Sara M. Butler 🇨🇦
@sarabutler.bsky.social
Medievalist, fond of juries, writes about violence, dog-lover, crochet enthusiast, reads Canadian fiction. Professor of medieval history at Ohio State University.
Another great new book from the @universitypress.cambridge.org series in Early Modern British History has arrived: Joan Redmond, Religion, Rebellion, and Violence in Ireland, c. 1603-1649 www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...
What can relic labels tell us about early medieval nuns' relationship to the holy - and to the written word? Liven up your Monday with the latest EME podcast: @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social interviewing @ana0dias.bsky.social about her brand new EME article: rss.com/podcasts/ear...
Whose bones are these? Labelling relics in early medieval Francia | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
Everyone knows the importance of relics for early medieval Christianity. But a relic is only valuable if it's identifiable, otherwise it's just a fragment of bone, cloth or stone. In other words, ever...
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Italian fashion designer Domenico Dolce was born #OnThisDay in 1958. Along with Stefano Gabbana, he designed this printed silk dress embellished with sequins and Swarovski crystals, that features images of mosaics from Sicily’s Cathedral of Monreale. V&A collection. #fashionhistory
The deadline for ASLH Projects & Proposals applications is now extended to Oct.1, 2026. It's unusual (and great) for a scholarly society to offer these small grants! Please spread the word and/or consider applying: aslh.net/award/projec... @elizabethdkatz.bsky.social
Projects and Proposals Funding | American Society for Legal History
The Projects and Proposals Committee of the American Society for Legal History invites proposals for the funding of new initiatives in the study, presentation, and production of legal historical schol...
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Elizabeth D. Katz@elizabethdkatz.bsky.social · 6mo agoI'm excited to be chairing the American Society for Legal History Projects and Proposals Committee this cycle. We look forward to receiving funding applications for conferences, museum exhibits, pedagogical experiments, and more! We are accepting submissions until Sept. 1. aslh.net/award/projec...
Oh wow! A truism that all plague researchers repeat is that plague is found on all continents *except* for Australia (where its intrusion was beaten back in the early 20thC) & Antartica. Well this isn't *the* plague but it's a cousin: www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour.... Biology is amazing!
Yersinia antarctica sp. nov., isolated from an Antarctic insect – expanding the genus into polar ecosystems
Five Gram-negative strains, designated BI01T, BI02, BI1211, BI4D and BI67 isolated from the gut of the Antarctic endemic insect Belgica antarctica, were characterized by a polyphasic approach. Compara...
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My new post is up! When Marriage goes Wrong: Breach of Promise in Fifteenth-Century England legalhistorymiscellany.com/2026/08/06/w...
When Marriage goes Wrong: Breach of Promise in Fifteenth-Century England
Posted by Sara M. Butler, 6 August 2026. Cundradus Schlapperitzi, miniature showing marriage (1445). New York Public Library. Courtesy of Picryl. Public Domain. Historians of marriage …
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Older special episode of #CoffeeWithACodex featuring @leoba.bsky.social, Mary Yearl, and Faith Wallis, that I'm posting 'cause I couldn't find it here yet. #medievalsky #histmed www.youtube.com/watch?v=stil...
Coffee with a Codex: Medical Manuscripts and Marginalia
YouTube video by McGill Libraries
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Fabulous new post on grand juries and the linking of juries with due process by K.J. Kesselring! legalhistorymiscellany.com/2026/07/17/g...
Grand Juries and Star Chamber’s Haunting Spectre
With curbs on trial juries now proposed in the UK, this post looks back to the part played by their now defunct counterpart, the grand jury.
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Morning in tbe garden with this barnstorming, trailblazing book by Elisabeth van Houts. Run, don't walk, etc. @yalepress.bsky.social @yalebooks.bsky.social
Are you interested in being a short-term visiting scholar at the Center for the Study of Religion at Ohio State? religion.osu.edu/visiting-sch...
Visiting Scholar Program | Center for the Study of Religion
The Center for the Study of Religion hosts a short-term visiting scholar program one or two times per academic year. Building on a successful pilot program held in March 2023, this initiative aims to ...
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The 1901 population census is the single most complete tally of Indigenous peoples in territory claimed by Canada. This new paper argues the census was a colonial construction limited by its presuppositions but still informative of the diversity of First Nations including a large number of Metis.
Enumerating Indigenous populations at the turn of the twentieth century
In 1901, the Canadian government published a summary of the Indigenous population resident within the boundaries of what would become present-day Canada. Until now, the census microdata underlying ...
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January 1537: an enslaved African named Francisco Fernandes came to the Lisbon Inquisition and accused a 15-year-old boy named Braz Caldeira of having said that he did not know whether God was present in the consecrated host. Interestingly, Francisco signed his name in his own hand.
New post from Cassie Watson! The ‘Ripper Template’ and Forensic Investigations of Serial Murder legalhistorymiscellany.com/2026/06/19/t...
The ‘Ripper Template’ and Forensic Investigations of Serial Murder
By Cassie Watson; posted 19 June 2026. Serial offenders are assumed to have at least two to four victims;[1] to kill for pleasure or gain; and to follow a pattern in victim selection. If, as Eric H…
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🗣️ Medievalists! 🏰 Check out this page, we’ve done a reconstruction the medieval chapel at Chester Castle! www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places... Please share widely! There’s loads of info and *lovely* images from the repertoire of medieval art - and also more reconstructions!
The Chester Castle Chapel Wall Paintings
The walls of the medieval chapel in the Agricola Tower at Chester Castle were richly painted around 1240 with scenes including miracles of the Virgin Mary and St Edward the Confessor. From the fragmen...
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Medieval Forensics: 20 Key Observations by Song Ci www.medievalists.net/2024/06/medi... #SongCi
Medieval Forensics: 20 Key Observations by Song Ci - Medievalists.net
Explore the origins of forensic science through the groundbreaking work of Song Ci, a medieval physician and judge. His observations revolutionized the investigation of unusual deaths and laid the…
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Beyond The Hike: What Makes The Camino De Santiago So Transformative via @forbes www.forbes.com/sites/judyko...
Beyond The Hike: What Makes The Camino De Santiago So Transformative
This famous pilgrimage route in Northern Spain offers more than stunning scenery, it delivers personal growth, cultural immersion and lifelong memories.
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We lost Rosamond McKitterick, a great scholar, a great teacher, and a great human being, far too early. This has been hard to write, but thinking about her, who she was and the person she chose to be can never bring me anything but joy. #medievalsky salutemmundo.wordpress.com/2026/06/15/a...
A Scholarly and a Moral Education: Remembering Rosamond McKitterick
Photo of Rosamond McKitterick, taken by the author on 1 February 2020 overlooking the Forum at Rome. Rosamond McKitterick died on Saturday 13th June 2026. As a sentence, that’s easy to write and im…
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Ah, Magna Carta Day. #otd in 1215, King John set his seal to the Charter of Liberties - now know as Magna Carta. And on this same day every year, historians are annoyed by every post on social media that starts with "King John signed..." Sealed, people sealed! 😡😘🤣 #medievalsky
The Eternal Legacy of Magna Carta
Lincoln Cathedral’s Magna Carta June 15th 2015 was the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta. On 1 April 2015 Lincoln Castle reopened its doors after an extensive refurbishment…
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Check out this weeks blog post on the upcoming academic conference on the history of Cinque Ports and Maritime Kent. Taking place on 26th and 27th June at the Maison Dieu, read the blog to find out more about what is sure to be a fantastic event! www.memslib.co.uk/post/celebra...
Celebrating the fascinating history of the Cinque Ports and Maritime Kent
The Maison Dieu is hosting a major academic conference on Fri 26 and Sat 27 June 2026, exploring the history of the Cinque Ports and maritime Kent.
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It was both enlightening and disturbing to learn how deeply the figure of the tortured, killed and dying woman is embedded in our culture, whether in dance, music, poetry, or art.
The members of the #CASResearchGroup “Femicide” (led by Julia Burkhardt) met for a highly productive workshop. We are excited to support the planned sourcebook, which will be published by the LMU University Library.
Delighted to see this positive review of my latest book! Thank you Sara Butler! #medievalsky www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
Megan Cassidy-Welch, Crusades and Violence. (Past Imperfect.) Leeds: ARC Humanities, 2023. Paper. Pp. viii, 96. $17.95. ISBN: 978-1-6418-9475-3. | Speculum: Vol 100, No 1
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The event is part of the #CASResearchGroup "Femicide" and organized by Julia Burkhardt, Mariama Diagne, Irene Holzer, Joanna Olchawa, Juliane Prade-Weiss. www.cas.lmu.de/de/programme...
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Mediävistik | Akademisches Jahr 2025/2026
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The Daring Escape of Arbella Stuart from the Tower of London - June 1611 thefreelancehistorywriter.com/2014/11/22/t...
The Daring Escape of Arbella Stuart
On June 22, 1610, in the early hours of the morning in her apartments at Greenwich Palace, thirty-four year old Arbella Stuart married twenty-two year old William Seymour. But this wasn’t just any …
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Check out the latest from @rparkinson.bsky.social, a supremely talented historian of the violent context and legacy of the American Revolution! And happy birthday Rob!
Rob Parkinson@rparkinson.bsky.social · 3mo agoYesterday was my birthday, today is the birthday for Tyrants and Rogues! The first book to interrogate the Declaration’s 27 grievances. On sale now!
January 1538. A family is denounced to the Inquisition in Lisbon for remaining Jewish & keeping kosher. Evidence? The matriarch of the family refused to eat lamprey eels "because they disgust her and look like snakes." (nam comia lamprea por que tenia nojo della por lhe parecer cobra).
