Levi Roach
@proflroach.bsky.social
Professor of Medieval History and Diplomatic. Deputy Head of Arch & Hist @exeter.ac.uk. Editor of charters @monumenta.bsky.social. Monographs with CUP, Yale UP and @princetonupress.bsky.social. Medievalist + Germanophile.
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Amazing collections, lovely people. Come and spend a year doing research @theul.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social
Apply to be the 2026-7 Munby Fellow in bibliography and history of the book @theul.bsky.social
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Munby Fellowship in Bibliography 2026 - 2027 at University of Cambridge
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January 6, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Amazing collections, lovely people. Come and spend a year doing research @theul.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social
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Reposted in the hope that someone on here may be able to venture a guess re. the artefact’s likely date of production…
A little challenge for my fellow #skystorians (esp. art historians): we found this rather lovely piece of devotional art w/ Cyrillic(?) letters in a late relative’s house. Origin/provenance and date unknown. Any suggestions?
December 30, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Reposted in the hope that someone on here may be able to venture a guess re. the artefact’s likely date of production…
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Issue 23 (2025) of I Quaderni del Maes is finally out #openaccess! You will find scientific papers, source editions, a monographic section on sermons and several book reviews.
maes.unibo.it #UniversitàBologna #AlmaJournals #medievalsky
maes.unibo.it #UniversitàBologna #AlmaJournals #medievalsky
December 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Issue 23 (2025) of I Quaderni del Maes is finally out #openaccess! You will find scientific papers, source editions, a monographic section on sermons and several book reviews.
maes.unibo.it #UniversitàBologna #AlmaJournals #medievalsky
maes.unibo.it #UniversitàBologna #AlmaJournals #medievalsky
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Great end to the year for our Oswald project with an essay in the 75th anniversary edition of @historytoday.com. #MedievalSky
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December 22, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Great end to the year for our Oswald project with an essay in the 75th anniversary edition of @historytoday.com. #MedievalSky
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@kingsartshums.bsky.social
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“Be sure to set me to ‘delicate,’ Alison. It’d be a shame to ruin that sweater, you know, in case it ever comes back in style.”
December 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“Be sure to set me to ‘delicate,’ Alison. It’d be a shame to ruin that sweater, you know, in case it ever comes back in style.”
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The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.
December 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.
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Medievalist friends! Applications are open until end of Feb for a fully-funded PhD in Arthurian Literature with the brilliant Louise D'Arcens @medievalafterlives.bsky.social and myself, based between Sydney (Australia) and Groningen (The Netherlands).
Please share widely!
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Please share widely!
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Global PhD on Middle English Arthurian romance
The University of Groningen and Macquarie are offering a co-funded scholarship to support a student undertaking doctoral research in medieval literature.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Medievalist friends! Applications are open until end of Feb for a fully-funded PhD in Arthurian Literature with the brilliant Louise D'Arcens @medievalafterlives.bsky.social and myself, based between Sydney (Australia) and Groningen (The Netherlands).
Please share widely!
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Please share widely!
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Was privileged to see Laura in her element today! (Charter of Frederick II and added bonus.)
had fun showing off our Friedrich II charter (1226! with seal!), and to none other than @proflroach.bsky.social today!
December 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Was privileged to see Laura in her element today! (Charter of Frederick II and added bonus.)
It me!
An interesting lecture by @proflroach.bsky.social on editions of Ottonian charters. Memories of the grad school seminar on Carolingian Diplomatics with Patrick Geary. So faaaar away from my world!
December 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It me!
There may be better ways to prepare for a lecture, but if so, I've yet to find them! #charterrific #7sternwien
December 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
There may be better ways to prepare for a lecture, but if so, I've yet to find them! #charterrific #7sternwien
To Wien! To the Institut für Mittelalterforschung!
Will you be in Vienna in mid-December? If so, you can come hear me give the annual IMAFO lecture on editing the East Frankish royal charters! You know you want to... #charterrific
December 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
To Wien! To the Institut für Mittelalterforschung!
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—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
December 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
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My tasty take (pun intended) on the Bayeux Tapestry—a subject on which I had vowed never to publish. Available Open Access with @ihr.bsky.social. See what you make of it, and bon appetit! academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
Chewing over the Norman Conquest: the Bayeux Tapestry as monastic mealtime reading*
Abstract. This article offers a new contextualization of the Bayeux Tapestry by exploring its use as mealtime reading in a monastic refectory. This concept
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December 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
My tasty take (pun intended) on the Bayeux Tapestry—a subject on which I had vowed never to publish. Available Open Access with @ihr.bsky.social. See what you make of it, and bon appetit! academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
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itcouldbesaid.substack.com/p/it-could-b... Latest article is up on the substack; my (long in gestation) look at why I changed my mind on mass immigration. More people means a healther economy, a more powerful country & a more balanced society. We should all want to welcome as many people as possible
It Could Be Said #81 How I Lost Faith In Immigration Restrictionism
Will writes about his strange new respect for mass immigration
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December 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
itcouldbesaid.substack.com/p/it-could-b... Latest article is up on the substack; my (long in gestation) look at why I changed my mind on mass immigration. More people means a healther economy, a more powerful country & a more balanced society. We should all want to welcome as many people as possible
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0,65 Wiss. Mitarb. (m/w/d) "Mittelalterlicher Geschichte (6.-12. Jh.)" (Univ. Hamburg) www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...
0,65 Wiss. Mitarb. (m/w/d) "Mittelalterlicher Geschichte (6.-12. Jh.)" (Univ. Hamburg)
Die Universität Hamburg sucht zum 01.04.2026 eine:n Wissenschaftliche:n Mitarbeiter:in in Mittelalterlicher Geschichte (6.-12. Jh.) befristet für die Dauer von zunächst vier Jahren
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December 12, 2025 at 6:26 AM
0,65 Wiss. Mitarb. (m/w/d) "Mittelalterlicher Geschichte (6.-12. Jh.)" (Univ. Hamburg) www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...
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We are pleased to launch today a new programme for early career researchers with @ihr.bsky.social & @chalkefestival.bsky.social
'Pitch my Project' is an opportunity for early career historians to present their research at the Chalke History Festival in 2026 bit.ly/44kfUMM Applications now invited.
'Pitch my Project' is an opportunity for early career historians to present their research at the Chalke History Festival in 2026 bit.ly/44kfUMM Applications now invited.
Pitch my Project: an opportunity for early career historians to present their work at the Chalke History Festival 2026 - RHS
Have you ever wanted to share your research with a wide audience? Would you like to gain experience in public speaking, and be supported to develop imaginative ways to communicate your research to the...
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December 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
We are pleased to launch today a new programme for early career researchers with @ihr.bsky.social & @chalkefestival.bsky.social
'Pitch my Project' is an opportunity for early career historians to present their research at the Chalke History Festival in 2026 bit.ly/44kfUMM Applications now invited.
'Pitch my Project' is an opportunity for early career historians to present their research at the Chalke History Festival in 2026 bit.ly/44kfUMM Applications now invited.
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Especially as learning a language well enough to read the primary sources is not that hard when you compare it to learning a language so you can hold a conversation in it or write it.
You should also ideally read all the major languages scholarship on that topic is in, but that is of course harder.
You should also ideally read all the major languages scholarship on that topic is in, but that is of course harder.
I say this a lot but one of the criteria I use to distinguish who is an appropriate scholar for the show is “can they interact with primary sources in their original language”
Grumpy medievalist take, but I am gobsmacked by the cheerfulness with which some scholars working in later fields disclose not having the relevant languages for their research, and also having no plans to acquire them. There are many cases in which you've actually gotta read the Latin, babe!
December 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Especially as learning a language well enough to read the primary sources is not that hard when you compare it to learning a language so you can hold a conversation in it or write it.
You should also ideally read all the major languages scholarship on that topic is in, but that is of course harder.
You should also ideally read all the major languages scholarship on that topic is in, but that is of course harder.
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Neu in unserem e-Lexikon: "purgatorium", das Fegefeuer. Wie entstand eigentlich die Vorstellung von diesem Ort der Läuterung, und wie verbreitet war sie im frühen Mittelalter? Mehr dazu hier: werkstatt.formulae.uni-hamburg.de/texts/urn:ct...
Formulae - Litterae - Chartae: Reading page
Medieval Latin Formulae and their German translations in the Capitains Format
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December 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Neu in unserem e-Lexikon: "purgatorium", das Fegefeuer. Wie entstand eigentlich die Vorstellung von diesem Ort der Läuterung, und wie verbreitet war sie im frühen Mittelalter? Mehr dazu hier: werkstatt.formulae.uni-hamburg.de/texts/urn:ct...
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So kid, in your heart you want to study humanities but you worry about your job prospects? Let’s play a game.
On the latest data, who is more likely to be unemployed after 15 months after graduation. The English Lit grad or the Maths grad?
WRONG!
On the latest data, who is more likely to be unemployed after 15 months after graduation. The English Lit grad or the Maths grad?
WRONG!
December 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
So kid, in your heart you want to study humanities but you worry about your job prospects? Let’s play a game.
On the latest data, who is more likely to be unemployed after 15 months after graduation. The English Lit grad or the Maths grad?
WRONG!
On the latest data, who is more likely to be unemployed after 15 months after graduation. The English Lit grad or the Maths grad?
WRONG!
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Je viens de réaliser pour @lemoyenage.bsky.social une veille bibliographique dans le domaine des études médiévales pour les six derniers mois (relevé quasi exhaustif de 450 ouvrages).
Pour éviter que d'autres ne répètent ce gros travail, je partage le fichier : docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Pour éviter que d'autres ne répètent ce gros travail, je partage le fichier : docs.google.com/document/d/1...
RMÂ – Veille novembre 2025.docx
AMSTERDAM UP Nautical Rutters and New Bodies of Knowledge in the Age of the First Globalization, 1400-1600: https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048572786/nautical-rutters-and-new-bodies-of-knowledge-in-the...
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November 23, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Je viens de réaliser pour @lemoyenage.bsky.social une veille bibliographique dans le domaine des études médiévales pour les six derniers mois (relevé quasi exhaustif de 450 ouvrages).
Pour éviter que d'autres ne répètent ce gros travail, je partage le fichier : docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Pour éviter que d'autres ne répètent ce gros travail, je partage le fichier : docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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For anyone interested in vikings: a symposium on the impact of the viking Great Army, to be held at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge on 24 April 2026.
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
For anyone interested in vikings: a symposium on the impact of the viking Great Army, to be held at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge on 24 April 2026.