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Prof. Louise J. Wilkinson

@medievalfemina.bsky.social
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Professor of Medieval Studies, Lincoln, formerly at Canterbury. Passionate about medieval women, queenship, the thirteenth century, English medieval government, medieval aristocratic life styles, medieval records, and Magna Carta. Views my own.

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Historical Association Canterbury @canterburyha.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Prof Alexandra Walsham (Cambridge), President of the HA, specialises in the religious and cultural history of Early Modern Britain. This talk will examine how C17th perceptions of Stonehenge and the historic landscape were shaped by the upheavals of Reformation and Civil War.
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International Medieval Congress Leeds @imc-leeds.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
When #IMC2026 Registration opens on 🎊 Tuesday 10th February 2026🎊 , the IMC will be offering excursions for IMC delegates to buy and enhance their IMC experience.🥳 This year we have: Sandal Castle/Battle of Wakefield Middleham Castle Leeds Walking Tour Beverley Minster Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey ruins during the sunsetMiddleham Castle and the surrounding green field area. Leeds City HallBeverley Minster in the sunshine
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Prof. Louise J. Wilkinson @medievalfemina.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
The latest Historic Royal Palaces Podcast 'Empress Matilda - The Anarchy, Queenship & Power': historicroyalpalaces.libsyn.com/empress-matild…. This was lots of fun to do and Elisabeth van Houts new biography will be fantastic!
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Historic Royal Palaces Podcast
Historic Royal Palaces are a team of people who love and look after six of the most wonderful palaces in the world. This fortnightly podcast brings you the history and stories of those palaces. You’l...
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Marie Tranchant @marie-trcht.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Very grateful to Prof. @medievalfemina.bsky.social, Dr Adrian Jobson and Dr Tony Moore for this!
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Prof. Louise J. Wilkinson @medievalfemina.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
It was such a wonderful setting. Thanks for coming along.
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Francesca Tinti @francescatinti.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
At Early Medieval Europe we’re thrilled to team up once again with the BSR to sponsor a fellowship! One doctoral student or ECR will have the chance to carry out a month of research in Rome. More info below
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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Call for applications! 📣 The German Historical Institute London is seeking a Research Associate with a particular research interest in medieval history (with a focus on late medieval English history) for a part-time project position to start on 1 February 2026. 🤝 1/3
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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Major Excavation at Tower of London Reveals Medieval Burials and Chapel History www.medievalists.net/2025/07/exca... #Medieval
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Major Excavation at Tower of London Reveals Medieval Burials and Chapel History - Medievalists.net
A major excavation at the Tower of London is uncovering rare medieval burials, artifacts, and evidence of earlier chapels beneath St Peter ad Vincula, offering new insights into the fortress’s hidden…
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Prof. Louise J. Wilkinson @medievalfemina.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
After 26 talks by 27 speakers from across the UK and Australia, and a wonderful trip to our Guildhall to view our 13thC Royal Charters, the 21st Thirteenth Century Conference @LincolnMedieval is a wrap. A massive thanks to all who came - safe travels home.
Lincoln’s royal charters
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Paul Webster 🌈 @webstermedieval.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Thank you @medievalfemina.bsky.social and Adrian Jobson for a splendid Thirteenth Century Conference @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social @uolhumanities.bsky.social! Thanks too for giving us the option to attend online, and to @hannah-boston.bsky.social in looking after online attendees!
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Paul Webster 🌈 @webstermedieval.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Enjoying attending the Thirteenth Century Conference online today. Currently following the first Bjorn Weiler Memorial Lecture,by Daniel Power on Eleanor of Castile's inheritance in Ponthieu and Aumale. #medieval #medievalsky
Computer screen showing lecture slide with maps of England and Northern France.
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Dr Dean Irwin @medievaljews.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
How very sad - her work on Westminster Abbey was transformative for me!
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Prof. Louise J. Wilkinson @medievalfemina.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Beautiful South Kyme, Lincolnshire, home to a church that was part of an Augustinian priory and a splendid 14thC tower. Lincolnshire really is a beautiful place to study the Middle Ages. @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social
A fourteenth-century stone tower. The church of South Kyme.
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Prof. Louise J. Wilkinson @medievalfemina.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
An early 12thC knight, possibly from St Albans, and now in a Florence Museum.
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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
On Saturday the 2nd of August at 10:30am we're hosting a short talk on how to use medieval title deeds in your research. From the many quirks of Latin to the fascinations of feoffments, come along and have your queries answered! Book your free space by emailing us at archives@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
A medieval feoffment. Text is overlaid, saying: 

Whose Feoffment Is It Anyway?

An introduction to medieval title deeds

2nd August, 10:30am, Buckinghamshire Archives
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Sarah Fox @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
In case you haven't spotted it: **Historical Association Bursary Scheme via @royalhistsoc.org ** Open to early career and mid-career applicants £1,500 research support to produce an article Deadline 15 August 2025 royalhistsoc.org/calendar/his...
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History: The Journal of the Historical Association – Bursary Scheme (Early Career and Mid-Career Routes) – CALL FOR APPLICATIONS | RHS
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Prof. Louise J. Wilkinson @medievalfemina.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
The next Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Sources (our peer-reviewed annual) @archumanities.bsky.social @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social is out now. A massive thanks to Graham Barrett (Durham) and Danna, Anna and the ARC team. #IMC2025
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SCMedievalist @scmedievalist.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
I wasn't able to attend the medieval conference in Leeds this year so I didn't get to see my book in the wild, but FYI Cambridge is offering a 30% conference discount through July, with code 102417
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Ladies-in-Waiting in Medieval England | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) Studentship: ‘Material Networks: The Tower, London, and the World in the Late Medieval and Tudor Period’ University of London - History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMM920/a...
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AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) Studentship: ‘Material Networks: The Tower, London, and the World in the Late Medieval and Tudor Period’ at University of London
Explore a AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) Studentship: ‘Material Networks: The Tower, London, and the World in the Late Medieval and Tudor Period’ on jobs.ac.uk. Discover more PhD opport...
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Kenneth F. Duggan 🇨🇦 @kfduggan.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Women played an important role in policing 13th-century England. Women couldn't be in frankpledge or sit on juries, but they were still required to raise the hue & cry, they chased criminals when need be, and were required to attend trials when they witnessed crime or discovered bodies. 🧵1/5
The image shows two people atop one house point behind a third person atop another house who is holding a hammer. The background to the image is gold leaf, and the houses are small, appearing as if the people are too small for them to do anything but stand upright in them.
Reference: Vidal Mayor, Ms. Ludwig XIV 6 (83.MQ.165), fol. 153v (1297-1305).
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Prof. Louise J. Wilkinson @medievalfemina.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Crowland abbey in the sunshine today.
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Prof. Louise J. Wilkinson @medievalfemina.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The stunning 12thC great hall at Oakham. Well worth a visit.
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Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
BBC News - Salisbury Cathedral displays 700-year-old bible for first time - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Salisbury Cathedral displays 700-year-old bible for first time
Salisbury Cathedral acquired the bible which was created and illustrated there by a medieval master.
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Prof. Louise J. Wilkinson @medievalfemina.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Something to brighten up Friday as the British Library’s Medieval Women comes to an end - Rye pottery’s medieval women.
Three Rye pottery figures of the Wife of Bath, the Prioress and a lady from their Chaucer range.
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Dr Dean Irwin @medievaljews.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
On the grounds that you can never have to much of the @histassoc.bsky.social, I'm excited to judge my 2nd semi-final of the Great Debate, then I'm speaking (With my students) on the Lincoln Jewry. Do join: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... cc. @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social @medievalfemina.bsky.social
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: HA Virtual Branch: Dr Dean Irwin on Locating and Mapping the Jews of Medieval Lincoln. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joinin...
As part of a project to identify and write biographies of all of the Jews of the medieval Lincoln Jewry, Natasha Jenman, Luka Liu, and Josh Outhwaite have been working on records of Jewish property ow...
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Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
We are advertising for an Assistant Professor in Early Modern History. The deadline for applications for this open-ended, full time post is 27th March 2025. For full details see the link below. durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Assistant Professor in Early Modern History (2425_HIS_01)
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
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Prof. Louise J. Wilkinson @medievalfemina.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
A new manuscript discovery to gladden the soul on a dreay February day: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Rare medieval rolled manuscript found in York Bar Convent archive - BBC News
Fewer than a dozen of the documents have ever been discovered, York's Bar Covent says.
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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Editor copies of these fantastic new additions to the Lives of Royal Women series has just arrived! Wonderful to see how the series is growing with many more titles on the way! @medievalfemina.bsky.social @nemgarrett.bsky.social @routledgehistory.bsky.social
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Prof. Louise J. Wilkinson @medievalfemina.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
The Wakefield Tower looking suitably splendid today - Henry III.
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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Contributing Editor to the Victoria County History of Gloucestershire Gloucestershire County History Trust - Victoria County History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLG626/c...
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Contributing Editor to the Victoria County History of Gloucestershire at Gloucestershire County History Trust
An academic position as a Contributing Editor to the Victoria County History of Gloucestershire is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job op...
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Prof. Louise J. Wilkinson @medievalfemina.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
A sunny Knaresborough Castle earlier today.
The keep of  Knaresborough castleThe keep of Knaresborough castle
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Prof. Louise J. Wilkinson @medievalfemina.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Lincoln cathedral looking suitably atmospheric in the mist this evening.
Lincoln cathedral in the mist.
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 19/12/2024
Our #medieval lecture for 2025 will be given by Dr Natasha Hodgson (Nottingham Trent University) on the lives and travels of medieval women. Join us in person (London) or online on Friday 7 February at 6:30pm GMT. All welcome. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1112882945...
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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Note that these plans also include a reduction in hours (and thus accessibility), of the city's excellent archives. 🗃️
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Chloë R McKenzie @chloermckenzie.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Ooooh! The #GMS conference is in Canterbury next year. Theme - Gender: Charity & Care in the Global Middle Ages. As I am not presenting at Leeds #IMC2025 (3rd year in a row 😭), perhaps this is a good alternative. #CFP here: medievalgender.co.uk/wp-content/u...
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Prof. Louise J. Wilkinson @medievalfemina.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
The team at the Lincolnshire Archives are quite amazing, so if you are an archivist in search of a lovely new home, see below:
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Dr Dean Irwin @medievaljews.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
I cannot begin to say how excited I am to have a talk on Anglo-Jewry in my diary for '25 which requires me to do no work! Looking forward to hearing Natasha Jenman, Luka Liu, and Josh Outhwaite talk about Lincoln @mirierubin.bsky.social @medievalfemina.bsky.social @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social
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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
On Thursday 27 February 2025, 10am-12pm, I'll be running an #online #training session on #KnowledgeExchange and #Impact, also featuring my colleague @ruthslatter.bsky.social. It's designed for those working in #history and the wider #humanities - all very welcome! www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Knowledge Exchange and Impact: What, How, Why?
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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Ford Lectures! Jocelyn Wogan-Browne! Bet these'll be great! @oxmedstud.bsky.social #medievalsky www.history.ox.ac.uk/james-ford-l...
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Dr Dean Irwin @medievaljews.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Typical! I leave for dinner at 18:30, looking forward to a week in the Old Bar in early July. Get to dinner at 19:00 and my plans are in tatters… Very much looking forward to the @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social panels that Jess Holt and I have organised, as well as chairing for Ana Roda Sanchez!
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Minimus @minimuslatin.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
#fabulamurina (mouse story) 353 Minimus filio tabulam monstrat: Silvius XVII ianuas minutas numerat. (Minimus shows his son a board: Silvius counts 17 tiny doors). cotidie unam ianuam ab Kalendis Decembris usque ad Saturnalia aperiet (Every day from Dec. 1st until Saturnalia he'll open a door).
Photo of Minimus and Silvius the Latin mice with a tiny Saturnalia advent calendar. There are seventeen little doors for Silvius to open from the Kalends of December until the first day of the Saturnalia celebrations.
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Chloë R McKenzie @chloermckenzie.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Two recent additions to @bsky.app to follow: Laura Tompkins @aliceperrers.bsky.social (14th cent royal court, HRP, Alice Perrers) and Patrik Pastrnak @patrikpastrnak.bsky.social (late med/early modern princess/bridal journeys)
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Prof. Louise J. Wilkinson @medievalfemina.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Canterbury Cathedral looking suitably gorgeous with its Christmas market.
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Prof. Louise J. Wilkinson @medievalfemina.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Dr Diana Webb’s library is for sale in Canterbury’s Oxfam books. A lovely and immensely kind medievalist, she taught me as a KCL UG. Her collection is stunning - in shop and online. #medieval
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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Was delighted to be asked to write this short obituary of Jinty Nelson, one of my great academic heroes, who did much for my career (as that of countless others), for the latest @historytoday.com.
A screenshot of an obituary of Jinty Nelson from the latest issue of History Today
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Calling mid-career library and archive professionals 📣 Looking to advance your career and connect with international peers? Join our International Library Leaders Programme for behind-the-scenes access and valuable insights. Apply by 6 February 2025: bit.ly/BL-Internati...
A view of the spiral staircase at the British Library, with two visitors standing on the platform looking out at the space below.
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Prof. Louise J. Wilkinson @medievalfemina.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
The glorious interior of Lincoln Cathedral! Looking forward to catching up with our visiting professor from Japan this lunchtime, who is working on its bishops’ records deposited at the Lincolnshire Archives. #medievalsky
The interior of Lincoln Cathedral, showing splendid gothic arches.
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Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Summer Schools at the Institute of English Studies! Including palaeography and manuscript studies. Senate House, London 9- 13 June 2025 Deadline for submission/application: 25 May All info www.rensoc.org.uk/event/ies-su...
IES Summer Schools
Senate House, London, June 9, 2025 - June 13, 2025
Deadline for submission/application: May 25, 2025

The Institute of English Studies is pleased to announce that its bookings have opened for the 2025 summer schools taking place in June next year in Senate House, London. There are a number of exciting courses on Palaeography and Manuscript Studies that may be of interest to you. Browse the courses on offer and book here: Summer Schools | The Institute of English Studies.

 

9-13 June 2025 |  London International Palaeography School

Use discount code LIPS10 to save 10% on LIPS course fees if you book before 04/01/2025.

 

Short Courses

LIPS are also running a range of short courses throughout 2025, including online and in person offerings. Browse the courses on offer and book here: Short Courses | The Institute of English Studies
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
'Sector leaders expected more than 100 of the UK’s 140-odd universities to be making redundancies by the start of 2025, in what has been described as a “cataclysmic” situation where “everything is on the table”.'
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University job cuts to ‘hit 10,000 by year end’ despite fee rise
English fee rise does little to relieve pressure on institutions, with increased staff costs likely to swallow additional funding
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Eduardo Fernández @apocalypsisnova.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
A couple years ago I put together a little list of yearly fellowships and applications, mostly for early modernists. It includes deadlines, salaries, and requirements. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Fellowships and Grants
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