Special limited edition of Charlemagne's Dream announced over on Insta. Very pretty. This trade book thing is quite different to the academic book experience.

I'm hiring for a funded PhD in 'global' medieval history or trans-Mediterranean entanglements at my chair in Bochum, Germany, from 1 Oct 2026 — 3 yrs, your own project, 3 hrs/week teaching in the History Department, at 65 %of TVL-13 (~€2050/month after tax). Apply by 31 May — or please share 👇

Wissenschaftliche*n Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d)

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15% off in the US for pre-orders at bookshop.org/p/books/char... #CharlemagnesDream #medievalsky

Charlemagne's Dream: The Rise and Fall of the Carolingian Empire

The Rise and Fall of the Carolingian Empire

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James T Palmer@jtpmedieval.bsky.social · 3mo ago

If anyone in the UK fancies pre-ordering my new book #CharlemagnesDream with 20% off this week, that is a thing here: uk.bookshop.org Released this October! #medievalsky (Only the ebook when I checked but I have queried whether the hardback might be included)

If anyone in the UK fancies pre-ordering my new book #CharlemagnesDream with 20% off this week, that is a thing here: uk.bookshop.org Released this October! #medievalsky (Only the ebook when I checked but I have queried whether the hardback might be included)

Post-Doc Mittelalter: bald wird vorausstl. eine Post-Doc-Stelle (A13, 100%) zum Mittelalter in Bonn ausgeschrieben. Die Stelle wird thematisch, zeitlich und räumlich offen sein, Bewerbungsschluss bereits Anfang Juni, Start vorausstl. September. Interessenten stellen sich gerne bereits darauf ein.

Great list 🙂 Ok a bit biased as there are two books from our household on it but it is still a great list.

Matt Gabriele@profgabriele.com · 3mo ago

hey! it's independent bookstore day! now's a great time to get some books and if you do, why not get some books about the Middle Ages??? so, to help, I partnered with @bookshop.org to make you a (short) list of books to get you going. Enjoy! #medievalsky bookshop.org/lists/so-you...

Our early Latin medicine project is still doing its Manuscript of the Month blog - here is Jeff Doolittle on a fragment of the Old Commentary on Hippocrates' Aphorisms cemlm.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/04/24/2... #medievalsky

NEW! Open access co-authored essay on the Corpus of Early #Medieval Latin #Medicine and some things we have learned. Enjoy! #medievalsky brill.com/view/journal...

Vacancy: Assistant Professor of Celtic, with a specialism in Old Irish, University of Cambridge. #MedievalSky www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

"Charlemagne's Dream" is coming (just not quite yet). #medieval #carolingians #apocalypse

Another new arrival: Burridge, Banham and Olsan (eds) Early #Medieval Medicine in Context!

New on my desk in #medieval fun! (I contributed maps).

Come hang out next year! #medievalsky

St Andrews School of History@standrewshist.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The Department of Medieval History at the University of St Andrews invites applications for the Donald Bullough Fellowship to be taken up during either semester of the academic year 2026-2027. The closing date for applications is Monday 1 December 2025.

Dioskurides-Fragment aus dem 9. Jahrhundert entdeckt. Wenn's um Feigen geht, dann ist es das Ende des 1. Buches der "Materia medica". www.forschung-und-lehre.de/forschung/un... #histmed #medievalsky #bookhistory

Unibibliothek entdeckt Pergamentfragment aus dem 9. Jahrhundert

In der Bibliothek in Halle ist beim Digitalisieren eine Handschrift gefunden worden. Sie hatte als Einband reformatorischer Schriften gedient.

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New in open access #medievalsky: Bede's Medical Books! www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Keepin' it Old School this time

Call for applications! 📣 The German Historical Institute London is seeking a Research Associate with a particular research interest in medieval history (with a focus on late medieval English history) for a part-time project position to start on 1 February 2026. 🤝 1/3

Big workshop coming up in Southampton on #apocalyptic literature in Judaism, Christianity and Islam in the early Middle Ages - all welcome, in person or online! Any queries do get in touch. #medievalsky

Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Apocalypticism

The conference marks the final event of a project examining apocalyptic literature of Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the 7th-9th centuries

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Fresh on early view: @eddiemeehan99.bsky.social on how Pippin I of Aquitaine (d. 838) balanced kingship "as an office and as a dynastic status". onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Vol 12.2 is OUT! This time we have a special issue for you: "Contours of Spiritual Formation from the Thirteenth to the Fifteenth Century", with essays by Jean-Claude Schmitt, Leandro Alves Teodoro and Pablo Martin Prieto #medievalsky

Brilliant, sweeping, magnificent and highly recommended! Glad @thetudortimes.bsky.social enjoyed House of Lilies

Tudor Times@thetudortimes.bsky.social · last yr.

Check out our new book review. We have strayed from Tudor territory into medieval France with a review of #HouseofLilies by @medievalrevolt.bsky.social Find out if it was worth the journey. bit.ly/40ITaEe

Are you a doctoral student working on medieval history who'd benefit from a stay in Paris?

André Loez & podcast Paroles d’histoire @andreloez.bsky.social · last yr.

Pour des doctorants / docteurs en histoire médiévale ne préparant pas leur thèse en France, vous pouvez candidater à une bourse Robert de Sorbon du @labo-lamop.bsky.social À faire circuler ! Cc @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social

If anyone likes medieval podcasts by the way "All You Ever Wanted to Know about the #Merovingians" came out on History Extra last week with me chatting about my book "Merovingian Worlds" (Cambridge UP 2024)! (This is the Apple link but it's on Spotify and a load of other places...) #medievalsky

The Merovingians: everything you wanted to know

Podcast Episode · History Extra podcast · 21/06/2025 · 34m

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"The popularity of seasonal healthcare and dietary regimes to prevent illness discovered has surprising parallels with modern day social media wellness influencers," said @jtpmedieval.bsky.social - nice coverage of a bit of research we have funded www.thetimes.com/article/4415...

Lizard shampoo, bloodletting and other wellness tips from the Middle Ages

Curiosity about health trends is not a modern-day phenomenon, academics reveal, as they uncover medieval texts sharing dietary regimes and medical advice

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Corpus of Early Medieval Latin Medicine getting some attention today in the Times! If you missed it last week our handlist of "new" pre-1000 medical manuscripts can be found here cemlm.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/handlist/ #medievalsky

Justine Firnhaber-Baker@medievalrevolt.bsky.social · last yr.

There’s an article in @thetimes.com today on @jtpmedieval.bsky.social ’s early #medieval medicine project. (Himself pictured therein making actual medieval potions behind our house)

NEW from the Corpus of Early Medieval Latin Medicine... our handlist of the 198(!!!) pre-1000 manuscripts with medical texts not included in the standard catalogues. It's been a productive first phase for the project... but a lot of work still to do! #medievalsky

Please share: we have a Teaching Fellow in Roman History post available! I want to be up front: 0.4 FTE for basically 10 months. We know what that means, but we are supportive, friendly & not cruel taskmasters. Applications close June 30. Full advert here: jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/11....

Teaching Fellow in Roman History in Leicester | University of Leicester Recruitment Team

View details and apply for this Teaching Fellow in Roman History vacancy in Leicester. An exciting new post has arisen for a Teaching Fellow in Roman History to join the University of Leicester...

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Any Medievalists want a copy of the newest edition of Debating #Medieval Europe - The central and later Middle Ages - for... free? Our DME books serve as an entry point for understanding the distinctive historiography of their periods. Hit repost and we'll add you to the giveaway 📗👇 #booksky

Giveaway! I have 1 copy of a Lithuanian translation and 1 copy of the Chinese translation of “The Bright Ages.” Respond below for a chance to get one! #medievalsky #booksky

New publication from myself today: "The fame and significance of Dunkeld in the tenth and eleventh centuries" clog.glasgow.ac.uk/ojs/index.ph...

Neil McGuigan@neilmcguigan.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy St Columba's day. Today is released a new volume commissioned to mark the 1500th anniversary of the birth the saint. Features greats like Thomas Charles-Edwards, John Carey, Thomas Owen Clancy and Simon Taylor among others. I am also there. clog.glasgow.ac.uk/ojs/index.ph...

Free to download for the next two weeks: Rick Sowerby's excellent new book Natural and Supernatural in Early #Medieval England! #medievalsky

Natural and Supernatural in Early Medieval England

Cambridge Core - European Studies - Natural and Supernatural in Early Medieval England

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