q&A, Deborah McGrady tells us about the research she did for her book, Joan of Arc: The Life of a French Cultural Icon, and why #JoanofArc has such a lasting legacy. Watch the blog: buff.ly/daq3GQe #medievalsky
This is why the world needs unbiased publishers. Admittedly I would say that.
Haven't received page proofs yet, but I have a short review of this volume forthcoming. It's obviously a specialized text but also a quite interesting window into late medieval craft & recipe culture. #HistSTM #medievalsky