Mike Jones

Q for UK #skystorians - has anyone who is NOT AN ECR won a 'traditional' style grant recently, e.g. pays for your time & expenses to go to archives/do oral history, write up findings, run a workshop for colleagues, do small amount of community feedback/forward and/or public engagement, or similar?

Thanks @themedievaldrk.bsky.social and @mthrjo.bsky.social. I'm now looking at lovely pictures of gospel volumes.

This is 1526 in England. I'm not sure what liturgical literature (right term?) would be involved. Was just the New Testament in circulation? (3/3)

On evangelist, the OED says 'A copy of, or a volume containing, the Gospels, esp. when used as an object to swear on in taking an oath'. So, he was swearing on the New Testament that could have been in the whole Bible? (2/3)

In a bishop's register, I have a new incumbent swearing upon the 'Holy Gospels of God' (ad sancta Dei Evangelia) to pay the retiring priest a pension. A related Chancery case (the pension stopped being paid) refers 'an othe upon the holy Ev[a]ngelist'.
This is the New Testament? #medieval (1/3)

Congratulations to Dr Ben Guy, who has been awarded an AHRC standard grant to fund a major collaborative project on the early Welsh charters and their boundaries!

www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/news/2025/09...

Sorry to read this Ben. 😡

We've recorded nearly 100 hours of oral histories from British South Asians across the UK—spanning generations, identities & regions. Archived with the @britishlibrary.bsky.social & free to access: southasianbritain.org/oral-histories/project-collection/ @UoBArtsMatter @BL_Learning @QMULsed

A signed copy of my book, Reynard the Fox, its accompanying journal, A Fox for All Seasons, a fine bar of Apple & Blackberry chocolate, a box of cinnamon knots, a packet of Caramelised biscuit tea & a charming & fluffy fox companion.

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Sturt Bridge. Packhorse bridge.

Sturt Bridge. Packhorse bridge.

Went for a walk today. The path went over this lovely late medieval or 16th century pack horse bridge. #medieval historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...

Is that on Steep Street?

In 2020 it was “liminal”

Yes. At least the unfair access to Latin learning for state schools compared to private schools was somewhat acknowledged.

Today - 01/08/2025 - BBC Sounds News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Radio 4 Today programme about language learning (1:22:02), which then went on to Latin learning (1:23:50). Might be of interest, @brunellus.com ? www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

I've imported Royal Commission data (from @jrdollery.bsky.social and @scottlloyd.bsky.social) into @mappingthemarch.bsky.social for @latemedievalist.bsky.social and @mattlampitt.bsky.social ) and I'm becoming slightly obsessed with the fragmentation of Caernarfonshire and Denbighshire!

We are proud to announce that South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories, a landmark educational website on the histories of South Asians in Britain, is now live!

Visit southasianbritain.org

@qmul.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social #AHRC @uobartsmatter.bsky.social

It is so stressful! Fluid dynamics is a thing!

Maybe Wigglesbottom Primary book series by Pamela Butchart, or the Claude series by Alex T. Smith? They are both funny with a good balance of text and illustrations. Also, Claude is a dog who wears a beret!

Captain it's Wednesday

Captain it's Wednesday

The Maginot Line YouTube video by WW2TV

Listen to a discussion of my forthcoming @YaleUniversityPress book, The Maginot Line, 28 July 2026, 15:00

www.youtube.com/live/mpFyt0J...

#MaginotLine #WorldWarII #Fortifications #Architecture #ModernFrenchHistory #20thCenturyFrance

Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World University of Exeter, October 30, 2025 - October 31, 2025 Deadline for submission/application: September 5, 2025 Call for Papers We are exploring early modern conflict in all its forms. We particularly seek to unpack the interactions between the more traditional aspects of conflict, such as the political, tactical and strategic, with the more human side of it, including sociocultural approaches that explore experiences, representations and impacts of violence. As such, we particularly welcome proposals that look beyond purely military history and break chronological, geographical and disciplinary boundaries. We welcome proposals for individual papers of up to 20 minutes, or full panels of three to four papers, on any aspect of conflict, war and violence in the early modern period. Speakers might consider, but are not limited to, the following themes: • Physical, tactical, operational and strategic aspects of warfare. • Martial identities, values and motivations. • Notions of gender, race, class and religion. • Remembering, (re)imagining and representing violence and/or conflict. • The experience of violence, its impact and the everyday at war. • Popular allegiance in early modern conflict. • Maritime violence and naval warfare. • The bureaucracy of conflict, finance and the law. Abstracts of up to 300 words, along with a biographical note, should be sent to earlymodernwar@gmail.com by Friday 5th September.

#CfP: Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World

Exeter, 30-31 October 31, 2025. Abstracts by September 5, 2025 @earlymodernwar.bsky.social #Skystorians #EarlyModernEvents #MiseryOfCivilWar

www.rensoc.org.uk/event/confli...

Congratulations!

I visited the campus for an “open weekend” in 1990. It was too far for an open day! Sorry to hear it’s closing for under graduates ☹️

Image of various scrolls on a table in an archive

Our database of people and their connections to places and manuscripts across the Welsh Marches is progressing! Starting to reconstruct individual networks from piles of rolls is very exciting as there's so much potential for how users of our database/website will use the data for their own research

Screenshot taken from our database showing our value inputs.

We’re pleased to announce that our database has reached 2,000 person entries! 🎉

#MedievalStudies #DigitalHumanities #ResearchMilestone #medievalbluesky #medieval #mappingthemarch #Skystorians

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I can’t believe we never met in person! Good luck with the new role! ❤️