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Dr Abby Armstrong

@medievalabby.bsky.social
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Medieval Historian. She/her.

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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The wonderful @5minmedievalist.bsky.social invited me on to the Medieval Podcast to talk all about queenly household and wardrobe accounts. If podcasts are your thing, you can find it here: www.medievalpodcast.com/episodes/roy...
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Royal Receipts with Abigail Armstrong — The Medieval Podcast
You can tell a lot about people by their spending habits. What do they buy for themselves? And what do they buy for other people? This week, Danièle speaks with Abigail S. Armstrong about royal financ...
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Received an email from jobs.ac.uk saying that there have been no new jobs matching my search criteria within the last 3 months and that I should change my criteria to “ensure you don’t miss out on great opportunities”. My niche search criteria: “Historical & Philosophical Studies” and “medieval” 😅
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Thinking pilgrimage – Canterbury, Eastbridge and Maison Dieu, Dover kchh.org/thinking-pil...
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Thinking pilgrimage - Canterbury, Eastbridge and Maison Dieu, Dover - KCHH
From the Archbishop's pilgrimage and Eastbridge to Dover at Night, events highlight the value of community.
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I feel seen by this thread. (Pleeeeeeease give me this abbreviation in its non-abbreviated form elsewhere 🙏) *Minus running the manuscript through transkribus because my MSS are usually not hundreds of folios thankfully
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
It’s always great receiving random emails from people who’ve enjoyed your work and found it useful. Receiving such an email today has made my day 🤗 especially as I’ve been struggling a bit recently
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Notre Dame is complete and it is beautiful! 😍 Bonus pics to show off how magnificent this set is. So intricate. So detailed. Annoyingly many typos in this thread but I blame it on the sore fingers and thumbs from trying to stick together all the tiny Lego pieces
Bird’s eye view of Lego Notre Dame View of Notre Dame from northView from the curved east end
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Dr Charlotte Pickard @drcharlottepickard.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
CfP: The Noblewomen Network @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026. If you're working on medieval noblewomen, we'd love to hear from you! Please share widely. Deadline for abstracts: 5 September. #IMC2026
Noblewomen played a central role in medieval society. They cultivated important networks both within their families and wider society, acting as rulers and politicians, as well as cultural and religious patrons and intermediaries. This is an ever-expanding field of research, with scholars exploring the plethora of roles that noblewomen could play in medieval life, and the ways in which they were viewed and represented by wider society. This strand of sessions will bring together scholars who work on medieval noblewomen – to build on and develop the discourse that has developed over the past few decades, with the continued aim of building a global network of scholars working in this vibrant area of research. 
We welcome papers spanning from across the medieval world, as well as across disciplines.
Topics could include, but are not limited to: Noblewomen in time; 	Noblewomen’s involvement in education and learning; Noblewomen’s roles in politics and political life; Noblewomen and society; Noblewomen and the family; Noblewomen and the law; Noblewomen and patronage; Noblewomen and material culture; Noblewomen and literature; Ecclesiastical women and interactions with religious communities; Historiographical approaches to noblewomen.

We invite proposals for 20-minute papers on all aspects of research relating to noblewomen. Expressions of interest and/or queries should be directed to NoblewomenIMC2020@gmail.com by 7pm on Friday 5 September 2025, with an abstract of no more than 250 words and a short biography.
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Okay I’ve left it on the coffee table this afternoon post build and every time I’ve walked past it I have to admit that those wand pillars look really good. Worth the faff and fiddlyness
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Just little old me and my little new book at Leeds IMC. A free copy was available at the stand when I stopped by!
Abby holding a copy of Approching Records of the Household and Wardrobe in front of the Routledge stand at the book fair
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
If anyone is interested in working at CSMC and has any questions, I’m happy to try and answer them
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
So I am finally starting to building this beauty 😍 Bought it on sale as a treat for submitting the last book manuscript to the publisher. That was so long ago the book is already out 😅😂 Thought I’d bring you all along for the journey. 34 bags with 4383 pieces
Giant box containing the Lego Notre Dame de Paris
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Thanks for the kind words Richard!
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
According to my publication metrics people like to use my stuff to update Wikipedia pages of medieval women … if anyone is updating the Margaret of France page, chapter 3 might be of interest 😅
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Yay! My copies have finally arrived 😁 so happy to see it in print Contains introductory chapters on the records as well as a chapter on Margaret of France’s household diet account from 1307 and (of course!) another chapter on (my favourite document of all time) Eleanor of Provence’s ring account
A hardback copy of my new book Approaching Records of the Household and Wardrobe
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Happy publication day for my little book 🥳🎉 I hope my copies are waiting for me in the office next week www.routledge.com/9781032267555
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Approaching Records of the Household and Wardrobe: The Royal Accounts of Thirteenth-Century England
Records of the household and wardrobe are important sources for understanding English royal medieval government. This book outlines their functions, organisation and development, along with the activi...
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
So cool bbc.com/news/article...
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Medieval ring found by Norfolk detectorist could make £18k
The retired firefighter says he was left "amazed" when he spotted some gold glistening in the mud.
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Very happy that this is now coming soon! Due for publication on 3 April! 🥳 www.routledge.com/9781032267555
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Approaching Records of the Household and Wardrobe: The Royal Accounts of Thirteenth-Century England
Records of the household and wardrobe are important sources for understanding English royal medieval government. This book outlines their functions, organisation and development, along with the activi...
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Phew! Glad I’ve booked my ticket already for later this week. Was contemplating popping in this afternoon for an advanced sneak peek once I’m finished with my manuscripts 😕
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Agenda des médiévistes @rmblf.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Journée d’étude – Miracles in Glass: the Study and Conservation of Canterbury’s Stained Glass Heritage rmblf.be/2025/02/12/j...
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Journée d’étude – Miracles in Glass: the Study and Conservation of Canterbury’s Stained Glass Heritage
Monday 31 March 2025, 10:45-17:15 Organised by the Stained Glass Studio and the Archives and Library of Canterbury Cathedral, in conjunction with the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, U…
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
The cormorants(?!) weren’t cooperating today. 8 (+1 gull) scattered across the jetty with 2 others on the water’s edge offscreen
8 cormorants (I think) and a gull hanging out on a jetty extending into the water
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
If any journals need someone to review this, I’d be happy to www.cambridge.org/pl/universit...
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Ladies-in-Waiting in Medieval England | British history 1066-1450
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Often see a few of these guys surveying the water from the rocks. Not sure what they are (cormorants?!) but today there were 11 standing in a row
11 black birds (possibly cormorants) standing in a row on rocks protruding from the water
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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁 We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Do I have any buddies who are going to see the BL Medieval Women show who'd mind picking up a catalogue for me to collect in the summer? The shipping to Oz is ruinous! #Medievalsky
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Deutsche Bahn’s Nikolaustag charm offensive
Lebkuchen (gingerbread) in the shape of a train
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Happy to have been elected a Fellow of the RHS. Thanks of course to @medievalfemina.bsky.social for nudging me to finally do it and for supporting my application!
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
To be honest I’m glad they sent that because the email I received is illegible 😅
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Have I been added to a list? My follower numbers have exploded overnight 😅
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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
#medievalsky Register now for The Exercise of Medieval Power & Rulership (c1000-c1400) coming up online @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social on 20-23 Nov, UK time. Attendance supporting bursaries available. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-exerci...
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The Exercise of Medieval Power and Rulership (c.1000-c.1400)
A three-day online conference examining the plurality of power and rulership in the Middle Ages in Europe and beyond.
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 01/11/2024
Go litel boke, go! 🥳 That's the manuscript of this handbook on using household and wardrobe accounts off to the publishers! #medievalbluesky
Front page of the submitted manuscript with the title: Approaching Records of the Household and Wardrobe: The Royal Accounts of Thirteenth Century England
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Matthew Holford @matthewholford.bsky.social · 15/10/2024
#OpenAccess The Materiality of Medieval Administration in Northern England by @medievalabby.bsky.social 📜 #MedievalSky www.brepols.net/products/IS-...
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Brepols - The Materiality of Medieval Administration in Northern England
Brepols is an international academic publisher of works in the humanities, with a particular focus in history, archaeology, history of the arts, language and literature, and critical editions of histo...
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
Congrats on the publication of Willibrord Michel!
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 10/09/2024
So if anyone is working on queenship/record keeping/records or institutions of royal government etc and wants to put a panel together get in touch!
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 10/09/2024
So if anyone is working on queenship/record keeping/records or institutions of royal government etc and wants to put a panel together get in touch!
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 10/09/2024
Wondering if anyone who wants to give a Leeds IMC paper in 2025 is still looking for a panel? My paper doesn’t really fit the worlds of learning theme so wondering if anyone would like to team up to put together a panel #LeedsIMC2025
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 14/06/2024
It has arrived! 🥳
Hardback copy of The Materiality of Medieval Administration in Northern England
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 14/06/2024
So very happy that my monograph is now out in the world 🥳🥳🥳 Open access too! Just have to wait for my copy to land www.brepols.net/products/IS-...
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Brepols - The Materiality of Medieval Administration in Northern England
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 24/05/2024
It has arrived! 🥳
Shiny hardback copy of the Keeping Record edited collection
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 22/05/2024
Glad to see our edited collection on ancient Chinese and medieval European record keeping - a collaboration between medievalists and sinologists at Heidelberg - is now available (OA!) online! Looking forward to receiving my copy in the post! 🥳🥳🥳 www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
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Keeping Record
The production and retention of written records was a common and important facet of pre-modern rulership and administration. Much of our understanding of governmental practices and expressions of auth...
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 13/03/2024
Spent a week at TNA: got to see hundred of manuscripts. Went to the BL today: requested 4 manuscripts, got to see 1. Well I’ll not be putting on the lottery today based on my luck 😂😅 but a super productive research trip all in all. Enjoy some small seals
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 05/02/2024
Working through the proofs and just received the cover image for my book! Due later this year in print and OA
Book cover of “The Materiality of Medieval Administration in Northern England” with a beautiful, large decorated S
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 04/02/2024
Can’t beat a bit of comfort food. Even managed to find something in Germany resembling custard
Golden apple crumble straight out of the ovenApple crumble in a bowl smothered in vanilla sauce
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 30/11/2023
Woop! Avoided the Thursday 9am slot at Leeds next year!
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 23/11/2023
First Glühwein of the season
Cup of hot Glühwein in a Hamburg Christmas mug
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 23/11/2023
I have been Germanised. I can no longer spell anything with ‘sh’ without whacking a ‘c’ in the middle. Today I have been looking at an inventory listing lots of dishes. Or disches.
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
#medievalsky New volume on the networks of manuscripts and text. And open access! jhnr.uni.lu/index.php/jh...
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
Deutsche Bahn being suspiciously nice 🤔
Free chocolate proclaiming that I’m their favourite guest on top of my diary and laptop as I’m meant to be working not spending all my time on social media
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 02/11/2023
Last work computer had the German version of Word etc so I had to learn all the German shortcuts for stuff, like italics was ctrl+alt+k. New work computer is all in English and I have forgotten all the English shortcuts. 😅 Muscle memory is now the German ones 😬
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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
No one was liking my tweets anymore so decided to join here too
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