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Jonathan Foyle @jonathanfoyle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

St Albans: medieval mural paintings on the later C11 nave north arcade.

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Justine Firnhaber-Baker @medievalrevolt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Charlemagne´s Dream: The Rise & Fall of the Carolingian Empire is out on 8 October! The author is very adorable, too. 😍

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Jay Rubenstein @medievaljay.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

David Lynch and Jocelyn Montgomery collaborated on a haunting album of Hildegard’s music. It does not aim for historical authenticity but does, I think, achieve emotional authenticity, which is more difficult and admirable. faroutmagazine.co.uk/lux-vivens-d...

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David Lynch's esoteric ode to a 12th-century nun

David Lynch was an avid musician, and he once produced an album based on Hildegard von Bingen's 12th-century compositions with Jocelyn Montgomery.

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Justine Firnhaber-Baker @medievalrevolt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My new article is now out in French Historical Studies: "Into the Woods: Negotiating Environment and Power in France Around the Time of the Black Death" Not OA, but I can send you a pdf if you don't have access. read.dukeupress.edu/french-histo...

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Into the Woods | French Historical Studies | Duke University Press

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Rachel Ernst @rachelernst.myatproto.social · 20/08/2026

I cannot begin to count the amount of technology tools I have been told in the last 20 years that I need to teach my students how to use because they were the future. 95% of them are gone. A tool is a tool.

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Leonore (Lee) Carpenter @leecarpenter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

In case you are an academic who is currently being gaslit into believing that you're a caveman who wants their students to be jobless if you resist allowing AI in your classrooms... I present to you Berkeley Law's response, which can be summarized as "Fuck off directly into the sun."

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Artificial Intelligence Policy

Effective Summer 2026 Purpose Future lawyers may need to use artificial intelligence (“AI”) fluently. But the current state of the technology requires that AI use be coupled with the cognitive […]

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

phenomenally well-expressed

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Justine Firnhaber-Baker @medievalrevolt.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

'Vor dem Bauernkrieg' (Before the Peasants' War), a special issue of Zeitschrift für Historische Forschung, is now out and open access, with an article by me among other good people. (All in German) elibrary.duncker-humblot.com/book/64167/v...

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Duncker & Humblot - Berlin: Vor dem Bauernkrieg

Ein Forum für die Wissenschaft seit 1798.

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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.

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AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books

If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.

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Justine Firnhaber-Baker @medievalrevolt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The legendary medievalist Caroline Walker Bynum (Left) received an honorary doctorate at the University of St Andrews yesterday and I (Right) gave the laureation. #medievalsky

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Andrew Bloomberg @andrewbloomberg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Are you a 15th century king? Do you want to show that you’re down with this humanism stuff that your scholars keep talking about, but you’re also terrified of your own people & the damn French? Ask your architect if Fancy Renaissance Gate Sandwiched Between Existing Medieval Towers is right for you.

A very ornate Renaissance gate sandwich between two beefy medieval towers at the Castello Nuovo in Florence

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

So, when are we going to discuss exactly how much of politics or public decision making is done this way?

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Dr Helen Newsome-Chandler @hnewsome-chandler.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Bit of a long shot but does anyone happen to have access to a copy of an undated letter from Katherine of Aragon to Princess Mary in the British Library's Arundel MS 151 fol. 194r-v? Thank you!

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

“Westminster needs to wake up to this need for joined-up thinking if we are to limit the number of...Essexes, Hertfordshires & Nottinghams...UK universities are a precious commodity. Ten years of dropping this commodity to see where the pieces land is not an education policy worthy of the name.” 1/2

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Chris Riedel @medievalhistory.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Christianity was founded in personal humility while advocating for social justice, and that remains its best look. Props to Leo for continuing Francis' understanding of that.

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Justine Firnhaber-Baker @medievalrevolt.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Universities would work so much better if admins at all levels knew what lecturers and students actually do.

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Justine Firnhaber-Baker @medievalrevolt.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I love the cover of the Polish translation of House of Lilies: The Dynasty that Made Medieval France. Particularly keen on the stained glass rose window in the background. It's out next month. #booksky 📚💙

Justine Firnhaber-Baker Kapetyngowie. Dynastia, która stworzyla ´sredniowieczna Francje picture of a two medieval armies, an archer and a tower with a stained glass rosę window in the background

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Dr Matt Barnard @matthewbarnard.phd · 15/05/2026

Closure of so many programmes is an act of economic and moral vandalism. Please sign and share: c.org/w4ycxRg6qw

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Sign the Petition

Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire

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Justine Firnhaber-Baker @medievalrevolt.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Writing narrative history, I think about this all the time. Everybody dies. And yet that seems so surprising to so many people.

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Justine Firnhaber-Baker @medievalrevolt.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Tip for universities trying to increase staff teaching loads

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

«Owls are just bird hardware running cat software» Original post

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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

If you were horrified watching elected leaders run & scramble because of gun violence, just imagine how my daughter Jaime felt in school running from an active shooter before she was killed. Now, become a part of the solution & only vote for people determined to address gun violence in America.

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Justine Firnhaber-Baker @medievalrevolt.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

An awesome list of #medieval books (and not just because mine is on it). All of these authors are serious scholars who ALSO know how to write for a general audience. Your local indy probably has these in stock. #booksky 💙📚

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 25/04/2026

hey! it's independent bookstore day! now's a great time to get some books and if you do, why not get some books about the Middle Ages??? so, to help, I partnered with @bookshop.org to make you a (short) list of books to get you going. Enjoy! #medievalsky bookshop.org/lists/so-you...

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So you want to learn about the Middle Ages?

A starter list of books to get you going, as you explore the Middle Ages in all its horrors and wonders. 

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Justine Firnhaber-Baker @medievalrevolt.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

one reason so many people are so unhappy these days

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Exactly so and part of what I call “opportunity theft” comprises the cultivation of the expertise needed to enter the conversations that ensure the longevity of scholarly community. bsky.app/profile/sonj...

And what I’m calling “opportunity theft” is the theft of someone’s future and their potential by means of robbing them of appreticeship, menteeship, and experience now. Using AI to perform the tasks that students and trainees do in the early phases of training and education is opportunity theft.

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Lou Roper @roperlou.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

permit me to add that administrators divert shedloads of cash (that they supposedly don't have) to the purveyors of this rot and to 'consulltants' who recommend its utility 😑

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Caleb Crain @calebcrain.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Schrödinger’s Strait of Hormuz

A photo of a print NYT headline saying the strait is open next to an IPhone NYT headline saying it’s closed

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Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 14/04/2026

Out today!

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE TAGGING ME IN ON THE VATICAN / PENTAGON BEEF HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLY SHIT

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Justine Firnhaber-Baker @medievalrevolt.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

See, I’ve always told students wanting to do IR or comp sci because it’s ‘relevant’ that they should do medieval history instead.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 08/04/2026

I'm thinking about all the people googling "Avignon papacy" or looking it up right at Wikipedia, and I love this for all of us. It gives me hope.

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David Walsh @dlwalsh.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

One reviewer cliche I find annoying is when a work of non-fiction is described as "reads like a novel". But this combination of cliffhanger chapter ending and new chapter heading is ace from @medievalrevolt.bsky.social in House of Lilies.

End of chapter 8:

Unwed since the death of his first wife on the eve of the crusade, Philip sealed the alliance by marrying Cnut’s sister. In so doing, however, he made a serious mistake, perhaps the most serious mistake of his reign, one that would plunge both king and kingdom into a religious and legal imbroglio that took two decades to resolve. On 14 August 1193, Philip married Ingeborg of Denmark – and repudiated her the very next day.

Chapter 9 heading:

The Danish Witch

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Elizabeth (Liz) Lehfeldt (she/her/hers) @lizlehfeldt.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

My last semester of full time teaching is an odd time to have a new course prep, but here we are. Just had some fun putting together a lecture on the Jacquerie. @medievalrevolt.bsky.social thank you for your great work!

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Justine Firnhaber-Baker @medievalrevolt.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Many bad things are happening in the world but this owl (?) getting fixed by this nice lady is not one of them.

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Even the dumbest medieval king would have the sense to say "I must first take counsel with my advisers".

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American Medieval Podcast @americanmedieval.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

happy monday! do you want to learn more about the Middle Ages AND save some $? well, working with our friends @bookshop.org we've curated a list of great books to get you started - and get 15% off your purchase!!! #medievalsky click the link below to learn more --> www.patreon.com/posts/so-you...

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So, You Want to Learn about the Middle Ages? | American Medieval

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