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Natalie Hopwood @nrhopwood.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

One month left to submit! #medievalsky #oldnorse

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

50 percent discount deadline 22 August #medievalsky

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Early Medieval China Group @earlymedievalchina.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

#newbook on early medieval China: Xiaofei Tian. Writing Empire and Self: Poetic and Cultural Transformation in Early Medieval China. Columbia University Press, 2026. cup.columbia.edu/book/writing... #china #medieval #history #literature #poetry

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

What can relic labels tell us about early medieval nuns' relationship to the holy - and to the written word? Liven up your Monday with the latest EME podcast: @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social interviewing @ana0dias.bsky.social about her brand new EME article: rss.com/podcasts/ear...

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Whose bones are these? Labelling relics in early medieval Francia | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

Everyone knows the importance of relics for early medieval Christianity. But a relic is only valuable if it's identifiable, otherwise it's just a fragment of bone, cloth or stone. In other words, ever...

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Medieval Art Research @medartres.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Heather Pulliam's new publication, ‘Art, Nature and the Body in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland,’ explores how early medieval art objects shaped spiritual experiences and interactions with the natural world through phenomenological and eco-critical lenses.

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New Publication: ‘Art, Nature and the Body in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland’, by Heather Pulliam

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Just over a week until the abstract proposal deadline closes for AEMA2026! We're looking for papers on the faces of the early medieval world - whether faces carved in stone or metal, on church walls or passing through the hands of merchants; animal faces, human faces; imagined or real. 👇🏻CfP below👇🏻

The mosaic portraits of Justinian I and Empress Theodora, from Ravenna

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

How I imagine Peruvians feel about that 👇🏻 (As an Australian, I know that feeling. We got cursed by a witchdoctor in 1969 and didn't qualify again until John Safran lifted the curse in 2004)

An Peruvian (Moche, I think?) mask from c600 CE

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

We also saw Uzbek fans dressed in medieval armour, Japanese fans in Samurai armour, and Mexican fans in pre-Columbian costume Jordanian fans posted videos of them watching the game from Roman ruins The past is an inspiration for fans, and I wonder why medieval and antique aesthetics are so popular

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

It is not unusual to see England fans wearing Crusader cosplay at sporting events - I see these guys pop up at the Ashes - although it was banned in Qatar, and I also loved the image of Kane and the superfan, Paul "Tango" Gregory, with the caption "Roman centurion meeting a native Briton, 43 AD".

image of Kane and Paul Tango Gregory, with the caption "Roman centurion meeting a native Briton, 43 AD"

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Fans of other northern European countries also donned Viking inspired gear - the photos below are of fans of Belgium, Scotland, and Sweden.

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Some of the fans also dressed as Vikings (ignore the horns), and one fan, Emil Lappen, became famous for refusing to row, citing historical inaccuracy.

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The Norweigan "Ro" has been one of the most focussed on fan celebrations of this World Cup, obviously inspired by early medieval Viking raiders.

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Mexican and other Latin American fans donned costumes inspired by the medieval world too.

A photo collage of various Latin American fans in pre-Columbian inspired costumes

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The 2026 World Cup is over, and so is my posting streak, but something that interested me throughout is how fans call back to the Late Antique and Medieval periods (a thread) 👇🏻 This video shows the arrival of a Peruvian superfan dressed as the "Inca king" (Sapa Inca), although Peru did not qualify.

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

#ESPvsARG The Condorhuasi and Tufi cultures flourished in early medieval northwestern Argentina. The Condorhausi were pastoralists, raising llama in permanent settlements, while the Tufi were agriculturalists. Condorhausi zoo- & anthropomorphic pottery and Tufi menhirs survive from c700.

A Tufi menhir depicting a human face, and a Condorhausi offering plate in an anthropomorphic form.

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

#ESPvsARG The Visigoths had been settled in southern Gaul as Roman foederati, and expanded across the Pyrenees. In the early medieval period, they lost their Gaulish holdings to the Franks. Their rule in Spain collapsed the legal distinction between Goths and Romans in Iberia; both became Hispani.

Detail of a Visigothic column capital, from an 8th century church in Zaragoza, San Pedro de la Nave. The column depicts God's intervention during the Binding of lsaac episode from Genesis 22:1-19

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

#FRAvsENG Dumnonia, a Brythonic kingdom in southwest Great Britain, was closely tied to Éire & Brittany. Part of the West Atlantic trade network, archaeologists have found luxury goods from West Asia & Africa at Tintagel, the early medieval capital. The last independent king, Donyarth, died in 875.

Menkov Donyerth Ruw (King Doniert's Stone) is the remains of a 9th century stone cross near St Cleer on Bodmin Moor.

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

#FRAvsENG After the death of Louis the Stammerer in 879, Boso, whose sister Richilde married Charles the Bald, refused to recognise Carolingian authority. Instead, Boso proclaimed himself king of Provence. Provence was independent for 50 years, beset by Carolingian, Islamic and Magyar forces.

The remains of the tenth century Chateaux of Les Baux-de-Provence.

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Her surname and his first name both descend from the Proto-Celtic *Katu-welnā-mnos (one who leads into battle). Related names seem to be popular for early medieval Welsh princes.

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

#ENGvsARG The Aguada culture of early medieval Argentina extended its influence throughout the northwest, over cultures such as the Ciénaga, Condorhuasi, and Candelaria The Aguada are thought to have emerged from the Alamito culture, and were a hierarchical chiefdom influenced by Imperial Tiwanaku

Artefacts from the La Ciénaga (left) and La Candelaria (right) cultures of early medieval Argentina

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

#ENGvsARG In 631, the Jutish kingdom on the Isle of Wight was invaded, captured, & forcibly converted by Wulfhere of Mercia. The Wihtwara soon recanted; according to Bede, it was the last stronghold of non-Christian religion in early medieval England until Cædwalla of Wessex conquered Wight in 686

The Chessel Down brooch, early sixth century, discovered in a woman's grave on the Isle of Wight. It presents both Scandinavian and Roman influence.

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

#FRAvsESP Spain, like France, also has overseas territories The Canary Islands were settled by the Guanches, a Berber people, from Late Antiquity, with the site of Cañada de Los Gatos inhabited during the early medieval period. Spain also holds a number of territories on the African coast.

The Cañada de Los Gatos site, on the Canary Islands

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

#FRAvsESP While it may seem unusual, the French Overseas territories, or DROM, are France. The current World Cup team includes a number of players of DROM descent. Below is a funerary urn from the Aristé culture, which began in the early medieval period and survived until after European arrival.

a funerary urn from the Aristé culture, c800–1200

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

#ARGvsSUI When Otto I defeated Magyar armies at the Battle of Lechfeld in 955, early medieval Switzerland was incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire. This victory finally halted Magyar incursions westward. Their leader, the Harka Bulcsú, was captured and hanged at the eastern gate of Regensburg.

Detail from the Basel Antependium, made in 1019 as a gift from Holy Roman Emperor St Henry II and his wife, St Cunigunde of Luxembourg.

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

#ARGvsSUI The ruins of Quilmes, in northwestern Argentina, represent the largest early medieval settlement in the country Founded by the Diaguita in c850, Quilmes has defensive structures, terraced fields, and advanced irrigation systems. Quilmes resisted both Inca and Spanish invasions until 1667

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Here's something TOOTHY! A La Tolita culture statue from c 500, depicting a human-jaguar transformation.

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

#NORvsENG Early medieval England saw many viking raids, and in the late ninth century the various English kingdoms were overwhelmed by the Great Heathen Army. Initially they offered payments, like the Danegald. In ~10 years, only Wessex remained, and Alfred gave the invaders the Danelaw to settle.

Detail of coins found in the Vale of York hoard, interred in the 10th century. This hoard includes coins from as far afield as Afghanistan.

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

#NORvsENG Early medieval Norwegians ruled parts of the British Isles, like Suðreyjar and Norðreyjar (Mann & the Hebrides, Orkney & Shetland) and Jórvík (York). Rollo, first Duke of Normandy, may have been Norweigan; and his descendant, William (Bastard/Conqueror), went on to conquer England in 1066

Detail of a bucket discovered in the Osberg Ship burial, ninth century. The Osberg Ship burial was for two women.

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Fair enough on the Germanic front, I didn't know that, but part of the issue with Belgium wasn't Belgium is that I'm writing about history within the borders of modern countries, with very limited character counts. Belgium wasn't Belgium, and Spain wasn't Spain, but you have to have a shorthand.

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Sure! I don't mind being corrected when I'm wrong, especially in this World Cup series where I have to quickly research things that I am not an expert in. What's wrong here, or not up-to-date?

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

#ESPvsBEL Early medival Belgium was also under the control of a Germanic people, the Franks under Clovis, who may have been former foederati like the Visigoths. When the Franks defeated the Gallo-Roman king Syagrius, he fled to the Visigoths. Clovis demanded his return, and Alaric II acquiesced.

The gold and garnet sword hilt and scabbard ornamentation of Childric I, found in his grave at Tournai

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

#ESPvsBEL The early medieval Visigothic Kingdom emerged after the Visigoths claimed lands earned by defending Rome. Amid civil war, Athanagild sought Byzantine aid; the Romans instead kept the captured territories. Civil war was a continual problem in Visigothic Spain, eventually causing its fall.

A sixth century Visigothic eagle fibula brooch, discovered at Badajoz, Spain.

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Mohamed Qassiti @mqassiti.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Thank you! 1. Two parallel accounts have been mixed together here. The Gesta episcoporum Autisiodorensium report that Odo married a daughter named Lampagia to a certain Aimo, King of Zaragoza (Aimonem Cesarauguste regem), not to Uthman ibn Naissa (Munuza). www.dmgh.de/mgh_ss_13/#p...

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

FRAvMAR Early medieval Morocco was closely linked to Iberia and southern France. In ~730, the Moroccan wali of Cerdanya, Uthman ibn Naissa, rebelled and married the daughter of Odo of Aquitaine, Lampegia. The rebellion was crushed, and ibn Naissa killed. Lampegia was enslaved and sent to Damascus.

Visigothic ring, discovered in Toulouse, dating to the sixth century

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

#FRAvsMAR As well as infighting & viking raids, the Carolingians also faced an invasion across the Pyrenees. Islamic armies were first stalled at Toulouse in 721 & at Tours in 732. This was not the end of their European ambitions, as Islamic influence continued throughout the early medieval period.

Charles Martel, who defeated the armies of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ghāfiqī at Tours. Here seen in a 14th century miniature, Grandes Chroniques de France. Bibliothèque Nationale, Ms. fr. 2615, fol. 72.

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Thanks for the correction! The later date would not surprise me in the slightest!

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Dr Matt Firth @mattfirth.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The @jaema.bsky.social conference is coming up at the end of September, to be hosted at University of Newcastle(Aus). Themed 'faces of the early medieval world', submissions are invited for in-person or online papers that speak to the topic in the broadest possible sense.

CFP for the conference of the Australian Early Medieval Association conference. The CFP closes at the end of July. Proposals can be sent to aemaconference2026@gmail.com.

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

#SUIvsCOL The Ciudad Perdida, or "Lost City", an early medieval settlement founded in 800 CE by the Tairona people . Despite its impressive size - 169 terraces carved into the mountainside - it was not rediscovered until 1972, when looters came across the stairs rising from the jungle floor.

The start of the 1,200 step staircase that leads to the Ciudad Perdida.

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

#SUIvsCOL In 746, at the Blood Court of Cannstatt, Carloman, son of Charles Martel, murdered the Alemanni nobility and seized their territory, including what is now Switzerland Early medieval Switzerland was turbulent, it wasn't until 955 that Otto I could reintegrate it into the Holy Roman Empire

A detail from the Löhningen Disc, discovered in a seventh century grave. It is thought that the central figure of the disc represents Odin.

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

#ARGvsEGY An early medieval gold rush in Wadi al-'Allaqi, south of Aswan, saw the city's population swell. It became a major hub for trade between Egypt, Arabia, and Christian Nubia As Aswan boomed, Egypt changed too: the ninth century saw Islam surpass Coptic Christianity as the majority religion

One of the many mausoleums in the Fatimid cemetery of Aswan (9th 10th century)

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

#ARGvsEGY The early medieval Tiwanaku collapse (c1000) led to instability in the Andean region & the construction of fortified Pucarás settlements. The Pucará de Tilcara, near the confluence of the Rio Grande and the Huasamayo, was captured by the Inca, becoming an important city on the Qhapaq Ñan

A long distance photo of the Pucará de Tilcara, whose earliest elements date to c1000CE

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Amazing! The basilica is apparently early medieval, although with later additions

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