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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).

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Why Did the Byzantine Empire Forbid Slave-Owners from Making Eunuchs of their Slaves? Castration, Masculinity, and Identity in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages Join online via Microsoft Teams by clicking here: https://tinyurl.com/2s3hfr23

More information here talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/414...

In Oxford? Erin will be giving a paper at the Late Antique and Byzantine seminar tomorrow: "Why Did the Byzantine Empire Forbid Slave-Owners from Making Eunuchs of their Slaves? Castration, Masculinity, and Identity in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages"

5pm at the Ioannou Centre

Immobility

Our latest virtual issue on: "Immobility"

curated by 2023-25 @ihr.bsky.social Past & Present Fellows @anastruillou.bsky.social, Malika Zehni and Lamin Manneh

Can be read below and is free to access:

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📬 In our November blog post, Jamie Wood, former BCDSS Guest Researcher and Prof. of History and Education at Lincoln University (UK), shares insights into the research he conducted during his stay in Bonn: buff.ly/XBlQiLo
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Thanks for this reference!

Heiric and the Querolus are discussed here repository.royalholloway.ac.uk/items/2ad39e...

But maybe also worth consulting new 2023 edition of the Querolus by Brandenburg

We approve of this perspective! It's a great question.

(I am teasing a bit, but it's only preserved because a couple of Carolingian scribes thought it worth copying - one wonders what they made of it)

Never heard of this before, what a fascinating source. Would welcome any of my Late Antique friends to send me any relevant literature...

Such a fascinating Carolingian source ;)

Thanks! There is a nice brief discussion in Kyle Harper, Slavery in the late Roman world, AD 275–435 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011), 249-52.

Plus see recent edition by Brandenburg (2023, in German) and O'Donell's unpublished University of London thesis/translation (online)

The Querolus is a fabulous source. From memory: there is (at least partially) a translation in A.C. Murray's 'From Roman to Merovingian Gaul'. And I wouldn't be surprised if it features in Ray Van Dam's 'Leadership and Community in Late Antique Gaul', because of it mentioning the Bacaudae.

"IT IS AGREED AND MOST EVIDENT THAT ALL MASTERS ARE EVIL..."

So begins the speech of the slave character Pantomalus in the Querolus, the only extant late antique comedy.

It will feature in a slavery sourcebook that we are working on.

Read more in our newest blog post: tinyurl.com/zrmc4a6s

James will be speaking about 'Slaves and Robbers in Merovingian Gaul' at the Nottingham Medieval Research Forum on Monday 27th October, 5pm (Trent LG6): live-uk-uon.contensis.com/humanities/d...

Unexpectedly, the OA version of "Mediterranean Connections. The Frankish Kingdoms and the Roman Empire (476–756)", The Medieval Mediterranean 145 (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2025), is already out! (first they told me 27.11, then 30.10) ...Download: brill.com/display/titl...

3 more weeks to apply for this... please continue to share widely.

God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is out in the real world with @universitypress.cambridge.org!

I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!

Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...

Early Medieval Europe: Vol 33, No 4 Early Medieval Europe is an interdisciplinary medieval studies journal covering European history from the fall of the Roman Empire up until the 11th century.

Need cheering up on a gloomy October afternoon? The new issue of Early Medieval Europe is out!
Articles on justice in Bavaria, tolls in Italy, women in 10th-c. Rome, Carolingian kingship, and child slavery: mostly available Open Access 😎https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680254/2025/33/4

Looking forward to reading the many fascinating contributions to this new book, especially Jessica van 't Westeinde on Christianisation and the mobility of slaves, and Lisa Bailey on women in service and concepts of grace.

Reposting because this ought to get more views.

More information about the workshop here: bsky.app/profile/akjp...

New on the blog: 'Diverse Tales of Slaves, Sex, & Female Owners'

In this post, James explores how late antique sources show female masters exploiting the bodies of their slaves. It follows from the 'Elite Women and Systems of Dependency' workshop in Bonn.

Link: www.dosseproject.com/diverse-tale...

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Dame Janet L. Nelson (28 March 1942 – 14 October 2024)

by Alice Rio (All Souls College, University of Oxford)

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📢 Congratulations to Julia Hillner for her contribution to an article in SPIEGEL Geschichte on slavery & prostitution in the Roman Empire!

(Article in German, subscriber access only)

🔗To the Article: buff.ly/DGw3EZDin: Spiegel GESCHICHTE 5/25 'Roms Kampf um German

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15,000+ searchable charters from the early Middle Ages...

Jobs for recently-minted PhDs in my department! Come join an excellent place to do interdisciplinary research spanning a vast chunk of space and time!

The Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies is hiring three postdoctoral researchers.

We investigate the causes and mechanisms that contribute to the persistence of strong asymmetrical dependencies across historical and contemporary contexts.

Pre-modern perspectives are very welcome!

To all those who couldn't join us at this time - we hope this workshop will result in something tangible, so keep your eyes open 😊.

We had an entire day of stimulating discussions yesterday at the 'Elite Women and Systems of Dependency in Late Antiquity' workshop organised by Grace Stafford and yours truly. We are grateful to @dependencybonn.de for providing funding and assistance for this event.