Historian of medieval Europe, especially Germany, Holy Roman Empire. Writing book about myths and memories of medieval emperors in Germany from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Len Scales.bsky.social
MARC BLOCH COMIC BOOK. This is not a drill. MARC BLOCH COMIC BOOK!!!
www.tallandier.com/livre/marc-b...
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Teil 3 der Fake-History-Reihe: Am Mittwoch wird der Historiker Matthias Steinbach in #Mühlhausen über den Kyffhäuser als Denkmal sprechen, das politisch und ideologisch hochaufgeladen ist.
Kommt gerne vorbei und diskutiert mit. Los geht's um 19 Uhr in der Stadtbibliothek. Der Eintritt ist frei.
The new bishop of Durham receiving the 13th-century (and unquestionably dragon-slaying) Conyers Falchion. Any other contemporary examples of medieval-sword wielding bishops?
Ancient DNA analysis (using technologies boosted by Covid testing) shedding new light on the Ottonians - with potential insights especially regarding royal women, underrepresented in the written sources. Otto the Great's skeleton continues to deliver.
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This is good. The Romanness of the medieval western Roman Empire deserves more emphasis. See Vedran Sulovsky's important book (listed here). Recent research suggests the Cappenberg bust was a reliquary from the start so probably isn't FB (though still Romanising). www.imhof-verlag.de/barbarossa-d...
Offre d’emploi – Lecturer in Medieval/Early Modern History (Lancaster University)
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Looking forward to talking about Islam and Muslims in Mandeville’s Travels and Matthew Paris’s chronicle (manuscripts of both texts are part of Chetham’s collection) later this week!
The Angevin World, 1154-1204 edited by Stephen D Church, Laura Cleaver and Matthew Strickland offers fresh perspectives on how we understand the complex nature of the Angevin lands.
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Interview date: To be confirmedDeadline : 19th June 2026 The School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Late Medieval / Early Modern History (1400-1700). T…
Archäogenetische Analysen können jahrtausendealte Rätsel lösen, bei denen schriftliche Quellen nicht weiterhelfen. Bisher übergangene Frauen rücken in den Fokus
Muslims in the Medieval European Imagination with Saaleha Iqbal 📚 A free talk on how Europeans perceived and depicted Muslims in texts from the 12th century.
📆 12 June, 6pm🔗 Book here: library.chethams.com/whats-on/muslims-in-the-medieval-european-imagination-with-saaleha-iqbal/
Frederick II is well known as perhaps the greatest classicist monarch of the medieval world, but did you know Frederick Barbarossa also couldn’t stop thinking about Rome?
Check out Toby Bendle’s article in the latest issue of @epoch-history.bsky.social
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/the-leg...
Chetham's Library
Josh Coulthard
From the empire-wide messaging in his minting, to the private dialogue, both penned and subliminal through his iconography, Frederick Barbarossa stood as both one of the greatest Hellenophiles followi...
