Excited to have arrived for @imc-leeds.bsky.social! This year presenting alongside some fantastic people on policing the urban environment across Europe!

Having a great time presenting at the III Urban History Colloqium in London today. 'Restriction and Movement in the Urban Environment of Late Medieval England' A lot of focus on broken bridges, blocked gutters, and flooded roads!

Spent the past few days presenting at @bristolcms.bsky.social's PGR Conference 2026! 'Imperfect Prefects: Leet Officer Accountability in Late Medieval England' Managed to meet some great people, both medieval and environmentally inclined!

Looking forward to giving a paper on water management in medieval Peterborough and Ramsey next week at Hull's Centre for Water Cultures (@eeiathull.bsky.social). March 11th, 14:00-15:00 GMT. It will be hybrid so feel free to watch online if you'd like! Link below. www.hull.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Centre for Water Cultures Common Sense or Cleanliness

Centre for Water Cultures seminar on Common Sense or Cleanliness: Water Management in Two Fenland Towns, 1300-1540 by Louis Henry

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Great to have spoken at Oxford's Environmental History Working Group today. Some very engaging and informative discussions on anthropocentric calendars and waste issues!

Presented at Cambridge's Medieval Graduate Workshop today! '"Venal and Inefficient" Environmental Mismanagement as a Vector and Consequence of a Failure in Monastic Lordship, c. 1300-1500,

Very happy to have presented at @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy today as part of their 'Talking Records' symposium! Met some great people and heard some great pollution history research!

Thrilled to be presenting at #IMC2026 alongside some really excellent papers on policing the premodern urban environment! Expect lots of court leet rolls, dung heaps, and blocked gutters! @imc-leeds.bsky.social

Excited to announce that I'll be giving a paper at the National Archives' symposium, Talking Records: Pollution in the Archives on the 4th December. Expect some interesting pollution history discoveries that I've found using the court leet rolls from medieval Peterborough and Ramsey!

Talking Records: Pollution in the Archive - Research and scholarship

‘Talking Records’ is a new collections-based symposium held at The National Archives every year. The theme for 2025 is pollution and will take place in person on Thursday 4 December 2025 at The Nation...

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The Greenhouse @unistavanger.bsky.social is launching an international Masters Program in Public Environmental Humanities from fall 2026! Taught in English. Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues! Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...

Once again I'm back at the British Library looking at rolls! This morning I came across a particularly damaged roll with large chunks of it having been ripped off. To keep the roll secure, the British Library had wrapped it with a 19th century application form to buy railway shares as scrap paper!

In addition to visiting archives, I am currently preparing to attend a summer school at the University of Bern next week! It will be a really exciting course on the digital humanities and medieval history which I hope will introduce me to some new methods I could use in my research. L.H. #envhum

These court rolls tell me what medieval communities considered a crime. We see instances of individuals being fined for dumping dung heaps, blocking gutters, selling unclean meat, and being irresponsible with their fires. L.H. #envhum

Today I'm at the National Archives in Kew! There are a small number of court rolls stored here instead of the British Library. As I'm only in London for a few weeks, I will be taking photos of the rolls so I'm able to analyse them in more detail later. L.H. #envhum

This week I am on a research trip in London where I will be going to the British Library and National Archives! Currently I am looking at some account rolls from Ramsey Abbey to see if the Abbey was funding the construction/repair of sewers, gutters, or latrines. L.H. #envhum

My research is on waste management and sanitation in late medieval English towns, focusing on the responsibilities, expectations, and levels of accountability for town officials! L.H.

Hello #envhum! My name is Louis Henry and I'll be doing the Greenhouse account takeover this week! I am a PhD candidate in medieval environmental history and I started at UiS this year. L.H.