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Marcus Meer

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Medieval historian teaching at @ucl.ac.uk‬ – formerly @ghilondon.bsky.social, @hhu.de, @durhamhistory.bsky.social and @uni-muenster.de.

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Call for applications! 📣

The German Historical Institute London is seeking a Research Associate with a particular research interest in medieval history (with a focus on late medieval English history) for a part-time project position to start on 1 February 2026. 🤝
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29.09.2025 09:00 — 👍 42    🔁 45    💬 2    📌 2
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Urkundensammlung der Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburgische Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Geschichte, 1 - Google Play

'How much labour and what diligence I rendered in collecting, searching, and compiling, no person easily believes but only God, who for my labour shall be my reward and whom I offer this book for the use and necessity of the convent and the whole community.' play.google.com/books/reader...

05.03.2025 08:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A very relatable sentiment for anyone who's finished a long piece of writing by prioress Anna von Buchwald at the end of her chronicle for the Preetz convent from c.1508:

05.03.2025 08:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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How did medieval societies connect morality and economy? Tomorrow in KWIs' Colloquium, @marcusmeer.bsky.social examines how chronicles from cities, courts & monasteries constructed political economies, blending monetary consciousness with moral & institutional strategies.
💰 🫰 tinyurl.com/bwd32vzz

10.12.2024 08:57 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Vacancies

The @ghilondon.bsky.social is hiring! Two positions 3+3 years:

1.) Medieval history with a focus on Britain.

2.) Colonial history of the British Empire/Commonwealth.

For questions about the positions, please contact the GHI-Director. For detailed job descriptions: www.ghil.ac.uk/opportunitie...

11.11.2024 18:15 — 👍 22    🔁 30    💬 0    📌 1

In another coincidence, the cat-out-of-the-bag idiom works in English and German, just like heraldry did in English and German cities of the later Middle Ages. ;)

24.10.2024 14:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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At last, the cat is out of the bag: it's publication day of 'Heraldry in Urban Society: Visual Culture and Communication in Late Medieval England and Germany' (academic.oup.com/book/58666)! Coincidentally both cats and bags feature, among many other things...

24.10.2024 14:57 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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