Dr Abby Armstrong
@medievalabby.bsky.social
Medieval Historian. Postdoctoral Researcher @ Cluster of Excellence "Understanding Written Artefacts", Universität Hamburg. All views are my own. She/her.
It’s always great receiving random emails from people who’ve enjoyed your work and found it useful.
Receiving such an email today has made my day 🤗 especially as I’ve been struggling a bit recently
Receiving such an email today has made my day 🤗 especially as I’ve been struggling a bit recently
October 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It’s always great receiving random emails from people who’ve enjoyed your work and found it useful.
Receiving such an email today has made my day 🤗 especially as I’ve been struggling a bit recently
Receiving such an email today has made my day 🤗 especially as I’ve been struggling a bit recently
Notre Dame is complete and it is beautiful! 😍
Bonus pics to show off how magnificent this set is. So intricate. So detailed.
Annoyingly many typos in this thread but I blame it on the sore fingers and thumbs from trying to stick together all the tiny Lego pieces
Bonus pics to show off how magnificent this set is. So intricate. So detailed.
Annoyingly many typos in this thread but I blame it on the sore fingers and thumbs from trying to stick together all the tiny Lego pieces
August 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Notre Dame is complete and it is beautiful! 😍
Bonus pics to show off how magnificent this set is. So intricate. So detailed.
Annoyingly many typos in this thread but I blame it on the sore fingers and thumbs from trying to stick together all the tiny Lego pieces
Bonus pics to show off how magnificent this set is. So intricate. So detailed.
Annoyingly many typos in this thread but I blame it on the sore fingers and thumbs from trying to stick together all the tiny Lego pieces
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CfP: The Noblewomen Network @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026. If you're working on medieval noblewomen, we'd love to hear from you! Please share widely.
Deadline for abstracts: 5 September.
#IMC2026
Deadline for abstracts: 5 September.
#IMC2026
August 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
CfP: The Noblewomen Network @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026. If you're working on medieval noblewomen, we'd love to hear from you! Please share widely.
Deadline for abstracts: 5 September.
#IMC2026
Deadline for abstracts: 5 September.
#IMC2026
Okay I’ve left it on the coffee table this afternoon post build and every time I’ve walked past it I have to admit that those wand pillars look really good. Worth the faff and fiddlyness
Bag 24. Another level of the towers. Still no bells but a whole load of columns.
Less fun bag this one. Those lovely columns were made using 40 tiny wands which had to be set at different angles.
Less fun bag this one. Those lovely columns were made using 40 tiny wands which had to be set at different angles.
August 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Okay I’ve left it on the coffee table this afternoon post build and every time I’ve walked past it I have to admit that those wand pillars look really good. Worth the faff and fiddlyness
Just little old me and my little new book at Leeds IMC.
A free copy was available at the stand when I stopped by!
A free copy was available at the stand when I stopped by!
July 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Just little old me and my little new book at Leeds IMC.
A free copy was available at the stand when I stopped by!
A free copy was available at the stand when I stopped by!
If anyone is interested in working at CSMC and has any questions, I’m happy to try and answer them
Join our team in 2026!
We're seeking multiple doctoral candidates and postdocs to advance research on manuscripts and other written artefacts at our cluster. Apply now — just over one week left!
uhh.de/csmc-jobs
We're seeking multiple doctoral candidates and postdocs to advance research on manuscripts and other written artefacts at our cluster. Apply now — just over one week left!
uhh.de/csmc-jobs
June 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
If anyone is interested in working at CSMC and has any questions, I’m happy to try and answer them
So I am finally starting to building this beauty 😍
Bought it on sale as a treat for submitting the last book manuscript to the publisher. That was so long ago the book is already out 😅😂
Thought I’d bring you all along for the journey. 34 bags with 4383 pieces
Bought it on sale as a treat for submitting the last book manuscript to the publisher. That was so long ago the book is already out 😅😂
Thought I’d bring you all along for the journey. 34 bags with 4383 pieces
May 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
So I am finally starting to building this beauty 😍
Bought it on sale as a treat for submitting the last book manuscript to the publisher. That was so long ago the book is already out 😅😂
Thought I’d bring you all along for the journey. 34 bags with 4383 pieces
Bought it on sale as a treat for submitting the last book manuscript to the publisher. That was so long ago the book is already out 😅😂
Thought I’d bring you all along for the journey. 34 bags with 4383 pieces
Thanks for the kind words Richard!
Received and read the new book by @medievalabby.bsky.social
In just over 100 pages, this provides a great introduction to a complicated set of records, with case studies showing how they can be used (for example) to illustrate royal gift-giving and household management.
#medievalsky
In just over 100 pages, this provides a great introduction to a complicated set of records, with case studies showing how they can be used (for example) to illustrate royal gift-giving and household management.
#medievalsky
April 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Thanks for the kind words Richard!
According to my publication metrics people like to use my stuff to update Wikipedia pages of medieval women … if anyone is updating the Margaret of France page, chapter 3 might be of interest 😅
Yay! My copies have finally arrived 😁 so happy to see it in print
Contains introductory chapters on the records as well as a chapter on Margaret of France’s household diet account from 1307 and (of course!) another chapter on (my favourite document of all time) Eleanor of Provence’s ring account
Contains introductory chapters on the records as well as a chapter on Margaret of France’s household diet account from 1307 and (of course!) another chapter on (my favourite document of all time) Eleanor of Provence’s ring account
April 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
According to my publication metrics people like to use my stuff to update Wikipedia pages of medieval women … if anyone is updating the Margaret of France page, chapter 3 might be of interest 😅
Yay! My copies have finally arrived 😁 so happy to see it in print
Contains introductory chapters on the records as well as a chapter on Margaret of France’s household diet account from 1307 and (of course!) another chapter on (my favourite document of all time) Eleanor of Provence’s ring account
Contains introductory chapters on the records as well as a chapter on Margaret of France’s household diet account from 1307 and (of course!) another chapter on (my favourite document of all time) Eleanor of Provence’s ring account
April 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Yay! My copies have finally arrived 😁 so happy to see it in print
Contains introductory chapters on the records as well as a chapter on Margaret of France’s household diet account from 1307 and (of course!) another chapter on (my favourite document of all time) Eleanor of Provence’s ring account
Contains introductory chapters on the records as well as a chapter on Margaret of France’s household diet account from 1307 and (of course!) another chapter on (my favourite document of all time) Eleanor of Provence’s ring account
Happy publication day for my little book 🥳🎉
I hope my copies are waiting for me in the office next week
www.routledge.com/9781032267555
I hope my copies are waiting for me in the office next week
www.routledge.com/9781032267555
Approaching Records of the Household and Wardrobe: The Royal Accounts of Thirteenth-Century England
Records of the household and wardrobe are important sources for understanding English royal medieval government. This book outlines their functions, organisation and development, along with the activi...
www.routledge.com
April 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Happy publication day for my little book 🥳🎉
I hope my copies are waiting for me in the office next week
www.routledge.com/9781032267555
I hope my copies are waiting for me in the office next week
www.routledge.com/9781032267555
Very happy that this is now coming soon!
Due for publication on 3 April! 🥳
www.routledge.com/9781032267555
Due for publication on 3 April! 🥳
www.routledge.com/9781032267555
Approaching Records of the Household and Wardrobe: The Royal Accounts of Thirteenth-Century England
Records of the household and wardrobe are important sources for understanding English royal medieval government. This book outlines their functions, organisation and development, along with the activi...
www.routledge.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Very happy that this is now coming soon!
Due for publication on 3 April! 🥳
www.routledge.com/9781032267555
Due for publication on 3 April! 🥳
www.routledge.com/9781032267555
Phew! Glad I’ve booked my ticket already for later this week. Was contemplating popping in this afternoon for an advanced sneak peek once I’m finished with my manuscripts 😕
The exhibition bouncers are doing the goddesses' work, I swear. It's now sold out till it ends and people (me incl) are thirsty for the goods
February 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Phew! Glad I’ve booked my ticket already for later this week. Was contemplating popping in this afternoon for an advanced sneak peek once I’m finished with my manuscripts 😕
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Journée d’étude – Miracles in Glass: the Study and Conservation of Canterbury’s Stained Glass Heritage
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Journée d’étude – Miracles in Glass: the Study and Conservation of Canterbury’s Stained Glass Heritage
Monday 31 March 2025, 10:45-17:15 Organised by the Stained Glass Studio and the Archives and Library of Canterbury Cathedral, in conjunction with the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, U…
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February 12, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Journée d’étude – Miracles in Glass: the Study and Conservation of Canterbury’s Stained Glass Heritage
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The cormorants(?!) weren’t cooperating today. 8 (+1 gull) scattered across the jetty with 2 others on the water’s edge offscreen
January 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The cormorants(?!) weren’t cooperating today. 8 (+1 gull) scattered across the jetty with 2 others on the water’s edge offscreen
Ladies-in-Waiting in Medieval England | British history 1066-1450
www.cambridge.org
January 10, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Often see a few of these guys surveying the water from the rocks. Not sure what they are (cormorants?!) but today there were 11 standing in a row
January 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Often see a few of these guys surveying the water from the rocks. Not sure what they are (cormorants?!) but today there were 11 standing in a row
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🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁
We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
January 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁
We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
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Do I have any buddies who are going to see the BL Medieval Women show who'd mind picking up a catalogue for me to collect in the summer? The shipping to Oz is ruinous! #Medievalsky
December 7, 2024 at 10:05 AM
Do I have any buddies who are going to see the BL Medieval Women show who'd mind picking up a catalogue for me to collect in the summer? The shipping to Oz is ruinous! #Medievalsky
Deutsche Bahn’s Nikolaustag charm offensive
December 6, 2024 at 8:11 AM
Deutsche Bahn’s Nikolaustag charm offensive
Happy to have been elected a Fellow of the RHS. Thanks of course to @medievalfemina.bsky.social for nudging me to finally do it and for supporting my application!
December 4, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Happy to have been elected a Fellow of the RHS. Thanks of course to @medievalfemina.bsky.social for nudging me to finally do it and for supporting my application!
To be honest I’m glad they sent that because the email I received is illegible 😅
Ahaha, the IMC has a ‚celebratory acceptance card‘ now! And I am indeed very happy to have been accepted, as the „Worlds of Learning“ strand will be fabulous!
November 29, 2024 at 3:26 PM
To be honest I’m glad they sent that because the email I received is illegible 😅
Have I been added to a list? My follower numbers have exploded overnight 😅
November 25, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Have I been added to a list? My follower numbers have exploded overnight 😅
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#medievalsky Register now for The Exercise of Medieval Power & Rulership (c1000-c1400) coming up online @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social on 20-23 Nov, UK time. Attendance supporting bursaries available. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-exerci...
The Exercise of Medieval Power and Rulership (c.1000-c.1400)
A three-day online conference examining the plurality of power and rulership in the Middle Ages in Europe and beyond.
www.eventbrite.com
November 13, 2024 at 1:56 AM
#medievalsky Register now for The Exercise of Medieval Power & Rulership (c1000-c1400) coming up online @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social on 20-23 Nov, UK time. Attendance supporting bursaries available. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-exerci...