This is called a ‘hudd’ and was used in the 18th century for the priest to stand in when conducting graveside services in wet weather. The Wingfield hudd is one of just two in East Anglia. There's another at Walpole St Peter in Norfolk. #History #HistoryMatters

This month's blogpost is by Saba Alkuwari (@standrewshist.bsky.social) on the writings of the German Lutheran reformer Philipp Melanchthon. How were his books printed in #Catholic cities? Was he banned from them, or is there more to the story of the 16c #book trade? wp.me/p7o0HV-tR #Skystorians

Philipp Melanchthon, Catholic Censorship, and the Sixteenth-Century Book Trade

Saba Alkuwari is a PhD researcher in Reformation Studies at the University of St Andrews. Supervised by Professor Andrew Pettegree and Dr Arthur der Weduwen, her research examines the publication a…

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Are you starting a new research degree in history from Sept? If so, come along to our in-person IHR workshop & learn about our fantastic @ihrlibrary.bsky.social, our 60 IHR seminars & how you can join @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social, our national postgraduate network! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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CFP for Leeds IMC 2027: Geography and Cosmography in Non-Historical Texts 📅 05-08.07.2027 📍 Leeds (UK) Deadline: 01.09.2026 @imc-leeds.bsky.social #LeedsIMC2027 #MedievalSky

We're delighted to announce the plenary speakers for the EHS Winter Meeting 2027 (9 Jan 2027, online) 🎉 Professor Denise Kimber Buell (Williams College) Professor Emerita Philippa Levine (UT Austin) More info about the meeting & how you can submit to give a paper will be announced this autumn.

Upcoming conference: Rethinking Innocent IV and the Crusades: A Multidisciplinary Inquiry London (Hybrid) 24–25 September 2026 Stewart House, Royal Holloway London Graduate School, London WC1B 5DN Register here: zclg001.wixsite.com/rethinkingin...

We've now got our autumn events up on our website, featuring lectures covering a huge range of topics, open days and a conference on relics! Check out the lineup and see what takes your fancy! www.sal.org.uk/events/

Exciting news for #history lovers: one of our former EHS Presidents, Professor Michael Snape (Durham) has just published a new book! Embattled Belief: Religion and the British Army from Korea to Afghanistan (CUP) is available for order now. Congrats Prof Snape 👏👏 www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...

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Congratulations to our shortlisted authors for the 2026 EHS Book Prize! Christopher J. Bonura, Mark Earngey, Robert A.H. Evans & Emily Vine (@emilymayvine.bsky.social) have written four fantastic new offerings to the field of #churchhistory 👏

Our Summer Conference 2026 is over, but don't worry- there's still time to participate in 'The Church and Race' theme! Our Winter Meeting will be held on the same topic on 9 January 2027. More details to follow this autumn. #ChurchHistory #Skystorians

Many thanks to Professor David Horrell (University of Exeter) and the Right Reverend Rowan Williams (104th Archbishop of Canterbury) for providing the last two plenary sessions of our Summer Conference 👏

Day 3 of our Summer Conference on 'The Church and Race' is off to a great start! We've heard some great papers from Swetabja Mallik and David Martin on the theme of race and caste in India. #ChurchHistory #Skystorians

It's another beautiful day for our conference! ☀️

We are delighted to welcome three new Fellows to the Ecclesiastical History Society this year: David Blake, Jane Dawson, and Tom Holland. These Fellows have contributed enormously to the study of #ChurchHistory, and we are honoured to have them join us.

We are being spoiled with great plenary lectures this week! Pictured: Professor Herman Bennett (CUNY) and Professor Miri Rubin (EHS President, QMUL)

The second day of the EHS conference is well underway! We are thrilled with the exciting discussions of 'The Church and Race' going on at Royal Holloway today. #ChurchHistory #Skystorians

Don't forget to join our EHS early career researchers breakfast on Wednesday morning at Royal Holloway, 8am! Bring your questions for our historians 🥐

Miri Rubin@mirierubin.bsky.social · 3w ago

Looking forward to seeing many ECRs at breakfast…

Early Career Researcher Breakfast at the EHS Summer Conference Wed 15 July @ 8am, Founder Dining Hall For ECRS: Aude de Mézerac-Zanetti and Miri Rubin invite you to join them for a BYOBreakfast next Wednesday. This will be an occasion to ask any questions & talk to some Committee members!

Dr Chelsea Reutcke @creutcke.bsky.social (@utah.edu) writes our blogpost this month about how Catholics interpreted the Popish plot in print, playing cards...and blood? Read more about 17th century material culture in England: eccleshistsoc.wordpress.com/2026/07/07/p... #Skystorians #Catholicism

A reminder: this Friday (10 July) is the closing date for applications for the Society's Funded Book Workshop Grants, 2026-27 bit.ly/4vfL6av Grants fund a day workshop for historians writing a 2nd or 3rd monograph, to discuss their project and manuscript with up to 6 specialist readers #Skystorians

Want money to study medieval and early modern cultures in the city with England's oldest cathedral? Then you have a week in which to apply for one of the MA scholarships @memsunikent.bsky.social: research.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear... Complete the simple application process by next Monday, 13th July.

PhD and MA Funding - Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies - Research at Kent

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Sacred... #FarleighChapel #Wiltshire dedicated to St. Leonard. The original altar stone rests against the wall adjacent to the current altar

'This small but striking display of medieval documents also includes a 1402 receipt from Richard (Dick) Whittington and others documenting the purchase of property in Hertfordshire and the apprenticeship of Katherine Nougle 1392.' Currently at the London Archives. #Skystorians

Display: Spotlight on Medieval London

See a selection of items from our rich collection of medieval archives, including a rare opportunity to view two illuminated manuscripts.

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"Is charging visitors the only way to save Scotland's historic churches?" Following the UK Govt's decision to end Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme, with rising fabric repair costs and plummeting volunteer numbers Herald journalist @sandradick.bsky.social has been exploring this question (1/3)

Applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowships are open. This fellowship is a three-year award made to an annual cohort of outstanding early-career researchers in the humanities or social sciences. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4xWduAS

📢NEW WILL OF THE MONTH📢 The will of a curate mixed up in the case of Elizabeth Barton, the ‘Holy Maid of Kent’. #EarlyModern 🗃️ @leverhulme.ac.uk sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...

#OnThisDay in #ChurchHistory: 30 June 1860 saw Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford, battle with Thomas Huxley, a biologist from London about the recently advanced theory of evolution through natural selection. The debate occurred at the British Association for the Advancement of Science meeting.

We're proud to announce the latest volume of Studies in Church History is out now! You can read 'The Church and the Military' open access with @universitypress.cambridge.org : www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Carnoustie Church, #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek has an unusual raked gallery within the raised east aisle, behind a row of arcaded pillars and is adorned by several stained glass windows, including the very striking war memorial windows in the south gable by Margaret Chilton and Marjorie Kemp. 🧵1/2

Last day to register for the EHS Summer Conference! Come join us in London 13-15 July ☀️

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Tomorrow (Fri 19 June) is the last day to register to attend our Summer Conference. Make sure you secure your spot- it's the highlight of our year! www.tickettailor.com/events/eccle... #History #Skystorians