Scott G. Bruce

‘An Entirely New Domain of Knowledge’ | Magda Teter The Torah scholars who came to be called “rabbis” emerged as figures of authority after the destruction of the Jewish Temple in 70 CE and the later exile of Jews from Judaea—and created Judaism’s foun...

The “conversations, debates, and quarrels” of early rabbis “capture how they grappled with questions of practice and observance of the Torah without the temple.” —@mteter-historian.bsky.social

Making Money in the Early Middle Ages by Rory Naismith

Now in #paperback, @rorynaismith.bsky.social's Making Money in the Early Middle Ages is an examination of coined money and its significance to rulers, aristocrats and peasants in early medieval Europe.

Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

#History #ReadUP

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@cornellupress.bsky.social has been shaping scholarship since 1869.

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Research-Creation in the early Middle Ages: the example of Hibernicus Exul : Find an Expert : The University of Melbourne <p> The pivotal role played by Irish scholars in preserving and transmitting ancient learning during the early Middle Ages is well known even beyond the academy, thanks to popularising works such as ‘How the Irish Saved Civilization’. Yet a great deal of work remains to be done on individual Irish figures working in continental Europe during the eighth to tenth centuries in order to establish more rigorously the Irish contribution. The shadowy figure known as ‘Hibernicus Exul’ (‘the Irish exile’) provides an ideal test-case for this work: the author of thirty-eight Latin poems, on scholarly, political, and comic topics, his works appear in a single manuscript, Vatican Reg. Lat. 2078. This is an important and influential poetic anthology from the heart of the Carolingian Renaissance, a period of intense cultural and intellectual activity in eight- and ninth-century Europe during which the literature and learning of the ancient Graeco-Roman world was rediscovered and concerted efforts were made to standardise and widen access to educational systems, with significant consequences for the intellectual history of western Europe. The PhD student recruited will write the first monograph-length study of Hibernicus Exul, setting his work in the context of the manuscript, addressing the controversial question of his possible identification with the better- known Carolingian scholar Dúngal, and demonstrate how the poet exemplifies the nature of medieval Irish literature, which simultaneously aims to educate and to entertain, and can in many ways be seen as a predecessor of today’s Research-Creation. </p> <p> <strong>Please note below additional requirements when submitting your Expressions of Interest:</strong> </p> <ul> <li>Additional requirements: <ul> <li> <strong>Statement of research interest [max. 1000 words]</strong> </li> <li> <strong>MA in a related field, or equivalent, to be completed by the programme start date.</strong> </li> <li> <strong>Evidence of at least six semesters of Latin, or equivalent, with grades of B+ or higher, or equivalent</strong> </li> </ul> </li> </ul>

#MEDIEVAL #LATIN #PHD OPPORTUNITY:
Co-supervised by myself and Cillian O'Hogan, University of Toronto

Project start: September 2027, with time in #Toronto, France, & @unimelb.edu.au. #Scholarship includes tuition fees, living allowance, health insurance, and relocation support.

Get in touch!

Medieval Societies, Religions, and Cultures – Cornell University Press With the intention of fostering the best historical scholarship that focuses on the medieval past as multidimensional, the new series Medieval Societies, Religions, and Cultures (MSRC) published by Co...

First up, for #MedievalSky, the stellar Medieval Societies, Religions, and Cultures series. There are too many books (published and upcoming) to list, but great news, you can find out more at the fantastic @cornellupress.bsky.social series page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/series/medie...

Visiting AP in Classics and Religious Studies at Hamilton College: Religions of Late Antiquity with the ability to teach Greek and/or Latin and New Testament (in translation).

Review of applications begins February 23, 2026.

Cover of the book: North, South, East and West in Twelfth-Century Thought by Eric Wolever

Hey, so I have a book that now exists and that you can purchase (apparently the code BB135 on the boydell webpage will get you a 35% discount) or more realistically recommend to your library! 😅

(Please don't mind the fact that I'm like a month late promoting this here...)

Serving the Christian State in Late Antiquity Cambridge Core - Church History - Serving the Christian State in Late Antiquity

There's no cover image yet, but look what's coming out next year:

Do you like bureaucracy? early Christianity? both?

Robin Whelan has got you covered:

www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...

Lecturer in Early Medieval History | King's College London

Anyway, good news! Open-ended lectureship in early medieval history at KCL.

www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...

A Companion to Rome c. 400-c. 1050 is a major new volume edited by Professor of Early Medieval History Caroline Goodson (University of Cambridge) and Professor Julia Hillner (Universität Bonn). Part of Brill’s series Companion to European History, it is the result of over seven years' scholarship by 32 contributors from across Europe and America.

NEW 🙌 'A Companion to Rome c. 400-c. 1050' edited by
Caroline Goodson and Julia Hillner.

A new urban history of late antique and early medieval Rome - the result of over seven years' scholarship by 32 contributors from across Europe and America.

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🥁🥁🥁Hello academic blueskyers, we are hiring again. We are looking for a proactive, communicative, motivated post-doc 🦸‍♂️🦸‍♀️ for our ISF project Josephus Christianus (sinowloc.wixsite.com/josephus-chr...). Feel free to circulate!

Are you an author of a new #history book published in 2025? Consider applying for our #BookPrize!

The deadline for the receipt of the nominated monographs is 28 February 2026.

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2/2 And equally delighted that Traditio 80 (2025) is now avaiable in print. This is my sixth volume as executive editor with hopefully many more to come!

1/2: Delighted that this handsome volume of fourteen of my essays on Cluniac history has now been published by Cornell University Press.

Excited to announce this for late April! Join us by zoom, it will be online too. #lateantiquity #earlymiddleages @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social

Worn papyrus with drawings of figures, symbols, and writing in Coptic. More here https://smarthistory.org/coptic-magical-text/

Coptic spell to Acquire a Beautiful Voice, 6th–7th century CE, Egypt, ink on papyrus, 37.3 x 25.4 cm (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven)
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Xeirographa A guided learning platform for reading Greek manuscripts with interactive transcription exercises.

My (free) website for learning to read from Greek manuscripts is available. Still some tweaks to be made but it’s ready with 12 lessons, tips and hints, downloadable reports if you use it for a class, and links to lots of resources.

Please share and give feedback!

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How delicately a Romanesque angel uses the lightest touch of a finger to wake one of the magi, snuggled with the other 2 under their embroidered circular blanket at St Lazare, Autun, c1130 (& how beautifully the textures of pillow & blanket are represented).

Season's greetings to you all!

New volume of Traditio Vol. 80 (2025) muse.jhu.edu/issue/56113 @projectmuse.bsky.social @xuthal.bsky.social @jmharland.bsky.social @daveaddison.bsky.social

medieval manuscript illumination of three figures inside the letter O.

📜 Read "Anselm the Fool: Meditation and the Joy of Unbelief in the 'Proslogion'" by Professor James R. Ginther in 'Traditio' Volume 80.

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Chewing over the Norman Conquest: the Bayeux Tapestry as monastic mealtime reading* Abstract. This article offers a new contextualization of the Bayeux Tapestry by exploring its use as mealtime reading in a monastic refectory. This concept

My tasty take (pun intended) on the Bayeux Tapestry—a subject on which I had vowed never to publish. Available Open Access with @ihr.bsky.social. See what you make of it, and bon appetit! academic.oup.com/histres/adva...

Keen to read it! Loved "Merovingian Worlds"!

Will it have a later North American release, James?

"Charlemagne's Dream" is coming (just not quite yet).

#medieval
#carolingians
#apocalypse

Perhaps the coolest conference venue I've ever experienced: the abbey of Saint Victor in Marseille, founded in the early fifth century by John Cassian, whose skull leers from a nearby relic display, and rebuilt in the early eleventh century.

Nice! Will these be published?

Intellectual Property: Learned Slaves and Educated Freedmen in Republican Rome by Harriet I. Flower

The first in-depth account of the lives and careers of educated slaves and freedmen in ancient Rome.

Intellectual Property by Harriet I. Flower is now available (2 Dec UK pub).

Read a free preview: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#AncientRome #AncientHistory

A magical text written in the 16th century on the previously blank margin of an earlier liturgical manuscript. Part of the original liturgical text can be seen at the bottom of the leaf. The leaf would originally have been part of the outer margin of a large leaf but has been rotated 90 degrees clockwise.

Just found out about this amazing example of #manuscript #recycling . The whole manuscript is made up from the margins of an earlier liturgical manuscript, cut out and rearranged (hence the unusual format), the (mostly) blank margins then used to copy various magical texts in the mid 16th century.

New issue of the Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Vol. 68, No. 1 (2025) academic.oup.com/bics/issue/6... @ics.bsky.social @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social @camwachowich.bsky.social @graemeyward.bsky.social

Local Priests in the Latin West, 900–1050 Cambridge Core - European Studies - Local Priests in the Latin West, 900–1050

Five years, four authors, one book. Out now (fully open access), our new book on local priests in the tenth century 🌟 www.cambridge.org/core/books/l... @jbwaagmeester.bsky.social