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Dan Armstrong
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Teaching Fellow in Medieval History at University College Dublin

Historian of the British-Irish Isles & the Papacy in the 11th & 12th c.

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1/20 A thread about the appearance of the ‘Papal Banner’ in episode seven of #KingandConqueror. In an article that was published in 2021 in the @haskinssociety.bsky.social Journal, I expressed some scepticism about the veracity of William of Poitiers’ claim that the papacy sponsored the Norman...
August 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Michael Staunton and I are running a conference here at UCD in June 2026 on 'The Past, Present, and Future after Conquest: 1066, 1169'.

Details of the Call for Papers below 👇

#medievalsky #Normans @leverhulme.ac.uk

Deadline for the submission of abstracts is the 26th September
July 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Including Borders and the Norman World! @lvhicks.bsky.social @rozierhistorian.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 7:56 AM
My copy has now made it's way across the Atlantic!

Still plenty of time to sign up for the book launch online or
@ihr.bsky.social on the 13th December (details in the quoted post below)
November 27, 2023 at 5:01 PM
Delighted to announce the book launch for 'Borders and the Norman World' (The Boydell Press), taking place on Wednesday 13th December at 17.15pm GMT. It will be online via Zoom but there will also be a gathering @ihr.bsky.social in London should you wish to attend in person.

medievalsky
November 14, 2023 at 7:59 PM
Now over here as well as on 'X'. So, seems like a suitable opportunity to plug 'Borders and the Norman World' again, which is now available for pre-order. To get 35% off, you can use the discount code BB135: boydellandbrewer.com/978178327785...
October 2, 2023 at 8:39 PM