The wonderful @5minmedievalist.bsky.social invited me on to the Medieval Podcast to talk all about queenly household and wardrobe accounts. If podcasts are your thing, you can find it here: www.medievalpodcast.com/episodes/roy...

Royal Receipts with Abigail Armstrong — The Medieval Podcast

You can tell a lot about people by their spending habits. What do they buy for themselves? And what do they buy for other people? This week, Danièle speaks with Abigail S. Armstrong about royal financ...

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Received an email from jobs.ac.uk saying that there have been no new jobs matching my search criteria within the last 3 months and that I should change my criteria to “ensure you don’t miss out on great opportunities”. My niche search criteria: “Historical & Philosophical Studies” and “medieval” 😅

Thinking pilgrimage – Canterbury, Eastbridge and Maison Dieu, Dover kchh.org/thinking-pil...

Thinking pilgrimage - Canterbury, Eastbridge and Maison Dieu, Dover - KCHH

From the Archbishop's pilgrimage and Eastbridge to Dover at Night, events highlight the value of community.

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I feel seen by this thread. (Pleeeeeeease give me this abbreviation in its non-abbreviated form elsewhere 🙏) *Minus running the manuscript through transkribus because my MSS are usually not hundreds of folios thankfully

Dr. Erika Graham-Goering@jeanneologist.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Palaeography 🧵! Or why it can take a historian a while to confirm what they already suspected must be the case and not really get any further than they were—but this time with confidence 😂 I'm working with documents that list the incomes of medieval French lordships, so a lot of it is about grain.

It’s always great receiving random emails from people who’ve enjoyed your work and found it useful. Receiving such an email today has made my day 🤗 especially as I’ve been struggling a bit recently

Notre Dame is complete and it is beautiful! 😍 Bonus pics to show off how magnificent this set is. So intricate. So detailed. Annoyingly many typos in this thread but I blame it on the sore fingers and thumbs from trying to stick together all the tiny Lego pieces

Dr Abby Armstrong@medievalabby.bsky.social · last yr.

So I am finally starting to building this beauty 😍 Bought it on sale as a treat for submitting the last book manuscript to the publisher. That was so long ago the book is already out 😅😂 Thought I’d bring you all along for the journey. 34 bags with 4383 pieces

CfP: The Noblewomen Network @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026. If you're working on medieval noblewomen, we'd love to hear from you! Please share widely. Deadline for abstracts: 5 September. #IMC2026

Okay I’ve left it on the coffee table this afternoon post build and every time I’ve walked past it I have to admit that those wand pillars look really good. Worth the faff and fiddlyness

Dr Abby Armstrong@medievalabby.bsky.social · last yr.

Bag 24. Another level of the towers. Still no bells but a whole load of columns. Less fun bag this one. Those lovely columns were made using 40 tiny wands which had to be set at different angles.

Just little old me and my little new book at Leeds IMC. A free copy was available at the stand when I stopped by!

If anyone is interested in working at CSMC and has any questions, I’m happy to try and answer them

Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC)@csmc-hamburg.bsky.social · last yr.

Join our team in 2026! We're seeking multiple doctoral candidates and postdocs to advance research on manuscripts and other written artefacts at our cluster. Apply now — just over one week left! uhh.de/csmc-jobs

So I am finally starting to building this beauty 😍 Bought it on sale as a treat for submitting the last book manuscript to the publisher. That was so long ago the book is already out 😅😂 Thought I’d bring you all along for the journey. 34 bags with 4383 pieces

Thanks for the kind words Richard!

Richard Cassidy@rjcassidy.bsky.social · last yr.

Received and read the new book by @medievalabby.bsky.social In just over 100 pages, this provides a great introduction to a complicated set of records, with case studies showing how they can be used (for example) to illustrate royal gift-giving and household management. #medievalsky

According to my publication metrics people like to use my stuff to update Wikipedia pages of medieval women … if anyone is updating the Margaret of France page, chapter 3 might be of interest 😅

Dr Abby Armstrong@medievalabby.bsky.social · last yr.

Yay! My copies have finally arrived 😁 so happy to see it in print Contains introductory chapters on the records as well as a chapter on Margaret of France’s household diet account from 1307 and (of course!) another chapter on (my favourite document of all time) Eleanor of Provence’s ring account

Yay! My copies have finally arrived 😁 so happy to see it in print Contains introductory chapters on the records as well as a chapter on Margaret of France’s household diet account from 1307 and (of course!) another chapter on (my favourite document of all time) Eleanor of Provence’s ring account

Dr Abby Armstrong@medievalabby.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy publication day for my little book 🥳🎉 I hope my copies are waiting for me in the office next week www.routledge.com/9781032267555

Happy publication day for my little book 🥳🎉 I hope my copies are waiting for me in the office next week www.routledge.com/9781032267555

Approaching Records of the Household and Wardrobe: The Royal Accounts of Thirteenth-Century England

Records of the household and wardrobe are important sources for understanding English royal medieval government. This book outlines their functions, organisation and development, along with the activi...

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So cool bbc.com/news/article...

Medieval ring found by Norfolk detectorist could make £18k

The retired firefighter says he was left "amazed" when he spotted some gold glistening in the mud.

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Very happy that this is now coming soon! Due for publication on 3 April! 🥳 www.routledge.com/9781032267555

Approaching Records of the Household and Wardrobe: The Royal Accounts of Thirteenth-Century England

Records of the household and wardrobe are important sources for understanding English royal medieval government. This book outlines their functions, organisation and development, along with the activi...

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Phew! Glad I’ve booked my ticket already for later this week. Was contemplating popping in this afternoon for an advanced sneak peek once I’m finished with my manuscripts 😕

Alicia Spencer-Hall@aspencerhall.bsky.social · last yr.

The exhibition bouncers are doing the goddesses' work, I swear. It's now sold out till it ends and people (me incl) are thirsty for the goods

Journée d’étude – Miracles in Glass: the Study and Conservation of Canterbury’s Stained Glass Heritage rmblf.be/2025/02/12/j...

Journée d’étude – Miracles in Glass: the Study and Conservation of Canterbury’s Stained Glass Heritage

Monday 31 March 2025, 10:45-17:15 Organised by the Stained Glass Studio and the Archives and Library of Canterbury Cathedral, in conjunction with the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, U…

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The cormorants(?!) weren’t cooperating today. 8 (+1 gull) scattered across the jetty with 2 others on the water’s edge offscreen

Dr Abby Armstrong@medievalabby.bsky.social · 2y ago

Often see a few of these guys surveying the water from the rocks. Not sure what they are (cormorants?!) but today there were 11 standing in a row

If any journals need someone to review this, I’d be happy to www.cambridge.org/pl/universit...

Often see a few of these guys surveying the water from the rocks. Not sure what they are (cormorants?!) but today there were 11 standing in a row

🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁 We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive

Do I have any buddies who are going to see the BL Medieval Women show who'd mind picking up a catalogue for me to collect in the summer? The shipping to Oz is ruinous! #Medievalsky

Deutsche Bahn’s Nikolaustag charm offensive

Happy to have been elected a Fellow of the RHS. Thanks of course to @medievalfemina.bsky.social for nudging me to finally do it and for supporting my application!

To be honest I’m glad they sent that because the email I received is illegible 😅

Sita Steckel@steckel.bsky.social · 2y ago

Ahaha, the IMC has a ‚celebratory acceptance card‘ now! And I am indeed very happy to have been accepted, as the „Worlds of Learning“ strand will be fabulous!

Have I been added to a list? My follower numbers have exploded overnight 😅

#medievalsky Register now for The Exercise of Medieval Power & Rulership (c1000-c1400) coming up online @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social on 20-23 Nov, UK time. Attendance supporting bursaries available. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-exerci...

Go litel boke, go! 🥳 That's the manuscript of this handbook on using household and wardrobe accounts off to the publishers! #medievalbluesky