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Medieval Archaeologist + Early Modern Historian x post war immigration specialist 🤸🍝⚽️🏺📚Vikings, Pre-Conquest eras and Plantagenets⚔️

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Dr Matt Firth @mattfirth.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Very happy to have sent my 'minigraph' on Gunnhildr konungamóðir off to Arc Humanities yesterday. It’s written as a biography, but not a traditional one. I’ve brought together all the stories about Gunnhildr in medieval Scandinavian literature and followed them through her life, from youth to death.
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Dr Florence H R Scott @florencehrscott.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Very funny moment in the Iliad when Zeus explains to his wife Hera how much he wants to bed her by listing all the other extremely hot women he’s had affairs with
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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 23/06/2026
hey it's anti-Prime day on @bookshop.org!!! Why not grab a copy of me & @lollardfish.bsky.social's THE BRIGHT AGES? @bostonglobe.com called it "Incandescent and ultimately intoxicating." #medievalsky bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe
A New History of Medieval Europe
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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Good morning! #NEDvsSWE Before the main viking period, early medieval Frisia dominated raiding & trading on the North Sea. This wealth made them tempting targets for raiders, and the Frisians offered fierce resistance. Frisia has been called the Viking Graveyard search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/...
Top Left: Page 48 of the Oera Linda, an infamous forgery which purported to be a chronicle of ancient matriarchal Europe!

Bottom Left: The Dorestad brooch, ninth century

Top Right: An early eleventh century illustration of a Viking dragon-ship, from Ms. Cotton Tiberius B., f. 40v

Middle Right: A Viking horde of silver found buried in Gotland

Bottom Right: A close-up of the Linschoten Sword, discovered in the Korte Linschoten River, the Netherlands. This detail shows an Endless Knot engraved on the blade.
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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
#NORvsSEN In April this year, two Norweigan detectorists came across a hoard of almost 5,000 coins, 95% of which are foreign The Takrür Kingdom ruled parts of early medieval Senegal, and in 1035 converted to Islam. They were involved in Almoravid wars in North Africa, and possibly in Iberia
Top Left: A coin from the Mørstad Hoard, minted by Æthelred the Unready. 

Bottom Left: An 11th century horse-headed skralla - a type of apotropaic charm that hung from one's belt, the jangling of the loops was believed to scare off evil spirits. 

Top Right: Carnelian beads, 10th – 13th century 

Bottom Right: A bronze ornament for cavalry or charioteers, 9th–12th century.
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biarvecc.bsky.social @biarvecc.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
open.spotify.com/album/3LGYdH... #Caesarthemusical #ancientrome #classics
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Caesar: The Musical - EP by Grace Yurchuk | Spotify
Grace Yurchuk · EP · 2026 · 6 songs
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Danielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Job Opportunity! Lecturer in Early Modern British and European History Newcastle University - School of History, Classics and Archaeology www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRW166/l...
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Lecturer in Early Modern British and European History at Newcastle University
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer in Early Modern British and European History on jobs.ac.uk!
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Heidi Malagisi💙📚📜📖 @hmalagisi.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
What was life like for a medieval princess? My next book explores this question through the lives of English princesses. Princesses of the Early Middle Ages: Royal Daughters of the Conquest by Sharon Bennett Connolly. I would like to thank Sharon Bennett Connolly for sending me a copy of this book.
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Dr. K @katekaynak.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Hi, Historian here. Just a heads up that the shape of the future is actually not inevitable or fixed. *You help make it happen. So try to make it the one you want*
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Ohhh check it out my chat with @estelleprnq.bsky.social about witch hunts is live on her YouTube now! Place bets now on how long it takes me to start talking about dick magic. youtu.be/G6mIrBobh0Y?...
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Dr Eleanor Janega on Witchhunts
YouTube video by ElleOnTheTudors
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 19/02/2026
The @ihr.bsky.social has brought all its online resources - journals, @vch-home.bsky.social, OA book series, @bho.bsky.social, BBIH, @layersoflondon.bsky.social, and more - into one section of its website for easier access bit.ly/4cCrpUD. Much of this content is free to use online #Skystorians
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Resources for Historians
The IHR offers a wide range of online resources and publications for historians. These pages introduce and provide access to these resources.
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Making a Warrior @makingawarrior.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Some Friday wisdom from our Great Viking Survey dataset:
A short white text formatted like an inspirational quote against a black background. The text reads 'A Viking is an occupation like being a zookeeper but obviously totally different in every way'. It is attributed as 'anonymous, from the Great Viking Survey (2025)'.
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biarvecc.bsky.social @biarvecc.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
What would it take to get the Tower back up and running?? #toweroflondon #historicalprison
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Dr Melita Thomas @melitat.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
#1000TudorPeople M is for Sir John Morgan, a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre, an order devoted to promoting Christian pilgrimage. Back in Wales, he was fêted by the bard Gwilym Tew as Y Marchog Tew (the fat knight). A Lancastrian, he fought with Henry, Earl of Richmond, at Bosworth. bit.ly/3PjugG6
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EarlyModernista @ellierycroft.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
This is a good read.
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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Was the Bayeux Tapestry Made for a Monastic Dining Hall? www.medievalists.net/2025/12/baye... #bayeuxtapestry
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Was the Bayeux Tapestry Made for a Monastic Dining Hall? - Medievalists.net
New research suggests the Bayeux Tapestry may have been designed for display in a monastic refectory at St Augustine’s Abbey in Canterbury, where monks could view and reflect on its narrative during…
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A.Z. Fell, Esq. @azfell-esq.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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'Do you love me?': The Viking messages unearthed on Sweden's rune stones
Runic inscriptions from the Viking Age still turn up in Sweden 1,000 years after they were written – revealing fascinating stories of love, loss and epic battles.
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
My new show on winter ghosts in the medieval period is out today and I am very proud of it The Dead of Winter: Medieval Ghost Stories - Medieval - History Hit share.google/gz6aMMrchycq...
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The Dead of Winter: Medieval Ghost Stories - Medieval - History Hit
This winter, Dr Eleanor Janega leads us into the darker corners of the medieval imagination - a world where the boundary between the living and the dead was dangerously thin. Drawing on medieval chro...
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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Chester book argues Wirral is site of historic battle www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/2570506...
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Chester book argues Wirral is site of historic British battle
A new book from the University of Chester Press paves the way for ending the debate on the location of a pivotal clash in early English history.
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Simon Coupland @scoupland.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Delighted to add this article to my publications available to download: Who ruled Frisia in the mid-ninth century? works.hcommons.org/records/n3a9...
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Who ruled Frisia in the mid-ninth century?
An important article setting out the reasons for retaining the traditional view that Lothar I and II ruled the whole of Frisia between 840 and 869, from the Sincfal to the Weser, not just the western ...
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Anthony Albanese @albomp.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
My statement formally recognising the State of Palestine.
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biarvecc.bsky.social @biarvecc.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
The press is always targeted first. Every historian knows this. Don’t ignore it. #stephencolbert #jimmykimmel
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
This is an excellent article that brings an empathetic eye to an escalating crisis in higher education 👇👌
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
'American Girl in Italy', 1951, an image intended to 'show what it's like to be a woman alone' according to the photographer, Ruth Orkin #womensart
Monochrome photograph featuring a woman walking down a street as men of diferent ages look at her or seem to want her attention, including blociing her path
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Sharon Bennett Connolly @thehistorybits.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Wordly Women: Gemma Hollman In a new edition of my Wordly Women series, I chat with historian Gemma Hollman...
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Wordly Women: Gemma Hollman
In a new edition of my Wordly Women series, I chat with historian Gemma Hollman...
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Yorkist History Trust @yorkisthistory.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
We’ll be at @imc-leeds.bsky.social next week for a full day of 15th century topics! Join us on Tuesday for a range of excellent papers on fascinating themes, and then for a drinks reception in the evening! 📚 🍷 #Skystorians #Medievalsky
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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
The initmitable Bill Naphy is offering an online course on Scottish witchcraft and Protestant culture via the University of Aberdeen. #earlymodern #reformazing on.abdn.ac.uk/courses/scot...
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Scottish Witch-Hunting and the Rise of a Protestant Culture 1590-1690 - Online short course
Study the history of Scottish witchcraft online. Earn credits towards a Masters degree as you explore the Scottish witch trials and witch-hunting in Scotland.
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A.W. Boardman @historymondays.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Excited to be joining @Mattlewishistory.bsky.social for a chat on 𝗚𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹 this week! We’re diving into my new book The Rose, The Bastard & The Saint King - expect rebels, battles, thrones, and a few bloody surprises⚔️🥀👑 #Medieval #Podcast📚buff.ly/4h5qlIT
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Heidi Malagisi💙📚📜📖 @hmalagisi.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
I have a bad feeling about this
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biarvecc.bsky.social @biarvecc.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
I had so much fun writing about #StrongWomen in the #IcelandicSagas for #TheYoungHistorians www.theyounghistorians.com/blog/strong-... #sagaoftheicelanders #Íslendingasögur #SagaofEriktheRed #Greenlandsaga #Laxdælasaga #familysagas #medieval-literature #medieval #Grænlendingasaga #Eiríkssagarauða
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Strong Women: A manifestation of Christian values in the Icelandic family sagas — The Young Historians
The Íslendingasögur (The Sagas of the Icelanders or Family Sagas) feature stories about prominent Icelandic families from 850-1050 AD, authored anonymously, narrated like history. In the 20th centur...
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Jenn Scott @jennscott1485.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Someone out there needs this. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Spatial dynamics of homicide in medieval English cities: the Medieval Murder Map project - Criminal Law Forum
This study examines the spatial patterns of homicide in three 14th-century English cities—London, York, and Oxford—through the Medieval Murder Map project, which visualizes 355 homicide cases derived ...
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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Fun news! I’m adding my artwork to the list of things you can buy! Maps, diagrams, and now drawings! You’ve been playing along with “what did the Eel Guy just draw?” for years. And now you can commission your own personal drawings, or buy one of your favorites! surprisedeelmaps.com/original-art...
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Original Artwork - Surprised Eel Mapping
Original hand-drawn artwork, made of abstract shapes and lines, usually in black and white.
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Dr Josephine Wilkinson @miladyjosephine.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
🏰 A bit of Milady spookiness for the weekend dr-josephine-wilkinson.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-...
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‘The Supernatural and the Ethereal in the Character of Milady de Winter’ by Josephine Wilkinson
A history blog by Dr Josephine Wilkinson, author of Katherine Howard: The Tragic Story of Henry VIII's Fifth Queen.
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Dr Emma Rehn @bluerehn.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Happy National Archaeology Week! This year's craft in celebration of Archaeology Week is little clay pendants - the scale bar is 4cm #2025NAW #archaeology #craft
A photograph of four clay pendants of a trowel, an amphora, a bivalve shell half, and a colour scale bar, each attached to loops of black cord
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Res_Australes: Ancient World Studies, Australasia @resaustrales.bsky.social · 22/05/2024
May 24 Sydney (CCWM, 3pm) Women in Archaeology: A National Archaeology Week panel discussion www.sydney.edu.au/museum/whats... Book (free) www.eventbrite.com.au/e/women-in-a... #2024NAW
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Women in Archaeology
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Dr Natali Pearson @sea-greeny.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
📣 Join us on 24 May for this online event, "Eighty Years On: World War II Maritime Heritage in Australasia", part of National Archaeology Week and featuring speakers from @seamuseum.bsky.social @flindersmap.bsky.social #WAMuseum #UWA & Kyoto Uni #NAW2025 👇👇👇 events.humanitix.com/eighty-years...
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Eighty Years On: World War II Maritime Heritage in Australasia
Celebrate National Archaeology Week with an online seminar commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, with a focus on ships and submarines.
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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Get crafting and cooking for National Archaeology Week! The Bake It! Make It! competition is back on. The prize is a fabulous swag of archaeology books! #NAW2025 🏺
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Bake It! Make It! — National Archaeology Week
Bake or make a creation inspired by archaeology! Knit a scale bar, bake artefact biscuits, model a monument, the only limit is your imagination.
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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
If you're interested in space archaeology, there are many more videos out there. I've chosen a selection for National Archaeology Week. I'll also post some podcasts and papers later in the week! 🧪 🏺 #SpaceArchaeology
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National Archaeology Week
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biarvecc.bsky.social @biarvecc.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
National Archaeology Week has started in Australia!!! Get around the instagram takeovers from our university societies across the country!! www.instagram.com/nationalarch... #naw2025 #nationalarchaeologyweek #australianarchaeology
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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
P.S. you can meet both of them and hear about the Body Politics project @archanchistleic.bsky.social at the Midlands Viking Symposium on Saturday! www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/gro...
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Midlands Viking Symposium - The University of Nottingham
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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
P.p.s. and you can read the article open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Womb Politics: The Pregnant Body and Archaeologies of Absence | Cambridge Archaeological Journal | Cambridge Core
Womb Politics: The Pregnant Body and Archaeologies of Absence
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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
New podcast with @goingmedieval.bsky.social on Viking king Ivar ‘the Boneless’ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g... #medievalsky
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Ivar the Boneless
Podcast Episode · Gone Medieval · 13/05/2025 · 1h 5m
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Kaitlin Felix - Author of RAN'S DAUGHTERS - OUT NOW!! @kaitlinfelix.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Listening to the latest episode of the Gone Medieval podcast and it’s so so good! @downham.bsky.social is talking with @goingmedieval.bsky.social about Ivar the Boneless. Dr Downham is also behind a lot of the research behind my debut #RansDaughters 🔥 Go and listen to this episode!!
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Ivar the Boneless
Podcast Episode · Gone Medieval · 13/05/2025 · 1h 5m
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Pascale Aebischer (she/her) @pascaleexeter.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
A rather wonderful PhD opportunity with a fantastic supervisor: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🔥🔥🔥
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Femininity, race-making and gender non-conformity in Queen Henrietta Maria’s court performances (1625-42) with Royal Museums Greenwich, Northumbria University and Historic Royal Palaces at Northumbria...
PhD Project - Femininity, race-making and gender non-conformity in Queen Henrietta Maria’s court performances (1625-42) with Royal Museums Greenwich, Northumbria University and Historic Royal Pa...
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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
We were honoured to have Amy Powell visit the museum to speak with Dr Tom Horne, as part of Amy's video project, Echoes of the Norse: Scotland's Viking Past, which also features Dr Ragnhild Ljosland. youtu.be/M-wsCFCtrt8?...
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ECHOES OF THE NORSE: SCOTLAND'S VIKING PAST
YouTube video by Amy Powell
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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Announcing the theme of the twentieth annual conference of the Australian Early Medieval Association - Tempestuous Times!
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Jacqueline Murray @jacquelinemurray.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/b... A fun romp with Kate Lister. #medievalsky
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What Happened On A Medieval Wedding Night?
Podcast Episode · Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society · 2025-04-22 · 43m
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Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Join us online May 10th for our May speaker, Laura Gathagan discussing her new book, The Queenship of #MathildaofFlanders which analyzes Mathilda as a consummate practitioner of representation through #embodiment. #Medieval #MedievalSky #HistorySky #Skystorians #bodies tinyurl.com/ywp39dpp
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The Queenship of Mathilda of Flanders, c. 1031-1083: Embodying Conquest
Laura Gathagan analyses Mathilda as a consummate practitioner of representation through embodiment.
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Anthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
For #PhallusThursday we have a naked musician rocking out, with a vine wreath in his hair, on a red-figure #kylix in the National #Etruscan Museum of the #VillaGiulia in #Rome. The naughty vase painter #Skythes turns subtext into text - this is an ecstatic #Dionysiac image. #AncientBluesky 🏺
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RED-FIGURE KYLIX WITH LYRE PLAYER, C. 520 BCE. VILLA GIULIA

This Attic wine-cup or kylix is signed by the artist Skythes, "the Scythian", whose work we know from a corpus of about 25 pieces, of which only this one has a full signature. Skythes' work is defined by his expressiveness and energy, unlike the restraint and dignity of his contemporary Epiktetos. Here we see a red-figure musician, nude, against a black hackground, his staff leaning against the red curve of the circle which defines the pictorial space. He's facing right with his knees bent, playing a lyre (more like a cithara) like a rock star, head thrown back in ecstasy, his instrument sticking out like an extension of his phallus, which we can also see as Skythes has made the body of the instrument transparent, just so we don't miss the metaphor. Sometimes a cithara is just a cithara, but this is not one of those times.
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