Dr Sarah McKeagney
@mckeagns.bsky.social
Medieval church court document lover | Medieval church court document abbreviation hater | postdoctoral fellow
While we're on the topic of female litigants, a search of REQ 2 for "administratrix" and/or "executrix" identifies over 450 suits often relating to women settling estates etc discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_o...
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Daniel F Gosling@thegozfather.bsky.social · 5d agoYou can now quickly identify single female plaintiffs in Court of Requests cases by searching REQ 2 for the code "SFP". Over 2,500 hits. discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_s...
For all of you who care (and I’m sure it’s many), I basically assumed that ‘aas’ had to be an abbreviation for something rather than the blisteringly obvious fact that it was simply a man named Aas. Reader, it is always the Aas man.
Dr Sarah McKeagney@mckeagns.bsky.social · 3w agoI come with a begging cup- has anyone seen this abbreviation before?
Secretary-Hand-heads, i need u. Any ideas on the 7th word on the second line after ‘curat ibm’? A colleague reckons it could be frater/frator but i fear i’ve been staring at it far too long
Every five days, a mosque is attacked in the UK. How many of them have you heard about? How many of them made the nightly news? At least 70 attacks in the past year alone. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
One UK mosque attacked ‘every five days’, says British Muslim Trust
More than 70 attacks have been recorded over past year, including acts of violence, property damage and vandalism
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One of the most fun writing experiences in recent memory. Thank you @liamh2os.bsky.social and @postmedieval.bsky.social !
Dr. Timothy Liam Waters@liamh2os.bsky.social · 2w agoPublication day! Our About the Cover essay is now out in postmedieval. After @basilaprice.bsky.social and I submitted another co-authored article (forthcoming soon!), the editors invited us to write the accompanying cover essay. Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I come with a begging cup- has anyone seen this abbreviation before?
🎯 “An elite consensus that AI-assisted learning might be fine for hoi polloi but not for future leaders at the most selective institutions cannot be far-off now“ The coming class divide on AI: tech-free learning at elite institutions, AI-centered learning everywhere else.
Dennis Hogan@dennismhogan.bsky.social · 3w agoMany faculty have been sounding the alarm about the problems generative AI poses for student learning. Strangely, some higher ed administrations seem have emerged as major AI boosters. Why? As I write in the latest @hedgehogreview.bsky.social it's a labor story: hedgehogreview.com/issues/the-f...
before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. that way, you can sell the second one to fund your journey. follow me for more Revenge Grindset tips and tricks
The Society will write up a summary for History for next week. Key points at this stage include: > 11% decline (-440 FPE) across all History staff between 2018/19 and 2024/25, compared with a 7% decline across all humanities > loss of 140 FPE History roles 2022/23 to 2024/25 #Skystorians 1/3
Going on the reading list! #MedievalSky
Monica H Green@monicamedhist.bsky.social · 2mo agoLatest addition to the 2nd Plague Pandemic biblio: "this article ... asks how often women were employed as wage workers in the rural economy of medieval England, how they were paid relative to men, and to what extent change is evident after the Black Death." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
CFP for @imc-leeds.bsky.social #IMC2027 on Building Scientific Communities: The Transmission of the Quadrivium in the Early Medieval Period (c. 300-1000 C.E.). Posted on behalf of Dr Robyn Stewart (University of York) who is not on Bsky. Deadline 1 Sept 2026 for 250-word abstracts.
Has there ever been a situation before this when governments devoted so much money and effort into forcing people to adopt the products of a few companies, with so little evidence that they were useful?
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4w agoReeves to launch City ‘skills compact’ committing firms to retrain staff in AI
A great week for @virtualtreasury.bsky.social and VOICES! Over half a million Irish records now freely available incl thousands more early modern women 🎉 @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social www.irishcentral.com/roots/histor...
Over half a million Irish historical records are now free to explore online
A major expansion of the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland opens up nearly 200,000 new records while a new project will uncover Ireland's forgotten stories in French archives.
irishcentral.com
I'm gonna be so excited to be heading off to #IMC2026 in Leeds tomorrow once I can get my PowerPoint finished 🥳 Catch me at 9am on Wednesday where I'll be yapping about masculinity in church court litigation as part of a marvellous panel organised by @medievalmunn.bsky.social
Monica H Green@monicamedhist.bsky.social · 2mo agoLatest addition to the 2nd Plague Pandemic biblio: "this article ... asks how often women were employed as wage workers in the rural economy of medieval England, how they were paid relative to men, and to what extent change is evident after the Black Death." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Back in Maidstone to dot my Ts and cross my Is by looking at the court records from some of the most rural parts of 15thC Kent
Rutger K. 🟥@anotheraspirin.bsky.social · 3mo agoHelp, #MedievalSky! There's an opening on our #IMC2026 Panel on Abbatial Identities within and without the Cloister. Do you like abbots/abbesses or another kind of 'monastic leader', and are you having second thoughts about skipping the IMC this year? Let me know and we might have a session for you!
We're sending HUGE congratulations to Mark Bailey for winning the Joan Thirsk Memorial Prize. His work 'Serfdom in medieval England: Theory and practice 1200-1500' explores how serfdom operated in practice and why it has shaped historical debate. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526172976/
Due to a couple of withdrawals, I am accepting paper proposals for my Constructing Masculinities and Ideas of Manhood in the Premodern World sessions at the upcoming @imc-leeds.bsky.social. Please see the attached poster for details! Thanks in advance 😊 #imc #medieval #history #conference
Do you have lots of wonderful things to say about masculinities in the premodern world? Come be on a panel with me at @imc-leeds.bsky.social 🫡 Constructing Masculinities and Ideas of Manhood in the Premodern World, I @ International Medieval Congress 2026 imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2026/pre...
Genuinely obsessed with clerk-ly doodling ✒️
Jess Ayres@drjessayres.bsky.social · 4mo agoAlthough not relevant to my research, the scribbles left by clerks on the endpapers and back covers of volumes are always the most fascinating. Quick sums, lists, and handwriting practice left by City of London clerks in official records ✍🏼 📷 @thelondonarchives.bsky.social - CLA/002/05/012
Day 2: John Blanke 🧶 John Blanke was a Black trumpeter at the Tudor court, best known from the Westminster Tournament Roll of 1511, commissioned during the reign of Henry VIII. Blanke appears twice in the ms & is shown wearing the same livery 1/ #BHM #yarnsky #yarnmarket #blackhistorymonth
Dr.MRO/ Axel Folio @isasaxonists.bsky.social · 6mo ago#BHM Day 1: "Alchitrof, the Ethiopian Emperor.” 🧶 Alchitrof is said to have ruled in the 16th-cent & made contact w/ the Portuguese. Records state that he was known for his bravery & his fight against the Portuguese invasion of his territory. 1/ #yarnsky #blackhistory #handdyedyarn
If anyone needs reminding of how migration is always been part of human history, here, have just one nice example. The English government started to tax immigrants in the 1330s as a significant source of revenue and the records are freely available online at www.englandsimmigrants.com
England's Immigrants 1330 - 1550
englandsimmigrants.com
[monster truck announcer voice] Early. Modern. Bodies. In November 2025 get your grubby hands on the freshest and coolest scholarship from yours truly ("Vagrant Bodies") and a frankly much more impressive range of other scholars. Straight out in very affordable Paperback! Years in the making.
Early Modern Bodies
Early Modern Bodies is a wide-ranging and detailed introduction to a variety of different approaches to and perspectives on bodies in the early modern period, circa 1500–1750. The collection guides re...
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