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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

How is one supposed to get anything done if amazing new albums such as these keep dropping by the day?!? 🤘

Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Apparently, tickets for my inaugural are 'going fast', so you'd better get yours while you can! 😅 Attendance is FREE and possible both in person and online, but sign-up is required: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural-...

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Term card of the @bristolcms.bsky.social seminar series 2026/27 just dropped, incl. the first in our brand-new series of distinguished CMS Global Lectures. Spread the word and join us and our stellar line-up of speakers in person or online. Every medievalist welcome! #medievalsky #skystorians

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Had a blast last night talking about the Bayeux Tapestry in the befitting setting of Canterbury Cathedral Lodge. Easy to forget what a magnificent place this is! Thanks to @ecroberts.bsky.social for inviting me, and to @memsunikent.bsky.social & @britishacademy.bsky.social for sponsoring the talk!

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Snap! My new article on the risks taken by medieval monastic scribes will come out in the same issue. I had great fun researching and writing it, and I hope people will enjoy reading it!

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Not a runic alphabet I’ve encountered before…

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The Cistercian monk of Eberbach and his feral friend join my collection of limited-edition historical playmobil figures

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Perfectly (and depressingly) sums up the state of society! Source: Ella Baron for The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Super chuffed to see my research on the Bayeux Tapestry as monastic mealtime reading referenced in the British Museum’s official exhibition book! 🤗 The book: www.britishmuseumshoponline.org/the-bayeux-t...; my article: doi.org/10.1093/hisr...

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Can’t decide whether to build a church or a castle? Why not have both! And whilst you’re at it, throw in some wall paintings for good measure! Cerkev sv. Trojice, Hrastovlje.

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Eufrazijeva bazilika, Poreč. The world’s best-preserved early Christian cathedral complex (according to UNESCO 😉), complete with an amazingly intact episcopal palace and some of the best Byzantine mosaics I’ve seen outside of Sicily. Truly magnificent!

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Bazilika sv. Marije, Brijuni. A gorgeous 6th-century Byzantine church that was expanded with a Benedictine monastery in the 9th century.

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Bizantski kastrum, Brijuni. Nearly one hectare of archaeological remains of buildings dating from as early as the 1st century CE that were inhabited and expanded continuously all the way into the Carolingian period (and beyond). Stunning!

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Sveti Stjepan, Peroj. A seventh-century(!) church sporting fragments of eleventh- and thirteenth-century frescoes plus some rather interesting architectural features. Happened upon it en route to dinner. What a find!

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Fons Sanctae Mariae, a medieval Cistercian abbey turned modern art gallery in Kostanjevica na Krki that sports some amazing transitional architecture between Romanesque and Gothic (and later Baroque)

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Kartuzija Pleterje, Slovenia’s only Carthusian Charterhouse still in operation.

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Superb exhibition of medieval manuscript fragments in the architecturally stunning National and University Library of Ljubljana. Added bonus: you get to choose and take away a little fragment as a memento 🙂

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

St Pancras’ Priory, Lewes, founded c.1078–82 as the first Cluniac priory in England.

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

And thus my Visiting Fellowship at @magdalenoxford.bsky.social comes to an end. My warmest thanks to @dinahrose.bsky.social and the fellows for their kind hospitality, and for making me feel so welcome in their midst. The relationships I have built here will endure for many years to come.

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Fancy listening to new research about the Bayeux Tapestry whilst enjoying a refreshing pint or two in a cozy pub? Good news: Pints of Knowledge and I got you covered at the White Harte in Bristol this Sunday! Tickets available here: www.tickettailor.com/events/pints...

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Abbaye de Gellone, Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Montpellier

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Cathédrale Saint-Just-et-Saint-Pasteur de Narbonne

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Lagrasse

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Nearly two centuries after the Battle of Hastings, this thirteenth-century reader still had strong feelings about Harold’s claim to the throne!

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Likewise. What a transformation, eh? I mean, look at it now: this could (should?) be featured on Grand Designs!

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

It’s been years since I was last here, but I trust the manuscripts haven’t gone anywhere in the meantime…

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Okay, fair play. This is a nice touch.

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

So pleased to see @tyguson.bsky.social’s excellent article on Billy FitzO and the management of Anglo-Norman maritime space published in the journal of @haskinssociety.bsky.social. A brilliant piece of scholarship! Read it here: www.jstor.org/stable/jj.41...

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

See y’all this evening for some Bayeux Tapestry fun!

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

The great Bayeux Tapestry roadshow continues! Book your tickets now to join us at Winterbourne Medieval Barn on 15 September in person www.ticketsource.com/winterbourne... or on Zoom www.ticketsource.com/winterbourne.... Further tour dates for 2026 and 2027 TBC, so stay tuned!

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Seton Collegiate Church, East Lothian

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

The benefits of being friends with a leading Flemish medievalist include visits to Bruges on a glorious (30°) bank holiday weekend without running into a single tourist! 😁

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Very happy to take receipt of my author copy of Historical Research’s latest print issue, which features my piece on the Bayeux Tapestry as monastic mealtime reading (incl. many lovely colour images) alongside some fascinating new work on medieval scribes, medieval Irish towns, etc.

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

As predicted… good ‘listening’ there, Keir!

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Excellent use of inverted commas which every parent can decode in less than a second 🙉

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