Justine Firnhaber-Baker
@medievalrevolt.bsky.social
Professor of Medieval History at the University of Andrews
Author of House of Lilies: The Dynasty that Made Medieval France • The Jacquerie of 1358: A French Peasants' Revolt • Violence and the State in Languedoc, 1250-1400
Author of House of Lilies: The Dynasty that Made Medieval France • The Jacquerie of 1358: A French Peasants' Revolt • Violence and the State in Languedoc, 1250-1400
An advance copy of Cath Hanley’s new book arrived today. It’s about one of my favourite French kings, and as I say on the back cover, it’s lively and learned and a must read if you love medieval history. #medievalsky #booksky
August 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
An advance copy of Cath Hanley’s new book arrived today. It’s about one of my favourite French kings, and as I say on the back cover, it’s lively and learned and a must read if you love medieval history. #medievalsky #booksky
I keynoted a conference in Finland and the organisers gave me Moomin mittens as a thank you. Sometimes academia is a-okay.
August 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I keynoted a conference in Finland and the organisers gave me Moomin mittens as a thank you. Sometimes academia is a-okay.
I am very sorry to say that my PhD advisor Thomas N. Bisson has died. He was a great scholar, a kind man, and a central figure in my life. I will miss him.
June 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I am very sorry to say that my PhD advisor Thomas N. Bisson has died. He was a great scholar, a kind man, and a central figure in my life. I will miss him.
There’s an article in @thetimes.com today on @jtpmedieval.bsky.social ’s early #medieval medicine project. (Himself pictured therein making actual medieval potions behind our house)
June 30, 2025 at 8:48 AM
There’s an article in @thetimes.com today on @jtpmedieval.bsky.social ’s early #medieval medicine project. (Himself pictured therein making actual medieval potions behind our house)
Some very nicely preserved polychrome in the Saint Martin Chapel of Salamanca’s old cathedral #MedievalSky #MedievalArt
April 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Some very nicely preserved polychrome in the Saint Martin Chapel of Salamanca’s old cathedral #MedievalSky #MedievalArt
Circumference of the earth according to the Travels of Sir John Mandeville, written ca. 1370: 20,425 miles, only about 4,500 miles off. Not bad for a monk calculating with Roman numerals and an astrolabe.
April 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Circumference of the earth according to the Travels of Sir John Mandeville, written ca. 1370: 20,425 miles, only about 4,500 miles off. Not bad for a monk calculating with Roman numerals and an astrolabe.
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Paperbacks of House of Lilies have arrived! Out officially tomorrow! ⚜️🍾
Paperbacks of House of Lilies have arrived! Out officially tomorrow! ⚜️🍾
March 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Paperbacks of House of Lilies have arrived! Out officially tomorrow! ⚜️🍾
Paperbacks of House of Lilies have arrived! Out officially tomorrow! ⚜️🍾
I am looking forward to this conference on conflict within medieval and early modern uprisings in Salamanca next month, even if I am listed as being at Edinburgh rather than St Andrews. 🏴🙃
Contact info for the organisers if you'd like to attend via Zoom is in the alt text
#medievalsky
Contact info for the organisers if you'd like to attend via Zoom is in the alt text
#medievalsky
March 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I am looking forward to this conference on conflict within medieval and early modern uprisings in Salamanca next month, even if I am listed as being at Edinburgh rather than St Andrews. 🏴🙃
Contact info for the organisers if you'd like to attend via Zoom is in the alt text
#medievalsky
Contact info for the organisers if you'd like to attend via Zoom is in the alt text
#medievalsky
Advanced copy arrived today!
Pinching myself that there’s an orange spine with my name on it
#booksky #medievalsky
Pinching myself that there’s an orange spine with my name on it
#booksky #medievalsky
March 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Advanced copy arrived today!
Pinching myself that there’s an orange spine with my name on it
#booksky #medievalsky
Pinching myself that there’s an orange spine with my name on it
#booksky #medievalsky
And I forgot to post this one:
Presentation at the Temple…with a little boy riding his hobby horse in the foreground!
@museecluny.bsky.social
Presentation at the Temple…with a little boy riding his hobby horse in the foreground!
@museecluny.bsky.social
January 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
And I forgot to post this one:
Presentation at the Temple…with a little boy riding his hobby horse in the foreground!
@museecluny.bsky.social
Presentation at the Temple…with a little boy riding his hobby horse in the foreground!
@museecluny.bsky.social
It was nice to spend some time with these old friends yesterday. @museecluny.bsky.social
January 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It was nice to spend some time with these old friends yesterday. @museecluny.bsky.social
Some nice stuff, esp the 8th C copy of Gregory of Tours
January 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Some nice stuff, esp the 8th C copy of Gregory of Tours
Might make ‘Christ on a cart’ my new go-to swear
January 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Might make ‘Christ on a cart’ my new go-to swear
Fond of this knight whose crest (bottom left) was a woman with stripy snakes for arms
January 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Fond of this knight whose crest (bottom left) was a woman with stripy snakes for arms
I voted!
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November 4, 2024 at 3:51 PM
I voted!
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CFP: The 9th Medieval France & Burgundy Seminar
Politics and Performance
6-7 December, Leeds, UK
Deadline for submission: 1 November
Some travel bursaries may be available for the unwaged, postgraduates and early career researchers.
#MedievalSky
Politics and Performance
6-7 December, Leeds, UK
Deadline for submission: 1 November
Some travel bursaries may be available for the unwaged, postgraduates and early career researchers.
#MedievalSky
October 21, 2024 at 9:48 AM
CFP: The 9th Medieval France & Burgundy Seminar
Politics and Performance
6-7 December, Leeds, UK
Deadline for submission: 1 November
Some travel bursaries may be available for the unwaged, postgraduates and early career researchers.
#MedievalSky
Politics and Performance
6-7 December, Leeds, UK
Deadline for submission: 1 November
Some travel bursaries may be available for the unwaged, postgraduates and early career researchers.
#MedievalSky
Very pleased to have early hands on @profgabriele.com and @lollardfish.bsky.social. What’s not to love about some good Carolingian on Carolingian violence?
October 17, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Very pleased to have early hands on @profgabriele.com and @lollardfish.bsky.social. What’s not to love about some good Carolingian on Carolingian violence?
My review of Helen Castor's The Eagle and the Hart and Dan Jones's Henry V is out now in @thetls.bsky.social.
As I write, 'both books are deeply researched, masterfully told and utterly riveting'.
You should go out and get yours today. #newbooks #medievalhistory #medievalsky
As I write, 'both books are deeply researched, masterfully told and utterly riveting'.
You should go out and get yours today. #newbooks #medievalhistory #medievalsky
October 4, 2024 at 8:37 AM
My review of Helen Castor's The Eagle and the Hart and Dan Jones's Henry V is out now in @thetls.bsky.social.
As I write, 'both books are deeply researched, masterfully told and utterly riveting'.
You should go out and get yours today. #newbooks #medievalhistory #medievalsky
As I write, 'both books are deeply researched, masterfully told and utterly riveting'.
You should go out and get yours today. #newbooks #medievalhistory #medievalsky
I am off today with a cold brought on by Too Much Fun in deepest France last week, but I was pleased to get proofs of my Foreword to Lordship and the Decentralised State in Late Medieval Europe, a collection of academic essays coming out with the British Academy later this year.
October 1, 2024 at 10:57 AM
I am off today with a cold brought on by Too Much Fun in deepest France last week, but I was pleased to get proofs of my Foreword to Lordship and the Decentralised State in Late Medieval Europe, a collection of academic essays coming out with the British Academy later this year.
Au revoir to Pau and to the tower built by Gaston Phoebus, count of Foix, lord of the Pyrenees, and one of the most colourful characters of the colourful fourteenth century. Je reviens.
September 27, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Au revoir to Pau and to the tower built by Gaston Phoebus, count of Foix, lord of the Pyrenees, and one of the most colourful characters of the colourful fourteenth century. Je reviens.
I got to see one of my favourite historical objects today:
This is the tortoise shell cradle of King Henri IV of France (the one who supposedly said ‘Paris is well worth a mass’) in the château de Pau near the French Pyrenees. People used to break bits off as relics. I was tempted.
This is the tortoise shell cradle of King Henri IV of France (the one who supposedly said ‘Paris is well worth a mass’) in the château de Pau near the French Pyrenees. People used to break bits off as relics. I was tempted.
September 26, 2024 at 3:06 PM
I got to see one of my favourite historical objects today:
This is the tortoise shell cradle of King Henri IV of France (the one who supposedly said ‘Paris is well worth a mass’) in the château de Pau near the French Pyrenees. People used to break bits off as relics. I was tempted.
This is the tortoise shell cradle of King Henri IV of France (the one who supposedly said ‘Paris is well worth a mass’) in the château de Pau near the French Pyrenees. People used to break bits off as relics. I was tempted.
Excited to get stuck into this proof copy of Nora Berend’s forthcoming book on el Cid later this weekend. I used to teach the text and it was always popular.
September 21, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Excited to get stuck into this proof copy of Nora Berend’s forthcoming book on el Cid later this weekend. I used to teach the text and it was always popular.
Philip VI of France is judged harshly for seeing traitors everywhere and having them executed in grisly ways.
But people really did want to overthrow Philip, not least among them Edward III.
In the immortal words of Kurt Cobain, 'Just because you're paranoid doesn't meant they're not after you.'
But people really did want to overthrow Philip, not least among them Edward III.
In the immortal words of Kurt Cobain, 'Just because you're paranoid doesn't meant they're not after you.'
September 1, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Philip VI of France is judged harshly for seeing traitors everywhere and having them executed in grisly ways.
But people really did want to overthrow Philip, not least among them Edward III.
In the immortal words of Kurt Cobain, 'Just because you're paranoid doesn't meant they're not after you.'
But people really did want to overthrow Philip, not least among them Edward III.
In the immortal words of Kurt Cobain, 'Just because you're paranoid doesn't meant they're not after you.'
Turned on the tv, rented a video from Amazon, and redirected the sound from headphones to the soundbar without the help of my husband or kids. Now sitting down w/ wine to watch On Golden Pond. Middle-aged lady achievement unlocked.
August 23, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Turned on the tv, rented a video from Amazon, and redirected the sound from headphones to the soundbar without the help of my husband or kids. Now sitting down w/ wine to watch On Golden Pond. Middle-aged lady achievement unlocked.
Delighted to come back from holiday to find this book of Hundred Years War sources, edited, translated and explained by various good #historians, including me. Looking forward to teaching with it. #medievalsky
August 16, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Delighted to come back from holiday to find this book of Hundred Years War sources, edited, translated and explained by various good #historians, including me. Looking forward to teaching with it. #medievalsky