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This is a big deal for a scientist. @mjflepage.bsky.social of @newscientist.com has given a lovely review of my new book.
🧵 3 posts. In the late 11th century a chapel was built, within the bailey at Pontefract Castle, dedicated to St Clement. It possibly replaced an earlier Saxon chapel or church. Extensive archaeological excavations in the inner bailey revealed a well-organised Christian cemetery that
Founded in 1970/1, the London Society for Medieval Studies seeks to foster knowledge of, and dialogue about, the Middle Ages (c.500–c.1500 CE).
“What has always hooked me about DNA has been the stories," says @turiking.bsky.social in The Secrets of Our DNA 🧪
And that's the appeal of her book, which is full of them. My review:
www.newscientist.com/article/mg27...
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On 2 June, Saaleha Iqbal from @lcsleeds.bsky.social is presenting 'Reimagining the Status of Muslims and Muslim Women in Medieval French Culture'. More info linked⬇️
🗓️ 2 June
⏰ 17:30 GMT
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From clearing people convicted of murder to identifying a monarch's remains, Michael Le Page is fascinated by The Secrets of Our DNA, an insider's must-read book
Why do I have mutuals with this thief? @thelibbojack.bsky.social what the fuck, bro? Is this Twitter? Are you 12?
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Dr Clément Guézais discussing and analysing the medieval Franco-Scottish treaties and how these represented an ideal of friendship in diplomacy: a partnership of equals, separate entities but united by a common purpose. 🏴🇫🇷
For more insight on the Auld Alliance, listen to Episode 7 (link in bio).
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Also, it gets you out of the house.
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Quite a mouthful. Roof boss at Braunton Church, Devon.
It's June and one of the Labours of the Month was no doubt a happier one - picking fruit! Image: The Hague, KB, 76 G 21
Second day for the Barnet Medieval Festival. If you visit, post a picture! Here are two of our volunteers at our stall.
The Volatile Mermaid
Medieval Combat Wales have a men's team but want to build the country's first women's team.
Congratulations to Emma Gabe, who received a rare Leonard Boyle Prize honourable mention, for her dissertation, "Sorores in coquina: Laysisters in German Monasteries, c.1300–1550" from the Canadian Society of Medievalists!
www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/emma-ga...
Angry People in Local Newspapers
The Carrying Stream
Imagine if a woman president crashed the economy and started a war with no end in sight, and her biggest, seemingly ONLY concern was building a ballroom and redecorating the White House.
