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John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 5h

@ihr.bsky.social's 'European History 1150-1550' seminar will get off to great start Thursday 8 Oct 17.30 GMT with Sama Mammadova (Harvard) on consumer credit, mendicants & the Monti di Pietà in late medieval Italy. All welcome, in person at the IHR & online, registration & link below.

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Richard III Society of Canada @richardiiisocca.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We just finished our AGM. Excited to see some members who can't usually make it for our Sunday mtgs via Zoom. Our thanks to @mattlewishistory.bsky.social for an excellent talk & for showing us A Taste of Loyalty.

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Jacqueline Murray @jacquelinemurray.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Greetings early medievalists. I am wondering if there is an English translation of Gregory of Tours History of the Franks that has superseded Thorpe's Penguin version and is easily/widely available? Many thanks. #medievalsky

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Richard III Society of Canada @richardiiisocca.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy October! The most common #LaboursOfTheMonth was sowing seeds. This fellow is rather earlier than our usual 15th C manuscripts but we liked his attitude. That frame can hardly contain him! (MS N.19, f. 4r) #Medieval #MedievalSky

Painting of a man in a medieval manuscript. Text with notes can be seen on the left. He is surrounded by a gold frame that fits around him, rather than him fitting inside the frame. Indeed, one foot steps on the gold frame. He hold a basket which is hung around his neck. His right arm is off to his side with his hand cupped. He probably holds seeds he is about to toss.

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Allan T Adams @allantadams.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Heraldry at Micklegate Bar, York. According to FB it's been 10 years since I finished this drawing. The Royal Arms & City of York Arms, c1350 & several iron reinforcement bars, 19th century + some weathered stonework. #ArchitecturalIllustration #pencil #drawing #ArtShare

Pencil drawing of medieval coats of arms on a stone gatehouse wall. They are interspersed with rectangular windows and two cross-shaped arrow loops.

Two snapshots of work in progress on a drawing of heraldry on a gatehouse. There is a key to features in the drawing at the bottom right. A: Arms of the City of York. B: Royal Arms of England c1350-1375. C: Iron reinforcing bars c1827. D: Iron reinforcing bars c1863. E: Acid rain damaged limestone.

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Tuija Ainonen @tainonen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Next 3 days will be on From Skin to Script workshop with @crasshlive.bsky.social Starting with dehairing soaked skins #Skin2Script #medievalMSS

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Richard III Society - American Branch @r3-society-usa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The American Branch collaboration with Yorkist History Trust: A project to produce a critical edition of Oxford Brasenose College MS 91 has been awarded a major grant by the Richard III Society-American Branch. r3.org/american-bra...

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A project to produce a critical edition of Oxford Brasenose College MS 91 has been awarded a major grant by the Richard III Society-American Branch...

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Richard III Society of Canada @richardiiisocca.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The beginning of our Ricardian year is rapidly approaching - October 2! This is the perfect time to join! What do you get when you become a member? So much! Just take a look. www.richardiii.ca/general-memb...

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Dr. Black's Medieval Remedies @winstonblack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So much I love here (busy nuns! soapwort marginalia! medieval people kept clean!), but the plant was called "saponaria" not "saponifera". Soapwort was used for washing, but real soap was made in many medieval homes, and imported in large quantities and many varieties.

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Tudor Times @thetudortimes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#OTD 1571 Katherine Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, died. Katherine’s life exemplifies the complexities of family life at the Tudor court. Her grandmother, Margaret, Countess of Salisbury bit.ly/1vgc7GC & father were executed, Katherine served Mary, but her husband, Francis, supported Jane Grey.

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

So. You're a medieval abbot & the king is visiting. What will you feed him? Eel! (obvs) In 1434 the 12 yr old King Henry VI stayed at Bury St. Edmunds for a bit & while he was there he ate all the usual things. You know...swans, pheasants, pike, & eels in "not moderate numbers." 🗃️🧪

Meme. Medieval painting of Henry VI on his throne, seated on a fancy pillow. Behind him are the flags of England & France, & he's receiving the sword of a man kneeling in front of him. Six courtiers stand just around him. Four are wearing crowns (less fancy than Henry's), & two are priests. The two on the far right are whispering to each other.

The kneeling man has a foot slipping outside of the frame of the picture. Has he maybe come from outside, to tell this version of Henry that's he's just a painting? This might explain Henry's concerned expression.

On the far right are a group of knights with their hands clasped over their stomaches, as if they'd eaten from the dumpster behind a seafood restaurant & are now regretting it. On the right are a group of wealthy looking people. One is offering a scroll, & another is pointing to his own hand, as if to ask if he, too, is only an illustration.

Meme txt reads:
"To Henry VI,
in infant bands crown'd king
Another plate of eels bring"

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Kenneth F. Duggan 🇨🇦 @kfduggan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Deadline for applications to this TT job in Medieval and/or Transregional History (7th-15th centuries) at the University of Ottawa is only one month away (16 October). universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...

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The Guild of Medievalist Makers @guildmedmak.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Heading back to school, the office, your desk, or your sketchbook? Why not join us for our next Making Space session, where you can work with fellow creative-critical medievalists on YOUR project, or simply carve out time to explore! 📆Fri 18 September 🕐5:30pm-7:00pm (BST) 💻Online

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Richard III Society @richardiiisociety.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Our latest Ricardian Podcast is live! Matthew Lewis & Nathen Amin discuss the historical standing of Richard III today. Is he still regarded as a villain by historians, how has opinion changed in the past 50-100 years and what is the new consensus? Listen along wherever you get your podcasts.

Photo of Matt Lewis looking straight at the camera with a brick wall behind him.

Photo Of Nathen Amin looking off to the side.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A first-rate resource for anyone who writes on British and Irish (including colonial and postcolonial) history, from the Romans to the present. Also available via national libraries and individual subscriptions (discounted for members of various associations). And it cannot hallucinate citations!

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🧵This remarkable 15th-century glazed earthenware tile was discovered during excavations at the ruins of St Mary’s Abbey, York, and is now held by the Yorkshire Museum. The tile is particularly unusual because it bears a moralising poem written in middle English Gothic script,

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Richard III Society @richardiiisociety.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The American Branch invites members & the public to its General Membership Meeting, Oct 30-Nov 1st, in New Haven, CT. In-Person & Zoom tickets available.Matt Lewis will be in person at our conference,presenting the "Taste of Loyalty" movie as well as giving the keynote lecture about the Kingmaker1/2

Image of an open book with a poster in it with details about the GGM. It say Richard III Society American Branch 2026 GMM Oct 30-Nov 1 Yale University New Haven, CC

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Global Maritime History @globalmarhist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Thank you to @medievalmcsheff.bsky.social for this fantastic post.

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Tracy Bryce @tbryce1485.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

An enlightening talk! So pleased that George's reputation is being examined and reassessed. We put too much faith in second and third-hand sources.

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Richard III Society of Canada @richardiiisocca.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Today! Members of the Canadian Branch of the Richard III Society, and friends are being treated to Dr. Claudia Zimmerman, speaking on George Plantagenet and Isabel Neville, Duke and Duchess of Clarence – Peeling off layers and reassessing sources. 1/2

Image of Isabel and George, based on the Rous Roll. Text says George Plantagenet & Isabel Neville, Duke and Duchess of Clarence, benefactors of Tewkesbury Abbey. Peeling off layers and reassessing sources.

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Simon Coupland @scoupland.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The recent fires in Belgium have exposed stretches of the Merovingian road from Liege to Aachen - www.hbvl.be/nieuws/brand...

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Richard III Society of Canada @richardiiisocca.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

One of ours! AJ is a member of the Canadian Branch!

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Alex Hinge @hingey.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Barnard Castle’s Blagraves House dates from around 1480. It reveals Tudor details and centuries of stories. Linked to Richard III - it’s been a bakery, shoemaker’s, museum and restaurant. ‘Blagraves on The Bank’ original watercolour and ink on paper, 21x30cm #artfosale #barnardcastle #watercolour

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Yorkist History Trust @yorkisthistory.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Join the YHT on 17 October 2026 for a one-day symposium showcasing some of the exciting new research we're sponsoring! Held in-person at the @warburginstitute.bsky.social, tickets are only £10. See here for more information: yorkisthistorytrust.org/2026/07/23/s... #MedievalSky #medieval #Skystorians

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Stories from beyond the Page

The Trust On…Stories from beyond the Page: New Research from Fifteenth-Century Archives in England and Europe Pierre Coustain (attr.), posthumous panel painting of the coat of arms of King …

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Richard III Society @richardiiisociety.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

First look at the new Memorial Plaque to Prince Edward of Middleham, commissioned & funded by the Society, at the Church of St Mary & St Alkelda in Middleham North Yorkshire, this date being the 543rd anniversary of the investiture of Edward as Prince of Wales at York Minster in 1483. 1/2

Before the unveiling. The plaque is covered with Richard III's royal coat of arms.

The plaque unveiled. It says:
Richard III Society
Edward, Prince of Wales (1476 -1484)
Beloved son of King Richard III and Queen Anne Neville
Born and died at Middleham (aged 7)
May have been buried in this church.
Requiescat in Pace

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Next week, Sept 15 at 6:00 pm EDT, see @sarannmcd.bsky.social, author of Justice for Jehanne, at The New York Public Library! She will discuss her spellbinding narrative history, in conversation with award-winning author @sarahweinman.com. Register for this free, hybrid event here: buff.ly/TAGWTBP

Justice for Jehanne: The Tale of a Medieval Survivor by Sara McDougall

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Library of the Royal Irish Academy @rialibrary.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS C iii 1, the Annals of Connacht. This manuscript records episodes in the history of Gaelic Ireland from AD 1224 to AD 1544, with one later entry (in different ink) for the year 1562. There are short gaps in the text where a pair of leaves may have been lost.

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Kenneth F. Duggan 🇨🇦 @kfduggan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

One of my favourite medieval laws: Concerning vampires (strigis), which do not exist, no inquiry shall be made. From the early 12th-century Laws of King Coloman of Hungary, c.57.

The image shows Christopher Lee as Dracula, with blood on his lips and a victim in his arms. In the image, Dracula looks very troubled, perhaps because he’s just been told that he doesn’t exist by someone reading medieval Hungarian laws.

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Gallica BnF @gallicabnf.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Aujourd’hui, Gallica se penche sur l’extraordinaire bestiaire de l’un des plus célèbres récits de voyage du Moyen Âge, "Le Devisement du monde" ou "Livre des Merveilles", de Marco Polo : licornes, dragons, léopards, éléphants ou hommes-loups sont au rendez-vous ! => c.bnf.fr/ASg

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Richard III Society of Canada @richardiiisocca.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It's September & a common Labour of the Month was crushing grapes. This image shows some of the steps from bringing them in, in baskets, pouring them in to be crushed, the tired looking men stomping & finally the grape juice flowing out into a container on the floor. Image credit in ALT #Medievalsky

A man enters on the left with a wicker basket on his back. He is wearing shoes and white leggings up to the knees. A similarly dressed man but in blue bends over so the grapes go over his head into the large vat.He holds a stick he can lean on as he bends over. One of the men stomping grapes in the vat is helping to get the grapes out of the basket.. We cannot see his feet but it is presumed he is barefoot. There are grape stains on his legs and those of the other man in the vat who is clearly stomping. A small container in front of the vat is filling with juice from a small hole at the bottom of the vat. Image from Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 33, f. 9r

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S.C. Kaplan @medievallitura.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Hey #MedievalSky, I have a client who would really like photos of a 1583 MS (70 pages) that's at the College of Arms in #London. Do you have the necessary access or know someone who does who would be willing to do this paid job? Thanks!

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Let’s try again: I’d like to hear about new research from Scottish historians. Especially ECRs whose work may not get much attention. This is because I have a newspaper column where I publicise new work by Scottish historians! Tell me about your research!

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Medieval Military Medicine @medmilmedicine.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

“Puppies Trev?!? You were supposed to come up with a banner that would strike fear into the hearts of our enemies, maybe a dragon or a bull…but puppies?!” - 15th century, Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Hs. A 120, p. 520

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Shannon McSheffrey @medievalmcsheff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

EMPLOI!! Le Département d’histoire de l’Université d’Ottawa sollicite des candidatures pour un poste en histoire médiévale et/ou histoire transrégionale, 7e – 16e siècle. Français ou anglais, bilinguisme un atout. www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/trouver-un-e...

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Richard III Society of Canada @richardiiisocca.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Happy #InternationalDogDay! Dogs were used for many purposes in the Middle Ages. Hunting and companionship being 2 of them.

Two hounds, one brown and 1 while. From Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève / Ms. fr. 160 – Brunetto Latini, the 'Trésor' / f. 76r

Christine de Pizan writing at her desk A small dog sits by her feet. BL Harley MS 4431, f. 4r

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Ian Petrie @icpetrie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

JOB: TT Assistant Professor, History, University of Ottawa Medieval/transregional requires teaching in English & French universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...

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Richard III Society of Canada @richardiiisocca.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Happy #InternationalDogDay! Dogs were used for many purposes in the Middle Ages. Hunting and companionship being 2 of them.

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Vienna Woods @viennawoods.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Our shadows over King Richard's Well on August 22, 1979.

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 23/08/2026

Researchers say texts from 12th to 15th centuries ‘hint at a culture which has not even been imagined’

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Manuscript fragments hiding in plain sight shed light on medieval Guernsey’s literary life

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Richard III Society of Canada @richardiiisocca.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

We have been putting an In Memoriam in the Globe & Mail newspaper every year since 1966. Sixty years! #Medievalsky #RichardIII #skystorians

In Memoriam notice in the newspaper. It says “Richard Plantagenet. In memory of Richard III, king of England, who died 22 August 1485, defending his crown against the usurper, Henry Tudor.
Loyaulte me Lie.
Richard III Society of Canada
www.richardiii.ca
Info@richardiii.ca
@richardiiisocca.bsky.social

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Richard III Society of Canada @richardiiisocca.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

We have been putting an In Memoriam in the Globe & Mail newspaper every year since 1966. Sixty years! #Medievalsky #RichardIII #skystorians

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S.C. Kaplan @medievallitura.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Hey #MedievalSky, anyone have a PDF of François Suard's article "'Aspremont' au XVe et XVIe siècles," L'Analisi linguistica e letteraria 12, no. 1-2 (2004)?

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Richard III Society @richardiiisociety.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Sat 26 Sept. 2026: 9:00-4:00. The Richard III Society Convention 2026 in Nottingham. Join us the night before for a social evening. Tickets include a 2 course supper & a Ricardian quiz. For more information & to buy tickets, visit our website richardiii.net/annual-conve... We hope to see you there!

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 17/08/2026

Ranking friendly-looking medieval animals by how much we'd trust them. #MedievalMonday

A medieval illustration of Taurus the Bull from an ancient manuscript. Text on the image reads: "Friendly-looking medieval animals! Ranked by how much we’d trust them."
About:
Taurus the Bull
from
Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 614
Date Statement:
12th century, middle
Place of Origin:
England
Description:
Copies a prototype of 11th century, probably London, B.L., Cotton MS. Tiberius B. V.
Language:
Latin

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James Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

My face on the back of a toilet door is the ultimate in quality publicity! And this is your reminder that I'll be at Bosworth Medieval Festival next weekend to speak on The Architecture of Richard III 😁 More info and tickets... www.bosworthbattlefield.org.uk/james-wright...

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