Grace Owen

That seems like a sensible idea to me, tbh

What can medieval England teach us about modern work-life balance? From sick leave allowances to negotiated time off, Alex Brown & @graceowen.bsky.social from @durhamhistory.bsky.social have found that medieval working life was more structured than many assume.
Find out more:👉 bit.ly/3ZC7i1c

Re-upping this splendid Arts & Humanities PhD opportunity, because we really need some good news!

Apply for our PhD placement scheme to get involved in extraordinary research at the Library. There are eight available placements exploring a variety of themes including war poetry, 21st-century digital tools, illustrated newspapers and decarbonisation.

Find out more: link.bl.uk/PhDPlacements

Are you passionate about wildlife and keen to engage local communities and young people in heathlands as part of our Saving Worcestershire’s Heathlands project?

Apply to be our next Project Officer! 🔗 www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/jobs/project...

#NationalLottery #HeritageFund

PhD Studentship: Sir Henry Thomas Scholarship for Postgraduate Hispanic Studies at University of Birmingham jobs.ac.uk now advertising a PhD Studentship: Sir Henry Thomas Scholarship for Postgraduate Hispanic Studies Visit jobs.ac.uk to apply and to browse more PhD opportunities.

For those interested in pursuing a PhD

PhD Studentship: Sir Henry Thomas Scholarship for Hispanic Studies

University of Birmingham - University of Birmingham, College of Arts and Law

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQG221/p...

Gloucestershire vol. XVI - Cirencester and District The research for the accounts of the prehistory of the area, the Abbey of Cirencester, the town and parish of Cirencester, Bagendon, Baunton, Daglingworth and Stratton.

NEW *draft text* from our friends and colleagues @vchgloucester.bsky.social.

The parish of Preston near #Cirencester will form part of volume 16 for Gloucestershire.

All comments, additional information and corrections greatly appreciated. #Skystorians #LocalHistory

Very useful online resource: Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources, which clears up a lot of confusion when trying to parse personal and familial names, particularly from Latin sources dmnes.org #medievalsky #earlymodern

Job klaxon: Trainee Archivist at Gloucestershire Archives, from LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

I'm live

twitch.tv/geddstation

Another in my series of images from medieval manuscripts
#SomethingBeautiful #MedievalSky

Medieval bears! And medieval bees!
Another in my series of images from medieval manuscripts
#SomethingBeautiful #MedievalSky #bees #bears

St Dunstan pinching the devil
Another in my series of images from medieval manuscripts
#SomethingBeautiful #MedievalSky

We are VERY excited to announce the call for papers for our 2026 conference! 🎉🎉🎉 This year, we invite paper and poster proposals on the themes of power and/or performance!

All proposals to be sent to cms-conference-enquiries@bristol.ac.uk by 17:00 on Friday 9th January.

#medievalsky #skystorians

Congratulations!

From sick leave to bereavement leave, Drs Alex Brown and @graceowen.bsky.social from our @durhamhistory.bsky.social have been exploring the surprising workplace benefits available in Medieval times. Find out more 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/research/cur...

Medieval peasants enjoyed a surprising range of sick, annual and bereavement leave benefits Some peasants were entitled to up to a year and a day of leave if they were sick.

Just sharing this again - a piece in @uk.theconversation.com that Alex Brown and I wrote about peasants and the surprising amount of 'sick leave' they were given in the middle ages #medievalsky #history #medieval

theconversation.com/medieval-pea...

Writing History c. 1000-1250: An Introduction to the Manuscript Sources – a short course taught by Charlie Rozier, Manuel Muñoz García and Laura Cleaver The course will run online from 14:00-17:00: Monday 26 January – Thursday 29 January 2026. The past was a popular subject for writers in the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth centuries, partic…

Are you interested in how people thought about the past in Middle Ages? Want to understand the books they wrote about it? We have an online short course for you! Book now for January 2026 👇 #MedievalSky palaeography.uk/study/short-...

Medieval peasants enjoyed a surprising range of sick, annual and bereavement leave benefits Some peasants were entitled to up to a year and a day of leave if they were sick.

Alex Brown and I have a new piece in @uk.theconversation.com - check it out! #medievalsky #history #medieval theconversation.com/medieval-pea...

You are building a guild hall in 1357.

What materials are you going to need?

60 trees from Bolton Percy for 27s. 6d., 100 oaks from Thorpe Underwood for £21, 14 tons of stone from Tadcaster and 20,000 bricks for £6 from the Carmelite Friars of York.

That should keep you going!

Happy Halloween from Leeds IMS - and from the friendly bats on this cloister window from Lisbon cathdral #medievalsky #gothicarchitecture #sedelisboa #bat #Halloween

New article alert 📢! Alex Brown, Tudor Skinner and I have written about the sick leave rights of unfree peasants in Medieval England. You may be surprised by the long length of absences that were granted! Read through open access here: doi.org/10.1017/jbr.... #History #Medieval

'Sick Leave of Customary Tenants in Late Medieval England' – new article by Grace Owen, Alex Brown, and Tudor Skinner in the Journal of British Studies bit.ly/4hrVxCs (with colourful charts too!)

Senior Research Associate: Plants, Enslavement, and Public History at University of Bristol Recruiting now: Senior Research Associate: Plants, Enslavement, and Public History on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

Job researching plants and enslavement
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNK213/s...

📢 #medievalsky: The #CfP for #TOEBI2025
📅Date: Saturday, 25th October 2025
📜Theme: "Education and Early Medieval England"
🏫The #TOEBI conference and annual meeting for 2025 will be held at University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
⏳Abstract submission deadline: Friday, 2nd May

Had a great time with @pampowell.bsky.social at Lincoln cathedral and castle, topped off with seeing the magna carta (meaning I have now seen all four!) #history #medievalsky

📢Academic Job Klaxon📢

Our Inventing Futures team is growing - we’re looking for three early career researchers in Early Modern European History, French, and Italian Studies.

Could you be one of our new colleagues?

Learn more and apply here: tinyurl.com/4w9ssbxe

📢NEW MANY-HEADED MONSTER SERIES📢

Today I introduce 'Visual Culture in #EarlyModern England', a series that celebrates the relaunch of the brilliant 'British Printed Images to 1700' database and showcases historians' use of printed images.

🗃️ #Skystorians

manyheadedmonster.com/2025/02/24/a...

If I'm looking at the right letter then I think it is a 'p'.

Haha, yes!