Dr Grant Jones
@grantosjones.bsky.social
Medieval Historian interested in the relationships between the Church and secular aristocratic culture c.1100-1250.
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Dr Grant Jones
@grantosjones.bsky.social
· Sep 19
‘This House, God’s Dear Castle’: Sawles Warde as Spiritual Warfare ...
Introduction Sawles Warde (‘Soul’s Ward’ or ‘Guardianship of the Soul’) is a thirteenth-century (c. 1225–40) English homily warning about the spiritual dangers arising from not controlling the will...
journals.openedition.org
Having just realised I completely forgot to post about this!
Very proud that my first article, ''This House, God's Dear Castle': Sawles Warde as Spiritual Warfare Allegory' is available here in Genre et histoire: journals.openedition.org/genrehistoir...
Very proud that my first article, ''This House, God's Dear Castle': Sawles Warde as Spiritual Warfare Allegory' is available here in Genre et histoire: journals.openedition.org/genrehistoir...
teaching at 9am so naturally my son's come down with a cold (which I'm getting) and I've also got the worst insomnia
a man in a white shirt with a microphone on his neck smiles
ALT: a man in a white shirt with a microphone on his neck smiles
media.tenor.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
teaching at 9am so naturally my son's come down with a cold (which I'm getting) and I've also got the worst insomnia
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A packed programme for this year's seminar in English for doctoral students at Lille. It's in hybrid form, so if you're interested in taking part, ask me for a Zoom link. irhis.univ-lille.fr/fileadmin/us...
irhis.univ-lille.fr
September 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A packed programme for this year's seminar in English for doctoral students at Lille. It's in hybrid form, so if you're interested in taking part, ask me for a Zoom link. irhis.univ-lille.fr/fileadmin/us...
Having just realised I completely forgot to post about this!
Very proud that my first article, ''This House, God's Dear Castle': Sawles Warde as Spiritual Warfare Allegory' is available here in Genre et histoire: journals.openedition.org/genrehistoir...
Very proud that my first article, ''This House, God's Dear Castle': Sawles Warde as Spiritual Warfare Allegory' is available here in Genre et histoire: journals.openedition.org/genrehistoir...
‘This House, God’s Dear Castle’: Sawles Warde as Spiritual Warfare ...
Introduction Sawles Warde (‘Soul’s Ward’ or ‘Guardianship of the Soul’) is a thirteenth-century (c. 1225–40) English homily warning about the spiritual dangers arising from not controlling the will...
journals.openedition.org
September 19, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Having just realised I completely forgot to post about this!
Very proud that my first article, ''This House, God's Dear Castle': Sawles Warde as Spiritual Warfare Allegory' is available here in Genre et histoire: journals.openedition.org/genrehistoir...
Very proud that my first article, ''This House, God's Dear Castle': Sawles Warde as Spiritual Warfare Allegory' is available here in Genre et histoire: journals.openedition.org/genrehistoir...
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It is publication day for Love & anti-Judaism in medieval English romance @manchesterup.bsky.social! Thank you so much @siobhanmup.bsky.social for believing in this project.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526183170/
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526183170/
September 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It is publication day for Love & anti-Judaism in medieval English romance @manchesterup.bsky.social! Thank you so much @siobhanmup.bsky.social for believing in this project.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526183170/
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526183170/
RIP Brent Hinds, what sad news.
Mastodon were formative on my musical taste many years ago, and thought their last album was fantastic for me. Really introspective work of music:
open.spotify.com/track/50cqyl...
Mastodon were formative on my musical taste many years ago, and thought their last album was fantastic for me. Really introspective work of music:
open.spotify.com/track/50cqyl...
More Than I Could Chew
Mastodon · Hushed and Grim · Song · 2021
open.spotify.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
RIP Brent Hinds, what sad news.
Mastodon were formative on my musical taste many years ago, and thought their last album was fantastic for me. Really introspective work of music:
open.spotify.com/track/50cqyl...
Mastodon were formative on my musical taste many years ago, and thought their last album was fantastic for me. Really introspective work of music:
open.spotify.com/track/50cqyl...
Jerry Wayne Longmire is brilliant, case in point
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Jerry Wayne Longmire is brilliant, case in point
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Graduate outcomes and incomes as well as course satisfaction in History are all actually strong. Suggesting that Humanities degrees are not 'career-related' is simply bizarre. 2/2
files.royalhistsoc.org
August 11, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Graduate outcomes and incomes as well as course satisfaction in History are all actually strong. Suggesting that Humanities degrees are not 'career-related' is simply bizarre. 2/2
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My book, Love and anti-Judaism in medieval English romance: Typologies of violence and desire, with @manchesterup.bsky.social, is coming out next month! I would be delighted if you might consider ordering a copy for your libraries 💚
August 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM
My book, Love and anti-Judaism in medieval English romance: Typologies of violence and desire, with @manchesterup.bsky.social, is coming out next month! I would be delighted if you might consider ordering a copy for your libraries 💚
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I, for one, am looking forward to the incoming era of AI mass-produced history. I will be offering my bespoke, handmade history at 599 euros a page (plus postage, optional gift wrapping available).
August 5, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I, for one, am looking forward to the incoming era of AI mass-produced history. I will be offering my bespoke, handmade history at 599 euros a page (plus postage, optional gift wrapping available).
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Exploring the fragments of the vast abbey church at Cluny. Much has happened since I was last here in 2018.
August 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Exploring the fragments of the vast abbey church at Cluny. Much has happened since I was last here in 2018.
double job rejection today. Oof.
July 31, 2025 at 10:40 PM
double job rejection today. Oof.
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MEMSA Conference 2025
Final photo of the conference, thank you to everyone who came over the two days - whether for the whole conference or popped in for part of it.
Safe journey home
Final photo of the conference, thank you to everyone who came over the two days - whether for the whole conference or popped in for part of it.
Safe journey home
July 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
MEMSA Conference 2025
Final photo of the conference, thank you to everyone who came over the two days - whether for the whole conference or popped in for part of it.
Safe journey home
Final photo of the conference, thank you to everyone who came over the two days - whether for the whole conference or popped in for part of it.
Safe journey home
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It’s the first day of the MEMSA conference. We have two days of exciting panels on this year's theme: Illuminating Nature: Explorations of Science, Religion, and Magic. Delegates are currently at registration before things kick off at 10.15!
July 21, 2025 at 9:07 AM
It’s the first day of the MEMSA conference. We have two days of exciting panels on this year's theme: Illuminating Nature: Explorations of Science, Religion, and Magic. Delegates are currently at registration before things kick off at 10.15!
Also, did a graduate last week. Probably should have mentioned that earlier...
July 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Also, did a graduate last week. Probably should have mentioned that earlier...
Yeah, yeah, everyone might all be at IMC and I'm not, but I've got an *empty library* to myself. Bliss.
July 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Yeah, yeah, everyone might all be at IMC and I'm not, but I've got an *empty library* to myself. Bliss.
Who the hell sends a job rejection email at 1 AM?!
June 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Who the hell sends a job rejection email at 1 AM?!
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Call for Papers! Please see image below.
For all enquiries and submissions, please contact @rhiannonbookgeek.bsky.social at g.rhiannon@bham.ac.uk or Dr Lily Chadwick at lily.chadwick@woodbrooke.org.uk. Article submissions are due 30 January 2026.
For all enquiries and submissions, please contact @rhiannonbookgeek.bsky.social at g.rhiannon@bham.ac.uk or Dr Lily Chadwick at lily.chadwick@woodbrooke.org.uk. Article submissions are due 30 January 2026.
June 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Call for Papers! Please see image below.
For all enquiries and submissions, please contact @rhiannonbookgeek.bsky.social at g.rhiannon@bham.ac.uk or Dr Lily Chadwick at lily.chadwick@woodbrooke.org.uk. Article submissions are due 30 January 2026.
For all enquiries and submissions, please contact @rhiannonbookgeek.bsky.social at g.rhiannon@bham.ac.uk or Dr Lily Chadwick at lily.chadwick@woodbrooke.org.uk. Article submissions are due 30 January 2026.
Fairly sure I'm just throwing job applications into the void at this point
June 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Fairly sure I'm just throwing job applications into the void at this point
wow, everyone wasn't lying about the rejections post-PhD. Oof.
May 27, 2025 at 10:16 AM
wow, everyone wasn't lying about the rejections post-PhD. Oof.
Saxons tried to recruit William today at Vinovia/Binchester!
May 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Saxons tried to recruit William today at Vinovia/Binchester!
Another Saturday, another northern castle. A cloudy, wet Brough today (I've never seen it in any other weather tbf)!
May 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Another Saturday, another northern castle. A cloudy, wet Brough today (I've never seen it in any other weather tbf)!
Took the son and heir to Bowes Castle:
May 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Took the son and heir to Bowes Castle:
Post a gif of who you wanted to be as a little kid
April 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Post a gif of who you wanted to be as a little kid