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Carolyne Larrington

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medievalist, medievalism-is, lover of things Norse and northern. #author

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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Medieval Norse Church Discovered in Greenland www.medievalists.net/2026/09/medi... #Greenland #archaeology
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Medieval Norse Church Discovered in Greenland - Medievalists.net
The archaeologists were overjoyed when the grave and thus the church were finally confirmed on the second-to-last day of the excavation. In the middle is Christian Edelfelt Koch Madsen. Photo: Ellen…
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
HOLY SHIT! www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...
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Manchester City found guilty on almost all Premier League charges relating to financial breaches (Gift Article)
City were charged by the Premier League in February 2023.
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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🧵 A reminder #OTD that 'Hardrada' makes no sense in any language. The Norwegian king who died at Stamford Bridge in #1066 was called Haraldr harðráði in Old Norse. Such bynames or nicknames can (and should) usually be translated. His means something like 'Hard Ruler' or 'Stern Ruler'.
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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#OnThisDay 1066 Harold Godwineson surprised his brother Tostig and Harald Hardrada at Stamford Bridge and won a famous victory. Here's my account: www.marcmorris.org.uk/2013/09/the-...
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Sam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Beautiful words from Carney: In the heart of Germany, above Weimar, there is a wooded ridge called Ettersberg. For decades, Goethe walked, thought, and wrote there. An oak on that ridge came to bear his name, a living monument to the highest ideals of European culture www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...
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Prime Minister Carney delivers an address to the European Parliament
Thank you for granting me the honour of addressing you all at the beginning of this decisive session.
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oxfordfantasylit.bsky.social @oxfordfantasylit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Reminder of this series starting in a few weeks. Quite a bit on creative writing, dramatisation of fantasy, as well as key talks on weird fiction.
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Have to say, I love this slightly more chaotic photo from our #NorseMap launch. It was a lot of fun :)
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The AfD and Reform immigration policies are almost identical. There is no plausible reason for considering one far right and the other not.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Just moving billions of dollars in gold out of north America to London due to generalised ‘geopolitical unrest’. Carry on - nothing to see here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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DNB: Netherlands bank moves billions in gold to London in 'crisis preparedness' move
The Dutch central bank removes some of its gold reserves from the US and Canada, saying it is because of "increasing geopolitical unrest".
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Rob Maslen @profrmaslen.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
A new post in The City of Lost Books: Ursula Moray Williams, Adventures of Puffin (1939). It has everything, including information for trainspotters and planespotters. And of course puffins. thecityoflostbooks.glasgow.ac.uk/fantasy-1939...
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Fantasy 1939: Ursula Moray Williams, Adventures of Puffin
Moray Williams’s most celebrated books, Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse (1938) and Gobbolino the Witch’s Cat (1942), take place in an imaginary location corresponding to somewhere in Northern…
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This article — an excerpt from Jon Ronson’s new book — is a must read, even though I’m not sure I understand what I just read (but I do have a mild concussion, so maybe it’s a me thing) www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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A party, 101 princesses and an eccentric millionaire: Jon Ronson on a mysterious castle – and what it taught him about masculinity in crisis
When my son texted me from a Connecticut fortress in the middle of the night with an alarming message, it set me on a quest to understand the bizarre lifestyle of its owner
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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Huge shoutout to @drdavidrundle.bsky.social, one of our KOM directors, working alongside @tamarajatkin.bsky.social, on their fascinating research uncovering the range of literature enjoyed by citizens of medieval Guernsey. Many congratulations! #MedievalSky #SkyStorians #Manuscripts #Fragments
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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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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I think a lot of people would be surprised to learn how much gatekeeping there is for what gets into bookshops - which might explain why so much of the history shelf in UK looks rather tired* * except of course /your/ sparklingly novel book, if your book is there ;)
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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
#Wirral #Archaeology conference www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/viking-and...
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Viking and Anglo-Saxon Wirral: The Hunt for Brunanburh
Come and explore Wirral's Viking & Anglo-Saxon past in the company of leading experts on the subject.
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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Born from a demon, raised in violence, and destined for a remarkable transformation. ⚔️😈 Meet Sir Gowther, the terrifying knight at the centre of one of Middle Ages' strangest romances. www.medievalists.net/2025/08/sir-... #MedievalRomance
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Sir Gowther: The Demon Knight - Medievalists.net
Discover the medieval tale of Sir Gowther — a knight born of demonic origins whose violent youth gives way to a powerful story of repentance and redemption.
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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 28/08/2026
A face peers out from the hilt of a wooden weaver's sword. This artefact is believed to date to the 11th century, and it was discovered during archaeological excavations at the former Beamish and Crawford brewery site in Cork City. #Ireland #SpeirGhorm #Archaeology
A carved hilt of a wooden sword. The pommel is shaped like the head of a bearded man, and the hilt has a woven pattern
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Ian Moody @ianmoody.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Jason Arday accuser given three-month teaching ban but can continue research. Nathan Cofnas allowed to resume Ghent University work, as US ambassador claims credit for lifting of suspension. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Jason Arday accuser given three-month teaching ban but can continue research
Nathan Cofnas allowed to resume Ghent University work, as US ambassador claims credit for lifting of suspension
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The tech bros really are the most craven crowd of rent seekers ever vested upon us
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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
runor.raa.se/inscription?...
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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"Þjóðríkr the bold, chief of sea-warriors, ruled over the shores of the Hreiðsea. Now he sits armed on his Goth(ic horse), his shield strapped, the prince of the Mærings."
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Dr Nick @nmwilkinson.eurosky.social · 30/08/2026
Same kinds shit happening in the UK. Who do I vote for to take the side of HE as a beneficial force in society? Like one of the driving forces of our prosperity and societal progression?
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Paul Robichaud 🪨🐐 @pjrobichaud.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Looking forward to reading the latest from @drdjohnston.bsky.social! I ordered my copy during the U of Liverpool Press sale, but the post office lost it — fortunately the press sent another copy at no charge.
Nigel Kneale and Horror, Ed. Derek Johnston
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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
#WyrdWednesday Queen Elizabeth I had a dress embroidered with various creatures, flowers & several sea monsters. The dress was reputedly embroidered by Bess of Hardwick, who later commissioned Nicholas Hilliard to paint this portrait of her wearing it, still on display in Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire.
Full length painting of Queen Elizabeth I wearing a dress decorated with various animals and plants, including several sea monsters.Close up of the front of the dress, with a sea monster resembling a horse with tusks and another one spouting water. There are also a swan, snakes, and various plants.
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Roman stone altar with a horned god believed to have been a fertility god native to the North East of ‘Britannia’ Durham University Museum of Archaeology 📷 by me #ReliefWednesday #Archaeology
My photo shows a weathered stone relief depicting a human-like figure, standing looking back at the viewer, with a round face, with rudimentary eyes, nose, and mouth. There are what seem to be two straight horns on top of the head. On the upper body the nipples are marked by engraved circles. The carved details of the lower body are indistinct, possibly a very large phallus?
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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Noah and his beautiful longship ark Bodleian Library MS. Junius 11; 'Cædmon Manuscript'; 1000 CE; England; p.66 @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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Independent Social Research Foundation @isrfoundation.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
For many academics in the UK, there are increasingly narrow career pathways - teaching only contracts or conducting 'strategic' research. In our latest dispatch, Eva Nanopoulos interrogates how the university's two-tier system reinforces precarity 
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The Two-Tier University
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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Look what's coming at the end of September!! Isn't it pretty?! www.arc-humanities.org/978180270364...
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Political Nostalgias—Ancient and Medieval Worlds - Arc Humanities Press
This volume is the first in a sub-series entitled Political Nostalgias. This book considers nostalgia as it was understood in ancient and medieval worlds an...
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Tamsin Abbot, contemporary English stained glass artist #WomensArt
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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
📚🎟🚨 Got kids? Then get your FREE tickets to our @louiestowell.bsky.social chat about her bestselling LOKI: A BAD GOD'S GUIDE series! Where better to hear about the shape-shifting Viking trickster god Loki than among some giant Viking tombstones at Govan? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-convers...
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Reform UK have decided to have a civil war already - having got nowhere near power! I think we can all agree that this is very funny. 😄 www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/reform...
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Reform Suspends Senior Figure After His Public Attacks On Zia Yusuf
Tim Montgomerie previously claimed the Reform home affairs spokesperson needs to be a “team player” and said he behaves like a “child”.
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Baxtermack🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @baxtermack.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Because I luvs youse all. Here is Seamus Heaney's translation of the poem about the 9th century cat Pangur Bán
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Pangur Bán
Pangur Bán and I at work, Adepts, equals, cat and clerk: His whole instinct is to hunt, Mine to free the meaning pent. Happy for me, Pangur Bán…
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Carolyne Larrington @profcarolyne.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A possibly controversial opinion but if you know what to expect Das Rheingold at Bayreuth 150 is quite effective. As well as brilliantly played and gloriously sung.
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Caitlin Ellis @medivalist.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Is it some sort of record to be asked by three separate journals to review the same book? 🤔
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Endometriosis takes nine years to diagnose. That’s about to change. NICE has approved two tests: a saliva test reading microRNA markers, and a gut-sensor test returning results in 45 minutes, sparing women the keyhole surgery currently needed. buff.ly/QX3jHk8 #ShareGoodNewsToo
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Rapid endometriosis tests to be made available on NHS in England and Wales
Saliva and gut sensor-based tests hailed as ‘gamechanger’ for millions of women who can wait years for diagnosis
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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Very very excited to be coming to Glasgow to perform (and see the Govan Stones for myself!
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Evonne Goolagong Cawley (b. #OTD in 1951) broke systemic barriers as one of the most prominent #Indigenous Australian athletes in history. #tennis + 14 Grand Slam titles (1971-1980) + World No. 1 ranking, 1976 + First mother to win Wimbledon in the Open Era, 1980 #WomenInSport
Side-by-side photographs of Australian tennis trailblazer Evonne Goolagong Cawley (born July 31, 1951), celebrated as a 14-time Grand Slam champion and a historic Wiradjuri icon. On the left, a close-up shot captures her head and shoulders as she glances warmly toward the camera with a joyful, toothy smile. Her curly, dark brown hair frames her face against a blurred green tennis court background. She holds a vintage wooden tennis racket resting near her left shoulder. On the right, an action shot captures her dynamic athletic poise mid-match on a lush grass court. Leaning forward into a powerful stroke, her focused expression contrasts with the fluid grace of her movement. She wears a classic sleeveless white Fila tennis uniform detailed with a thin red or navy trim along the neckline and a matching layered skort. The composition blends an intimate glimpse of her charismatic personality with her legendary on-court agility.
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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
oh permanent full-time pre-1800 job at Limerick! Deadline 14 August -- start of the job in January 2027. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRU993/a... #earlymodern #MedievalSky #Skystorians #Jobfairy
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Assistant Professor in European and or Global History (pre-1800) at University of Limerick
Apply for the Assistant Professor in European and or Global History (pre-1800) role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A long post on the landscape and mythology of the Berkshire Downs and its intersections with the work of Tolkien. mathewlyons.substack.com/p/tolkiens-e...
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Tolkien's England: walking the Berkshire Downs
Where English landscape and myth intersect with Tolkien's writing and thought
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Gabby: What was your highlight of the half time show? Wayne Rooney: When it finished. I thought it was crap. 10/10 punditry. No notes.
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Cora Peeta M 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇦🇶🇺🇳 💙💗🤍💗💙 @coramcgladdery.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
When you didn't die at the Viking Battle Festival
Roadsign "no access to the valhalla viking festival"
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Yale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
An authoritative new biography of Empress Matilda from Elisabeth Van Houts. Read an extract: yalebooks.co.uk/the-legacy-o... #IMC2026
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Yale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
An authoritative biography of Offa of Mercia, revealing his importance as the king who stood at the turning point of Anglo-Saxon history. Read an extract: yalebooks.co.uk/offa-a-great... #IMC2026
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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
“Humanity is frying itself alive but refuses to turn the stove off, because the fumes smell quite tasty. This is how I would summarize our collective cognitive blackout. Stupidity has won” My new article
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
One sense of how skewed our political reality is comes as Mamdani says anodyne things that the GOP presidential nominees from 1976-2012 would have all agreed with, like “We should rely on due process for the burning of witches,” and everyone screams, “Leftist Commie! Red Commie!”
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Jason Ginsburg @jasonginsburg.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Enjoying HOUSE OF THE DRAGON? Check out these books on draconic legends and lore 🐉 👉https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/12BOLIZA7QVER?ref_=wl_share #dragons #mythology #folklore #hotd
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Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Brilliant!!!
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James Cummings @jamescummings.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Lecturer in #Medieval #Literature #jobin #Newcastle. Hey #MedievalSky! Come work with me! (Really, with me on co-taught Medieval English Lit modules.) Closing Date: 2026-07-09 Fixed Term, 10 months Sept-June. jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl... #JobFairy #Academic #AcademicPost
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Lecturer in Medieval Literature
Lecturer in Medieval Literature
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Leonie V. Hicks @lvhicks.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
History matters.
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Leonie V. Hicks @lvhicks.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Day 1 of the Millennium: 2027 European Year of the Normans. You can now browse all the events on www.millenium.fr #medievalsky #normans
The opening slide for this morning's plenary. It's red with white text announcing g the second European meeting fur the Millenium.Delegates stand around tables in a tent networking and discussing events.
Me standing by a display screen showing the Canterbury Castle digital model.
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Angry Algonquin @angryalgonquin.com · 02/07/2026
#AbsoluteUnits is back baby
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