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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Which medieval creature are you? Pause to find out.

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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Worst epic incipit ever

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Dertig dagen? Ben al blij als mijn volgende boek binnen dertig maanden af is

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Centrist politics at it finest

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Just made a very pretty packet of Hebrew, Latin, and Arabic paleography handouts for my @simmonsuniversity.bsky.social LIS students. Anyone want some? Here you go! Feel free to use (but please credit me if you do)...

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This is really worrying: the PISA scores on high school student performance are in. Notice the steep decline across disciplines between 2018 and 2025. In the Netherlands, 40% of 15-year olds apparently can't read well enough to function in society. 40%! (Source: nos.nl/l/2630148)

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

#cfp #medievalsky I'm co-organizing a session on classical reception for IMC 2027. Please do contact me if you have any questions! @imc-leeds.bsky.social

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

#cfp #medievalsky I'm co-organizing a session on classical reception for IMC 2027. Please do contact me if you have any questions! @imc-leeds.bsky.social

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

What are the best popular history books about the Middle Ages that you've recently read? Go! #booksky (is that a thing?) #medievalsky

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Visited the ruins of Trois Fontaines Abbey today and felt like I was about to encounter a ghost or goblin or something

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Anne Petterson @annepetterson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Binnenkort begint @historicivertellen.bsky.social weer! Er is door onvoorziene omstandigheden een gat in de planning gevallen. Wie zou het leuk vinden om in de week van 7 september over diens historische werk te posten?

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

(v niche joke) Would have expected the abbey of Montier-en-Der to look a bit more...apocalyptic?

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Belangrijke reminder voor iedereen die de neiging heeft om geschiedenis als iets abstracte te zien

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

According to my writing stats: -223

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Arjan van Dalfsen @arjanvd.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Phenomenal marginalia in @ivowolsing.bsky.social lecture on Animals in the Middle Ages

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

So we've got a conflict between pope and emperor on our hands. Who said that medieval history isn't relevant nowadays?

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

So we've got a conflict between pope and emperor on our hands. Who said that medieval history isn't relevant nowadays?

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Middeleeuwen Podcast @middeleeuwen.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

RENAISSANCE(S) | De Renaissance… of moeten we het over ‘Renaissances’ hebben? Met dr. Ivo Wolsing (@ivowolsing.bsky.social) onderzoeken we dat deze week uitgebreid in Middeleeuwen! Met bijzondere aandacht voor de Renaissance van de 12de eeuw… 🎧 Benieuwd? Nu overal te beluisteren. Zie links ⬇️ 🧵 1/2

In deze aflevering spreken we onder andere over het boek ‘Inventing the Renaissance. Myths of a Golden Ave’ van Ada Palmer.

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Oh the joys of grading a crusades-related exam question: the amount of implicit prejudice that appears from the way answers are formulated! It seems we still have a long way to go (which is fine - they're still learning!)

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

This👇. When grading this week, I found myself wondering more than once whether the student was using AI or not, which kinda kills the joy of grading well-written papers

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

New publication! From Sorcerer's Son to Epic Hero: (Meta)Poetic Entanglement in Walter of Châtillon's Alexandreis. This one has been some time in the works. Glad to see it finally out! You can read it (open access) here: doi.org/10.21825/jol...

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Final class of the year: done! (Don't ask about the pile of essays still waiting to be graded)

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

On strike today. Do I have time to strike? No. I'd rather spend my day prepping my final classes of the year or doing some research (if only). But as long as the government's massive budget cuts still stand, chances are that this may be my final year of academic teaching altogether. So here we are.

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Brb, just deleting every "Indeed, ..." that my former self wrote

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Me submitting a paper to an editor vs. that same paper coming back to haunt me after a couple months

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

An Old Testament (?) figure riding a camel. Meuse valley, c. 1160. London, V&A.

An golden enamel plaque showing a man on the back of a blue-ish camel. The camel wears a bell around his neck

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

#medievalsky Does anyone know where the idea that something can be both entertaining and educational at the same time comes from? It's probably something very obvious but I only know it from a Dutch proverb (ter leering ende vermaeck) so any clues would be helpful!

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Today's the day! If you're at #IMC2025 and you're up for some medieval classical reception stuff, there are four panels waiting for you!

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Rutger K. 🟥 @anotheraspirin.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Hey kids! First time at the #IMC2025 @imc-leeds.bsky.social? Here are some of Old Man Kramer's Hot Tips! #medievalsky

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Preparing my talk for #IMC2025 I came across this fascinating depiction of Hector's tomb in a 14th-c manuscript of the Roman de Troie. If you are at @imc-leeds.bsky.social and want to hear more about this, drop by on Wednesday when we will host not one, but four full sessions on classical reception!

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Am I the only one who didn't know you need to apply for an Electronic Travel Authorization to travel to the UK these days? Fortunately, I just applied using the app and was approved in about 15 seconds! If you're going to @imc-leeds.bsky.social next week, don't forget to apply! www.gov.uk/eta

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Get an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) to visit the UK

Apply for an ETA to come to the UK if you’re a tourist, visiting family or for certain other reasons for up to 6 months. It costs £16. Find out if you need an ETA or a visa instead.

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Look at this ✨️fabulous✨️ rendition of the prophet Isaiah! (Souillac, France)

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Middeleeuwen Podcast @middeleeuwen.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

KRUISTOCHTEN | Ook het tweede deel met dr. Ivo Wolsing (@ivowolsing.bsky.social) over de kruistochten staat nu online! Van de kruistochten tot het nachleben en gebruik van die term, tot op de dag van vandaag. ➡️ Deze aflevering is nu overal te beluisteren 🎧 #podcast #geschiedenis #Middeleeuwen

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De kruistochten (2/2)

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Een half jaar geleden schreef ik een blogpost over Cleopatra. Wat ik toen nog niet wist, is dat die blogpost uiteindelijk de basis zou vormen voor de volgende publicatie: doi.org/10.5117/LAM2... (Helaas de eerste twee jaar achter een betaalmuur voor niet-abonnees)

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Boccaccio’s Cleopatra, of: waarom huidskleur belangrijk is (en was)1 | Amsterdam University Press Journals Online

Abstract In the reception of Cleopatra, there are very few images of her between Antiquity and the Late Middle Ages. This article focuses on some of those earliest images, found in manuscripts from th...

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Een paar maanden geleden was ik te gast bij de @middeleeuwen.bsky.social om over de Kruistochten te praten. Dat was erg leuk om eens te doen! (Al heb ik het nog niet aangedurfd om mezelf terug te luisteren.)

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Hosting a "tips and tricks" for your first ever (or second, third ...) @imc-leeds.bsky.social session for colleagues here at Leiden this afternoon. Any last-minute suggestions as to what to incorporate?

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

On strike today, against the demolition of higher education in the Netherlands.

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

The paperwork is signed, that means I can now announce that I'll be starting a new job as lecturer in Medieval History at @humanitiesuu.bsky.social from April onwards!

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

#medievalsky Is there anyone who could help me to a copy of the following article? Schonhardt, M. 2016. "Scientific Renewal and Reformed Religious Life: The Case of the Arnstein Bible" Journal of Medieval Monastic Studies 5, 43-60.

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Morgan Golf-French @zenothankyou.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Ancient historians/Classicists! I'm trying to trace the history of racial theories of the fall of the Roman Empire – i.e. that Rome's expansion led to too much 'race mixing' which undermined the state's supposed racial foundations. I know about Tenney Frank, but did anyone suggest this before him?

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

A fantastic image of Satan and his demons in a Beatus manuscript from southern France, late eleventh century. BnF, Latin 8878, fol. 145v.

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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

#medievalsky This is a very specific question, but I'm looking for manuscripts (pre-1200) that combine some sort of time reckoning (e.g. computus) with T-O maps. I know they exist, but until now it's like searching for a needle in a haystack. For instance: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/cca3...

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St John's College MS 17 [2024 images]

View high resolution digitized images of St John's College MS 17 [2024 images] Computistical miscellany

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Historici vertellen @historicivertellen.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Zojuist was ik te gast bij de nieuwe podcast van @timoepping.bsky.social om over de Kruistochten te praten. Best spannend om te doen! We hebben uiteindelijk genoeg materiaal opgenomen om twee afleveringen te vullen. Vanaf april/mei te beluisteren op je favoriete podcastapp!

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Historici vertellen @historicivertellen.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Voor mijn onderzoek kom ik geregeld in aanraking met manuscripten. Gelukkig zijn er nu veel gedigitaliseerd, wat het makkelijk maakt om ze op afstand te bekijken. Zo kwam ik net dit prachtige chronologische schema tegen, met in het midden, heel prominent, een portret van Homerus!

Een manuscriptbladzijde met 8 zuilen, waartussen de namen en jaartallen van verschillende koningen uit de oudheid vermeld staan. In het midden zit een man die een groot rechthoekig bord met tekst vasthoudt. Dit moet Homerus voorstellen. Montpellier, fonds principal, H 086, fol. 27.

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Historici vertellen @historicivertellen.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Volgens de trendwatchers New York Times worden de Middeleeuwen weer hip in 2025. Ze noemen als voorbeeld Chappell Roan, die tijdens de VMA's van 2024 als een moderne Jeanne d'Arc in een volledig ridderharnas optrad. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/s...

Chappell Roan in een ridderharnas. Op de achtergrond is een zwaard en vuur te zien.

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