Edward Mills
@edwardmills.bsky.social
Hiya! I'm a postdoc at @exeter.ac.uk (on the 'Learning Anglo-French' project, over at @medievalfrench.bsky.social), working on all things medieval French. Also a brass-band conductor / cornet player, and a cat dad.
Emily is far too kind as ever, but yes -- free online classes in medieval French, starting in September! Sign up now! Venez nombreux! Moult alentatifs seez!*
(* We'll cover this in session 1.)
(* We'll cover this in session 1.)
PGRs, do you need to read medieval French for your research? CHASE has renewed funding for its Medieval French training, taught by the brilliant @edwardmills.bsky.social - information and sign up form here: www.chase.ac.uk/news-1/medie...
Open to all, but priority goes to CHASE-funded students.
Open to all, but priority goes to CHASE-funded students.
Medieval French — CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership
This course, aimed at postgraduate researchers, will introduce participants to medieval French materials, and offer the tools to read and interpret te...
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July 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Emily is far too kind as ever, but yes -- free online classes in medieval French, starting in September! Sign up now! Venez nombreux! Moult alentatifs seez!*
(* We'll cover this in session 1.)
(* We'll cover this in session 1.)
But what if they unleash a horror from beyond time? @garybrannan.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Unique ice, 1.5m year old, to be melted to unlock mystery
BBC News went inside -23C freezers to see the ice that could
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July 18, 2025 at 7:15 AM
But what if they unleash a horror from beyond time? @garybrannan.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This week on the Exeter Medieval Studies blog … me! I’m talking about #Twitter, #MedievalSky, and the future of medievalist social media, with a lot of help from @aspencerhall.bsky.social sites.exeter.ac.uk/medievalstud...
Medieval social media and Twitter's 'zombie corpse'
As the Centre joins Instagram, Edward Mills looks back on the rise and fall of Twitter for medievalists, and asks what might come next.
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June 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This week on the Exeter Medieval Studies blog … me! I’m talking about #Twitter, #MedievalSky, and the future of medievalist social media, with a lot of help from @aspencerhall.bsky.social sites.exeter.ac.uk/medievalstud...
Ironically, if one thing needs a raise, it's the person doing the @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social's social media ...
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
April 15, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Ironically, if one thing needs a raise, it's the person doing the @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social's social media ...
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Medievalists / friends / people with university library access: would anyone be able to help me out with one or two pictures from 'Maugis d'Aigremont : chanson de geste', ed. Philippe Vernay (1980)? I'm looking for Laisse XIV (begins l. 382 and lasts about 30 lines), so it shouldn't be too onerous!
April 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Medievalists / friends / people with university library access: would anyone be able to help me out with one or two pictures from 'Maugis d'Aigremont : chanson de geste', ed. Philippe Vernay (1980)? I'm looking for Laisse XIV (begins l. 382 and lasts about 30 lines), so it shouldn't be too onerous!
Medievalists / friends / people with university library access: would anyone be able to help me out with one or two pictures from 'Maugis d'Aigremont : chanson de geste', ed. Philippe Vernay (1980)? I'm looking for Laisse XIV (begins l. 382 and lasts about 30 lines), so it shouldn't be too onerous!
April 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Medievalists / friends / people with university library access: would anyone be able to help me out with one or two pictures from 'Maugis d'Aigremont : chanson de geste', ed. Philippe Vernay (1980)? I'm looking for Laisse XIV (begins l. 382 and lasts about 30 lines), so it shouldn't be too onerous!
🐴 There's an equine theme to the @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social Medieval Studies Blog this week, Ollie Creighton tells us all about five years of research on the medieval horse -- and shares news about the project's upcoming book launch. #medievalsky
Looking back on the 'Medieval Warhorse' project
With the conclusion of the 'Warhorse' project, regular contributor Oliver Creighton looks back on its findings - and forward, to a forthcoming book launch.
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March 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🐴 There's an equine theme to the @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social Medieval Studies Blog this week, Ollie Creighton tells us all about five years of research on the medieval horse -- and shares news about the project's upcoming book launch. #medievalsky
Really interesting news out of the rowing world, as the mixed eight becomes a World Champs event! I wonder whether will take the place of the M2+ (historically used as a development event), or whether we’ll see more established athletes doubling up?
World Rowing - World Rowing Quadrennial Congress 2025: A New Era for the Sport
The World Rowing Quadrennial Congress, held this past weekend in the Olympic Capital of Lausanne, Switzerland, marked a pivotal moment for the sport as delegates from across the globe gathered to shap...
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March 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Really interesting news out of the rowing world, as the mixed eight becomes a World Champs event! I wonder whether will take the place of the M2+ (historically used as a development event), or whether we’ll see more established athletes doubling up?
Ahead of the Orme Lecture at @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social, we sat down with our speaker, Roberta Gilchrist (@uor-research.bsky.social), to discuss the Medieval Ritual Landscape project, her route to medieval studies, and how religious objects ended up buried! sites.exeter.ac.uk/medievalstud...
'Medieval lived religion': the 2025 Orme Lecture
Roberta Gilchrist, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Reading, talks to us ahead of her 2025 Orme Lecture, 'Medieval Religion: the Complex Lives of Ritual Objects'.
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March 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Ahead of the Orme Lecture at @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social, we sat down with our speaker, Roberta Gilchrist (@uor-research.bsky.social), to discuss the Medieval Ritual Landscape project, her route to medieval studies, and how religious objects ended up buried! sites.exeter.ac.uk/medievalstud...
This week on the Medieval Studies blog at @uniofexeternews.bsky.social / @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social, Camille Vo Van Qui reports on the experience of turning their PhD thesis into ... a picture-book! A must for all fans of horses ...
Turning my thesis into a picture book
Camille Vo Van Qui, a recent PhD graduate from the Centre, shares her experience of producing an altogether-less-common research output.
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March 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
This week on the Medieval Studies blog at @uniofexeternews.bsky.social / @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social, Camille Vo Van Qui reports on the experience of turning their PhD thesis into ... a picture-book! A must for all fans of horses ...
Reposted by Edward Mills
‘Language is not an ancillary service. It is crucial for expanding understanding of key issues of our age beyond anglophone perspectives and assumptions.’ A response by @ilcs.bsky.social @ucflangs.bsky.social
and St. Andrews School of Modern Languages. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/mode...
and St. Andrews School of Modern Languages. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/mode...
Modern languages departments are neither colonial nor obsolete
Advanced linguistic and cultural skills remain essential for deep insight into how people see themselves in the world, say five modern languages academics
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March 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
‘Language is not an ancillary service. It is crucial for expanding understanding of key issues of our age beyond anglophone perspectives and assumptions.’ A response by @ilcs.bsky.social @ucflangs.bsky.social
and St. Andrews School of Modern Languages. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/mode...
and St. Andrews School of Modern Languages. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/mode...
The Centre for Medieval Studies blog this week welcomes back Jennifer Farrell, fresh from a series of speaking arrangements with Seed Talks. Read on for all things witchcraft and feminism! @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social #MedievalSky
Talking about witchcraft and feminism (to a thousand people)
Here at the University of Exeter we have a particularly strong research and teaching presence in the histories of magic, esotericism, and witchcraft. Only last year we advertised the new MA in Magic a...
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March 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The Centre for Medieval Studies blog this week welcomes back Jennifer Farrell, fresh from a series of speaking arrangements with Seed Talks. Read on for all things witchcraft and feminism! @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social #MedievalSky
Reposted by Edward Mills
Discussing this 2017 article on digital medieval history with MSc students later.
8 years after publication, 18.5% of its digital links no longer work. What implications does that have?
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
8 years after publication, 18.5% of its digital links no longer work. What implications does that have?
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
The Digital Middle Ages: An Introduction | Speculum: Vol 92, No S1
www.journals.uchicago.edu
March 3, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Discussing this 2017 article on digital medieval history with MSc students later.
8 years after publication, 18.5% of its digital links no longer work. What implications does that have?
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
8 years after publication, 18.5% of its digital links no longer work. What implications does that have?
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
I’m also in this — in amazing company, too! Looking forward to it.
Delighted to share the beautiful cover for our volume, Towards An Accessible Academy: Perspectives from Disabled Medievalists, edited by Alexandra R. A. Lee, E. R. P. Champion, and me.
Coming soon from @mip-medpub.bsky.social for the Premodern Transgressive Literatures series ✨
Coming soon from @mip-medpub.bsky.social for the Premodern Transgressive Literatures series ✨
February 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I’m also in this — in amazing company, too! Looking forward to it.
Update: it's really good! Particularly enjoyed Chapter 15 on the ways that we sell 'education' to students, and the earlier examination of the primary-to-secondary disjuncture. I have to ask: were the three check-boxes on the front cover *meant* to map so well onto the three sections?
Looking forward to a couple of hours with this — picked up earlier at @mrbsemporium.bsky.social! (@sammywright.bsky.social)
February 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Update: it's really good! Particularly enjoyed Chapter 15 on the ways that we sell 'education' to students, and the earlier examination of the primary-to-secondary disjuncture. I have to ask: were the three check-boxes on the front cover *meant* to map so well onto the three sections?
This week on the Medieval Studies blog at @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social, we have a fascinating ‘Spotlight’ post featuring Emily Selove. Read on for talismans, parties, and a healthy dose of obscenity … sites.exeter.ac.uk/medievalstud...
Spotlight: magic spells and medieval Baghdad
Our recent 'Spotlight' entries have tended towards broadening definitions of what constitutes the 'medieval'. While Richard Flower's entry took us back in time to late Antiquity, this week's post -- c...
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February 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
This week on the Medieval Studies blog at @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social, we have a fascinating ‘Spotlight’ post featuring Emily Selove. Read on for talismans, parties, and a healthy dose of obscenity … sites.exeter.ac.uk/medievalstud...
Had a lot of fun writing this for the @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social Medieval Studies blog -- who remembers 'bardcore'?
'Bardcore': 'medieval' music for modern ears
Medieval music doesn't typically occupy a prominent place on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show. Nevertheless, a couple of weeks ago saw an unexpected collision of the two, as a discussion of new acoustic mus...
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February 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Had a lot of fun writing this for the @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social Medieval Studies blog -- who remembers 'bardcore'?
Looking forward to a couple of hours with this — picked up earlier at @mrbsemporium.bsky.social! (@sammywright.bsky.social)
February 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Looking forward to a couple of hours with this — picked up earlier at @mrbsemporium.bsky.social! (@sammywright.bsky.social)
Presenting ... possibly the derpiest horse ever. Bucephalus presented to Alexander, from @labnf.bsky.social, MS français 24364, fol. 4r.
February 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Presenting ... possibly the derpiest horse ever. Bucephalus presented to Alexander, from @labnf.bsky.social, MS français 24364, fol. 4r.
At last, my everyone's favourite journal whose title fits perfectly to the tune of 'Panic' by the Smiths is on BlueSky!
We've landed on BlueSky!
(A Chaucer finger puppet "stands" before the front cover of SAC)
(A Chaucer finger puppet "stands" before the front cover of SAC)
February 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
At last, my everyone's favourite journal whose title fits perfectly to the tune of 'Panic' by the Smiths is on BlueSky!
I've taught this text! It's great fun ... Here's the relevant illustration of Fauvel being curried ('torché' in Middle French), from MS français 146 in the Bibliothèque national de France.
February 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I've taught this text! It's great fun ... Here's the relevant illustration of Fauvel being curried ('torché' in Middle French), from MS français 146 in the Bibliothèque national de France.
Definitely not me plugging my own article on the project account I run … hope it’s not too cheeky!
An exciting find in French-of-medieval-Britain studies: a new witness to Walter de Bibbesworth’s ‘Tretiz’! (Sort of.) Do get in touch if you don’t have access and would like a read! #medievalfrench #middleenglish
Project MUSE - Building on Bibbesworth: Language, Estates Management, and the <i>Domestic Economy</i> of London, British Library, Ms Harley 4971
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January 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Definitely not me plugging my own article on the project account I run … hope it’s not too cheeky!
Question of the day: is there a standard signal for ‘I-see-you-oncoming-bus-but-I’m-waiting-for-a-different-one-so-no-need-to-stop’? The awkward head-shake-and-step-back seems a little over the top …
January 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Question of the day: is there a standard signal for ‘I-see-you-oncoming-bus-but-I’m-waiting-for-a-different-one-so-no-need-to-stop’? The awkward head-shake-and-step-back seems a little over the top …
Humanities people of BlueSky: any advice on how to approach the nitty-gritty of ‘turning-the-thesis-into-a-book’? Context: I have lucked out in all the areas possible (great press, contract signed, generous eleven months to first draft, etc.), but I’m keen to hear as many thoughts as possible.
January 17, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Humanities people of BlueSky: any advice on how to approach the nitty-gritty of ‘turning-the-thesis-into-a-book’? Context: I have lucked out in all the areas possible (great press, contract signed, generous eleven months to first draft, etc.), but I’m keen to hear as many thoughts as possible.
It feels almost sacrilegious to read this on a bus, but I’m very much enjoying @garethdennis.bsky.social’s wonderful and insightful new book on TRAINS. Absolutely eviscerating Hyperloop …
January 14, 2025 at 8:04 AM
It feels almost sacrilegious to read this on a bus, but I’m very much enjoying @garethdennis.bsky.social’s wonderful and insightful new book on TRAINS. Absolutely eviscerating Hyperloop …