Ed Roberts
@ecroberts.bsky.social
Early medieval historian at the University of Kent | Reviews editor for Early Medieval Europe | Convenor @earliermiddleages.bsky.social
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My chat with the wonderful Marco Panato about mills in Italy for the inaugural episode of Early Medieval Europe podcast is now up! Join us for a conversation about water and wealth, class and gender, and power in every sense of the word. #medievalsky
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Mills and society in early medieval northern Italy | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
Welcome to the very first EME podcast, brought to you by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby, our inaugural Podcast Editor. In this podcast, Sam talks to Marco Panato, about Marco's latest article, 'Mills and societ...
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January 13, 2026 at 1:11 PM
My chat with the wonderful Marco Panato about mills in Italy for the inaugural episode of Early Medieval Europe podcast is now up! Join us for a conversation about water and wealth, class and gender, and power in every sense of the word. #medievalsky
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Plus reviews of recent books on the Three Chapters controversy, King Liutprand, Hincmar, 11th-century León & Galicia, Alfred the Great, the Regnum Italicum, Ernst Kantorowicz, and cartularies!
Finally, 2026 has started properly, with a new issue of Early Medieval Europe! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680254...
Early Medieval Europe: Vol 34, No 1
Early Medieval Europe is an interdisciplinary medieval studies journal covering European history from the fall of the Roman Empire up until the 11th century.
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January 13, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Plus reviews of recent books on the Three Chapters controversy, King Liutprand, Hincmar, 11th-century León & Galicia, Alfred the Great, the Regnum Italicum, Ernst Kantorowicz, and cartularies!
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But there's more! The issue also sees the launch of the EME podcast. 🌟
In this inaugural episode, catch @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social in conversation with Marco Panato about his article in the issue 🤓
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In this inaugural episode, catch @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social in conversation with Marco Panato about his article in the issue 🤓
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January 13, 2026 at 9:59 AM
But there's more! The issue also sees the launch of the EME podcast. 🌟
In this inaugural episode, catch @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social in conversation with Marco Panato about his article in the issue 🤓
rss.com/podcasts/ear...
In this inaugural episode, catch @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social in conversation with Marco Panato about his article in the issue 🤓
rss.com/podcasts/ear...
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Finally, 2026 has started properly, with a new issue of Early Medieval Europe! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680254...
Early Medieval Europe: Vol 34, No 1
Early Medieval Europe is an interdisciplinary medieval studies journal covering European history from the fall of the Roman Empire up until the 11th century.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Finally, 2026 has started properly, with a new issue of Early Medieval Europe! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680254...
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@memsunikent.bsky.social term card until March, featuring yours truly on Wednesday 14 January.
For more details links to online access for each paper, see here:
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For more details links to online access for each paper, see here:
research.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
January 12, 2026 at 12:50 PM
@memsunikent.bsky.social term card until March, featuring yours truly on Wednesday 14 January.
For more details links to online access for each paper, see here:
research.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
For more details links to online access for each paper, see here:
research.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
Medieval legal manuscripts don't often contain illustrations, but this collection (Vatican lat. 1339) made in central Italy in the mid-11th C features depictions of 6 ecumenical councils and 44 portraits of canonical authorities. Here's the 431 council of Ephesus, convened by Theodosius II:
January 7, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Medieval legal manuscripts don't often contain illustrations, but this collection (Vatican lat. 1339) made in central Italy in the mid-11th C features depictions of 6 ecumenical councils and 44 portraits of canonical authorities. Here's the 431 council of Ephesus, convened by Theodosius II:
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There is time to apply until 30
January for this opportunity sponsored by Early Medieval Europe to spend one month at the British School in Rome
January for this opportunity sponsored by Early Medieval Europe to spend one month at the British School in Rome
📣 BSR / Early Medieval Europe Fellowship – Call for Applications!
Are you a PhD student or early career researcher in early medieval European history?
Apply now!
⏳ Deadline: 30 January 2026
More info here: bsr.ac.uk/awards-resid...
Are you a PhD student or early career researcher in early medieval European history?
Apply now!
⏳ Deadline: 30 January 2026
More info here: bsr.ac.uk/awards-resid...
January 7, 2026 at 9:02 AM
There is time to apply until 30
January for this opportunity sponsored by Early Medieval Europe to spend one month at the British School in Rome
January for this opportunity sponsored by Early Medieval Europe to spend one month at the British School in Rome
DigiZeitschriften is now sadly gone, though apparently any last orders for its public domain content can be made until the end of April...
January 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
DigiZeitschriften is now sadly gone, though apparently any last orders for its public domain content can be made until the end of April...
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Our first RHS lecture of 2026 is '"Alike in Appearance but not in Scope": Queens and the Making of Medieval Europe', with Prof Charles West (Edinburgh) bit.ly/49GlmMR
6pm, Friday 6 February. In-person booking is now full but registration to attend this event online remains open #Skystorians
6pm, Friday 6 February. In-person booking is now full but registration to attend this event online remains open #Skystorians
'Queens and the Making of Medieval Europe': RHS Lecture, online
Royal Historical Society Lecture, 6 February 2026
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January 6, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Our first RHS lecture of 2026 is '"Alike in Appearance but not in Scope": Queens and the Making of Medieval Europe', with Prof Charles West (Edinburgh) bit.ly/49GlmMR
6pm, Friday 6 February. In-person booking is now full but registration to attend this event online remains open #Skystorians
6pm, Friday 6 February. In-person booking is now full but registration to attend this event online remains open #Skystorians
Been greatly enjoying this new book, which contains some excellent studies of life in the Carolingian Empire. brill.com/display/titl...
January 6, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Been greatly enjoying this new book, which contains some excellent studies of life in the Carolingian Empire. brill.com/display/titl...
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Konf: Ein Europa der Bischöfe? Wege und Möglichkeiten der Erforschung von Bischöfen in überregionaler Perspektive (10.–12. Jahrhundert)
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-159457
Köln, 09.02.2026-10.02.2026, Étienne Doublier, Abteilung für Mittelalterliche Geschichte, Universität zu Köln; …
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Köln, 09.02.2026-10.02.2026, Étienne Doublier, Abteilung für Mittelalterliche Geschichte, Universität zu Köln; …
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December 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Konf: Ein Europa der Bischöfe? Wege und Möglichkeiten der Erforschung von Bischöfen in überregionaler Perspektive (10.–12. Jahrhundert)
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-159457
Köln, 09.02.2026-10.02.2026, Étienne Doublier, Abteilung für Mittelalterliche Geschichte, Universität zu Köln; …
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-159457
Köln, 09.02.2026-10.02.2026, Étienne Doublier, Abteilung für Mittelalterliche Geschichte, Universität zu Köln; …
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Happy new year! We're delighted to share our seminar schedule for Spring 2026. All events take place at the @ihr.bsky.social (Wolfson NB02) on Wednesdays at 5.30pm. All welcome - please sign up in advance here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
January 5, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Happy new year! We're delighted to share our seminar schedule for Spring 2026. All events take place at the @ihr.bsky.social (Wolfson NB02) on Wednesdays at 5.30pm. All welcome - please sign up in advance here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Publication – Privaturkunden und Dokumentationspraxis im langen 10. Jahrhundert (Archiv für Diplomatik, Schriftgeschichte, Siegel- und Wappenkunde, t. 71, 2025)
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Publication – Privaturkunden und Dokumentationspraxis im langen 10. Jahrhundert (Archiv für Diplomatik, Schriftgeschichte, Siegel- und Wappenkunde, t. 71, 2025)
Privaturkunden und Dokumentationspraxis im langen 10. Jahrhundert, Archiv für Diplomatik, Schriftgeschichte, Siegel- und Wappenkunde, t. 71, 2025. ISBN : 978-3-412-53451-6. Table des matières : Pet…
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January 5, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Publication – Privaturkunden und Dokumentationspraxis im langen 10. Jahrhundert (Archiv für Diplomatik, Schriftgeschichte, Siegel- und Wappenkunde, t. 71, 2025)
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Another beer post for the evening: In 1241, Pope Gregory IX informed Archbishop Sigurd Eindridesson (r.1231-52) that children who are baptised in beer can not be considered to have been properly baptised.
December 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Another beer post for the evening: In 1241, Pope Gregory IX informed Archbishop Sigurd Eindridesson (r.1231-52) that children who are baptised in beer can not be considered to have been properly baptised.
This is the kind of medieval Christmas content I'm here for.
Spielt das Weihnachtsfest eigentlich eine Rolle in frühmittelalterlichen Privaturkunden? Wir haben in unserer Datenbank danach gesucht und uns ein paar Gedanken dazu gemacht. Die Ergebnisse gibt es hier: www.formulae.uni-hamburg.de/das-projekt/...
Weihnachten in Privaturkunden
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December 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This is the kind of medieval Christmas content I'm here for.
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Call for papers for our Medieval Germany Workshop organised in cooperation with the German History Society (@germanhistsoc.bsky.social)! 📯
📅 29 May 2026
📍GHIL
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📅 29 May 2026
📍GHIL
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December 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Call for papers for our Medieval Germany Workshop organised in cooperation with the German History Society (@germanhistsoc.bsky.social)! 📯
📅 29 May 2026
📍GHIL
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📅 29 May 2026
📍GHIL
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The e-book version is already available, including my chapter on dodgy Carolingian priests, Simon on Carolingian coins and many other great things: brill.com/display/titl...
December 12, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The e-book version is already available, including my chapter on dodgy Carolingian priests, Simon on Carolingian coins and many other great things: brill.com/display/titl...
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In the tenth century a charm to control a bee swarm was added, upside down, in the margin of an earlier mss. It's one of the earliest Old High German texts. Tim Hertogh argues in recent article it was intended as an amulet to cut out & place in a hive - explaining the margins excised elsewhere.👇
December 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
In the tenth century a charm to control a bee swarm was added, upside down, in the margin of an earlier mss. It's one of the earliest Old High German texts. Tim Hertogh argues in recent article it was intended as an amulet to cut out & place in a hive - explaining the margins excised elsewhere.👇
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The ad for the second postdoctoral position on our @leverhulme.ac.uk Britain’s Early Medieval Letters project is now live. We’re looking for an Old English specialist (who also works with Latin). 32-month FT post. Deadline for apps is 16 Jan 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Are you passionate about early medieval Britain? Do you have advanced knowledge of Old English and proficiency in Medieval Latin? If yes, then you may be interested in this fixed term full time post...
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December 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The ad for the second postdoctoral position on our @leverhulme.ac.uk Britain’s Early Medieval Letters project is now live. We’re looking for an Old English specialist (who also works with Latin). 32-month FT post. Deadline for apps is 16 Jan 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Great Friday afternoon read! Even more intriguing is the suggestion the Astronomer may have been Rudolf of Bourges...
Enmeshed in marking, but just thought I'd point out that this article is now out, open access: Simon MacLean, arguing that the Astronomer's Life of Louis the Pious could be rather later than historians have assumed: might 'the Astronomer' be Jonas of Orleans?
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The date and context of the Astronomer's Life of Louis the Pious
The Astronomer's Life of the emperor Louis the Pious (814–40) is a canonical source for scholars of Frankish history. It sits at the centre of recent debates about the nature and tone of Carolingian ....
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December 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Great Friday afternoon read! Even more intriguing is the suggestion the Astronomer may have been Rudolf of Bourges...
Looking forward to this lecture next week!
Save the date of the last GHIL lecture in our winter series given by Stefan Esders (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social) on 'Ethnicity and Legal Pluralism in the Early Middle Ages':
📅 9 December 2025
📍Pushkin House, London
⏰ 5:30pm GMT
🔗 Sign up: www.ghil.ac.uk/event...
1/7
📅 9 December 2025
📍Pushkin House, London
⏰ 5:30pm GMT
🔗 Sign up: www.ghil.ac.uk/event...
1/7
December 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Looking forward to this lecture next week!
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New Name In Print post on the blog: my latest article is an important study of tenth-century Normandy and the micropolities it came from; but shepherding it into print was a bit of a weird time:
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Name in Print XVII
This one is a little late to the party, although in my defence that’s because it’s one of the oddest publication experiences I’ve ever had. Still, I am pleased to announce that my…
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December 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
New Name In Print post on the blog: my latest article is an important study of tenth-century Normandy and the micropolities it came from; but shepherding it into print was a bit of a weird time:
salutemmundo.wordpress.com/2025/12/03/n...
salutemmundo.wordpress.com/2025/12/03/n...
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Unfortunately the HE 2025 ballot failed at 39% turnout. I have written about why and about what desperately needs to change in UCU's national structures off the back of this result. Some HEC members need to chi up and understand their role in all this, and how disconnected they are from members.
The HE Ballot failed, now what?
If you’re reading this it is because today the UCU’s 2025 national ballot over pay and conditions in universities has failed. The last time…
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December 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Unfortunately the HE 2025 ballot failed at 39% turnout. I have written about why and about what desperately needs to change in UCU's national structures off the back of this result. Some HEC members need to chi up and understand their role in all this, and how disconnected they are from members.
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And here is the table of contents: our topics range from multilingualism in chancery documents to medieval work and Syriac historiography (doi.org/10.1553/medi...)
December 1, 2025 at 10:28 AM
And here is the table of contents: our topics range from multilingualism in chancery documents to medieval work and Syriac historiography (doi.org/10.1553/medi...)
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Did you ever wonder how the Early Medieval state worked? (And what it was ...?) - Here is my take on it. doi.org/10.1080/0304...
The Common Good: Military Service as Community Organisation in the Carolingian World
The Carolingian empire under Charlemagne (768–814) and Louis the Pious (814– 840) was a polity deeply shaped by war, or, more specifically, the organisation of warfare. Taking the – for its time – ...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Did you ever wonder how the Early Medieval state worked? (And what it was ...?) - Here is my take on it. doi.org/10.1080/0304...