@pauladelval.bsky.social
Editorial Associate at Findmypast/The Social History Archive, PhD in History from the University of Lincoln, Medieval Women enthusiast and interested in households and comparative history.
The next Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Sources (our peer-reviewed annual) @archumanities.bsky.social @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social is out now. A massive thanks to Graham Barrett (Durham) and Danna, Anna and the ARC team. #IMC2025
08.07.2025 22:44 — 👍 32 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Delighted that some of my recent PhD research has just been published in Historical Research! It explores connections between the chronicle written at Burton Abbey in the mid-C13 and the royal chancery
More here: academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
Our 2025 winners, Yael van der Wouden and @doctoroxford.com with the #Bessie and #Charlotte🏆 👏 Both Yael and Rachel will be at Waterstones Piccadilly from 5:30pm today signing copies of their incredible books, #TheSafekeep and #TheStoryofaHeart! Learn more here: www.waterstones.com/events/meet-...
13.06.2025 08:51 — 👍 53 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 2
It has been an absolute pleasure collaborating with Historic Royal Palaces on writing this brand-new page for their website about Eleanor of Provence, exploring her life and her legacy as a queen consort with strong ties to the Tower of London: www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-lon...
10.06.2025 16:00 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Turns out 'bed-rotting' isn’t new, Victorian ladies were *literally* doing it first. Read more on this (and other news from 19th-century ladies' newspapers) in this latest blog 👇
www.thesocialhistoryarchive.com/editorial/ni...
This #WomensHistoryMonth @findmypast.bsky.social and @pauladelval.bsky.social shares some examples of the records and newspapers that shine a light on women's history: linktr.ee/womensprize
What will you discover to inspire your next chapter?
#findmypast
You haven’t heard about Eleanor of Castile, until you’ve heard @medievalfemina.bsky.social tell you about Eleanor of Castile!
05.03.2025 19:34 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0So exciting to have access again to these gems, run don't walk to check them out 👇
26.02.2025 09:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0How nice!
28.12.2024 16:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Lovely!
28.12.2024 16:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Congrats! 🥂
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Front cover of hard back book, Medieval Women: Voices & Visions.
Inside the book, open at essay on Work and Professions by Cordelia Beattie. One page is a full colour illustration from the Luttrell Psalter.
My contributor copy has arrived! Lots of beautiful images of exhibition items. Do go along to the British Library's amazing exhibition, Medieval Women: In Their Own Words, if you can - on until 2 March 2025.
www.seetickets.com/timeslot/med...
#MedievalSky 📜 🗃️
Today will be talking about Women and the Memories of Invisibility @ NOVA FCSH.
#womenshistory
ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/events/memor...
Hurray! Our research cluster on ‘The Economic Power of European Queens: Sources, Resources and Expenditure’ is out now in the Journal of Medieval History issue 50.5–the first of a series of forthcoming outputs from the first phase of The Queen’s Resources project www.tandfonline.com/toc/rmed20/c...
25.11.2024 13:39 — 👍 26 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0love this so much!
20.11.2024 14:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Here's some Christine de Pizan to brighten this rainy Tuesday morning (and go see the Medieval Women exhibit @britishlibrary.bsky.social if you haven't already to see these beauties in person).
19.11.2024 09:30 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
