@richardcschlag.bsky.social
PhD candidate researching politics, government, conflict, and authority in the 15 C Holy Roman Empire @ox.ac.uk, he/him https://oxford.academia.edu/RichardSchlag https://academic.oup.com/gh/article/42/1/1/7485842
Check it out, we're planning a special issue of @frenchhistory.bsky.social for the 700th anniversary of the advent of the Valois dynasty! Details and timeline at the link below, but don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions 😊
Any recs for female literacy and manuscript culture in medieval England? (For a student, I'm not up on my English context!)
A friend has asked me to share this petition to defend the Classical Languages major at Iowa, which is slated for closure despite having 18 majors. If ancient languages aren't supported at universities, where will they be? www.change.org/p/keep-the-c...
Somehow, an 8th-c. English liturgical manuscript ended up in Mount Sinai (where it was palimpsested and written over by a Christian Arabic scribe). For more info: Michelle Brown, austriaca.at/0xc1aa5572%2...
Here's a cute little dragon I painted on calfskin (copied from a 13th century bestiary) using traditional medieval techniques and pigments (labelled in second image) #medievalmanuscripts #medievalscriptorium #bookhistory
From mid-February 2026, the MGH is able to make all articles from the DA and NA available in digital form, fully searchable and open access! #medievalsky
mgh.de/en/publicati...
Happy #ValentinesDay... unless you're Richard II 😬
Did you know that Richard II died on (or around) 14 February 1400 at Pontefract Castle?
He likely died of starvation - either self-inflicted, or a cruel punishment.
Shakespeare over-dramatised this (of course).
More info: wmandc.co/richard-ii
🚨 History buffs of the Holy Roman Empire: We built an app to visualize rulers' itineraries between 919 and 1519 based on the Regesta Imperii. Thank you @albertwendsjo.bsky.social for all the help!
Explore here: carlmc.shinyapps.io/hre-itinerar...
Please let us know of any issues and feedback!
when you and your co-authors try to find that one (1) footnote you definitely saw the other day
Beheld the stunning Tapestry of the Apocalypse in Angers, commissioned in the late 14th century by Count Louis I of Anjou. Lots of crypto-portraits of English villains (like the Black Prince with his ostrich feather). And a Holy Roman Emperor with an accurate crown among the heavenly martyrs!
"Eighty-two years after his execution by the Gestapo on June 16, 1944, the Jewish historian and resistance fighter Marc Bloch will be inducted into the Pantheon on June 23... His family requested that 'the far right, in all its forms, be excluded from any participation in the ceremony.'"
Bad bunnies from long ago
www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
In more #SuperbOwl medieval content, here's a very #BadBunny:
(for more, see www.bl.uk/stories/blog...)
Lihkku beivviin! Today (6 Feb) is the Sámi National Day. I've written a short piece on Sámi history in my hometown. At the moment, only available in Norwegian, but I'll try to post an English translation on my blog
kystmuseene.no/berlevag/sam...
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Latest in a series of posts on the Linda Hall Library's earliest editions of Sacrobosco's book on late medieval astronomy, combined with Georg Peurbach's planetary models and including an early use of printing with color woodblocks: www.lindahall.org/about/news/s... #HistSTM #MedievalSky
Need a gift for your history lover valentine?
www.medievalists.net/2025/10/new-...
Hi everyone, I'm organising a conference in Leuven, 4-5 June, and you're all invited*! It's called 'Performing evil: the mediation and display of diabolic spectres 1700-2000' and here is the call for papers (get in touch if you'd like a pdf!). Please share widely!
*to submit an abstract before 21/3
I am introducing the Melt ICE Act to end funding for immigrant detention and monitoring.
We have seen the danger in infusing resources into DHS’s abuses of power. Funding for ICE is fuel for human suffering.
It’s time to start melting ICE.
Another amazing discovery which pushes back the oldest known cave art by over 15,000 years!!!
And the professor who led the project is Adam Brumm, brother of Joe (the creator of Bluey!), and that’s why Bandit the dog is a paleo-archaeologist in the show! 😁
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Frankly, all those Low Countries Habsburg ladies. You can't move for books about a psychopath king's wives, some of whom he murdered, in Waterstones, while you've got this string extraordinary female leaders just waiting for a bestselling series.
Coptic spell to Acquire a Beautiful Voice, 6th–7th century CE, Egypt, ink on papyrus, 37.3 x 25.4 cm (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven)
archives.yale.edu/repositories...
Stip: Remote Fellowship for Ukrainians abroad and displaced scholars "Documenting Russia’s War Against Ukraine"
https://www.hsozkult.de/grant/id/stip-159595
Marburg, 15.12.2025-31.01.2026, Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung, Bewerbungsschluss: 31.01.2026 Remote Fellowship …
"I am still reading the book ..." #bookhistory
For #FindsFriday a map of Danish single finds of Carolingian coins from 2016 to 2025, most unpublished. This is for a chapter in a book being edited by @ccooijmans.bsky.social. It shows that Frankish coins were reaching all parts of Denmark, not just trading centres or royal estates.
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Are you a scholar of the fifteenth century and have an interest in the British Isles and its wider connections? If so, then you will want to know that @memsunikent.bsky.social will be hosting the 2026 Fifteenth Century Conference in Canterbury and the CfP is now open: www.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
✍ Introducing ✍
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for beginner #EarlyModern #palaeography
gjhilton.github.io/Sharpie/
AKA What I Did Over Reading Week.
#skystorians I’d be so grateful if you had time to share or take a look and tell me what sucks and needs fixing.
Love g 🗃️
The Courtauld is offering a a new fully funded Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture for eligible projects focusing on England from the eleventh to the early sixteenth centuries. Statement of intents are due by 17 November 2025.
Call for Papers! Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis #medievalsky #Fissures2026