Jonathan Tickle

How an ancient document secured the power of the ‘first King of England’ An expert from The University of Manchester has revealed how a single sheet of 1,100-year-old parchment may have been used to heal a dangerous royal rift in Ancient England.King Æthelstan, who is gene...

👑📜 Did you know England’s first king secured his throne with… a piece of parchment?

Dr Jonathan Tickle (@ticklejonathan.bsky.social) from @uomsalc.bsky.social tells the story of how a farmland lease became a masterclass in political strategy 1,100 years ago. 👇

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How a document secured the power of the first King of England A carefully documented farmland lease from the time of the first King of England, Æthelstan, tells us much about the power play in those days

A carefully documented farmland lease from the time of the first King of England, Æthelstan, tells us much about the power play in those days
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If early medieval Aquitaine or Carolingian political culture is your jam, please do give this a read (also on Open Access thanks to @livunihss.bsky.social @livunilibrary.bsky.social)!

06.08.2025 16:07 — 👍 22    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0

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".
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06.08.2025 13:01 — 👍 25    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 3

And when I recognise the Sawyer number

09.07.2025 09:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Haven't gotten enough charters at this year's Leeds? Well you still have time, come to our series of three panels on charters this Thursday, covering a variety of places and times!

09.07.2025 08:51 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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

10.06.2025 12:27 — 👍 45    🔁 59    💬 4    📌 3

For those interested in Æthelstan, charters, or early medieval succession, look out for my new article in the Journal of Medieval History - available on early view online now - doi.org/10.1080/0304... #medievalsky

17.05.2025 10:54 — 👍 32    🔁 10    💬 3    📌 2

By Divine Grace We Were Placed in Front of Others On the anniversary of Arnulf becoming king

Today is the 1,137th anniversary of Arnulf's first charter, so naturally I took the opportunity to write a post about it and how we interpret this moment where the political order seemed to collapse into something new. #medievalsky

27.11.2024 16:29 — 👍 34    🔁 14    💬 0    📌 0

Second BSR/Early Medieval Europe Fellowship - bsr.ac.uk In partnership with the journal Early Medieval Europe, the British School at Rome is pleased to announce the second BSR/EME Fellowship.    Aimed at early career researchers (defined as current PhD stu...

Delighted to announce the 2nd British School at Rome/Early Medieval Europe visiting fellowship, offering early career scholars a month in Rome: bsr.ac.uk/second-bsr-e...

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Changing queenships in tenth‐century England: rhetoric and (self‐)representation in the case of Eadgifu of Kent at Cooling The charter now known as Sawyer 1211 contains a detailed account of an intergenerational property dispute between Queen Eadgifu and her rival Goda, concerning the possession of two Kentish estates. T...

I’m pleased to be able to share that my article ‘Changing Queenships in Tenth-Century England’ has been jointly awarded both Early Medieval Europe’s First Publication Prize and the Royal Historical Society’s Alexander Prize: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

25.07.2024 18:49 — 👍 19    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 1

If sub-rulers and succession or crisis and co-rulership are your thing, come along to these two panels organised by myself and Eddie Meehan at Leeds this year

26.01.2024 13:39 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Pretty sure I have them in my office, but I won’t be able to get to them until either late afternoon today or tomorrow…

31.10.2023 08:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Also, Suttonian

13.10.2023 18:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you Levi, hope you enjoyed reading it

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