Daniel Franke
@medievaldaniel.bsky.social
Military historian. Associate Professor of History. Opinions mine.
CFP, War in the Ancient World, deadline for paper proposals is Jan 15. Conference is June 9-11 in Winnipeg and Madrid. deremilitari.org/2025/10/call...
Call for Papers: War in the Ancient World International Conference 2026 » De Re Militari
deremilitari.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
CFP, War in the Ancient World, deadline for paper proposals is Jan 15. Conference is June 9-11 in Winnipeg and Madrid. deremilitari.org/2025/10/call...
Reposted by Daniel Franke
It’s publication day for Law, Society and Political Culture in Late Medieval and Reformation Germany! At last, the key sources from the Holy Roman Empire - laws, treaties, and polemics - are available in English translation. #medievalsky #earlymodern
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526165893/
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526165893/
November 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It’s publication day for Law, Society and Political Culture in Late Medieval and Reformation Germany! At last, the key sources from the Holy Roman Empire - laws, treaties, and polemics - are available in English translation. #medievalsky #earlymodern
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526165893/
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526165893/
Reposted by Daniel Franke
@haskinssociety.bsky.social Paul Freedman takes Haskins into the world of English and Catalan cookbooks. #Haskins2025
November 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
@haskinssociety.bsky.social Paul Freedman takes Haskins into the world of English and Catalan cookbooks. #Haskins2025
One of my good friends is among the clergy at this protest. I don't yet know if he's among those arrested.
What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
One of my good friends is among the clergy at this protest. I don't yet know if he's among those arrested.
Reposted by Daniel Franke
Session 4 is full of revelations and thoughtful insights regarding penance, pain, childbirth, and the medieval body. #Haskins2025
November 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Session 4 is full of revelations and thoughtful insights regarding penance, pain, childbirth, and the medieval body. #Haskins2025
Reposted by Daniel Franke
Yesterday I was in Brussels for the Global Gateway Forum - a gathering of world leaders to talk about how to connect a fractured world.
What I saw instead was something extraordinary - a moment when peace might have taken shape before our eyes.
🧵👇
What I saw instead was something extraordinary - a moment when peace might have taken shape before our eyes.
🧵👇
October 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Yesterday I was in Brussels for the Global Gateway Forum - a gathering of world leaders to talk about how to connect a fractured world.
What I saw instead was something extraordinary - a moment when peace might have taken shape before our eyes.
🧵👇
What I saw instead was something extraordinary - a moment when peace might have taken shape before our eyes.
🧵👇
Reposted by Daniel Franke
Chapeau to @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social for his wonderful new book which has just arrived, an amazingly global and ecumenical volume, in all senses! Beautifully produced by OUP (and before publication day!?).
A spur to others!
A spur to others!
October 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Chapeau to @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social for his wonderful new book which has just arrived, an amazingly global and ecumenical volume, in all senses! Beautifully produced by OUP (and before publication day!?).
A spur to others!
A spur to others!
Life is all weddings, (imminent) funerals, farm crises, or political crises these days. Spend time with those you love, folks.
October 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Life is all weddings, (imminent) funerals, farm crises, or political crises these days. Spend time with those you love, folks.
Prague Strahovský Klášter DF III 1, which contains the only known complete version of the Historia de expeditione (the "Ansbert" chronicle) of Frederick Barbarossa's crusade, 94r-110v. (the Graz manuscript is incomplete) new.manuscriptorium.com/hub/catalog/...
October 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Prague Strahovský Klášter DF III 1, which contains the only known complete version of the Historia de expeditione (the "Ansbert" chronicle) of Frederick Barbarossa's crusade, 94r-110v. (the Graz manuscript is incomplete) new.manuscriptorium.com/hub/catalog/...
Reposted by Daniel Franke
New Medieval Books: Routledge Handbook of Medieval Military Strategy, edited by @medievaldaniel.bsky.social and John Hosler published by @routledgehistory.bsky.social www.medievalists.net/2025/09/new-... #militaryhistory #medievalmilitaryhistory
New Medieval Books: Routledge Handbook of Medieval Military Strategy - Medievalists.net
This collection of 31 essays sheds light on the strategies and tactics of a wide range of medieval states and kingdoms. As a truly global history, it brings attention to subjects often overlooked by…
www.medievalists.net
September 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
New Medieval Books: Routledge Handbook of Medieval Military Strategy, edited by @medievaldaniel.bsky.social and John Hosler published by @routledgehistory.bsky.social www.medievalists.net/2025/09/new-... #militaryhistory #medievalmilitaryhistory
Reposted by Daniel Franke
The amazing Roman pharos (lighthouse) at Dover, still standing after almost 2,000 years! 🤩
The tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD.
📷 by me
#RomanSiteSaturday
#Archaeology
The tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD.
📷 by me
#RomanSiteSaturday
#Archaeology
September 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The amazing Roman pharos (lighthouse) at Dover, still standing after almost 2,000 years! 🤩
The tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD.
📷 by me
#RomanSiteSaturday
#Archaeology
The tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD.
📷 by me
#RomanSiteSaturday
#Archaeology
CFP for a 2026 SMH (Society for Military History) panel on medieval military strategy, geography and time frame open within the rough 500-1500 periodization.
September 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
CFP for a 2026 SMH (Society for Military History) panel on medieval military strategy, geography and time frame open within the rough 500-1500 periodization.
Reposted by Daniel Franke
I am fascinated by this guy who was a Higher Ed administrator and has now moved into teaching classes as a faculty member. He is documenting his whole journey on TikTok. Over the summer, he had so much excitement 🧵
September 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I am fascinated by this guy who was a Higher Ed administrator and has now moved into teaching classes as a faculty member. He is documenting his whole journey on TikTok. Over the summer, he had so much excitement 🧵
One of the nice things about RBC, as a junior college, is that we have actual faculty bio pages. I wish the publications weren't on the side column, but I'll take it. (also yes, Routledge should be 2024 not 2025. I'll fix that in the next edit cycle. www.rbc.edu/why-rbc/facu...
Dr. Daniel Franke | Richard Bland College
Richard Bland College is in the vanguard of learning-outcomes based liberal arts education for university transfer.
www.rbc.edu
September 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
One of the nice things about RBC, as a junior college, is that we have actual faculty bio pages. I wish the publications weren't on the side column, but I'll take it. (also yes, Routledge should be 2024 not 2025. I'll fix that in the next edit cycle. www.rbc.edu/why-rbc/facu...
Reposted by Daniel Franke
What should historians do when our sources do not tell us what we want to know?
Submit your research to the American Historical Review's upcoming special issue. Submission deadline: September 16, 2025: oxford.ly/45Isir6
@historians.org
Submit your research to the American Historical Review's upcoming special issue. Submission deadline: September 16, 2025: oxford.ly/45Isir6
@historians.org
September 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
What should historians do when our sources do not tell us what we want to know?
Submit your research to the American Historical Review's upcoming special issue. Submission deadline: September 16, 2025: oxford.ly/45Isir6
@historians.org
Submit your research to the American Historical Review's upcoming special issue. Submission deadline: September 16, 2025: oxford.ly/45Isir6
@historians.org
Reposted by Daniel Franke
A huge moment -- Melvyn Bragg steps down from In Our Time after over a quarter of a century. What a programme and what a legacy! Just a model for how to make great, clever, engaging radio, and a twenty-seven-year experiment that proves there's a huge global audience for smart, scholarly programming.
Melvyn Bragg decides to step down from presenting In Our Time
After 26 years on the programme, the legendary presenter bids farewell to the series
www.bbc.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
A huge moment -- Melvyn Bragg steps down from In Our Time after over a quarter of a century. What a programme and what a legacy! Just a model for how to make great, clever, engaging radio, and a twenty-seven-year experiment that proves there's a huge global audience for smart, scholarly programming.
Reposted by Daniel Franke
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
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...
Reposted by Daniel Franke
6. Immersing yourself in the archive for a significant period of time is great but often the archival experience is taking a lot of photos and getting out because researchers cannot afford to do otherwise
July 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
6. Immersing yourself in the archive for a significant period of time is great but often the archival experience is taking a lot of photos and getting out because researchers cannot afford to do otherwise
100% true, but for reasons that are difficult to explain and make you sound like a jerk when you try.
4. Every other discipline thinks they can do history but they often cannot
August 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
100% true, but for reasons that are difficult to explain and make you sound like a jerk when you try.
Reposted by Daniel Franke
Please for the love of god I know everyone wants to be interdisciplinary these days but that involves walking into your colleagues‘ department with a coffee and maybe cake and asking them if this is a good idea or if anyone has written about the French Revolution *after* Lefebvre (1932)
August 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Please for the love of god I know everyone wants to be interdisciplinary these days but that involves walking into your colleagues‘ department with a coffee and maybe cake and asking them if this is a good idea or if anyone has written about the French Revolution *after* Lefebvre (1932)
National WWII Museum just keeps delivering great content. The 80th Anniversary End of WWII Symposium is well worth your time. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
80th Anniversary End of War Symposium - YouTube
Eighty years after the end of World War II, this two-day symposium offers a comprehensive look at the turning points and closing moments of the war in Europe...
www.youtube.com
August 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
National WWII Museum just keeps delivering great content. The 80th Anniversary End of WWII Symposium is well worth your time. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
As time goes on, Richard Evans' "In Defence of History" has become one of my go-to books on the subject. "If your main aim is to shape the future, then it is not a good idea to devote
your life to studying history." Some colleagues could use to ponder this. Pure utilitarianism = bad history.
your life to studying history." Some colleagues could use to ponder this. Pure utilitarianism = bad history.
August 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
As time goes on, Richard Evans' "In Defence of History" has become one of my go-to books on the subject. "If your main aim is to shape the future, then it is not a good idea to devote
your life to studying history." Some colleagues could use to ponder this. Pure utilitarianism = bad history.
your life to studying history." Some colleagues could use to ponder this. Pure utilitarianism = bad history.
Reposted by Daniel Franke
Watching the University’s SMT ripping my local scholarly community apart is a professional low point
My Department is defunct
Our individual offices for one-to-one meetings with students &c are no more
Our books are objects to be moved away from campus
My Department is defunct
Our individual offices for one-to-one meetings with students &c are no more
Our books are objects to be moved away from campus
- 400 jobs to go at Lancaster University
- 1 in 4 people will be made redundant
But where's the financial evidence for this extreme action?
Please read 👇
Sign the petition 👇
chng.it/7F52bThYqn
- 1 in 4 people will be made redundant
But where's the financial evidence for this extreme action?
Please read 👇
Sign the petition 👇
chng.it/7F52bThYqn
Sign the Petition
Stop Mass Redundancies at Lancaster University – Hold Senior Management Accountable
chng.it
August 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Watching the University’s SMT ripping my local scholarly community apart is a professional low point
My Department is defunct
Our individual offices for one-to-one meetings with students &c are no more
Our books are objects to be moved away from campus
My Department is defunct
Our individual offices for one-to-one meetings with students &c are no more
Our books are objects to be moved away from campus