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Michel Summer
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Medievalist at Heidelberg University.

'We were born in a dark age out of due time (for us). But there is this comfort: otherwise we should not know, or so much love, what we do love.' - J. R. R. Tolkien (1943)
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'In nomine Domini, Clemens Uuillibrordus anno sexcentessimo nonagessimo ab incarnatione Christi ueniebat ultra mare in Francea.'

A collection of all my posts related to my research on #Willibrord & early medieval #Echternach in one thread. #MedievalSky
As the holidays are the time of nostalgic reminiscining, I thought I'd show some pictures of my last 'big' #wargaming project which I finished 10 years ago: a Carolingian army for the French #tabletop game SAGA, which still welcomes me with a look of reproach every time I visit home. 1/4
December 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Ich habe mich riesig darüber gefreut, am Mittwoch im ausverkauften Karlstorkino in der Reihe "Medieval
Movie (K)Nights", organisiert von @lindimos.bsky.social und Gianni Pignone @uniheidelberg.bsky.social, über "Der Herr der Ringe: Die Gefährten" sprechen und diskutieren zu können. #MedievalSky
December 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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125 Jahre Frauenstudium an der Universität Heidelberg: Vier Studentinnen schrieben sich im Jahr 1900 an der Ruperto Carola ein – Sie gehörten zu den ersten in Deutschland www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/...
#universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #frauen #studium #pionierinnen #pionieers
December 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Herausgegeben von der tollen Christine Kleinjung mit vielen Beiträgen ebenso toller Kolleg*innen: www.campus.de/buecher-camp...
Freiwillig gewählt, gottgewollt oder schicksalhaft erlitten, ein Buch von Christine Kleinjung - Campus Verlag
Christine Kleinjung: Freiwillig gewählt, gottgewollt oder schicksalhaft erlitten - Armut und Verzicht in der Vormoderne
www.campus.de
December 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Ich habe mich riesig darüber gefreut, am Mittwoch im ausverkauften Karlstorkino in der Reihe "Medieval
Movie (K)Nights", organisiert von @lindimos.bsky.social und Gianni Pignone @uniheidelberg.bsky.social, über "Der Herr der Ringe: Die Gefährten" sprechen und diskutieren zu können. #MedievalSky
December 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Publication – « L’objet mérovingien. De sa fabrication à sa (re-)découverte », éd. Gaëlle Dumont

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Publication – « L’objet mérovingien. De sa fabrication à sa (re-)découverte », éd. Gaëlle Dumont
Pour la troisième fois en vingt-cinq ans, la Wallonie a accueilli les Journées internationales de l’Association française d’Archéologie mérovingienne (AFAM). Après Namur en 1999 et Tournai en 2004,…
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December 19, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Merovingians in Ireland?
One for the early medieval/Merovingian nerds: Happy to receive a copy of Dáibhí's 2023 Jennifer O'Reilly Memorial Lecture, in which he argues that the name Rath Melsigi, the Irish monastery where Ecgberct (d. 719) settled after the plague of 664 according to Bede, derives from 'M[á]el-Sigi'... 1/3
December 17, 2025 at 8:45 AM
One for the early medieval/Merovingian nerds: Happy to receive a copy of Dáibhí's 2023 Jennifer O'Reilly Memorial Lecture, in which he argues that the name Rath Melsigi, the Irish monastery where Ecgberct (d. 719) settled after the plague of 664 according to Bede, derives from 'M[á]el-Sigi'... 1/3
December 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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'It’s likely we’ll look back on The Spin as the album that made Messa massive, honing their smoky doom into its most accessible, refined and focussed form yet without losing an iota of their dark, jazzy atmosphere'

Messa - The Spin is No 1 in tQ's Best #HeavyMetal of 2025

buff.ly/oXmbFmr
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Job: 1 Wiss. Geschäftsführung (w/m/d) "Family Transitions" (Univ. Heidelberg)

https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-159375

Heidelberg, 01.03.2026-31.12.2026, Universität Heidelberg, Bewerbungsschluss: 06.01.2026 Wissenschaftliche Geschäftsführung (w/m/d)
www.hsozkult.de
December 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Coming soon! We are excited to share our first issue in just a few months.

We are also accepting submissions for issue 2 onwards! Feel free to send any questions or ideas to @calthalas.bsky.social @sihonglin.bsky.social or me on here, or with the editors via email tinyurl.com/tph5wvmd
December 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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some news 👇
we're going to find out how to overcome the numerous practical and ethical problems we face when researching the nameless.
BCDSS Professors Julia Hillner and Pia Wiegmink, together with former BCDSS Guest Researcher Jamie Wood (University of Lincoln), have been granted funding by the VolkswagenStiftung for their collaborative project "The Nameless in History".
@unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de @volkswagenstiftung.de
December 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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"Charlemagne's Dream" is coming (just not quite yet).

#medieval
#carolingians
#apocalypse
December 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Out now & #openaccess:
Grimm, Oliver (Ed.): Beast and Human: Case Studies for Northern Europe from Prehistoric to Early Modern Times, Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2025 (LEIZA Publications, Volume 8).
doi.org/10.11588/pro...

#LEIZArchaeology #Archaeology #HumanAnimalStudies
December 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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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
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Heute ist mein Buch Dark Medieval Times über das Mittelalter im Metal auf den Markt gekommen. 🍾 Schaut doch mal rein!
December 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Vielen Dank an alle Autor*innen, die zum Gelingen des Bandes beigetragen haben und natürlich auch an die reihenherausgebende @agtida.bsky.social und @leizarchaeology.bsky.social für die Finanzierung und den großen Support!
Was für eine schöne Adventsüberraschung: Theorie | Archäologie | Reflexion 2 ist bei @propylaeum.bsky.social erschienen! 🥳

Herausgeber: @martinrenger.bsky.social @stefanschreiber.bsky.social & @alexanderveling.bsky.social

👉 doi.org/10.11588/pro...

Dank an alle Beteiligten!

#Archäologie #Theorie
December 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Call for Papers / Appel à contributions

24es Journées lotharingiennes du Centre Luxembourgeois de Documentation et d'Études Médiévales, @uni.lu, @uni-saarland.de, 21.-23.10.2026

Femmes de pouvoir ? – Mächtige Frauen ?

#MedievalSky
December 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Am 28.01.26 wird Prof. Dr. Philipp Gassert (Universität Mannheim) in der Reihe "Heidelberger Vorträge zur Landesgeschichte" über "Demokratische Neuanfänge in Baden-Württemberg 1946/47" sprechen; mehr Infos gibt es auf der FPI-Homepage:

www.zegk.uni-heidelberg.de/de/institute...
Heidelberger Vorträge zur Landesgeschichte - Zentrum für Europäische Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften
Die "Heidelberger Vorträge zur Landesgeschichte", 2004 ins Leben gerufen, wollen ein Forum für aktuelle Forschungen zur südwestdeutschen Landesgeschichte Unter
www.zegk.uni-heidelberg.de
December 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Job: 1 Postdoc "Spätantike und Frühmittelalter" (Universität Wien)

https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-159259

Wien, 01.07.2026-30.06.2032, Universität Wien, Bewerbungsschluss: 31.12.2025 Postdoc Frühmittelalter, Universität Wien
www.hsozkult.de
December 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
#NowPlaying

Foundations of Burden (2025 Redux) by @pallbearerdoom.bsky.social.

(Artwork by Benjamin Vierling.)
December 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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I wrote something! Thank You, @hsozkult.bsky.social and especially Daniel Menning and Claudia Prinz, for making this possible ! www.hsozkult.de/debate/id/fd...
December 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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We’re nominated for Research Project of the Year! 🎉
Vote for Words on the Wave and help us celebrate Ireland’s medieval heritage:
👉 www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/V...
#MedievalIreland #IrishArchaeology
December 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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My new article has now been published in the 2025 volume of Traditio. I use a little examined episode on the lower Rhine in the late 350s with the aid of agricultural archaeology to reveal fiscal dependency relations between the Empire & Barbaricum, & the consequences of their rupture. #medievalsky
JULIAN’S BATAVIAN CAMPAIGN, AN EMBEZZLEMENT TRIAL IN BRITAIN, AND BARBARIAN ACCESS TO THE ANNONA MILITARIS | Traditio | Cambridge Core
JULIAN’S BATAVIAN CAMPAIGN, AN EMBEZZLEMENT TRIAL IN BRITAIN, AND BARBARIAN ACCESS TO THE ANNONA MILITARIS - Volume 80
doi.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀
𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱
By Bastiaan Waagmeester

More info: bit.ly/48vHU0X

#ChurchHistory #Theology #Carolingian #Literacy #Medievalsky #Medievalists
December 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM