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Katy Bennett
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Associate Lecturer (History) at the University of York. Research on loyalty, lordship, and governance in the 14th/15th century. She/her
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The 3rd Medieval Loyalty Research Workshop is taking place tomorrow, 1.30pm-4.30pm on Zoom - please get in touch with myself or @mediev-el.bsky.social for the Zoom link and see here for more details of the programme: medievalloyalty.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/2026/01/06/t...
 The 3rd Medieval Loyalty Research Network Workshop, 24th January 2026  – Loyalty in the Medieval World
medievalloyalty.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk
January 23, 2026 at 9:50 AM
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hannah-boston.bsky.social
Delighted to bring you the programme for the third Medieval Loyalty Workshop, online on 24th January, under the command of the terrific @katybennett.bsky.social and @mediev-el.bsky.social

All are very welcome!

Details here: medievalloyalty.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/2026/01/06/t...
 The 3rd Medieval Loyalty Research Network Workshop, 24th January 2026  – Loyalty in the Medieval World
medievalloyalty.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk
January 6, 2026 at 4:53 PM
katybennett.bsky.social
Another day to send us ideas and abstracts for this! Works in progress especially welcome ✨
mediev-el.bsky.social Eleanor J Bailey @mediev-el.bsky.social · Dec 8
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 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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abbiefray.bsky.social
One month left to submit your abstracts for Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis, @pembroke1347.bsky.social (17–18 Sept 2026).

See the full #CFP below.

#Fissures2026 #medievalsky #skystorians #medieval #GenderHistory #PoliticalHistory
CFP: Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis. Pembroke College, Cambridge, 17–18 Sept 2026. Abstracts due 16 Jan 2026.
December 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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mediev-el.bsky.social
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
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mediev-el.bsky.social
Enjoying the little postcards this year, can't wait for #IMC2026 next summer for more medieval loyalties! :)
November 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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jeanneologist.bsky.social
A really exciting slate of papers for this year's Late Medieval France and Burgundy Seminar! If anyone will be in Durham and wants in (or maybe even wants to attend online, I don't know?), drop me a line and I can share details!
The Tenth Late Medieval France and Burgundy Seminar, Durham, 12-13 December 2025: Tradition and Innovation Friday 12 December 12:45-13:15 – Meet at The Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, 7 Owengate 13:15-14:15 – Session 1: French Monarchs and their Relatives ‘The Succession Dispute of 1316-17 and the Origins of the Hundred Years War’ – Justine Firnhaber-Baker (St Andrews) ‘A Diplomatic Anomaly in Valois-Luxembourg Relations? The Embassy of Charles V of France to Emperor Charles IV in 1372’ – Lili-May Borucki Yeh (St Andrews) 14:15-14:30 – Break 14:30-16:00 – Session 2: Judicial and Political Practices ‘Having a Stake in the Execution: Innovations in Capital Punishment by the Office of the Inquisition in Toulouse between 1283 and 1347’ – Héléna D. M. Lagréou (Dublin) ‘Defining Lordships for Fun and Profit’ – Erika Graham-Goering (Oslo, online) ‘The Cheese and the Corpses: A Microhistorical Approach to Loyalty and Legitimacy in Lancastrian Normandy, 1417-1437’ – Eleanor Bailey (Sheffield) 16:00-16:15 – Break 16:15-17:15 – Session 3: Images and Objects ‘Reimag(in)ing Tradition: Desire, Image, and the Innovation of Visual Ethics in Jean Wauquelin’s Belle Hélène de Constantinople’ – Rebecca Dixon (Liverpool) ‘Mallets and Other Weapons in the Uprising of the Maillotins’ – Samuel Richter (St Andrews) 17:15-18:15 – Drinks Reception 18:15 – Conference Dinner at Spice Lounge, Durham Market Place Saturday 13 December 9:00-9:30 – Meet at The Department of History, 43 North Bailey 9:30-10:30 – Session 4: Noblewomen and Conflict ‘Gendering Political Allegiance in Late-Medieval Gascony’ – Katy Bennett (York) ‘Debates over Female Authority during the Guerre Folle in France, c.1485-88’ – Andrew D. M. Green (Chichester) 10:30-10:45 – Break 10:45-11:45 – Session 5: Old and New Approaches to Texts (i) Introduction – Graeme Small (Durham) ‘Innovative Middle Ages: Digital Humanities and Medieval Italian Studies (and Franco-Burgundian material)’ – Lorenzo Dell'Oso (Durham) Responses and Roundtable Discussion 11:45-12:00 – Break 12:00-13:00 – Session 6: Old and New Approaches to Texts (ii) ‘Les Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles : Tradition et Innovation depuis la Cour de Bourgogne jusqu’aux Presses Typographiques’ – Geoffrey Roger (U.L.I. Paris, online) ‘Upside-down Stemmatology: The Peace of Tournai (1385) and the Shape of the Manuscript Tradition of Froissart’s Chroniques’ – Godfried Croenen (Antwerp) & Natasha Romanova (Caen) 13:00-13:30 – Conference End and Discussion of Next Steps (for anyone interested)
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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aliceraw.bsky.social
Call for Papers! Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis #medievalsky #Fissures2026
Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis 17-18 September 2026 Pembroke College, University of Cambridge Gendered work on medieval popular politics has tended to revolve around the exceptional. This workshop explores how studies of gender can reconfigure discourses of medieval political community. We ask how attending to gendered bodies and identities might help us better understand the fissures in political culture in medieval Europe. Marking, for example, women’s participation as either absent or rare confines their involvement to the historical margins. How did literary as well as non-literary texts from various genres, ranging from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries, engage with gendered political action? How did ideas of gender stabilise or destabilise political performances? We invite abstracts for 25-minute papers, as well as expressions of interest for participation. We welcome papers with a historical, literary, or interdisciplinary focus. Potential topics could include but are not limited to: • Frameworks for understanding non-normative gender expressions in political spaces. • Studies of politics at the intersection of gendered, queer, or trans methodologies. • Histories of masculinities in political community. • Emotion and/or Affect • Weaponized/defensive gender • Manoeuvring bodies through political crisis • Inclusion and exclusion • Different sites of political discourse, such as domestic and non-violent conflict. Collectively, the papers will interrogate the role of gender in political discourse. Selected papers may be considered for inclusion in an edited volume. Means-based bursaries for speakers may be available by further application. Please submit a title and abstract of no more than 200 words to Alice Raw (ar889@cam.ac.uk) and Abbie Fray (abigail.fray@unibe.ch) by 16 January 2026.
November 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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jeanneologist.bsky.social
A reminder that there's about a week left to pitch your paper for this year's interdisciplinary Late Medieval France and Burgundy Seminar, the loveliest event of its kind, at Durham in mid-December! There's a great (and non-exclusive) theme, and it's lots of fun for ECRs and senior scholars alike!
Call for Papers for the 10th Late Medieval France and Burgundy Seminar: Durham University, 12-13 December 2025 Image: Jardin d'amour à la cour de Philippe le bon, duc de Bourgogne, Musée de Versailles Tradition and Innovation For the tenth meeting of the Late Medieval France and Burgundy Seminar (Durham, 2025), we invite proposals for 20-minute papers on the theme of Tradition and Innovation. We would welcome any explorations of this theme based on original research on France and/or Burgundy between c.1250 and c.1500, or which reflect on developments in modern scholarship relating to these territories, in any field, including history, art, literature, languages and music. Papers might examine (but are not limited to considering):  Major shifts in politics, society, culture, literature, art or music within the Franco-Burgundian lands during the late Middle Ages.  The durability of established practices and structures in these regions.  Old and new approaches in historiography looking back at late medieval France/ Burgundy – including new approaches to ‘English Frances’ and ‘Lordship and the Decentralised State’.  Continuity and change in textual analysis and other scholarship relating to late medieval France/Burgundy. We would particularly welcome submissions from postgraduates and early career researchers, as well as scholars at any stage in their research. The deadline for paper proposals (of around 100 words) is 31 October. Please send proposals/queries to Professor Graeme Small (g.p.small@durham.ac.uk) and Dr Andrew Green (admgreen7@gmail.com).
October 23, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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justincolson.bsky.social
At @ihr.bsky.social we can now offer PhD by Publication in History! For those with a substantial body of existing published research (within past 10 years), but without a PhD, should be of particular interest to #heritage professionals and independent scholars!
October 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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lvhicks.bsky.social
For the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, 1066, here is thread on why 'who was the rightful king?' is the wrong question to ask, why we don't know the complete story and why that makes things more interesting. 1/ #medievalsky #skystorians #historyedu #historyteachers
October 14, 2024 at 9:30 AM
katybennett.bsky.social
Back to the thesis after an enjoyable few days at the Fifteenth Century Conference in Durham last week! Always nice to step out of the bubble and be reminded of the exciting work going on in the field
September 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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naominar.bsky.social
Just over 2 weeks left to apply to the Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers conference! It will take place in Oxford on April 20-21, 2026. We hope to provide bursaries to help with attendance. Email your abstracts to bordersboundariesbarriers[at]gmail[dot]com
#medievalsky #skystorians
Full plain text available at: https://medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/06/24/cfp-borders-boundaries-and-barriers-real-and-imagined-in-the-middle-ages/
August 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
katybennett.bsky.social
Just over two weeks left to send us your abstracts! #CfP #IMC2026 #medievalsky
katybennett.bsky.social Katy Bennett @katybennett.bsky.social · Aug 6
Call for Papers @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026 ‼️ The 'Loyalty in the Medieval World' network welcomes papers which explore the intersections between the concept of ‘loyalty’ and the conference theme of ‘temporalities’, c.500-1500! Get in touch by 15 September
The ‘Loyalty in the Medieval World’ network welcomes proposals which explore the intersections between the concept of ‘loyalty’ and the IMC 2026 theme of ‘temporalities’. Was there a shift in how the concept of loyalty was used and perceived by people across the Middle Ages? To what extent, if at all, were bonds of loyalty an archaic predecessor to the coercive potential of a centralising medieval ‘state’? How did the language (e.g. treue, fides, leal), theories, and practices of loyalty change or stay the same in the medieval period? What can the study of loyalty do for the historian of medieval political society? Submissions could reflect on: • Emotional frameworks of loyalty • Political frameworks of loyalty • Ethical and legal frameworks of loyalty • The theory and practice of loyal behaviour • Loyalty and identity • Loyalty and power • Horizontal loyalties and solidarities • The material culture of loyalty • Contested and/or multiple loyalties • Disloyalty , such as women, children, exiles, and migrants. Please send a paper title, affiliation, and abstract of up to 150 words to Eleanor Bailey ejbailey98@outlook.com, Katy Bennett katy.bennett@york.ac.uk, AND Jenny McHugh j.mchugh@lancaster.ac.uk. Deadline 15th September.
August 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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jeanneologist.bsky.social
And Open Access, too! 😁
archumanities.bsky.social Arc Humanities Press @archumanities.bsky.social · Aug 21
{New book} This book examines the messy legacies of Jeanne de Penthièvre and Charles de Blois, duchess and duke of Brittany, and their fight to claim the ducal title at the start of the Hundred Years’ War. www.arc-humanities.org/978164189408...
August 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Vacancy with the Royal Historical Society: Membership and Office Administrator bit.ly/46TgZNA

We look to appoint a Membership and Office Administrator (0.8 FTE) to join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £31,904 pro rata. Closing date Monday 8 September #Skystorians
Vacancy: the Society seeks to appoint a Membership and Office Administrator - RHS
The Royal Historical Society seeks to appoint a Membership and Office Administrator (0.8 FTE) to join its professional Office based at University College London. The post will help support and develop...
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August 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
katybennett.bsky.social
Call for Papers @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026 ‼️ The 'Loyalty in the Medieval World' network welcomes papers which explore the intersections between the concept of ‘loyalty’ and the conference theme of ‘temporalities’, c.500-1500! Get in touch by 15 September
The ‘Loyalty in the Medieval World’ network welcomes proposals which explore the intersections between the concept of ‘loyalty’ and the IMC 2026 theme of ‘temporalities’. Was there a shift in how the concept of loyalty was used and perceived by people across the Middle Ages? To what extent, if at all, were bonds of loyalty an archaic predecessor to the coercive potential of a centralising medieval ‘state’? How did the language (e.g. treue, fides, leal), theories, and practices of loyalty change or stay the same in the medieval period? What can the study of loyalty do for the historian of medieval political society? Submissions could reflect on: • Emotional frameworks of loyalty • Political frameworks of loyalty • Ethical and legal frameworks of loyalty • The theory and practice of loyal behaviour • Loyalty and identity • Loyalty and power • Horizontal loyalties and solidarities • The material culture of loyalty • Contested and/or multiple loyalties • Disloyalty , such as women, children, exiles, and migrants. Please send a paper title, affiliation, and abstract of up to 150 words to Eleanor Bailey ejbailey98@outlook.com, Katy Bennett katy.bennett@york.ac.uk, AND Jenny McHugh j.mchugh@lancaster.ac.uk. Deadline 15th September.
August 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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aliceperrers.bsky.social
CFP: Leeds IMC 2026
The Society for Fourteenth-Century Studies invites papers on any aspect of the long 14thC across the Plantagenet estates.
📅 6–9 July 2026
📨 Title + abstract by 31 Aug 2025
✉️ Laura.Tompkins@hrp.org.uk & dgreen@harlaxton.ac.uk
July 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
katybennett.bsky.social
For those at @imc-leeds.bsky.social, I’m part of what promises to be two great sessions on oaths, trust, and allegiance this afternoon, both in Esther Simpson LG.08. Looking forward to discussing all things allegiance!
July 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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paularcurtis.bsky.social
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June 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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matildaf.bsky.social
I'm constantly thinking about the fact that despite all the focus on 'impact', they don't seem to count the context in which we have the most impact of all: teaching students, and especially those from a wide range of backgrounds
June 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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joesaunders1.bsky.social
Devastated that the Centre for Lifelong Learning @york.ac.uk is being closed after 40 years. What a loss to education in the region. Feel for students and staff. Being a tutor has been joy, doing what universities should be doing by sharing knowledge widely with our communities.
June 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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naominar.bsky.social
I’m co-organising a medieval conference next year in Oxford! Please take a look at the CfP and consider submitting an abstract, by the 15th of September, to bordersboundariesbarriers@gmail.com. We hope to be able to provide funding to help cover expenses of attendance.
#medievalsky #skystorians
Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers have become increasingly prominent themes in historical scholarship. There is, therefore, a pressing need to examine how these constructs have shaped the lived experiences of historically marginalised groups, as well as how they were perceived, defined, and engaged with by those groups. This conference seeks to reorient discussions around borders, boundaries, and barriers by foregrounding the experiences and perspectives of marginalised groups and considering how these divisions were perceived from the peripheries of societies. Rather than treating these concepts as abstract or solely geopolitical, we will explore the ways in which they have operated — both historically and historiographically — as tools of exclusion and differentiation. Organised by Natasha Jenman (University of Oxford), Naomi Reiter (QMUL), and Dean A. Irwin (University of Lincoln/OCHJS), the conference will focus on individuals, religious groups, social groups, societal constructions, and natural phenomena. Participants are invited to explore the role played by evolving borders, boundaries, and barriers in the medieval world as part of group identities; and how groups used them to their advantage. Likewise, it will consider the extent to which borders, boundaries and barriers have been imposed upon the medieval world by modern scholars. Possible topics for consideration include: • Legal jurisdictions • The natural and the supernatural worlds • Socio-economic strata • Ritual and religion • Space, time, and the environment • Gender and sexuality • Disability • Transgression, delinquency, and the grey middle space This conference adopts a broad chronological and geographical approach with submissions from all historically-related disciplines being welcome. The conference will take place on 20 and 21 April 2026 in Oxford. To submit, please send a title, abstract (c. 250 words), and a bio (c. 100 words) to: bordersboundariesbarriers@gmail.com.
June 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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yorkmedieval.bsky.social
Congratulations to Robyn Stewart who passed her viva yesterday. Robyn’s thesis “Harmonising the Word: A Textual and Philological Study of Iohannes Scottus Eriugena’s Gospel Quotations in the Periphyseon” was supervised by Mary Garrison, Thomas McLeish and Thomas O'Loughlin (Nottingham).
June 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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helengittos.bsky.social
It's out! On Thursday, there was a book launch for this transformative study of how the Domesday Book was made. Astonishing that it has been possible to learn so much about something so apparently well-understood. @oxmedstud.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM