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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Here's one of the classic counter examples.

Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Hot off the press in the latest @litreview.bsky.social: my review of @twhittermarsh.bsky.social's book on the origins of Christianity and the Age of Augustus. (TLDR: it's well worth a read.)

A photo of my review of Whitmarsh's book in the latest Literary Review.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Absolutely stunned to hear of the passing of Rosamond McKitterick, who did me (like many others) a number of good turns at crucial points in my career. My thoughts are with her family and her many devoted students. May she rest in peace and rise in glory. #MedievalSky #Skystorians

A screenshot of an X-post announcing the passing of Rosamond McKitterick.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

The things one finds in second-hand bookshops in Cromer...

A copy of Early Medieval Kingship, edited by Sawyer and Wood

The first page of said book, inscribed by Jane Martindale.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Well, we apparently do know the author...

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Also in the accumulated Easter vac post collected today.

A copy of Depreux's new Gouverner l'Empire en Occident.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Enjoying a beer and a book on my way back from a busy day of filming with 72 Films in London!

Photo of West-Harling's book on Rome, Revenna and Venice and a beer on a train table.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

This looks well worth a read! www.laterza.it/scheda-libro...

The cover of the new trade book by Étienne Doublier

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

All Saints' Chapel, Sewanee, featuring stained glass windows of Bede and Swithun.

A photo of the altar of the chapel, also featuring stained glass windows.

A photo of the font of the chapel, also featuring stained glass windows.

Stained glass window featuring St Swithun

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Now, however, I must sing for my supper...

The entry for my lecture in the conference programme.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Very much enjoying my time at the Sewaneee Medieval Colloquium: beautiful campus, lovely weather and some excellent papers so far!

Photo of a printed conference programme.

Photo of the Sewanee campus, including a green, some trees and some faux gothic buildings.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Non est hic, sed surrexit (Lk 26:4). Bernward Doors, Hildesheim.

An image of the resurrection (the women at the empty tomb) from the Bernward Doors.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Is it wrong that I now really want to consult this? #MedievalSky www.gda.bayern.de/gvl/archive....

Screenshot of an archival inventory for the 'Illustrated Kempten Chronicle'

Screenshot of an archival inventory for the 'Illustrated Kempten Chronicle' mentioning the presence of 'many copies of seals and (entirely invented) armorials'.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Delighted to be hearing from Julia Crick about what manuscripts and scribes can tell us about the Norman Conquest.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

By contrast, Otto I was too sexy for this codex... (Marburg, StA, K 425, fol. 107v.)

An image of what would have been an illustration of Otto I, which has been crudely cut out of the codex!

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Louis the Pious looking good in the Codex Eberhardi! (Marburg, StA, K 425, fol. 106v.)

An illustration of Louis the Pious bearing a sceptre and cross.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

You might not like it, but this is what peak academic performance looks like.

A photo of an article by Semmler, with just four lines of main text across two pages; the rest (including one full page) is footnotes.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I could get used to waking up to this view.

View of the entrance to the Tübingen Schloss

View to the side of the Tübingen Schloss

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Very much looking forward to this #charterrific event tomorrow! If you want a copy of the Teams link, just let me know. (Formal sign-up is now passed, but I have permission to circulate the link.)

A poster for my inaugural lecture at 16.00 on 4th Feb.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

It me! Online attendance also available; book on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/professor-...

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

There may be better ways to prepare for a lecture, but if so, I've yet to find them! #charterrific #7sternwien

Photo of a Wiener Helles beer and a copy of Ellen Widder's Habilitationsscheift.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Will you be in Vienna in mid-December? If so, you can come hear me give the annual IMAFO lecture on editing the East Frankish royal charters! You know you want to... #charterrific

A poster for my lecture in Vienna on 16th December.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

To London, to the 29th annual @britishacademy.bsky.social Anglo-Saxon Charters Symposium! #charterrific

Screenshot of the programme of the annual charters symposium.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

A couple of old photos of my furry friend.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Delighted to receive a copy of this fine volume today! The production team at @princetonupress.bsky.social have done an excellent job and the many (colour) illustrations really help bring the text to life. Beg, borrow or buy a copy! #skystorians

The front cover of John Blair's 'Killing the Dead'.

The back cover of John Blair's 'Killing the Dead'.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Earlier today I finished reading these fine volumes for the first time cover-to-cover. An extraordinary scholarly accomplishment and enduring monument to 19thC diplomatic.

A photo of both volumes of Ficker's Beiträge zur Urkundenlehre

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Parenthood is spending the morning of your Significant Birthday at a school sports day.

A photo of a six-year-old girl (my daughter) competing in a relay.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

But these are the real prize acquisition.

Photo of all three volumes of the edition of the Codex Eberhardi.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

The perks of being friends with a German professor who co-edits a book series.

A photo of volumes 2, 3 and 4 from the 'Besitz und Beziehungen' series.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

But the hero of the day is Bishop Amalric: so nice, he asked us twice!

Partial image of an original charter, showing the invention of Bishop Amalric of Speyer.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

And they've even reserved an entire room for me. (For that, I'll forgive the gloves...)

Photo of a reserved side room in the Generallandesarchiv in Karlsruhe

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Not a bad place to spend the morning...

Photo of the entrance to the Generallandesarchiv in Karlsruhe

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

And they even had Tegernseer Hell at Frankfurt Hbf – a fond memory of evenings in Munich, while researching at the @monumenta.bsky.social !

A photo of a bottle of Tegernseer Hell on a train table.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Oh, and how could I have forgotten the bad joke about attracting external funding (Drittmittel)!

Screenshot of a section of the paper itself, including a bad joke about Drittmittel.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

And a citation from Max Weber's Wissenschaft als Beruf. (Just because.)

Screenshot of a slide showing a quotation from Weber.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Palaeographical TMI. (Because I can.)

A screenshot of a slide of palaeographical comparisons.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Gratuitous Theodor von Sickel. (Of course.)

Screenshot of a PowerPoint slide of Sickel and his edition

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Off to Germany to do some archival work and speak in the Landesgeschliches Kolloquium at Freiburg!

First PowerPoint slide of a research paper to be delivered in Freiburg.

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

I'm giving a paper in Freiburg in two weeks time and made the mistake of opening the relevant Word file. I apparently have a (very nice) conclusion and nothing more...