Anthony Bale FBA
@realmandeville.bsky.social
Medievalist & wanderer. 🏳️🌈 Travel, literature, history, cats.
📖’A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages’ - ‘stunning’ (The Times)
University of Cambridge; Girton College Cambridge; London
https://linktr.ee/realmandeville
📖’A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages’ - ‘stunning’ (The Times)
University of Cambridge; Girton College Cambridge; London
https://linktr.ee/realmandeville
🔔 job opportunity at @cam.ac.uk in the History of Knowledge Pre-1400 in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400
Applications are invited for the position of Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400, in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. Please note
www.cam.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🔔 job opportunity at @cam.ac.uk in the History of Knowledge Pre-1400 in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The Snorri Sturluson Icelandic Fellowships invite writers, translators, and scholars in the humanities from around the world to spend at least three months in Iceland. Fellows receive support for travel and living expenses during their stay. Apply by 1 December.
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Snorri Sturluson Icelandic Fellowships
Annually The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies invites applications for the Snorri Sturluson Icelandic Fellowships.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The Snorri Sturluson Icelandic Fellowships invite writers, translators, and scholars in the humanities from around the world to spend at least three months in Iceland. Fellows receive support for travel and living expenses during their stay. Apply by 1 December.
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Reading rec:
📖🧳 A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes 🧳📖
by Anthony Bale (@realmandeville.bsky.social)
www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...
Entertaining exploration of how medieval European travelers made sense of foreign lands and the world.
📖🧳 A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes 🧳📖
by Anthony Bale (@realmandeville.bsky.social)
www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...
Entertaining exploration of how medieval European travelers made sense of foreign lands and the world.
A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Me…
A captivating journey of the expansive world of medieva…
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October 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Reading rec:
📖🧳 A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes 🧳📖
by Anthony Bale (@realmandeville.bsky.social)
www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...
Entertaining exploration of how medieval European travelers made sense of foreign lands and the world.
📖🧳 A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes 🧳📖
by Anthony Bale (@realmandeville.bsky.social)
www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...
Entertaining exploration of how medieval European travelers made sense of foreign lands and the world.
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The beloved BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time has been awarded the 2025 British Academy President’s Medal!
Professor Susan J Smith, President of the British Academy, praised the programme for bringing rigorous yet accessible discussion of complex ideas to millions of listeners: buff.ly/1bn63FD
Professor Susan J Smith, President of the British Academy, praised the programme for bringing rigorous yet accessible discussion of complex ideas to millions of listeners: buff.ly/1bn63FD
October 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The beloved BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time has been awarded the 2025 British Academy President’s Medal!
Professor Susan J Smith, President of the British Academy, praised the programme for bringing rigorous yet accessible discussion of complex ideas to millions of listeners: buff.ly/1bn63FD
Professor Susan J Smith, President of the British Academy, praised the programme for bringing rigorous yet accessible discussion of complex ideas to millions of listeners: buff.ly/1bn63FD
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you should read this book, one of the most interesting things I've read in years
October 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
you should read this book, one of the most interesting things I've read in years
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Anthony Bale: "En el siglo XV ya había turismo organizado en Europa"
El medievalista británico publica una guía que transporta al lector a los caminos, hostales y ciudades de la Edad Media.
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#ÁticoHistoria
El medievalista británico publica una guía que transporta al lector a los caminos, hostales y ciudades de la Edad Media.
es.ara.cat/cultura/hist...
#ÁticoHistoria
Anthony Bale: "En el siglo XV ya había turismo organizado en Europa"
El medievalista británico publica una guía que transporta al lector a los caminos, hostales y ciudades de la Edad Media y recuerda que hace siete siglos viajar también era un ejercicio de curiosidad y...
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October 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Anthony Bale: "En el siglo XV ya había turismo organizado en Europa"
El medievalista británico publica una guía que transporta al lector a los caminos, hostales y ciudades de la Edad Media.
es.ara.cat/cultura/hist...
#ÁticoHistoria
El medievalista británico publica una guía que transporta al lector a los caminos, hostales y ciudades de la Edad Media.
es.ara.cat/cultura/hist...
#ÁticoHistoria
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I know this is uncomfortable to admit, but there is a small area in England's second city where people are just not integrated with the rest of society. Many of them hold views that arguably go against British values.
Yes, we need to talk about the Tory conference in Manchester.
Yes, we need to talk about the Tory conference in Manchester.
October 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I know this is uncomfortable to admit, but there is a small area in England's second city where people are just not integrated with the rest of society. Many of them hold views that arguably go against British values.
Yes, we need to talk about the Tory conference in Manchester.
Yes, we need to talk about the Tory conference in Manchester.
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Few signed copies at Atticus Books in New Haven, CT if anyone’s interested! (And in good company @realmandeville.bsky.social @peterfrankopan.bsky.social)
#medievalsky #booksky
#medievalsky #booksky
October 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Few signed copies at Atticus Books in New Haven, CT if anyone’s interested! (And in good company @realmandeville.bsky.social @peterfrankopan.bsky.social)
#medievalsky #booksky
#medievalsky #booksky
Medieval Literature faculty vacancy: Assistant Professor (Medieval British Literature), English Department, School of Arts & Sciences, Hunter College, CUNY
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Jobs | City University of New York
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October 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Medieval Literature faculty vacancy: Assistant Professor (Medieval British Literature), English Department, School of Arts & Sciences, Hunter College, CUNY
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Hoy tengo niña con galipandria de caballo e inminente mañana perdida en el CAP, pero en cuanto tenga un rato os tengo que hablar de este maravilloso libro y su excelente autor. De lo mejor que ha pasado por mis manos en el último año. Ya os di alguna pinceladita, pero luego MÁS
Spanish translation published by @aticodeloslibros.com today! Plus Benny the cat, contemplating his imminent breakfast
aticodeloslibros.com/197-anthony-...
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September 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Hoy tengo niña con galipandria de caballo e inminente mañana perdida en el CAP, pero en cuanto tenga un rato os tengo que hablar de este maravilloso libro y su excelente autor. De lo mejor que ha pasado por mis manos en el último año. Ya os di alguna pinceladita, pero luego MÁS
Spanish translation published by @aticodeloslibros.com today! Plus Benny the cat, contemplating his imminent breakfast
aticodeloslibros.com/197-anthony-...
aticodeloslibros.com/197-anthony-...
September 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Spanish translation published by @aticodeloslibros.com today! Plus Benny the cat, contemplating his imminent breakfast
aticodeloslibros.com/197-anthony-...
aticodeloslibros.com/197-anthony-...
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¿Turismo en la Edad Media?: Gaza, Jerusalén y Tierra Santa, destinos de los siglos XII, XIII y XIV
Consejos para cruzar el desierto o la tabla de tasas para Tierra Santa en 'Guía de viajes por la Edad Media'
elconfidencial.com/cultura/2025... @elconfidencial.bsky.social @realmandeville.bsky.social
Consejos para cruzar el desierto o la tabla de tasas para Tierra Santa en 'Guía de viajes por la Edad Media'
elconfidencial.com/cultura/2025... @elconfidencial.bsky.social @realmandeville.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
¿Turismo en la Edad Media?: Gaza, Jerusalén y Tierra Santa, destinos de los siglos XII, XIII y XIV
Consejos para cruzar el desierto o la tabla de tasas para Tierra Santa en 'Guía de viajes por la Edad Media'
elconfidencial.com/cultura/2025... @elconfidencial.bsky.social @realmandeville.bsky.social
Consejos para cruzar el desierto o la tabla de tasas para Tierra Santa en 'Guía de viajes por la Edad Media'
elconfidencial.com/cultura/2025... @elconfidencial.bsky.social @realmandeville.bsky.social
Delighted that my article 'Thinking with the Renegade' has been published in JMEMS, tracing the history of the 'renegade' as a figure in English culture. It is part of my @leverhulme.ac.uk funded project on cultural representations of Ottomans and others around the Siege of Rhodes 1480
Thinking with the Renegade: Politics of Conversion and Ambiguity of Identity in the Later Middle Ages
The figure of the renegade has often been considered an early modern invention, but the noun renegade and associated verbs entered the English language in the fourteenth century to describe figures wh...
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September 19, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Delighted that my article 'Thinking with the Renegade' has been published in JMEMS, tracing the history of the 'renegade' as a figure in English culture. It is part of my @leverhulme.ac.uk funded project on cultural representations of Ottomans and others around the Siege of Rhodes 1480
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¡Novedad!
"Guía de viajes por la Edad Media", del mayor experto en el viaje y la peregrinación en la Edad Media Anthony Bale, llegará a librerías el 29 de septiembre 📚
Descubre cómo era imaginado, percibido y experimentado el mundo por los viajeros medievales✨
aticodeloslibros.com/inicio/393-g...
"Guía de viajes por la Edad Media", del mayor experto en el viaje y la peregrinación en la Edad Media Anthony Bale, llegará a librerías el 29 de septiembre 📚
Descubre cómo era imaginado, percibido y experimentado el mundo por los viajeros medievales✨
aticodeloslibros.com/inicio/393-g...
September 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM
¡Novedad!
"Guía de viajes por la Edad Media", del mayor experto en el viaje y la peregrinación en la Edad Media Anthony Bale, llegará a librerías el 29 de septiembre 📚
Descubre cómo era imaginado, percibido y experimentado el mundo por los viajeros medievales✨
aticodeloslibros.com/inicio/393-g...
"Guía de viajes por la Edad Media", del mayor experto en el viaje y la peregrinación en la Edad Media Anthony Bale, llegará a librerías el 29 de septiembre 📚
Descubre cómo era imaginado, percibido y experimentado el mundo por los viajeros medievales✨
aticodeloslibros.com/inicio/393-g...
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Just a reminder that in the midst of waves of anti-migrant, anti-refugee and anti-asylum-seeker rhetoric and activism, there are also many charities working quietly, stoically and hard to fuel a better conversation and a better future. Actively supporting them makes a difference.
Join the Migration Museum team for a walking tour exploring the incredible stories of the generations of migrants who’ve lived, worked, and shaped the City of London.
🗓️ Sat 13 Sept 2025
🕜 1.30–3pm
📍 Starts behind the Royal Exchange, London EC3V 3LL
🔗 Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/migration-...
🗓️ Sat 13 Sept 2025
🕜 1.30–3pm
📍 Starts behind the Royal Exchange, London EC3V 3LL
🔗 Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/migration-...
Migration Museum Walking Tour
Discover 2000 years of migration history, following the stories of generations of migrants that have shaped the City of London.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Just a reminder that in the midst of waves of anti-migrant, anti-refugee and anti-asylum-seeker rhetoric and activism, there are also many charities working quietly, stoically and hard to fuel a better conversation and a better future. Actively supporting them makes a difference.
The beautiful monastery at Sázava 🇨🇿 where the Charles University Centre for the Study of the Middle Ages is holding its summer school, themed this year around medieval travel. Many layers of history and a great atmosphere
September 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The beautiful monastery at Sázava 🇨🇿 where the Charles University Centre for the Study of the Middle Ages is holding its summer school, themed this year around medieval travel. Many layers of history and a great atmosphere
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📌 15 de septiembre: "Flashman y señora" de George MacDonald Fraser
📌 15 de septiembre: "Muerte en el Ártico" de Tom Hindle
📌 22 de septiembre: "Guía de viajes por la Edad Media" de Anthony Bale
#ÁticodelosLibros #ÁticoHistoria
📌 15 de septiembre: "Muerte en el Ártico" de Tom Hindle
📌 22 de septiembre: "Guía de viajes por la Edad Media" de Anthony Bale
#ÁticodelosLibros #ÁticoHistoria
August 29, 2025 at 9:33 AM
📌 15 de septiembre: "Flashman y señora" de George MacDonald Fraser
📌 15 de septiembre: "Muerte en el Ártico" de Tom Hindle
📌 22 de septiembre: "Guía de viajes por la Edad Media" de Anthony Bale
#ÁticodelosLibros #ÁticoHistoria
📌 15 de septiembre: "Muerte en el Ártico" de Tom Hindle
📌 22 de septiembre: "Guía de viajes por la Edad Media" de Anthony Bale
#ÁticodelosLibros #ÁticoHistoria
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"The Cat Read the Emails First" (2025)
acrylic painting
By Ukrainian artist Nataliya Bagatskaya - n.bagatska [IG]
#art #painting #illustration #caturday
acrylic painting
By Ukrainian artist Nataliya Bagatskaya - n.bagatska [IG]
#art #painting #illustration #caturday
August 30, 2025 at 10:36 AM
"The Cat Read the Emails First" (2025)
acrylic painting
By Ukrainian artist Nataliya Bagatskaya - n.bagatska [IG]
#art #painting #illustration #caturday
acrylic painting
By Ukrainian artist Nataliya Bagatskaya - n.bagatska [IG]
#art #painting #illustration #caturday
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📢 Funding opportunity for digital artists 🎨: The Medieval Ideas Creative Lab Digital Artists’ Bursaries are transformative grants for digital artists to explore new approaches and ways of engaging with the Middle Ages and medieval collections in Cambridge. More details here:
Medieval Ideas Creative Lab Digital Artists’ Bursaries | Medieval Ideas Creative LabFaculty of English
www.english.cam.ac.uk
August 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
📢 Funding opportunity for digital artists 🎨: The Medieval Ideas Creative Lab Digital Artists’ Bursaries are transformative grants for digital artists to explore new approaches and ways of engaging with the Middle Ages and medieval collections in Cambridge. More details here:
Got a book on ‘black magic’ from @thelondonlibrary.bsky.social 🧙🏼♂️Discovered that John and Cathy had been using it for practical fortune telling. At least they only wrote in pencil
August 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Got a book on ‘black magic’ from @thelondonlibrary.bsky.social 🧙🏼♂️Discovered that John and Cathy had been using it for practical fortune telling. At least they only wrote in pencil
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"Wir nehmen uns selbst mit, wohin wir auch gehen, und unsere Werte und Ansprüche erlegen uns Grenzen auf, selbst dann, wenn wir auf der Suche nach Freiheit sind."
Anthony Bale über das Reisen (in seinem Buch: "Reisen im Mittelalter")
Anthony Bale über das Reisen (in seinem Buch: "Reisen im Mittelalter")
August 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"Wir nehmen uns selbst mit, wohin wir auch gehen, und unsere Werte und Ansprüche erlegen uns Grenzen auf, selbst dann, wenn wir auf der Suche nach Freiheit sind."
Anthony Bale über das Reisen (in seinem Buch: "Reisen im Mittelalter")
Anthony Bale über das Reisen (in seinem Buch: "Reisen im Mittelalter")
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Thrilled to be hosting this ONLINE, FREE Art Break to talk to Anthony Bale (@realmandeville@bsky.social) about travel in the Middle Ages on Sept. 4th at 12pm PST--sign up here:
www.getty.edu/calendar/art...
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Art Break: Travel in the Middle Ages | Getty Event
Why did people travel in the Middle Ages? In this conversation, discover the compelling and often unexpected voyages of medieval people.
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August 4, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Thrilled to be hosting this ONLINE, FREE Art Break to talk to Anthony Bale (@realmandeville@bsky.social) about travel in the Middle Ages on Sept. 4th at 12pm PST--sign up here:
www.getty.edu/calendar/art...
www.getty.edu/calendar/art...
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Os va a en-can-tar esta deliciosa guía del viaje en la época medieval que ha escrito @realmandeville.bsky.social: "Guía de viajes en la Edad Media", con visita de autor y goce garantizado. En librerías el 22/09.
August 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Os va a en-can-tar esta deliciosa guía del viaje en la época medieval que ha escrito @realmandeville.bsky.social: "Guía de viajes en la Edad Media", con visita de autor y goce garantizado. En librerías el 22/09.
📢 Funding opportunity for digital artists 🎨: The Medieval Ideas Creative Lab Digital Artists’ Bursaries are transformative grants for digital artists to explore new approaches and ways of engaging with the Middle Ages and medieval collections in Cambridge. More details here:
Medieval Ideas Creative Lab Digital Artists’ Bursaries | Medieval Ideas Creative LabFaculty of English
www.english.cam.ac.uk
August 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
📢 Funding opportunity for digital artists 🎨: The Medieval Ideas Creative Lab Digital Artists’ Bursaries are transformative grants for digital artists to explore new approaches and ways of engaging with the Middle Ages and medieval collections in Cambridge. More details here: