James T Palmer

A photo of the new book Early Medieval Medicine in Context

Another new arrival: Burridge, Banham and Olsan (eds) Early #Medieval Medicine in Context!

A photo of the new book Old English in Switzerland edited by Seiler and Studer-Joho

New on my desk in #medieval fun! (I contributed maps).

Come hang out next year! #medievalsky

Unibibliothek entdeckt Pergamentfragment aus dem 9. Jahrhundert In der Bibliothek in Halle ist beim Digitalisieren eine Handschrift gefunden worden. Sie hatte als Einband reformatorischer Schriften gedient.

Dioskurides-Fragment aus dem 9. Jahrhundert entdeckt.
Wenn's um Feigen geht, dann ist es das Ende des 1. Buches der "Materia medica".
www.forschung-und-lehre.de/forschung/un...

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New in open access #medievalsky: Bede's Medical Books!

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Keepin' it Old School this time

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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Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Apocalypticism The conference marks the final event of a project examining apocalyptic literature of Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the 7th-9th centuries

Big workshop coming up in Southampton on #apocalyptic literature in Judaism, Christianity and Islam in the early Middle Ages - all welcome, in person or online! Any queries do get in touch.

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Fresh on early view: @eddiemeehan99.bsky.social on how Pippin I of Aquitaine (d. 838) balanced kingship "as an office and as a dynastic status".
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Vol 12.2 is OUT! This time we have a special issue for you: "Contours of Spiritual Formation from the Thirteenth to the Fifteenth Century", with essays by Jean-Claude Schmitt, Leandro Alves Teodoro and Pablo Martin Prieto

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This is also just untrue, not least because they mostly hung out in exactly the same rural villas

Brilliant, sweeping, magnificent and highly recommended!
Glad @thetudortimes.bsky.social enjoyed House of Lilies

Are you a doctoral student working on medieval history who'd benefit from a stay in Paris?

The Merovingians: everything you wanted to know Podcast Episode · History Extra podcast · 21/06/2025 · 34m

If anyone likes medieval podcasts by the way "All You Ever Wanted to Know about the #Merovingians" came out on History Extra last week with me chatting about my book "Merovingian Worlds" (Cambridge UP 2024)! (This is the Apple link but it's on Spotify and a load of other places...)

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Lizard shampoo, bloodletting and other wellness tips from the Middle Ages Curiosity about health trends is not a modern-day phenomenon, academics reveal, as they uncover medieval texts sharing dietary regimes and medical advice

"The popularity of seasonal healthcare and dietary regimes to prevent illness discovered has surprising parallels with modern day social media wellness influencers," said @jtpmedieval.bsky.social - nice coverage of a bit of research we have funded
www.thetimes.com/article/4415...

Corpus of Early Medieval Latin Medicine getting some attention today in the Times!

If you missed it last week our handlist of "new" pre-1000 medical manuscripts can be found here cemlm.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/handlist/

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NEW from the Corpus of Early Medieval Latin Medicine... our handlist of the 198(!!!) pre-1000 manuscripts with medical texts not included in the standard catalogues.

It's been a productive first phase for the project... but a lot of work still to do!

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Teaching Fellow in Roman History in Leicester | University of Leicester Recruitment Team View details and apply for this Teaching Fellow in Roman History vacancy in Leicester. An exciting new post has arisen for a Teaching Fellow in Roman History to join the University of Leicester...

Please share: we have a Teaching Fellow in Roman History post available! I want to be up front: 0.4 FTE for basically 10 months. We know what that means, but we are supportive, friendly & not cruel taskmasters. Applications close June 30.

Full advert here: jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/11....

Any Medievalists want a copy of the newest edition of Debating #Medieval Europe - The central and later Middle Ages - for... free?

Our DME books serve as an entry point for understanding the distinctive historiography of their periods.

Hit repost and we'll add you to the giveaway 📗👇 #booksky

Lovely book covers. The Lithuanian version is yellow with a blue medieval manuscript. The Chinese version is blue with a 19th century reproduction image

Giveaway! I have 1 copy of a Lithuanian translation and 1 copy of the Chinese translation of “The Bright Ages.” Respond below for a chance to get one! #medievalsky #booksky

New publication from myself today:
"The fame and significance of Dunkeld in the tenth and eleventh centuries"
clog.glasgow.ac.uk/ojs/index.ph...

He would have been taught by Bartlett around the time Rob was working on that book

Natural and Supernatural in Early Medieval England Cambridge Core - European Studies - Natural and Supernatural in Early Medieval England

Free to download for the next two weeks: Rick Sowerby's excellent new book Natural and Supernatural in Early #Medieval England!

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Congratulations to Jacopo Bisagni and Paula Harrison on the release of their new monograph on Laon, B.M., MS 422 written in collaboration with Isabelle Draelants @cnrs.fr. This comprehensive study focusses on the scientific, cosmological, and computational content of this manuscript from ca 815.

Hot of the press: new blog by Jeff Doolittle on a tenth-century manuscript on medical recipes, veterinary science and cosmetics

cemlm.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/05/15/m...

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These are great books. Medieval medicine is cooking at the moment. (Opinion not at all skewed by being at a conference this week with Debby Banham, Deborah Hayden, and also the Corpus of Early Medieval Latin Medicine gang...)

Discover all our #journals in #MedievalStudies via bit.ly/4klLvmW

#MedievalSky #Medieval #AcademicJournal #Kzoo2025 #IMC2025

Registration DEADLINE Friday 16th for online summer school Advanced Readings in Medieval Latin, May 27–July 3. Two 1½-hour classes per week for 6 weeks, $500 (£375ish). We've not had many takers, so at just over £20 per hour this is pretty cheap for small-group tuition. marco.utk.edu/summerlangua...

Historians being cautiously curious about how things work in other times and places is a good thing

Hey gang! For your entertainment I've got a new piece on the Merovings in this month's History Today magazine - enjoy!

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Does House of Lillies count as self-promotion? It is very accessible. Even my mum liked it.