Josh Coulthard
@joshcoulthard.bsky.social
PhD at EHU, Precarity and Anxiety in Political Culture in Plantagenet Britain and Ireland, co-convener North West Medieval Studies Postgrad Network, Medieval Editor EPOCH PGR History Magazine, in a love/hate relationship with TNA SC 8.
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Medieval Literature and Society: A Tutorial for Historians
By the end of this tutorial, which examines the vernacular literatures of medieval Ireland and Wales (circa 1000–1500), you will have the tools to read medieval Irish and Welsh texts critically and si...
www.epoch-magazine.com
My latest magazine article in @epoch-history.bsky.social in which I look at medieval Irish and Welsh literature is out now! #medievalsky #skystorians
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/medieva...
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My latest magazine article in @epoch-history.bsky.social in which I look at medieval Irish and Welsh literature is out now! #medievalsky #skystorians
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/medieva...
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/medieva...
Medieval Literature and Society: A Tutorial for Historians
By the end of this tutorial, which examines the vernacular literatures of medieval Ireland and Wales (circa 1000–1500), you will have the tools to read medieval Irish and Welsh texts critically and si...
www.epoch-magazine.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
My latest magazine article in @epoch-history.bsky.social in which I look at medieval Irish and Welsh literature is out now! #medievalsky #skystorians
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/medieva...
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/medieva...
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And, er, incidentally, a happy Christmas to all of you at home!
December 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
And, er, incidentally, a happy Christmas to all of you at home!
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If you begin Star Trek: Voyager episode Spirit Folk at exactly 11:49:35 on New Year's Eve, Ensign Harry Kim will kiss a cow as the clock strikes midnight. Join in a very dumb annual tradition and start 2026 off on the right hoof.
December 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
If you begin Star Trek: Voyager episode Spirit Folk at exactly 11:49:35 on New Year's Eve, Ensign Harry Kim will kiss a cow as the clock strikes midnight. Join in a very dumb annual tradition and start 2026 off on the right hoof.
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How are dual nationalities in international football related to colonial legacies across Africa?
In Issue 22, Emmanuel Adeyemi-Abere explored the roots of Ghanaian football, and the challenges faced by African nations in the modern game.
Give it a read! 👇
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/from-be...
In Issue 22, Emmanuel Adeyemi-Abere explored the roots of Ghanaian football, and the challenges faced by African nations in the modern game.
Give it a read! 👇
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/from-be...
From Belonging to Longing: Navigating Nationhood and Allegiance in Ghanaian Football
Next summer sees one of the biggest events in the sporting world. At the twenty-third edition of the FIFA World Cup, forty-eight countries will compete for the right to call themselves the best nation...
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December 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
How are dual nationalities in international football related to colonial legacies across Africa?
In Issue 22, Emmanuel Adeyemi-Abere explored the roots of Ghanaian football, and the challenges faced by African nations in the modern game.
Give it a read! 👇
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/from-be...
In Issue 22, Emmanuel Adeyemi-Abere explored the roots of Ghanaian football, and the challenges faced by African nations in the modern game.
Give it a read! 👇
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/from-be...
@digivictorian.bsky.social and wired is a crossover I did not know I needed!
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December 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
@digivictorian.bsky.social and wired is a crossover I did not know I needed!
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youtu.be/10iYlK7bsJw?...
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Norse in the North 2026: Mind and Body
Deadline for Abstracts: 2nd February 2026
We welcome postgraduate students from any level with research on any aspect of Old Norse, medieval Scandinavian, and Viking studies that fits the theme.
#NitN2026 #medievalsky #callforpapers #oldnorse
Deadline for Abstracts: 2nd February 2026
We welcome postgraduate students from any level with research on any aspect of Old Norse, medieval Scandinavian, and Viking studies that fits the theme.
#NitN2026 #medievalsky #callforpapers #oldnorse
December 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Norse in the North 2026: Mind and Body
Deadline for Abstracts: 2nd February 2026
We welcome postgraduate students from any level with research on any aspect of Old Norse, medieval Scandinavian, and Viking studies that fits the theme.
#NitN2026 #medievalsky #callforpapers #oldnorse
Deadline for Abstracts: 2nd February 2026
We welcome postgraduate students from any level with research on any aspect of Old Norse, medieval Scandinavian, and Viking studies that fits the theme.
#NitN2026 #medievalsky #callforpapers #oldnorse
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Female codebreakers at Bletchley Park during the Second World War performed vital work - but what about their predecessors?
In Issue 22, Alison Sawers uncovered the overlooked story of female codebreakers during the First World War.
Read on!👇
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/women-c...
In Issue 22, Alison Sawers uncovered the overlooked story of female codebreakers during the First World War.
Read on!👇
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/women-c...
Women Codebreakers of World War I
In September 1917, Mabel Dymond Peel, a languages teacher who had joined the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) to censor letters home from German prisoners of war, arrived near the front lines in...
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December 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Female codebreakers at Bletchley Park during the Second World War performed vital work - but what about their predecessors?
In Issue 22, Alison Sawers uncovered the overlooked story of female codebreakers during the First World War.
Read on!👇
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/women-c...
In Issue 22, Alison Sawers uncovered the overlooked story of female codebreakers during the First World War.
Read on!👇
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/women-c...
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Before Eadgifu and Ælfthryth, ninth- and early tenth-century West Saxon royal consorts were relatively obscure figures. With the support of @hisjournalha.bsky.social, I recently revisited the charters featuring these otherwise elusive women. For a few initial thoughts see my blog-post:
#SkyStorians #History New blog drop! Jonathan Tickle's 'Constructing and Contesting Queenship in Ninth- and Early Tenth-Century England', www.history.org.uk/higher-ed/re...
Constructing and Contesting Queenship in Ninth- and Early Tenth-Century England
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December 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Before Eadgifu and Ælfthryth, ninth- and early tenth-century West Saxon royal consorts were relatively obscure figures. With the support of @hisjournalha.bsky.social, I recently revisited the charters featuring these otherwise elusive women. For a few initial thoughts see my blog-post:
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The research group 'Loyalty in the Medieval World' is looking for papers for our online workshop on the 24 January 2026! Proposals can be on any topic relating to loyalty during the Middle Ages, abstracts due by 17 December to be sent to myself and @katybennett.bsky.social via email!
December 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The research group 'Loyalty in the Medieval World' is looking for papers for our online workshop on the 24 January 2026! Proposals can be on any topic relating to loyalty during the Middle Ages, abstracts due by 17 December to be sent to myself and @katybennett.bsky.social via email!
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ISSUE 22 IS NOW LIVE!
Join us in celebrating the release of Issue 22 of
EPOCH, 'Sport and Society'! With over 15 pieces, the
latest issue covers a vast range of topics from Dutch football kits to the process of producing historical infographics.
Have a look now! 👇
www.epoch-magazine.com
Join us in celebrating the release of Issue 22 of
EPOCH, 'Sport and Society'! With over 15 pieces, the
latest issue covers a vast range of topics from Dutch football kits to the process of producing historical infographics.
Have a look now! 👇
www.epoch-magazine.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
ISSUE 22 IS NOW LIVE!
Join us in celebrating the release of Issue 22 of
EPOCH, 'Sport and Society'! With over 15 pieces, the
latest issue covers a vast range of topics from Dutch football kits to the process of producing historical infographics.
Have a look now! 👇
www.epoch-magazine.com
Join us in celebrating the release of Issue 22 of
EPOCH, 'Sport and Society'! With over 15 pieces, the
latest issue covers a vast range of topics from Dutch football kits to the process of producing historical infographics.
Have a look now! 👇
www.epoch-magazine.com
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We're beginning our showcase of Issue 22 with one of our featured sporting articles. EPOCH's own Jude Rowley delved into the history of the little Lancastrian village of Turton, and its role in the development of modern football.
Give it a read! 👇
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/turton-...
Give it a read! 👇
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/turton-...
‘The little village that first gave it birth’. Turton and the World's Game
The small Lancashire village of Turton, also known as Chapeltown, is steeped in history. Within a mile radius, the village hosts a neolithic stone circle, a Tudor manor house, a nineteenth century mil...
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December 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
We're beginning our showcase of Issue 22 with one of our featured sporting articles. EPOCH's own Jude Rowley delved into the history of the little Lancastrian village of Turton, and its role in the development of modern football.
Give it a read! 👇
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/turton-...
Give it a read! 👇
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/turton-...
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In a funny coincidence… thought this was my own post for a second. Instead it’s a nice overview of medieval Welsh and Irish literature!
My latest magazine article in @epoch-history.bsky.social in which I look at medieval Irish and Welsh literature is out now! #medievalsky #skystorians
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/medieva...
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/medieva...
Medieval Literature and Society: A Tutorial for Historians
By the end of this tutorial, which examines the vernacular literatures of medieval Ireland and Wales (circa 1000–1500), you will have the tools to read medieval Irish and Welsh texts critically and si...
www.epoch-magazine.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:22 AM
In a funny coincidence… thought this was my own post for a second. Instead it’s a nice overview of medieval Welsh and Irish literature!
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Really pleased to have my short article out with @epoch-history.bsky.social on the experience of disability during the Hundred Years' War! The rest of the issue is a fantastic read and it was lovely to work with the editors and @joshcoulthard.bsky.social.
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/the-exp...
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/the-exp...
The Experience of Disability and Becoming Disabled in the Hundred Years’ War
‘In our said service he was and is mutilated in one of his arms’ (‘en notre dit service il a este et est mutile dun de ses bras’), is the text justifying the pardon by the council of the King of Engla...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Really pleased to have my short article out with @epoch-history.bsky.social on the experience of disability during the Hundred Years' War! The rest of the issue is a fantastic read and it was lovely to work with the editors and @joshcoulthard.bsky.social.
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/the-exp...
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/the-exp...
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Don’t forget to check out Hannah Scott-Ravikumar’s article on the Jews of Medieval Poland and their modern reception also in issue 22 of @epoch-history.bsky.social, it was a pleasure to work with them!
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/the-bur...
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/the-bur...
The Burned Statute: Medieval Jews, Modern Poland
In 2021, at a white nationalist rally in Kalisz, Poland, a statute issued over eight centuries ago was burned to cheers from the assembled crowd.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Don’t forget to check out Hannah Scott-Ravikumar’s article on the Jews of Medieval Poland and their modern reception also in issue 22 of @epoch-history.bsky.social, it was a pleasure to work with them!
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/the-bur...
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/the-bur...
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Also just released in @epoch-history.bsky.social Issue 22 are @mediev-el.bsky.social’s article on disability during the Hundred Years War and her companion tutorial on working with pardon letters. It was a pleasure to edit El’s work for publication!
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/the-exp...
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/the-exp...
www.epoch-magazine.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Also just released in @epoch-history.bsky.social Issue 22 are @mediev-el.bsky.social’s article on disability during the Hundred Years War and her companion tutorial on working with pardon letters. It was a pleasure to edit El’s work for publication!
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/the-exp...
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/the-exp...
Don’t forget to check out Hannah Scott-Ravikumar’s article on the Jews of Medieval Poland and their modern reception also in issue 22 of @epoch-history.bsky.social, it was a pleasure to work with them!
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/the-bur...
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/the-bur...
The Burned Statute: Medieval Jews, Modern Poland
In 2021, at a white nationalist rally in Kalisz, Poland, a statute issued over eight centuries ago was burned to cheers from the assembled crowd.
www.epoch-magazine.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Don’t forget to check out Hannah Scott-Ravikumar’s article on the Jews of Medieval Poland and their modern reception also in issue 22 of @epoch-history.bsky.social, it was a pleasure to work with them!
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/the-bur...
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/the-bur...
Also just released in @epoch-history.bsky.social Issue 22 are @mediev-el.bsky.social’s article on disability during the Hundred Years War and her companion tutorial on working with pardon letters. It was a pleasure to edit El’s work for publication!
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/the-exp...
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/the-exp...
www.epoch-magazine.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Also just released in @epoch-history.bsky.social Issue 22 are @mediev-el.bsky.social’s article on disability during the Hundred Years War and her companion tutorial on working with pardon letters. It was a pleasure to edit El’s work for publication!
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/the-exp...
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/the-exp...
My latest magazine article in @epoch-history.bsky.social in which I look at medieval Irish and Welsh literature is out now! #medievalsky #skystorians
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/medieva...
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/medieva...
Medieval Literature and Society: A Tutorial for Historians
By the end of this tutorial, which examines the vernacular literatures of medieval Ireland and Wales (circa 1000–1500), you will have the tools to read medieval Irish and Welsh texts critically and si...
www.epoch-magazine.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
My latest magazine article in @epoch-history.bsky.social in which I look at medieval Irish and Welsh literature is out now! #medievalsky #skystorians
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/medieva...
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/medieva...
The annual pilgrimage to @imc-leeds.bsky.social is back for another year - now with 20% more gentry anxieties.
November 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The annual pilgrimage to @imc-leeds.bsky.social is back for another year - now with 20% more gentry anxieties.
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It’s a very happy #DoctorWhoDay from us - we’re delighted to announce we’ve successfully acquired the archive of Whoniverse legend Terrance Dicks 😲 Read more at the link:
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
It’s a very happy #DoctorWhoDay from us - we’re delighted to announce we’ve successfully acquired the archive of Whoniverse legend Terrance Dicks 😲 Read more at the link:
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...
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My latest foray into the world of television history starts TOMORROW, channel 5 at 8.05pm.
The production team 'Coming Up Roses' were an absolute delight to work with.
I'm not sure I can bring myself to watch 🙃
#skystorians #historianatwork #womenshistory #birth
The production team 'Coming Up Roses' were an absolute delight to work with.
I'm not sure I can bring myself to watch 🙃
#skystorians #historianatwork #womenshistory #birth
November 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
My latest foray into the world of television history starts TOMORROW, channel 5 at 8.05pm.
The production team 'Coming Up Roses' were an absolute delight to work with.
I'm not sure I can bring myself to watch 🙃
#skystorians #historianatwork #womenshistory #birth
The production team 'Coming Up Roses' were an absolute delight to work with.
I'm not sure I can bring myself to watch 🙃
#skystorians #historianatwork #womenshistory #birth
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The next issue of @parergon.bsky.social is on its way, guest-edited by me, @erinsebo.bsky.social and Cassandra Schilling. There's a great group of scholars here who collectively consider, from multiple perspectives, questions of how medieval England perceived its place in a wide and complex world.
November 18, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The next issue of @parergon.bsky.social is on its way, guest-edited by me, @erinsebo.bsky.social and Cassandra Schilling. There's a great group of scholars here who collectively consider, from multiple perspectives, questions of how medieval England perceived its place in a wide and complex world.
Reposted by Josh Coulthard
New article by Liverpool PhD Dr Eddie Meehan "Identity, exemplarity and the ideal king in early medieval Ireland" open access academic.oup.com/histres/adva... #history #leadership #ireland #medievalsky
Identity, exemplarity and the ideal king in early medieval Ireland*
Abstract. This article examines some early medieval Insular texts on the ideal king: three examples of Old Irish tecosca (wisdom) texts and the ninth secti
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November 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
New article by Liverpool PhD Dr Eddie Meehan "Identity, exemplarity and the ideal king in early medieval Ireland" open access academic.oup.com/histres/adva... #history #leadership #ireland #medievalsky