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Eliot Benbow

@ebenbow.bsky.social
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Research Associate at the Institute of Historical Research working on the Late Medieval London Customs Accounts. Formerly at MoLA. Researching Medieval and Early Modern material culture, trade, devotion etc.

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Eliot Benbow @ebenbow.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Very much looking forward to the next London Medieval Society colloquium on May 2nd on Medievalism. We have three fantastic speakers lined up. The event will be in person at Queen Mary University of London and refreshments and lunch will be provided (with the generous support of QM CREMS) 😊
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Eliot Benbow @ebenbow.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Very much looking forward to the next London Medieval Society colloquium on 21st February via Zoom. Four fascinating papers on the subject of nonconformity in the Middle Ages. 😊 You can sign up via the Zoom link here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Eliot Benbow @ebenbow.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Still a few days left to apply for the next colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern cities. 🙂 Please do get in touch with any questions.
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Eliot Benbow @ebenbow.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Delighted to re-post the first of the outputs from the Unlocking Upcycled Medieval Data Project. We've been fascinated to see the wide range of objects, games, toys, material culture within the London Customs Accounts. 😊
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Eliot Benbow @ebenbow.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Very much looking forward to presenting at the Low Countries History Seminar at the IHR this evening. I'll be talking about merchants from the Low Countries who specialised (and excelled) in supplying London's goods market with everyday stuff in the later Middle Ages. 😊
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Eliot Benbow @ebenbow.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
We are looking forward to welcoming everyone to the upcoming London Medieval Society @londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social Colloquium on Women and Knowledge which will be Saturday 22nd November from 10:20-15:00 UK time. 🙂 You can find the zoom registration link here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The programme for the London Medieval Society Colloquium on Women & Knowledge scheduled for Saturday 22nd November from 10:20 to 15:00 UK time. 

The poster features an illumination from a medieval manuscript depicting a group of women seated and standing reading a number of books. Image credit: British Library, Harlety 4431, f. 107
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Eliot Benbow @ebenbow.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Here is the full programme for the London Medieval Society colloquium on Women and Knowledge on the 22nd November. We are very excited to welcome everyone to the colloquium and to hear a range of fascinating papers. 🙂 You can find the Zoom registration link here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: London Medieval Society November Colloquium. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: London Medieval Society November Colloquium. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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Eliot Benbow @ebenbow.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
@londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social London Medieval Society will be hosting its first colloquium of the academic year on the 22nd November 2025 on the subject of Women and Knowledge in the Middle Ages. 😊 You can find the Zoom link here: us02web.zoom.us/j/81823681150
This poster provides the details for the London Medieval Society Colloquium on Women & Knowledge.

Saturday 22nd November 10:00-15:00 (UK time) via Zoom 

In the centre of the poster is an image from a Medieval manuscript of a group of standing and seated women reading a number of books

Image credit: British Library, Harley 4431, f. 107
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Justin Colson @justincolson.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The EAUH 2026 Barcelona call for papers has been extended! We've had some great submissions for our panel on pre-modern quaysides and customs records, but have room for some more - please do consider making a proposal!
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Eliot Benbow @ebenbow.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Delighted to be working on the III Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities with @arodsan95.bsky.social and @emmaolson5.bsky.social. Excited to see the proposals and the conversations that develop. 😊 Deadline for submissions 31 Jan 2026 Please do get in touch with questions or queries!
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London Medieval Society @londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
We're absolutely delighted to invite you to this upcoming symposium on Nineteenth-Century Medievalisms, co-organised by the New York Medieval Society and the LMS! It will take place on 18 Oct 2025. Please join through this link: us02web.zoom.us/j/8729115924... We look forward to seeing you all! 🙂
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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
PROGRAMME! Excited to be welcoming Alexander Marr, Dirk van Miert, and @ebenbow.bsky.social this term -- and David Hopkin, Jeroen Puttevils, Feike Dietz, Sam Geens, Valika Smeulders, and Gloria Moorman in Spring. All welcome @ihr.bsky.social or zoom! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #SkyStorians
programme of hte Low Countries Seminar, Institute of Historical research, Fridays 17:30
17 October: Alexander Marr: Three Renaissance ‘Grotesques’: Holbein, Dürer, Massys
31 October: Dirk van Miert: The Synod of Dordrecht: binding the Anglo-Dutch orthodox Republic of Letters 
17 November: Eliot Benbow: Low Countries Merchants in and around London c. 1350-1550: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods
programme of hte Low Countries Seminar, Institute of Historical research, Fridays 17:30
17 October: Alexander Marr: Three Renaissance ‘Grotesques’: Holbein, Dürer, Massys
31 October: Dirk van Miert: The Synod of Dordrecht: binding the Anglo-Dutch orthodox Republic of Letters 
28 November: Eliot Benbow: Low Countries Merchants in and around London c. 1350-1550: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods
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London Medieval Society @londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
There's still plenty of times to get tickets for our 80th anniversary event on 'Memory and Commemoration' on Saturday 18th June: www.eventbrite.com/e/memory-and...
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Eliot Benbow @ebenbow.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Very much looking forward to what is shaping up to be a fantastic celebration of LMS on its 80th anniversary!
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Eliot Benbow @ebenbow.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Very excited to be advertising this event @qmul.ac.uk on Thursday 29th May (9:00-18:30) 🙂 Join us for a day of new research on the later Middle Ages, and to celebrate the contributions that Virginia Davis has made to that field and to QM more broadly. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-resear....
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New Research on Late Medieval England at Queen Mary
Join us to discover new research on the later Middle Ages, and celebrate the contribution that Virginia Davis has made to the field and QM.
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Eliot Benbow @ebenbow.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
It was a real joy to work with John on this chapter and a delight to finally see it in print. Very much looking forward to reading the rest of the chapters! 🙂
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London Medieval Society @londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Hi there Blue Sky! Let us start with a bang, shall we? Join us next Saturday for our smashing February Colloquium on Religious Minorities in the Middle Ages. Free registration here: qmul-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #MedievalBlueSky
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Eliot Benbow @ebenbow.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Delighted to begin posting on this account by advertising the upcoming London Medieval Society colloquium on Religious Minorities in the Middle Ages. 🙂 The colloquium will be on the 22nd February from 10:00-15:00 and you can register for free via the Zoom link: qmul-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
A poster advertising a London Medieval Society colloquium on the subject of religious minorities in the Middle Ages. The poster features a banner image depicting a scene from a medieval manuscript depicting a group of women in discussion. 

The poster details are as follows: 

LMS Religious Minorities Saturday 22nd February 10:00-15:00 (UK time) via Zoom

10:10 Virtual Meeting Room Opens
10.20 Welcome and Introduction
10.30 Helen Flatley (Oxford), 'Female Networks in Medieval Toledo: The Formation of a 'Mozarabic Community, 1085-c.1315'
11:15 Break
11:30 Ana Roda Sánchez (Queen Mary London), 'Radicalisation of Jews and Jewish Conversos in 15th-century Toledo (1449-1465)'
12:15 Lunch
13:15 Kerstin Mayerhofer (Vienna), 'Faith Under Fire: Jewish Responses to Christian Dominance'
14:00 Break
14:15 Sarah Ifft Decker (Rhodes College), 'Lost in Translation: Jews and Christian Notaries in the Late Medieval Mediterranean'
15: End of Event

Tickets: Free (Register on Zoom)
www.londonmedievalsociety.com @LondonMedSoc
Image credit: Sarajevo, National Museum, Sarajevo Haggadah (14th c. Catalonia)
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