Every day a bit of embroidery on #LaMoraTapestry at @imc-leeds.bsky.social with @artandinequality.bsky.social #medievalsky
Valentina Costantini
@wallolita.bsky.social
Research Associate at @UofGlasgow ERC #ArtandInequality, Medievalist with a passion for social history, archives, writing, travelling & exploring the outdoors
Young girls exploring #LeedsCampus while the #ArtandInequality team is getting ready for #IMC2026 @imc-leeds.bsky.social with a great session this coming Thursday. #StayTuned @artandinequality.bsky.social #medievalsky
Proofreading a great paper on #textiles #bequests #reuse at the major Florentine #hospital 14th c. #SantaMariaNuova as part of the #ArtandInequality project @artandinequality.bsky.social #medievalsky #heatwave #campinglife
Conference Day1 just finished - having a rest before Day2 tomorrow where we'll present data from #Artandinequality project and #textilesreuse . At Ca' Foscari in beautiful Venice @artandinequality.bsky.social @unipd.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk #medievalsky #arthistory #archives #gender
Donald Trump is using the United States Department of Justice to go after a woman he raped. I feel levels of anger beyond comprehension.
An FBI agent told me to my face once that there were so many moving pieces, that I would likely end up with more charges than my trafficker. Full disclosure, this is the america ive always known.
Next week @artandinequality.bsky.social will be in Venice (8-9 June) to present part of our #ArtandInequality project togetehr with Serena Galasso and her #ThiMa #MarieCurie project. Our paper will focus on #textiles, #gifts, #donations and #charity in 1300 #Tuscany #medievalsky
"Married Women’s Wills in Late Medieval Britain and Ireland: A Comparative Approach" seminar by Prof Cordelia Beattie at the University of Genoa tomorrow 3pm Link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8406923405.... Passcode: 303126 #medievalsky @artandinequality.bsky.social
#savethedate 20 of May Lucca State Archive has guided tours at its treasure of Statutes of the Republic - may are beautifully miniatured. Visits must be booked here - all info here ⬇️ archiviodistatoinlucca.cultura.gov.it/attivita/eve... #medievalsky #LuccaStateArchives #MedievalArchives
Our day at #ArtandInequality started with this nice "signum" from a 15th c. Florentine notary found by Prof Samuel Cohn in his early morning mining at the Florence State Archives @artandinequality.bsky.social #medievalsky
Tomorrow at Università di Milano, Serena Galasso and I will be finally presenting our research on the #donations #secondhandmarket #circulareconomy of #SantaMariaNuova @artandinequality.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk @unipd.bsky.social #medievalsky Also online ⬇️ studistorici.unimi.it/it/eventi/le...
Want to know Caterina's secret bequest? Read this peace from our colleague Matko Marušić about an (almost) unwritten commission and a very uncommon one ⬇️ #medievalsky #arthistory #Dubrovnik
Art & Inequality in the Shadow of the Black Death@artandinequality.bsky.social · 4mo agoWhat Catherine left unsaid (but what her spiritual father ultimately revealed) Since mid-2025, the Art&Inequality project has expanded its research eastward to the Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik). The extensive collection of the State Archives, housed in the Sponza Palace, contains over 7,000…
Hungary’s strongman Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, might lose the upcoming election. What would that mean for right-wing movements across the world? www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The Global Stakes of Hungary’s Pivotal Election
What the fate of Viktor Orbán, a pioneer of strongman politics and a darling of right-wing movements across the world, might mean for Europe, Russia, MAGA, and beyond.
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This Thursday 9 April we had the pleasure to host @guidoalfani.bsky.social at the @glasgow.ac.uk - we discuss our #ArtandInequality project and attended his lecture on #Inequality in #Europe 1300-1800 #medievalsky
Graphic exercises from the Middle Ages (from a 14th century volume of #SantaMariaNuova hospital in Florence) @artandinequality.bsky.social #medievalsky
Sam Cohn's latest post on our webpage explores women's freedom thought #medievaltestaments
Art & Inequality in the Shadow of the Black Death@artandinequality.bsky.social · 5mo agoDo you want to know about #freedom of #marriedwomen in the Middle Ages? Here is Prof Samuel Cohn's latest post for our #ArtandInequality webpage ⬇️ #medievalsky
Diving into medieval #hospital books - an essay on #reuse of #objects in 14th century Florence is on its way based on a wide range of #archivalrecords from the still-operating hospital of #SantaMariaNuova. Thanks to @artandinequality.bsky.social and @glasgow.ac.uk for the support! #medievalsky
Taking #ArtandInequality at @khiflorenz.bsky.social today for a day of reading and writing - drafting my paper on #objects #circularecnomy #reuse in 14thc Florence and #hospital of Santa Maria Nuova (second paper of 2026!) @artandinequality.bsky.social #medievalsky #beautifullibraries
Wow. The front page of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in France.
"Why is it so normal for law enforcement — those who are supposed to be keepers of law and order — to kill Americans? And why is the only question at the end of the day how much their victims deserved to die?" Read more from @sarahjeong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, was shot and killed by ICE agents on Saturday.
Athletes And Celebrities Condemn Alex Pretti Shooting In Minneapolis
Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, was shot and killed by ICE agents on Saturday.
forbes.com
Medieval hall discovered in Northern England by @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social www.medievalists.net/2026/01/medi... #archaeology #England
Medieval hall discovered in Northern England - Medievalists.net
Archaeologists working near Skipsea Castle in northern England say a cluster of rare discoveries is reshaping what we know about power, industry, and high-status life in the centuries before the…
medievalists.net
The cover of this week’s issue, “New York’s Toughest,” by Peter de Sève. Start exploring: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/qARBiP
“A dead city on fire. It was like a civil war. I saw people running, running and screaming. I saw police shooting tear gas. I heard guns.” An eyewitness account of a recent massacre in Mashhad, Iran. www.newyorker.com/news/as-told...
A Massacre in Mashhad
Under the cover of an internet blackout, Iranian security forces killed hundreds of demonstrators. Only now are details of the carnage starting to emerge.
newyorker.com
More from #flooded registers of the Florentine, now vanished convent of San Pier Maggiore - #staytuned for a new coming publication on #pigsbreeding and #meatconsumption in Florence using these amazing data! Another project grew out of #ArtandInequality @artandinequality.bsky.social #medievalsky
A fascinating research project grew out #ArtandInequality will be presented at the University of Milan in April 2026 #staytuned! #materialculture #reuse #circulareconomy #medievalhospitals #medievalsky
Valentina Costantini@wallolita.bsky.social · 7mo agoHave a look at the meetings planned in Milan for 2026. For those interested in #objects, #circulareconomy and #medievalhospital just #staytuned! In April, with Serena Galasso we present a truly fascinating research project linked to #ArtandInequality! #medievalsky @artandinequality.bsky.social
Have a look at the meetings planned in Milan for 2026. For those interested in #objects, #circulareconomy and #medievalhospital just #staytuned! In April, with Serena Galasso we present a truly fascinating research project linked to #ArtandInequality! #medievalsky @artandinequality.bsky.social
📢 ✌️ We're kicking off our event programme for this semester off with two CMRS sessions! 🎨 📜 First join us tomorrow as our own @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social discusses depictions of Judas in medieval art and literature. 📅 ➡️ Then later this week ...
This is how US government teaches its own citizens to behave from its pinnacle of #democracy and #civilisation
Sharon 🪳🌹@sharonk.bsky.social · 7mo ago