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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Something for anyone interested in 15th-century England and Europe. 7 scholars will speak, with a focus on the book trade, material culture in big cities, political news reports and the travelling of information, the agency of religious women, and manuscript studies. #MedievalSky #SkyStorians

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Dr David Rundle @drdavidrundle.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Tell me what you know about the literary culture of medieval Guernsey, then read this article with some exciting #manuscript #fragment news. What has made this such fun is collaborating with Guernsey's archivists and the ever-excellent @tamarajatkin.bsky.social : www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Manuscript fragments hiding in plain sight shed light on medieval Guernsey’s literary life

Researchers say texts from 12th to 15th centuries ‘hint at a culture which has not even been imagined’

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Our doctoral student Anisia Iacob participated recently in the YRI summer school organised by PCPS.ce in Tallinn, Estonia. It included training in the digital study of early modern translation, AntConc strategies for historical research, bibliographic data analysis. #medievalsky #phd

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Tomorrow morning our phd student Will Matthews will be presenting at @imc-leeds.bsky.social on 'The Origins and Development of the Cult of Fremund', in the 9am panel 'Saintly Anachronisms: New Work on the Cults of Saints from Early England', chaired by Prof. Rosalind Love. #imc #medievalsky

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Our doctoral student Catherine Dehaut will be speaking tomorrow at Leeds IMC @imc-leeds.bsky.social on 'Sanctorum nominum festivitas: Martyrologies and the Sanctoral Cycle in the Latin West' in session 726 - 'Feast and Festivities in the Early Middle Ages, I: Connecting Sources.' #IMC26 #medievalsky

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

There are just 2 weeks left to apply for our final award! One fully-funded Master’s Plus studentship is available for low-income and/or ethnic minority home applicants at Uni of Kent or KCL, and will fund the applicant through their MA and PhD. royalhistsoc.org/calendar/kno... #cfa #phd #medieval

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity MA Scholarships - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - RHS

Call for Applications deadline - 12 June. King’s College London and the University of Kent are jointly offering one fully-funded Master’s Plus studentship available for low-income and/or ethnic minori...

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Early this month our first year cohort and profs. Julia Crick and @drdavidrundle.bsky.social visited Dr Eugenio Donadoni, specialist in western manuscripts at Christie's London, who spoke fascinatingly and showed us some gorgeous manuscripts under the hammer this summer.

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Huge congratulations to Marie Trenchant, a KCL PHD whose essay 'Reassessing Documentary Culture in Monastic Communities: The Case of a Largescale Project of Manuscript Production at Burton Abbey' won a prize from the Pipe Roll Society and will appear in the next issue of Thirteenth Century England.

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Pipe Roll Society prize for PhD candidate | King's College London

Third-year doctoral student in the Department of History has been awarded inaugural essay prize.

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

He also gave a paper last friday on Going Ushkuynik – River Piracy and the Politics of Making Trouble in Medieval Novgorod at the Háskóli Íslands Student Conference. The link for more details is: histudentconference.wordpress.com

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The Háskóli Íslands Student Conference on the Medieval North

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Our phd student Ben Gray is giving two papers this Sunday 26 April based on his research into the Yugra campaigns, the titles are: 'Silver River – The link between Ob River silver artefacts and Novgorod’s Yugra campaigns' and 'The Riches of Midnight: The Novgorod Yugra Campaigns.' See links below.

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

CFP: Sowing the Seeds VIII: a Workshop for Early Career Medieval Economic and Social Historians × 13th Annual Conference of the Research Group for Late Medieval Economic History 5–6 Nov 2026. The conference theme is political economy, broadly interpreted. Full details: www.lse.ac.uk/economic-his...

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Sowing the Seeds VIII

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Dr Anthony Harvey on the Medieval Irish History Podcast had a fascinating discussion of the development of the Latin language in Ireland, with particular reference to Patrick and his writings. Listen to the podcast here: open.spotify.com/episode/3ffC...

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St Patrick and the joys of Hiberno-Latin with Dr Anthony Harvey

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Last Wednesday our first year cohort visited Winchester College, where they saw many wonderful things, including medieval chests and documents in the muniments tower. As part of the trip they also found time to visit the Cathedral. Huge thanks to James Willoughby and his colleagues for welcoming us.

A photo of one of the 'bone chests' in Winchester Cathedral.

Various students and others stood around a long wooden table looking closely at various medieval manuscripts.

The stained glass window in the chantry of Winchester College.

Two students consulting documents which are lying on top of two medieval chests in the muniments tower of Winchester College.

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Adrienne Green, a 1st year KOM doctoral students, will be presenting her stylometric research on Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and William of Palerne at the 3rd online Computational Literary Studies research seminar at 17:00 on 25 March 2026. Thanks as always to @leverhulme.ac.uk for funding our work.

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Last Wednesday the full KOM cohort had a hybrid workshop at which 7 of our number gave short presentations on aspects of their research in a format designed to emulate a conference. Many thanks to Prof. Julia Crick and @bbombi.bsky.social for organising, and to @leverhulme.ac.uk for their support.

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

There are 6 spaces remaining for a fascinating looking workshop on Arabic calligraphy on 24 March at KCL. 'Get ready to dive into the world of creativity by learning the expressive capacities of Arabic letters with Jasmina Bolfek-Radovani.' (from the booking site) libcal.kcl.ac.uk/event/4503803

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Book Alchemy

Arabic calligraphy workshop Get ready to dive into the world of creativity by learning the expressive capacities of Arabic letters with Jasmina Bolfek-Radovani. What you will...

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

With ‘Close Encounters’ as the theme, Harvey's paper explores the radical Christian martyr movement in ninth-century Córdoba, examining how clerics Paul Alvarus and Eulogius used martyrology to construct sharp boundaries around Christian identity in religiously plural al-Andalus.

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Harvey Moon, this year’s KOM Master’s Plus Doctoral Scholar, is giving a paper entitled 'The Making of the Martyr: Constructing Christian Identity in Ninth-Century Umayyad Córdoba' on 12 March 2026 at the University of Oslo’s Student Conference on Medieval Europe. See below for more details.

The University of Oslo Student Conference on Medieval Europe proceedings.

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Many thanks to Dr Daniel Starza Smith for a brilliantly engaging workshop today on letterlocking. We all hugely enjoyed learning how to fold, tuck and adhere our own letters. Thank you Prof. Julia Crick and @drdavidrundle.bsky.social for organising and @leverhulme.ac.uk for making this possible!

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Her paper, ‘Challenges of Stylometry and Word Frequency in Middle English Manuscripts’, discussed how the unique features of Middle English manuscripts impact stylometric analysis.

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Congratulations to our @kingsartshums.bsky.social PhD student, Adrienne Green, who recently presented at the Emerging Digital Methodologies conference @jesusoxford.bsky.social +

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

And the news is... We're recruiting! Applications are now open for our 2026 @leverhulme.ac.uk Doctoral Scholarships. So, if you want to study at PhD level pre-modern handwritten cultures and the organisation of knowledge and power within them, do investigate our refreshed website.

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Tomorrow, we at the @leverhulme.ac.uk-funded Knowledge Orders before Modernity Doctoral Programme will have some exciting news for you... Keep those eyes peeled.

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

This past Monday, part of our #komldsp students had a workshop on vernacular manuscripts at @lampallib.bsky.social with Prof. @etreharne.bsky.social (Stanford University). This programme is possible because of @leverhulme.ac.uk #leverhulme #manuscripts #workshop

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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

All that glitters...this wonderful description of Tudor jewels can be found in a book of expenses of Princess Mary💎 Learn to read Early Modern handwriting in our 2-week online course (16-27 June) Apply here: imemsdurhamlearn.com/early-modern... @britishlibrary.bsky.social Royal MS 17 B XXVIII

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HMML @visithmml.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

The involvement of #Armenian women in manuscript production is visible in decorated margins & closing colophons—where they appear as commissioners, sponsors, scribes, illuminators, commemorators, intercessors, teachers, & witnesses. Dr. Ani Shahinian shares some examples: hmml.org/stories/seri...

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Veiled in Ink: Armenian Women in Manuscripts

“When we think of medieval manuscripts in general, we may imagine male monastic scribes...”

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

There's still time to join the London Palaeography Seminar's final meeting of this academic year here: ies.sas.ac.uk/events/corpu... Machine Learning, Scribal Profiling and the Dating and Localisation of Manuscripts Containing Old English, w/ @markfaulkner24.bsky.social & @elimagnanti.bsky.social

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Corpus Palaeography: Machine Learning, Scribal Profiling and the Dating and Localisation of Manuscripts Containing Old English, c. 800–1200

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Congratulations to medievalist Prof David Carpenter for making this marvelous discovery. A previously believed copy of the Magna Carta is, in fact, genuine! Read more here: www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Next London Palaeography Seminar: Changing the Script: Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Tanner 10, Scribal Stints and the Question of Norms in Early 10th Century Manuscripts, 21 May 2025 (online and in person) with Sharon Rowley (Christopher Newport University, VA) ies.sas.ac.uk/events/chang...

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Changing the Script: Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Tanner 10, Scribal Stints and the Question of Norms in Early 10th Century Manuscripts

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Attend online: Épinal-Erfurt Glossary Colloquium: "Early Latin–Old English Glossaries" - May 31-31 www.medieval.utoronto.ca/events/%C3%A...

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Our cohort is still welcoming MA+ students! Applications are still open (UK students only). Check out the application process here together with deadlines and more info on this brilliant opportunity: www.komldsp.org.uk/ma-scholarsh...

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Our PhD based at King's College, Ben Gray, joined the Haskoli Islands Student Conference on the Medieval North. His presentation looked at the three Finnic allies of Novgorod as part of a forum held every April in Reykjavik dedicated to doctoral students working in medieval northern studies #komldsp

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Dear all, today we invite to join us online and in person for the London Palaeography Seminar ies.sas.ac.uk/events/many-... Ana de Olivier Dias received her PhD from Durham in 2019, and is currently engaged in her second postdoc project which draws on the work of the Crafting Documents project #kom

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Many scripts, many scribes, many ways: the production of relic labels in the early Middle Ages

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Yesterday, the KOM cohort spent a day in Cambridge visiting the manuscript collection at the Fitzwilliam, where Dr Suzanne Reynolds hosted us. Next, the cohort visited the University Library's Cairo Genizah project, which Prof. Ben Outhwaite was kind enough to introduce us to. #komldsp #Cambridge

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

There's still time to apply (DL Thu, noon) for our PhD projects. Here's one: Remembering the Martyrs. It seeks to understand the use and adaptation of Usuard’s martyrology through its reception in pre-1200 continental manuscripts w Alice Rio & Edward Roberts komldsp.org.uk/projects/rem... #phd #cfa

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

PhD opportunity with Ryan Perry & @lawrencewarner.bsky.social! Remaking History: Reproducing the Middle English Prose Brut in the late medieval metropolis. It'll investigate the literary production phenomena in medieval England represented by extant manuscripts and fragments of this chronicle #cfa

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Don't forget that you have until the 27th of February (noon) to apply to our PhD projects. Check the full list and conditions here www.komldsp.org.uk/projects/ or refer to our older posts. The projects are a collaboration between two institutions (King's College & University of Kent). #phd #cfa

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Prior Eastry's Memory Palace Apply for this PhD project and explore crucial & largely untapped records of Canterbury's social and economic life in the High Middle Ages within the Canterbury Cathedral Archives and Library (CCAL). More info: komldsp.org.uk/prior-eastry... #phd #cfa #canterbury

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Members of our cohort joined this yesterday. Their verdict? They absolutely loved Jaakko Tahkokallio's talk for the London Palaeography Seminar. #talk #MS #fragments #Sweden

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

There's still time to apply to this project! CHASE-funded and part of @memsunikent.bsky.social at Kent!

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Thank you!! All credit goes to the two supervisors and their wonderful project proposal.

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

We're glad to hear that!! There are a lot of exciting questions within our available PhD positions ;)

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

This past Wednesday, our cohort visited the London @quaritch1847.bsky.social on 36 Bedford Row. This visit was kindly arranged by our PhD, Marc Lawson, who set up a meeting with some of Quaritch's senior booksellers, Alex and Andrea. We had the pleasure of browsing a lot of early material #phd #book

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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Apply to our 2nd PhD project (see full list & DL here: www.komldsp.org.uk/projects/) Why are some charters in landscape and others in portrait form? Explore the materiality of early medieval English charters with Prof. Julia Crick & Dr R. Gallagher @hwaetspur.bsky.social #PhD #cfa #skystorians

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