I wondered from where came the idea that Liupdrand of Cremona wrote that John XII died of apoplexy... argh, I guess I might edit wikipedia once...

Five days left #imc2026

Still on, still waiting for the abstracts but the time flies, only slighlty more than two weeks left!

A CfP for the next year @imc-leeds.bsky.social. A fun stuff about #cistercians and #history. #medieval #middleages #IMC2025 - spread and share to all interested parties

Early Middle Ages

Is Enigma by @biblissima.bsky.social dead? It was a great service when reading manuscripts but for some time the webpage is not accessible... ciham-digital.huma-num.fr/enigma/

Only few days left before IMC...

f anyone would like to moderate a s session at the upcoming International Medieval Congress in Leeds (Thursday death spot) please let me know. Some plans did not work according to the plan. #imc #imc2025 #medieval @imc-leeds.bsky.social

I don't have strength and time to go onto another rabbit hole but... Chronicon Turonense from Rerum Gallicarum et Francicarum scriptores is supposedly a repring of Veterum scriptorum text... so how this came to be:

The difference between the editorial rules and the articles published is always fascinating. The rules: "write everything in Roman numerals!" the articles: half in Roman numerals and half in Arabic...

The refusal of anointment by Henry the Fowler is one of those stories from the tenth century that holds great importance for history and scholarship. Endless texts have been written about how this refusal could mean one thing or another.

Hopefully, there will be interest in this CfP for next year IMC #Medieval #CFP
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