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Dr Sarah McKeagney

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Medieval church court document lover | Medieval church court document abbreviation hater | postdoctoral fellow

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Dr Sarah McKeagney @mckeagns.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Made the mistake of looking at Cofnas' bluesky- this is beautiful cause he's correct about them both being inexcusable pieces of shit who try and use the guise of 'science' to mask their bigotry
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Dr. Brittany Orton @bhoneybadger.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A friendly reminder that abstracts are due by 15 September.
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Hannah Armstrong @hjparmstrong.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Good news can feel few and far between as an ECR these days, so I'm very grateful and excited to share that I've signed a contract for my first book 'Island Medievalism and the Sagas of the Norse North Atlantic' (title tbc) with Oxford University Press.
The top of a publishing agreement listing the name of the publisher, Oxford University Press, and the author, Hannah Armstrong.
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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“There’s a new Mr. Beast book.” You bolt awake in your workshop in Mainz. It’s 1450. You’re Johannes Gutenberg, and you’ve changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. Your printing press must burn.
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Kenneth F. Duggan 🇨🇦 @kfduggan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
One of my favourite medieval laws: Concerning vampires (strigis), which do not exist, no inquiry shall be made. From the early 12th-century Laws of King Coloman of Hungary, c.57.
The image shows Christopher Lee as Dracula, with blood on his lips and a victim in his arms. In the image, Dracula looks very troubled, perhaps because he’s just been told that he doesn’t exist by someone reading medieval Hungarian laws.
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Josh Coulthard @joshcoulthard.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
CFP Extended to 1st September! #medievalsky #skystorians #imc2027
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
once again, I thank these extraordinarily stupid people for saving the world potentially years of time and just signing their full government names in the Racism Yearbook for everyone to see
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Kenneth F. Duggan 🇨🇦 @kfduggan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🧵 The record for Alicia Lewyne not only sheds light on life in the middle ages, it also reveals how people used accusations of homicide as a legal tool in other disputes, such as the dispute Alicia’s father had over land with Robert and Walter de Wylehale. Here’s there record⬇️
A record of the inquest after a writ of odio et atya (hate and spite) had been issued. It is written in brownish-black ink on parchment in abbreviated Latin.
(Ref: C 144/14, no.8)
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Katy Bennett @katybennett.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Looking forward to speaking at this conference next month, marking the anniversary of Edward II’s deposition - online attendance is free and in-person only £10! Booking link here for anyone interested: buytickets.at/edwardiiconf...
Downfall and aftermath: Marking 700 years since the fall of Edward II, 1326-2026
Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, 25-26 September 2026
Booking link: https://buytickets.at/edwardiiconference/2185120
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Ruth Karras @rmkarras.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Berks workshops for early to mid-career scholars in the history of women, gender and sexualities. Papers from all time periods/geographies welcome in all the seminars, although I’d be especially happy to have premodern ones in the marriage seminar berksconference.org/big-berks-20... 🗃️ #medievalsky
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Big Berks 2027 - Berkshire Conference of Women Historians
2027 Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Gender, and Sexualities Big Berks 2027 “Beyond Boundaries: Gender, History and the Futures We Imagine” Minneapolis, MN · June 10–13, 2027 Call for Pr...
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Dr Sarah McKeagney @mckeagns.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
En route to Cambridge for this year's Harlaxton Symposium 🥳
MacBook computer showing a picture of a manuscript on screen Session 8 from the Harlaxton Symposium programme
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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
✨gentle reminder✨
X post from 'Veggie'/ @bigboybokchoy, 'the reason you're unhappy is that you haven't found the right thing to buy. There's something out there you can purchase that will make this all go away', but edited to say 'you haven't found the right document to research'.
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Daniel F Gosling @thegozfather.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
While we're on the topic of female litigants, a search of REQ 2 for "administratrix" and/or "executrix" identifies over 450 suits often relating to women settling estates etc discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_o...
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Dr Sarah McKeagney @mckeagns.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
For all of you who care (and I’m sure it’s many), I basically assumed that ‘aas’ had to be an abbreviation for something rather than the blisteringly obvious fact that it was simply a man named Aas. Reader, it is always the Aas man.
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Dr Sarah McKeagney @mckeagns.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Secretary-Hand-heads, i need u. Any ideas on the 7th word on the second line after ‘curat ibm’? A colleague reckons it could be frater/frator but i fear i’ve been staring at it far too long
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Every five days, a mosque is attacked in the UK. How many of them have you heard about? How many of them made the nightly news? At least 70 attacks in the past year alone. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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One UK mosque attacked ‘every five days’, says British Muslim Trust
More than 70 attacks have been recorded over past year, including acts of violence, property damage and vandalism
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Dr Basil Arnould Price @basilaprice.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
One of the most fun writing experiences in recent memory. Thank you @liamh2os.bsky.social and @postmedieval.bsky.social !
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Josh Coulthard @joshcoulthard.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
See below for a CFP for #leeds2027 organised by Robyn Stewart.
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Dr Sarah McKeagney @mckeagns.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I come with a begging cup- has anyone seen this abbreviation before?
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 18/07/2026
🎯 “An elite consensus that AI-assisted learning might be fine for hoi polloi but not for future leaders at the most selective institutions cannot be far-off now“ The coming class divide on AI: tech-free learning at elite institutions, AI-centered learning everywhere else.
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Dr Sarah McKeagney @mckeagns.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 14/07/2026
before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. that way, you can sell the second one to fund your journey. follow me for more Revenge Grindset tips and tricks
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 15/07/2026
The Society will write up a summary for History for next week. Key points at this stage include: > 11% decline (-440 FPE) across all History staff between 2018/19 and 2024/25, compared with a 7% decline across all humanities > loss of 140 FPE History roles 2022/23 to 2024/25 #Skystorians 1/3
Screen shot from British Academy mapping SHAPE staff resource, showing change in History staff between 2018/19 and 2024/25. A loss of 440 FPE or 11% of the total.
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Dr Sarah McKeagney @mckeagns.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
So he could put them in jail? 😂
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Cordelia Beattie @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Going on the reading list! #MedievalSky
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Dr Ellen Gallimore @emgallimore.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
CFP for @imc-leeds.bsky.social #IMC2027 on Building Scientific Communities: The Transmission of the Quadrivium in the Early Medieval Period (c. 300-1000 C.E.). Posted on behalf of Dr Robyn Stewart (University of York) who is not on Bsky. Deadline 1 Sept 2026 for 250-word abstracts.
A call for papers for Building Scientific Communities: The Transmission of the Quadrivium in the Early Medieval Period (c. 300-1000 C.E.), with an invitation to contact robyn.stewart@york.ac.uk with submissions.
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Dr Sarah McKeagney @mckeagns.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Has there ever been a situation before this when governments devoted so much money and effort into forcing people to adopt the products of a few companies, with so little evidence that they were useful?
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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
A great week for @virtualtreasury.bsky.social and VOICES! Over half a million Irish records now freely available incl thousands more early modern women 🎉 @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social www.irishcentral.com/roots/histor...
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Over half a million Irish historical records are now free to explore online
A major expansion of the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland opens up nearly 200,000 new records while a new project will uncover Ireland's forgotten stories in French archives.
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Dr Sarah McKeagney @mckeagns.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I'm gonna be so excited to be heading off to #IMC2026 in Leeds tomorrow once I can get my PowerPoint finished 🥳 Catch me at 9am on Wednesday where I'll be yapping about masculinity in church court litigation as part of a marvellous panel organised by @medievalmunn.bsky.social
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Dr Sarah McKeagney @mckeagns.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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Dr Sarah McKeagney @mckeagns.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Back in Maidstone to dot my Ts and cross my Is by looking at the court records from some of the most rural parts of 15thC Kent
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
We're sending HUGE congratulations to Mark Bailey for winning the Joan Thirsk Memorial Prize. His work 'Serfdom in medieval England: Theory and practice 1200-1500' explores how serfdom operated in practice and why it has shaped historical debate. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526172976/
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Nick Munn @medievalmunn.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Due to a couple of withdrawals, I am accepting paper proposals for my Constructing Masculinities and Ideas of Manhood in the Premodern World sessions at the upcoming @imc-leeds.bsky.social. Please see the attached poster for details! Thanks in advance 😊 #imc #medieval #history #conference
Poster Text:

Late Call for Papers

Leeds International Medieval Congress, 6th-9th July 2026

Constructing Masculinities and Ideas of Manhood in the Premodern World
 
In their 2017 work on Scottish manhood, Professors Lynn Abrams and Elizabeth Ewan stated that ‘Men are everywhere in the narratives of Scotland’s past, but at the same time they are nowhere, or at least their gendered selves, roles and practices are less frequently interrogated than women’s.’ This claim is true for Scottish history as it is for histories across the premodern world. While the study of masculinities has become more popular in recent decades, investigating the gendered lives of premodern men remains understudied. This panel aims to reflect on gender as a relational social construction and masculinities as a category in the social and political realms of the premodern world.

Potential applicants are invited to send proposals for papers of 15-20 minutes. Paper topics may include (but are not limited to):

·       Masculinities and their change over time and lifecycles 
·       Male gender as a trigger for class conflict
·       Ideals of masculine identity compared to lived experience
·       Literary depictions of masculinity, idealised and denigratory 
·       Reflections of masculinity in visual and material culture
·       Male identity across race, religion, and geography
·       Masculinities and their intersections with queer and disability studies
·       Clerical and hagiographical masculinity
·       Non-conforming maleness

Applicants are invited to send an abstract of no more than 200 words, including a proposed title, short biography (including research interests and institution), 3-5 keywords and preference for in-person or virtual paper delivery. Please send this information to Nick Munn (n.l.munn@qmul.ac.uk) by Wednesday 20th May 2026, 17:00 BST (GMT+1). 

If you require any further information or have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out!
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Dr Sarah McKeagney @mckeagns.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Do you have lots of wonderful things to say about masculinities in the premodern world? Come be on a panel with me at @imc-leeds.bsky.social 🫡 Constructing Masculinities and Ideas of Manhood in the Premodern World, I @ International Medieval Congress 2026 imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2026/pre...
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Dr Sarah McKeagney @mckeagns.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Genuinely obsessed with clerk-ly doodling ✒️
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Dr.MRO/ Axel Folio @isasaxonists.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Day 2: John Blanke 🧶 John Blanke was a Black trumpeter at the Tudor court, best known from the Westminster Tournament Roll of 1511, commissioned during the reign of Henry VIII. Blanke appears twice in the ms & is shown wearing the same livery 1/ #BHM #yarnsky #yarnmarket #blackhistorymonth
Side-by-side image. On the left is a hand-dyed skein of yarn twisted into a hank, featuring soft grey, ivory, mustard yellow, and golden tones with small red and green speckles. On the right is a medieval manuscript illustration of a Black trumpeter wearing a greenish turban and a grey-and-mustard tunic, holding a long trumpet. Decorative banners with red, blue, and gold fleur-de-lis patterns hang from the instrument.a row of hand-dyed skein of coiled skeins (5 in total), featuring soft grey, ivory, mustard yellow, and golden tones with small red and green speckles. Leaves and silver pearls scattered around with a silver strip underneath horizontally close up of variegated mustard grey yarn with green and red specks
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Elizabeth Biggs @elizabethbiggs.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
If anyone needs reminding of how migration is always been part of human history, here, have just one nice example. The English government started to tax immigrants in the 1330s as a significant source of revenue and the records are freely available online at www.englandsimmigrants.com
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England's Immigrants 1330 - 1550
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Dr Sarah McKeagney @mckeagns.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Very excited. Will report back.
Ian Forrest's "Gender and Authority in the Late Medieval Church: a new history"
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Dr Dave Hitchcock @davehitchcock.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
[monster truck announcer voice] Early. Modern. Bodies. In November 2025 get your grubby hands on the freshest and coolest scholarship from yours truly ("Vagrant Bodies") and a frankly much more impressive range of other scholars. Straight out in very affordable Paperback! Years in the making.
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Early Modern Bodies
Early Modern Bodies is a wide-ranging and detailed introduction to a variety of different approaches to and perspectives on bodies in the early modern period, circa 1500–1750. The collection guides re...
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Alice Raw @aliceraw.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Call for Papers! Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis #medievalsky #Fissures2026
Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis
17-18 September 2026
Pembroke College, University of Cambridge


Gendered work on medieval popular politics has tended to revolve around the exceptional. This workshop explores how studies of gender can reconfigure discourses of medieval political community. We ask how attending to gendered bodies and identities might help us better understand the fissures in political culture in medieval Europe. Marking, for example, women’s participation as either absent or rare confines their involvement to the historical margins. How did literary as well as non-literary texts from various genres, ranging from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries, engage with gendered political action? How did ideas of gender stabilise or destabilise political performances? 

We invite abstracts for 25-minute papers, as well as expressions of interest for participation. We welcome papers with a historical, literary, or interdisciplinary focus. Potential topics could include but are not limited to:

•	Frameworks for understanding non-normative gender expressions in political spaces.
•	Studies of politics at the intersection of gendered, queer, or trans methodologies. 
•	Histories of masculinities in political community. 
•	Emotion and/or Affect
•	Weaponized/defensive gender
•	Manoeuvring bodies through political crisis
•	Inclusion and exclusion
•	Different sites of political discourse, such as domestic and non-violent conflict. 

Collectively, the papers will interrogate the role of gender in political discourse. Selected papers may be considered for inclusion in an edited volume. Means-based bursaries for speakers may be available by further application.

Please submit a title and abstract of no more than 200 words to Alice Raw (ar889@cam.ac.uk) and Abbie Fray (abigail.fray@unibe.ch) by 16 January 2026.
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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
my mac doing its best to telephone a seventeenth century ecclesiastical record 🗃️
Screenshot of a 17th century record. Mac Preview has highlighted some it and offer options:

“Add To Contacts...
Call ٥٣٠٢٥٢١- Using iPhone
FaceTime
FaceTime Audio
Message ٥٣٠٢٥٢١٠
Large Type
Look Up "٥٣٠٢٥٢١٠٠
Writing Tools”
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Medieval Art Research @medartres.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The Courtauld is offering a a new fully funded Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture for eligible projects focusing on England from the eleventh to the early sixteenth centuries. Statement of intents are due by 17 November 2025.
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Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture, Courtauld, statement of intent deadline 17 November 2025
The Courtauld is offering a a new fully funded Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture for eligible projects focusing on England from the eleventh to the early sixteenth centuries. Statement of intents are due by 17 November 2025.
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 06/11/2025
Published today: 'Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society. The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow', by Rachael Harkes bit.ly/49CIDzC Rachael's new book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series. It's now available free Open Access & paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2
Book cover for: 'Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society
The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow', by Rachael Harkes
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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
www.sciencenorway.no/cultural-his...
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Eight pages bound in furry seal skin may be Norway's oldest book
The little book is so rare that the National Library of Norway is bringing in experts from around the world to learn more.
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CCASNC @ccasnc.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
CCASNC will return on 21 February 2026! We hope to see you there!
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
“More than half of the work done by women in the period between the 16th and 18th centuries took place outside of the home, and around half of all housework and three-quarters of care work was conducted professionally for other households” [England] phys.org/news/2025-10...
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A woman's place was not in the home: Challenging the assumptions about women's work in early modern history
New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England's national economy before 1700.
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Dr Sarah McKeagney @mckeagns.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
"You'll know the value of a good reputation," Moss said drily, "when you've lost it. 'Tisn't everything. But it's hard to fill the place of." Tehanu, my beloved.
Picture of the top half of the Earthsea series by Ursula K. LeGuin with a perfect pint of pilsner on a coffee table in the background
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Roger Luckhurst @theprofrog.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Publication day is October 2nd tomorrow. Launch tonight for the first day of the London Month of the Dead at Highgate Cemetery!
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