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Jan van Doren 🟥
@janvandoren.bsky.social
Early Medievalist | Senior Researcher | SOLEMNE | Radboud Universiteit | he/him
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Just found out about this amazing example of #manuscript #recycling . The whole manuscript is made up from the margins of an earlier liturgical manuscript, cut out and rearranged (hence the unusual format), the (mostly) blank margins then used to copy various magical texts in the mid 16th century.
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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The Special Issue of the Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Orosius Through the Ages, is out!!

Co-edited with Elisabeth Manzo & Cameron Wachowich, on the boil since 2019, we're so pleased with the final output. Both Dr M. & Dr W. have completed their PhDs since then too!
November 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Happy to report that our book 'Local Priests in the Latin West, 900-1050' has been published! It is Open Access, so you can read (or download) it here: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Five years, four authors, one book. Out now (fully open access), our new book on local priests in the tenth century 🌟 www.cambridge.org/core/books/l... @jbwaagmeester.bsky.social
Local Priests in the Latin West, 900–1050
Cambridge Core - European Studies - Local Priests in the Latin West, 900–1050
www.cambridge.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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New book on early medieval medicine coming down the line: boydellandbrewer.com/book/early-m...
Early Medieval Medicine in Context
Fresh perspectives on how medical texts, broadly construed, were recorded, perceived and utilised.
boydellandbrewer.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Hurrah! My new book, Europe in the Eleventh Century: Beyond Revolution and Reform is officially published today by Oxford University Press. 1/5 global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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October 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Need cheering up on a gloomy October afternoon? The new issue of Early Medieval Europe is out!
Articles on justice in Bavaria, tolls in Italy, women in 10th-c. Rome, Carolingian kingship, and child slavery: mostly available Open Access 😎https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680254/2025/33/4
Early Medieval Europe: Vol 33, No 4
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
October 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
And now for something completely different: the Text Object Research Network at the Radboud Institute for Culture and History had its first date with a manuscript of the academic year. I found myself reading a 17th c. letter by famous Dutch historian/poet/playwright P.C. Hooft. Not my usual fare!
October 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Another (quite exciting looking!) book from Tübingen!!
October 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Sure you wonder (like me) what the bishops were doing/thinking in 829. - Well, here's the answer! publikationen.uni-tuebingen.de/xmlui/handle...
September 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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An interesting new blog series by @ajaltamimi.bsky.social translating the Roman History of Paul the Deacon. #medievalsky

www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/paul-the-d...
Paul the Deacon's Roman History (Book One)
From Rome's origins to the first sack of Rome
www.aymennaltamimi.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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The elephant rides again! 🐘 Join us on a journey from the palaces of Baghdad, through the streets of Córdoba and all the way to the forests of Aachen #medievalsky
Now in #paperback, The Emperor and the Elephant by @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social is a new history of Christian-Muslim relations in the #Carolingian period that provides a fresh account of events by drawing on Arabic as well as western sources.

Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
September 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Net afgestudeerd in de vroege middeleeuwen? Manuscripten-fanaat? Paleografie en Latijn? We hebben een part-time baan voor een Nederlandstalige getalenteerde duizendpoot: vacatures.knaw.nl/job/Amsterda...
Wie vragen heeft: emailen mag. En deel dit vooral. @irenevanrenswoude.bsky.social
Junior Onderzoeker project Author Unknown - Huygens
Junior Onderzoeker project Author Unknown - Huygens
vacatures.knaw.nl
September 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Can highly recommend this volume as a holiday gift --as an added bonus you can even read my article within it about the judicial experiences of vulnerable groups in the Carolingian empire.
Excited to hear that this volume is coming out in December - just in time for you to buy copies as Christmas presents for all your friends! 🤓
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Living in a Carolingian World
"Living in a Carolingian World" published on 18 Dec 2025 by Brill.
brill.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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TIL that someone wrote a children's novel about Charles the Bald's daughter, Judith of Flanders: archive.org/details/judi...
Judith of France : Leighton, Margaret, 1922-1976 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
281 pages : 22 cm
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September 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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I have yet to see the book myself, but the
‪@cua-press.bsky.social‬ website assures me that my edition of the Collectio CCCC capitulorum is now out! This early medieval collection of canon law has been with me for a very long and I am happy to see it published www.cuapress.org/978081323847... 1/2
Collectio CCCC capitulorum, The Collection in 400 Chapters - CUAPress
Surviving in three ninth-century manuscripts, the collection of canon law known as the Collectio 400 capitulorum is a remarkable and understudied witness to...
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August 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Are you interested in medieval perspectives on #intersectionality? Then join our session at the next year's #IMC! @queebees.bsky.social @thiliel.bsky.social @isabelleschuerch.bsky.social @imc-leeds.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Job! 🚨

Assistant Professor, High Medieval European History (tenure track)
Princeton University

www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
Assistant Professor, High Medieval European History (tenure track) - HigherEdJobs
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July 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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1-year temp. medieval lectureship at KCL, covering Alice Rio's teaching, closing date 20 July: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
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July 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Given that my @imc-leeds.bsky.social talk this year is on garum/liquamen in early medieval cuisine, dietetics and medicine, I was really excited to see the publication of this piece today: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Roman Atlantic garum: DNA confirms sardine use and population continuity in north-western Iberia | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Roman Atlantic garum: DNA confirms sardine use and population continuity in north-western Iberia
www.cambridge.org
July 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Corpus of Early Medieval Latin Medicine getting some attention today in the Times!

If you missed it last week our handlist of "new" pre-1000 medical manuscripts can be found here cemlm.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/handlist/

#medievalsky
June 30, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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NEW from the Corpus of Early Medieval Latin Medicine... our handlist of the 198(!!!) pre-1000 manuscripts with medical texts not included in the standard catalogues.

It's been a productive first phase for the project... but a lot of work still to do!

#medievalsky
Handlist – Corpus of Early Medieval Latin Medicine
cemlm.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
June 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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It will cost you $0 to repost that SCRIPTORIUM PLAYTEST IS NOW LIVE 🎉

We’ve poured our hearts into this build, and we can’t wait to see your most magnificent medieval designs ❤️

Play for free on Steam until July 10!
June 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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There's an exciting new 3-year job in Göttingen (Germany) available as part of our project! www.uni-goettingen.de/en/644546.ht...

We need someone with experience in manuscript studies and early medieval Germanic vernaculars. Digital humanities skills an advantage! Deadline: 14 July. #palaeography
Stellenanzeigen - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Website of the Georg-August-University Göttingen
www.uni-goettingen.de
June 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM