Mike Horswell
@mjhorswell.bsky.social
Historian | Author | Editor
I research the memory and use of the crusades and medievalism. Hon. Research Associate at Royal Holloway, Uni of London; Fellow of the Royal Historical Society; and editor of the Engaging the Crusades series. Views own.
I research the memory and use of the crusades and medievalism. Hon. Research Associate at Royal Holloway, Uni of London; Fellow of the Royal Historical Society; and editor of the Engaging the Crusades series. Views own.
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From AI to remote working and beyond, work isn't what it used to be.
So we’re thrilled to introduce Beyond the Cubicle, Blue Goat Books’ ground-breaking new series.
Bringing fresh thinking to the pressing questions of modern working life. Discover more at bluegoatbooks.com. #BeyondtheCubicle
So we’re thrilled to introduce Beyond the Cubicle, Blue Goat Books’ ground-breaking new series.
Bringing fresh thinking to the pressing questions of modern working life. Discover more at bluegoatbooks.com. #BeyondtheCubicle
November 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
From AI to remote working and beyond, work isn't what it used to be.
So we’re thrilled to introduce Beyond the Cubicle, Blue Goat Books’ ground-breaking new series.
Bringing fresh thinking to the pressing questions of modern working life. Discover more at bluegoatbooks.com. #BeyondtheCubicle
So we’re thrilled to introduce Beyond the Cubicle, Blue Goat Books’ ground-breaking new series.
Bringing fresh thinking to the pressing questions of modern working life. Discover more at bluegoatbooks.com. #BeyondtheCubicle
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Still looking for some of these! We’ve said yes to a couple of pitches, but are looking for around 3-5 more for early next year.
We are primarily looking for historians of ancient, medieval, and non-Western figures.
We are primarily looking for historians of ancient, medieval, and non-Western figures.
Call for (post-PhD) historians and cultural scholars for the pod! We have a specific wishlist of scholarship we’re looking to add to the lineup:
- ancient & medieval history
and/or
- histories of anywhere other than the US and UK, preferably outside Europe
Pitches to: podcast@thisguysucked.com
🤗🤗🤗
- ancient & medieval history
and/or
- histories of anywhere other than the US and UK, preferably outside Europe
Pitches to: podcast@thisguysucked.com
🤗🤗🤗
November 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Still looking for some of these! We’ve said yes to a couple of pitches, but are looking for around 3-5 more for early next year.
We are primarily looking for historians of ancient, medieval, and non-Western figures.
We are primarily looking for historians of ancient, medieval, and non-Western figures.
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Got a late start start on this one but an update from me & @lollardfish.bsky.social on our recent UK book tour.* Our visit to the supposed birthplace of Alfred the Great and how the local community talks about the medieval past #medievalsky
Free to read —>
*1 stop
buttondown.com/ModernMediev...
Free to read —>
*1 stop
buttondown.com/ModernMediev...
Alfred the Great Slept Here (as a baby)
A few weeks ago, we (Matt and David!) traveled to Wantage, a small but thriving town not far Oxford, to take part in their annual literary festival. We’ve...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Got a late start start on this one but an update from me & @lollardfish.bsky.social on our recent UK book tour.* Our visit to the supposed birthplace of Alfred the Great and how the local community talks about the medieval past #medievalsky
Free to read —>
*1 stop
buttondown.com/ModernMediev...
Free to read —>
*1 stop
buttondown.com/ModernMediev...
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My book is out today! 🎉 I wrote a blog on what the book is about and why you should read it! blog.royalhistsoc.org/2025/11/06/f...
#skystorians #medievalsky 🗃️
#skystorians #medievalsky 🗃️
Published today: 'Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society. The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow', by Rachael Harkes bit.ly/49CIDzC
Rachael's new book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series. It's now available free Open Access & paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2
Rachael's new book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series. It's now available free Open Access & paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2
November 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
My book is out today! 🎉 I wrote a blog on what the book is about and why you should read it! blog.royalhistsoc.org/2025/11/06/f...
#skystorians #medievalsky 🗃️
#skystorians #medievalsky 🗃️
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Published today: 'Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society. The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow', by Rachael Harkes bit.ly/49CIDzC
Rachael's new book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series. It's now available free Open Access & paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2
Rachael's new book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series. It's now available free Open Access & paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2
November 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Published today: 'Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society. The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow', by Rachael Harkes bit.ly/49CIDzC
Rachael's new book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series. It's now available free Open Access & paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2
Rachael's new book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series. It's now available free Open Access & paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2
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A few days left to respond to my call for papers for the @latineast.bsky.social conference in Porto next year - expressions of interest for papers on modern uses of the crusades welcome by 4 Nov.
October 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A few days left to respond to my call for papers for the @latineast.bsky.social conference in Porto next year - expressions of interest for papers on modern uses of the crusades welcome by 4 Nov.
A few days left to respond to my call for papers for the @latineast.bsky.social conference in Porto next year - expressions of interest for papers on modern uses of the crusades welcome by 4 Nov.
October 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A few days left to respond to my call for papers for the @latineast.bsky.social conference in Porto next year - expressions of interest for papers on modern uses of the crusades welcome by 4 Nov.
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🚨 TOMORROW FOR SUBSCRIBERS🚨
The Knights Hospitaller were more than just crusaders! They were a military force, a financial powerhouse, and masters of political intrigue. 👑 @rorymaclellan.bsky.social exposes the real story.
Subscribe: www.patreon.com/historyrage
Or join on Apple subscriptions
The Knights Hospitaller were more than just crusaders! They were a military force, a financial powerhouse, and masters of political intrigue. 👑 @rorymaclellan.bsky.social exposes the real story.
Subscribe: www.patreon.com/historyrage
Or join on Apple subscriptions
October 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🚨 TOMORROW FOR SUBSCRIBERS🚨
The Knights Hospitaller were more than just crusaders! They were a military force, a financial powerhouse, and masters of political intrigue. 👑 @rorymaclellan.bsky.social exposes the real story.
Subscribe: www.patreon.com/historyrage
Or join on Apple subscriptions
The Knights Hospitaller were more than just crusaders! They were a military force, a financial powerhouse, and masters of political intrigue. 👑 @rorymaclellan.bsky.social exposes the real story.
Subscribe: www.patreon.com/historyrage
Or join on Apple subscriptions
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Signed a stack at @foylesforbooks.bsky.social in London.
October 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Signed a stack at @foylesforbooks.bsky.social in London.
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Had a great time this morning with @cerysmatthews.bsky.social on BBC 6 Music, talking about #poetry and #history and my new history book #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems. Brilliant to time travel with some of the very earliest poems in the book! Also: cheese! #IYKYK www.penguin.co.uk/books/461263...
October 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Had a great time this morning with @cerysmatthews.bsky.social on BBC 6 Music, talking about #poetry and #history and my new history book #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems. Brilliant to time travel with some of the very earliest poems in the book! Also: cheese! #IYKYK www.penguin.co.uk/books/461263...
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Behold! A new prize of £500 for early career scholars of medieval church history (incl Crusades)
@medievalists.bsky.social @imc-leeds.bsky.social @nicmorton.bsky.social
@medievalists.bsky.social @imc-leeds.bsky.social @nicmorton.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Behold! A new prize of £500 for early career scholars of medieval church history (incl Crusades)
@medievalists.bsky.social @imc-leeds.bsky.social @nicmorton.bsky.social
@medievalists.bsky.social @imc-leeds.bsky.social @nicmorton.bsky.social
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Hey in 1 week (!!!) me & @lollardfish.bsky.social are going to be at the fabulous Wantage Literary Festival in Oxfordshire (England). We’ll be talking our book, bloody civil watrs, and co-writing.
Tickets still available! Come through!!!!!
—> wantageliteraryfestival.co.uk/monday-27-oc...
Tickets still available! Come through!!!!!
—> wantageliteraryfestival.co.uk/monday-27-oc...
October 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Hey in 1 week (!!!) me & @lollardfish.bsky.social are going to be at the fabulous Wantage Literary Festival in Oxfordshire (England). We’ll be talking our book, bloody civil watrs, and co-writing.
Tickets still available! Come through!!!!!
—> wantageliteraryfestival.co.uk/monday-27-oc...
Tickets still available! Come through!!!!!
—> wantageliteraryfestival.co.uk/monday-27-oc...
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"The Medieval in Museums": Fran Allfrey (University of York) and Maia Blumberg are calling for contributions to a proposed edited volume discussing the ways in which the "medieval" appears in a range of GLAM institutions.
Info:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#medieval #heritagestudies #GLAM
Info:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#medieval #heritagestudies #GLAM
MiM_FOR CIRCULATION
The Medieval in Museums: call for contributions We invite short abstracts (100-200 words) in response to our call for chapters for an edited volume, ‘The Medieval in Museums’. Please send abstracts b...
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October 13, 2025 at 6:07 AM
"The Medieval in Museums": Fran Allfrey (University of York) and Maia Blumberg are calling for contributions to a proposed edited volume discussing the ways in which the "medieval" appears in a range of GLAM institutions.
Info:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#medieval #heritagestudies #GLAM
Info:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#medieval #heritagestudies #GLAM
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Scheduled for publication next year!
This is a first look at the forthcoming:
“Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades”
Edited by Jonathan Harris
… and including a chapter by me!
This is a first look at the forthcoming:
“Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades”
Edited by Jonathan Harris
… and including a chapter by me!
October 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Scheduled for publication next year!
This is a first look at the forthcoming:
“Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades”
Edited by Jonathan Harris
… and including a chapter by me!
This is a first look at the forthcoming:
“Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades”
Edited by Jonathan Harris
… and including a chapter by me!
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🔔 CFP | SSCLE 2026
Crossing Seas, Crossing Cultures
📍 Univ. of Porto
🗓️ 29 June–3 July 2026
Send proposals (papers, sessions, roundtables) 📩 SSCLEconference@gmail.com
🗓️ 15 Sept–15 Nov 2025
🔗 11th-sscle-conference-porto-2026.mozellosite.com
Crossing Seas, Crossing Cultures
📍 Univ. of Porto
🗓️ 29 June–3 July 2026
Send proposals (papers, sessions, roundtables) 📩 SSCLEconference@gmail.com
🗓️ 15 Sept–15 Nov 2025
🔗 11th-sscle-conference-porto-2026.mozellosite.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
🔔 CFP | SSCLE 2026
Crossing Seas, Crossing Cultures
📍 Univ. of Porto
🗓️ 29 June–3 July 2026
Send proposals (papers, sessions, roundtables) 📩 SSCLEconference@gmail.com
🗓️ 15 Sept–15 Nov 2025
🔗 11th-sscle-conference-porto-2026.mozellosite.com
Crossing Seas, Crossing Cultures
📍 Univ. of Porto
🗓️ 29 June–3 July 2026
Send proposals (papers, sessions, roundtables) 📩 SSCLEconference@gmail.com
🗓️ 15 Sept–15 Nov 2025
🔗 11th-sscle-conference-porto-2026.mozellosite.com
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So who am I and what am I doing? I am a historian of medieval Europe and am writing a book on the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099-1187). It is under contract with Basic Books. The goal is to write a narrative history the incorporates cultural, religious, apocalyptic, and romantic (!) material
September 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
So who am I and what am I doing? I am a historian of medieval Europe and am writing a book on the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099-1187). It is under contract with Basic Books. The goal is to write a narrative history the incorporates cultural, religious, apocalyptic, and romantic (!) material
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COVER REVEAL AND PREORDER: The Public Scholar - A Practical Handbook.
"Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"
"Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"
The Public Scholar
A Practical Handbook
www.press.jhu.edu
September 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
COVER REVEAL AND PREORDER: The Public Scholar - A Practical Handbook.
"Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"
"Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"
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Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
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hey! you can hear me blather on about the medieval world, and now for 50% off!!!!
click link below for the discount code and link to the course... #medievalsky
click link below for the discount code and link to the course... #medievalsky
so, as some may know, I'll be doing an online course this coming October - 4 sessions on the myth of the dark ages and how we can know a messy medieval world
well, delighted to announce that now you can get 50% OFF your registration!
link below -->
buttondown.com/ModernMediev...
well, delighted to announce that now you can get 50% OFF your registration!
link below -->
buttondown.com/ModernMediev...
Online Course Dispelling the "Dark Ages"
Get 50% off registration - exclusive to subscribers
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September 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
hey! you can hear me blather on about the medieval world, and now for 50% off!!!!
click link below for the discount code and link to the course... #medievalsky
click link below for the discount code and link to the course... #medievalsky
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If you write professionally in the UK, make sure to sign up to ALCS for your fair share of royalties
🥳 This week, we will pay 31,487 members their share of £11,588,572!
Find out more:
www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-di...
Find out more:
www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-di...
Your distribution questions answered
This week, we will pay 31,487 members their share of £11,588,572. Get answers to your most pressing questions about our latest distribution.
www.alcs.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 10:42 AM
If you write professionally in the UK, make sure to sign up to ALCS for your fair share of royalties
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hey UK friends! @lollardfish.bsky.social and me will be visiting to talk about our book OATHBREAKERS at the Wantage Literary Festival in Oxfordshire - Monday 27 October at 4pm
Tickets are available but limited! come see us! #medievalsky #booksky
wantageliteraryfestival.co.uk
Tickets are available but limited! come see us! #medievalsky #booksky
wantageliteraryfestival.co.uk
Wantage Literary Festival | Wantage Oxfordshire
Welcome to the Wantage Literary Festival, a celebration of all things literary with talks and events with special guests, held in venues in Wantage.
wantageliteraryfestival.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
hey UK friends! @lollardfish.bsky.social and me will be visiting to talk about our book OATHBREAKERS at the Wantage Literary Festival in Oxfordshire - Monday 27 October at 4pm
Tickets are available but limited! come see us! #medievalsky #booksky
wantageliteraryfestival.co.uk
Tickets are available but limited! come see us! #medievalsky #booksky
wantageliteraryfestival.co.uk
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🌟MOTHER IS CALLING! 🌟
Delighted to announce a new online research group, MATER: Medievalists Against The Extreme Right, under the @errnetwork.bsky.social umbrella! If you were at @themamoconf.bsky.social & enjoyed my workshop, you might find this new venture interesting. Do email me to sign up. 🗃️
Delighted to announce a new online research group, MATER: Medievalists Against The Extreme Right, under the @errnetwork.bsky.social umbrella! If you were at @themamoconf.bsky.social & enjoyed my workshop, you might find this new venture interesting. Do email me to sign up. 🗃️
July 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🌟MOTHER IS CALLING! 🌟
Delighted to announce a new online research group, MATER: Medievalists Against The Extreme Right, under the @errnetwork.bsky.social umbrella! If you were at @themamoconf.bsky.social & enjoyed my workshop, you might find this new venture interesting. Do email me to sign up. 🗃️
Delighted to announce a new online research group, MATER: Medievalists Against The Extreme Right, under the @errnetwork.bsky.social umbrella! If you were at @themamoconf.bsky.social & enjoyed my workshop, you might find this new venture interesting. Do email me to sign up. 🗃️
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My book Warrior Monks: Politics and Power in Medieval Britain is part of Waterstones' preorder sale until the end of Thursday. Get 25% off if you enter the code SUMMER25 at checkout.
#WPreorder #medievalsky
#WPreorder #medievalsky
July 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
My book Warrior Monks: Politics and Power in Medieval Britain is part of Waterstones' preorder sale until the end of Thursday. Get 25% off if you enter the code SUMMER25 at checkout.
#WPreorder #medievalsky
#WPreorder #medievalsky
See @pdh-journal.bsky.social's open cfp on far right uses of the past here. Excellent OA journal I enjoyed writing for - this looks like it will be a fascinating issue.
✍️We have an open #CallForPapers for our special issue "Radical Histories, Distorted Pasts: The Far Right and the Political Instrumentalisation of History"
Send your proposals (up to 500 words) until 17 September 2025, via the journal’s website.
More: bit.ly/40XpweP
#OpenAccess #UsesOfThePast
Send your proposals (up to 500 words) until 17 September 2025, via the journal’s website.
More: bit.ly/40XpweP
#OpenAccess #UsesOfThePast
July 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
See @pdh-journal.bsky.social's open cfp on far right uses of the past here. Excellent OA journal I enjoyed writing for - this looks like it will be a fascinating issue.