Bow & Blade Live! - an episode of Bow and Blade youtu.be/KMQHFyH3gjw?... #medievalwarfare
01.08.2025 12:17 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0@uoftcms.bsky.social
The University of Toronto's Centre for Medieval Studies hosts one of the largest interdisciplinary medieval studies programs in the world. https://www.medieval.utoronto.ca/
Bow & Blade Live! - an episode of Bow and Blade youtu.be/KMQHFyH3gjw?... #medievalwarfare
01.08.2025 12:17 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0On advance access: "Lordship in the Later Middle Ages: A Round Table Discussion"
Ft: Frederik Buylaert, Sandro Carocci, Thijs Lambrecht, Christian D Liddy, Alice Rio Tristan W Sharp, Alice Taylor, Chris Wickham
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
I realise the high price point of the book, but this 20% discount should ease some of the pain. For full contents and details, go to www.cambridge.org/ca/universit... #medievalsky
05.08.2025 19:03 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Publication โ ยซ The Cambridge History of the Papacy ยป, รฉd. Joรซlle Rollo-Koster, Robert A. Ventresca, Melodie H. Eichbauer, Miles Pattenden
rmblf.be/2025/08/03/p...
August 13 - "Imagining Medieval Women" David Townsend talks about medieval women mystics Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe, and his forthcoming historical novel, "The Ram in the Thicket"
www.27east.com/events/imagi...
#fanstudies #fanfiction I have a small FAQ on my site now directed at potential graduate students who want to write PhD projects on fanfiction. Please let me know if your students find this helpful and/or if there's anything you disagree with, or that you think I should add www.drannawilson.com
31.07.2025 17:26 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1Nice interview with Tinney Heath about my novel, The Queenโs Companion. Everything you ever wanted to know about Eleanor of Aquitaineโs illicit relationship with her uncle, and why people went on crusade.
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tinneysueheath.substack.com/p/the-queens...
Publishers Weekly's Fall 2025 Adult Preview: Religion & Spirituality includes Catherine Conybeare's "Augustine the African".
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Author interview with Lucy Pick on "The Queen's Companion" by Tinney Sue Heath's 'Medieval Italian People'.
tinneysueheath.substack.com/p/the-queens...
Black and white photo of people standing in front of a series of mirrors that reflect versions of their likeness. Text overlay is JHI Faculty Research Fellowships, Theme = Doubles, Doppelgangers.
๐ฃ Faculty at @utoronto.caโฌ
Now accepting 12-Month Faculty Research Fellowship applications for our 2026-27 Annual Theme: Doubles, Doppelgangers. We're also accepting applications for 6-Month fellowships that do not have to be on theme.
Deadline: September 16, 4pm
Info uoft.me/26-27frf
The Medieval Podcast: Episode 300! Congratulations @5minmedievalist.bsky.social
Listen at www.medievalists.net/2025/07/the-...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/4mt2gts...
iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
#podcasts #medievalpodcasts #historypodcasts
Episode 300?! ๐ฅ How did this happen?
Mostly, with a little help from my friends. โค๏ธ
Thank-you so much, listeners! Iโm so grateful for your kindness and enthusiasm every week! (And your questions this weekโฆ)
Hereโs to 300 more episodes of awesome medieval history. ๐ฅณ Thanks, everybody!
Read "The Traprain Law jug with biblical scenes" by CMS Associated Scholar, Linda Safran in 'Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland' 154.
journals.socantscot.org/index.php/ps...
medieval illumination of a rabbit playing a trumpet
We are delighted to announce that Lane Springer has successfully defended her thesis, "'As Many Saints as Stars': Irish Peregrini in Carolingian Hagiography (8th-10th centuries)". Congratulations, Dr. Springer!
www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/lane-sp...
We are delighted to announce the publication this month of the ninth digital edition in the REED series, the collection of the Newington Butts Playhouse records, edited by Sally-Beth MacLean. Check it out here:
ereed.org/collections/...
๐ Join me July 24 at Avid Reader (6:30pm) as Angela Slatter & I dive into The Lady, The Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death - a dark tale of grief, revenge & the dangerous allure of the circus. Can't wait to share this story! avidreader.com.au/pages/11648-... โจ
19.07.2025 06:19 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1Episode 300 of The Medieval Podcast drops this week! ๐ฅณ
Ask me anything and Iโll answer in the ep!
If you're working on female travellers or travel writers anywhere in Eurasia between the 11th and 16th centuries CE, we'll want to hear from you! #medievalsky
18.07.2025 20:53 โ ๐ 93 ๐ 48 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 1medieval illumination of a rabbit blowing a buisine
Congratulations to Sebastian Sobecki (@sebsobecki.bsky.social), who, with Ladan Niayesh, has received a grant for "Re-Orienting Female Mobility in the Early Global World", a project which will also involve Laura Ingallinella (@lauraingalli.bsky.social)! uoft.me/bIU
18.07.2025 20:49 โ ๐ 19 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1New history book, free online until the 15th July, from Cambridge UP:
The Invention of Colonialism
Richard Hakluyt and Medieval Travel Writing
by Sebastian Sobecki
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
#History ๐๏ธ
Scribes are human too. And let's be honest: who among us hasn't confused wynn [ฦฟ] with [y]? Well done, @sebfalk.com! www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/w...
16.07.2025 21:29 โ ๐ 63 ๐ 14 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ข๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ
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Edited by Augustine Thompson, O.P.
More info: bit.ly/3GSKCE1
#Medievalsky #Liturgy #Dominicans #ChurchHistory #ChurchMusic #Medievalists
Need a few more books to complete your Summer Reading Bingo card?
Swing by the Used Book Room and stock up on great reads - for cheap! ๐
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illustration of four medieval knights. Text reading audition notice the Strong Man.
Poculi Ludique Societas audition call: "The Strong Man" - a medieval Welsh morality play, directed by Matt Sergi and translated by Morgan Moore.
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Audition Dates:
๐น Thursday, July 24 ยท 1:00โ8:00 PM
๐น Saturday, July 26 ยท 10:30 AMโ6:30 PM
premodernity.net/strong
My new book is free to download until tomorrow!
14.07.2025 16:20 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0screenshot of REED website with text reading Newington Butts Playhouse Timeline and image of a digital map
New Records of Early English Drama digital publication: Newington Butts Playhouse, edited by Sally-Beth MacLean, Alum and Professor Emerita, University of Toronto, and REED's Director of Research and General Editor.
ereed.org/timelines/nw...
"Translating Hwรฆt: A Word Open to Interpretation
Hwรฆt is a pronoun that appears some 5,800 times (along with pronoun hwa) across extant Old English literature. Print out the Toronto Dictionary of Old Englishโs โhwฤ, hwรฆtโ entry and youโll have a whopping 136 pages of various forms and usages."
Read my new book for free until 15 July
11.07.2025 07:35 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1My short piece in Notes & Queries is now online! Have a read and enjoy this not-quite discovery ๐
doi.org/10.1093/note...
A new episode of The Medieval Podcast with @5minmedievalist.bsky.social : Elephants and Ivory with John Beusterien www.medievalists.net/2025/07/elep... #elephants #ivory #history
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