Levi Roach
@proflroach.bsky.social
Professor of Medieval History and Diplomatic. Deputy Head of Arch & Hist @exeter.ac.uk. Editor of charters @monumenta.bsky.social. Monographs with CUP, Yale UP and @princetonupress.bsky.social. Medievalist + Germanophile.
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If anyone should ever need an English translation of the mysterious IV Edgar Latin! ingridfiv.github.io/ingridsblog/...
Translation of IV Edgar
Translations of the Old English and Latin versions, both from Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 265.
ingridfiv.github.io
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
If anyone should ever need an English translation of the mysterious IV Edgar Latin! ingridfiv.github.io/ingridsblog/...
Can we please make this happen?
The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Can we please make this happen?
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Top of the morning.
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Top of the morning.
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We're hiring in history of science at UW Madison! TT Assistant Professorship with a focus on water. Joint appointment between the History and Integrated Liberal Studies depts, and part of a university-wide hiring cluster on earth/sustainability science. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/profess... #STS #HSMT
Professor of History - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...
jobs.wisc.edu
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We're hiring in history of science at UW Madison! TT Assistant Professorship with a focus on water. Joint appointment between the History and Integrated Liberal Studies depts, and part of a university-wide hiring cluster on earth/sustainability science. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/profess... #STS #HSMT
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writing a journal article
proportion of time taken writing the article: 20%
proportion of time taken learning an entirely new reference system you'll never use again: 80%
proportion of time taken writing the article: 20%
proportion of time taken learning an entirely new reference system you'll never use again: 80%
November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
writing a journal article
proportion of time taken writing the article: 20%
proportion of time taken learning an entirely new reference system you'll never use again: 80%
proportion of time taken writing the article: 20%
proportion of time taken learning an entirely new reference system you'll never use again: 80%
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Pax Economica is now out in paperback!
Now with a shiny new back cover.
Big thanks to @princetonupress.bsky.social for making this happen.
Now with a shiny new back cover.
Big thanks to @princetonupress.bsky.social for making this happen.
November 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Pax Economica is now out in paperback!
Now with a shiny new back cover.
Big thanks to @princetonupress.bsky.social for making this happen.
Now with a shiny new back cover.
Big thanks to @princetonupress.bsky.social for making this happen.
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Based on this @russellgroup.bsky.social analysis which shows industry needs a wide range of skills - eg 40% of high-tariff graduates working in defence studied humanities and social sciences
www.russellgroup.ac.uk/policy/polic...
www.russellgroup.ac.uk/policy/polic...
November 4, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Based on this @russellgroup.bsky.social analysis which shows industry needs a wide range of skills - eg 40% of high-tariff graduates working in defence studied humanities and social sciences
www.russellgroup.ac.uk/policy/polic...
www.russellgroup.ac.uk/policy/polic...
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Intermediate Latin palaeography will run online in February 2026 for those who want more advanced training. Book now 👇
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Intermediate Latin Palaeography
ies.sas.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Intermediate Latin palaeography will run online in February 2026 for those who want more advanced training. Book now 👇
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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@samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social's The Emperor and the Elephant is a new history of Christian-Muslim relations in the Carolingian period that provides a fresh account of events by drawing on Arabic as well as western sources.
Now in #paperback! Read a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Now in #paperback! Read a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
November 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
@samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social's The Emperor and the Elephant is a new history of Christian-Muslim relations in the Carolingian period that provides a fresh account of events by drawing on Arabic as well as western sources.
Now in #paperback! Read a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Now in #paperback! Read a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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Five years, four authors, one book. Out now (fully open access), our new book on local priests in the tenth century 🌟 www.cambridge.org/core/books/l... @jbwaagmeester.bsky.social
Local Priests in the Latin West, 900–1050
Cambridge Core - European Studies - Local Priests in the Latin West, 900–1050
www.cambridge.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Five years, four authors, one book. Out now (fully open access), our new book on local priests in the tenth century 🌟 www.cambridge.org/core/books/l... @jbwaagmeester.bsky.social
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Finally, the perfect #Halloween costume for the Latinist in your life... 😉
October 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Finally, the perfect #Halloween costume for the Latinist in your life... 😉
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This week we also announced plans for a new Applied History Fellowship for postdoc historians, with @ihr.bsky.social and publisher DC Thomson bit.ly/4ofWArN
Fellowships will develop historical skills for use in workplaces beyond higher education. Launch event: 2.30pm, 19 Nov, online #Skystorians
Fellowships will develop historical skills for use in workplaces beyond higher education. Launch event: 2.30pm, 19 Nov, online #Skystorians
New programme of 'Applied History Fellowships': launch and introductory event - RHS
In 2025-26 the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), Royal Historical Society and DC Thomson will launch a new Applied History Fellowship partnership. Join us at this online session -- 2.30pm on Wed...
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November 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This week we also announced plans for a new Applied History Fellowship for postdoc historians, with @ihr.bsky.social and publisher DC Thomson bit.ly/4ofWArN
Fellowships will develop historical skills for use in workplaces beyond higher education. Launch event: 2.30pm, 19 Nov, online #Skystorians
Fellowships will develop historical skills for use in workplaces beyond higher education. Launch event: 2.30pm, 19 Nov, online #Skystorians
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New on History for Atheists: my long awaited and rather long critical review of Alice Roberts' new book *Domination*:
historyforatheists.com/2025/10/revi...
historyforatheists.com/2025/10/revi...
October 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
New on History for Atheists: my long awaited and rather long critical review of Alice Roberts' new book *Domination*:
historyforatheists.com/2025/10/revi...
historyforatheists.com/2025/10/revi...
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Discover how the cult of saints shaped medieval faith and culture in a new open-access Proceedings of the British Academy volume: Liturgy, Literature and History: Oswald of Northumbria and the Cult of Saints in the Middle Ages.
Read more ⬇️
https://bit.ly/3JoTuCH
Read more ⬇️
https://bit.ly/3JoTuCH
October 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Discover how the cult of saints shaped medieval faith and culture in a new open-access Proceedings of the British Academy volume: Liturgy, Literature and History: Oswald of Northumbria and the Cult of Saints in the Middle Ages.
Read more ⬇️
https://bit.ly/3JoTuCH
Read more ⬇️
https://bit.ly/3JoTuCH
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"Forger le faux" on tour la semaine prochaine!
Si vous avez (encore) envie de discuter du faux...
je présente "Forger le faux" dans le cadre du Centre d'Etudes sur le Moyen Âge et la Renaissance, à l'UCLouvain, en FIAL, salle polyvalente, ce 3 novembre, de 18h30 à 20h;
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Si vous avez (encore) envie de discuter du faux...
je présente "Forger le faux" dans le cadre du Centre d'Etudes sur le Moyen Âge et la Renaissance, à l'UCLouvain, en FIAL, salle polyvalente, ce 3 novembre, de 18h30 à 20h;
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October 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"Forger le faux" on tour la semaine prochaine!
Si vous avez (encore) envie de discuter du faux...
je présente "Forger le faux" dans le cadre du Centre d'Etudes sur le Moyen Âge et la Renaissance, à l'UCLouvain, en FIAL, salle polyvalente, ce 3 novembre, de 18h30 à 20h;
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Si vous avez (encore) envie de discuter du faux...
je présente "Forger le faux" dans le cadre du Centre d'Etudes sur le Moyen Âge et la Renaissance, à l'UCLouvain, en FIAL, salle polyvalente, ce 3 novembre, de 18h30 à 20h;
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Back in the late twelfth century Al-Baghdadi saw your post about how ancient aliens built the pyramids and is embarrassed for you.
October 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Back in the late twelfth century Al-Baghdadi saw your post about how ancient aliens built the pyramids and is embarrassed for you.
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Absolute gold @hellohistoria.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Absolute gold @hellohistoria.bsky.social
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Cartulario cassinese, XVIII sec.
Archivio del Monumento Nazionale di Montecassino, Abbazia di #Montecassino
Archivio del Monumento Nazionale di Montecassino, Abbazia di #Montecassino
October 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Cartulario cassinese, XVIII sec.
Archivio del Monumento Nazionale di Montecassino, Abbazia di #Montecassino
Archivio del Monumento Nazionale di Montecassino, Abbazia di #Montecassino
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Let’s go! Register at the link below!
Tomorrow, 21st October at 17:30 BST: @kmilne.bsky.social will be with us to talk about maternal age in medieval England.
Everyone is welcome to join us, in person at the IHR or online. Further details can be found through the link.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Everyone is welcome to join us, in person at the IHR or online. Further details can be found through the link.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
October 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Let’s go! Register at the link below!
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Congrats to @laurysarti.bsky.social on her new book on Merovingian Francia and the Roman Empire, open access and downloadable here (scroll to bottom of page) brill.com/display/titl...
October 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Congrats to @laurysarti.bsky.social on her new book on Merovingian Francia and the Roman Empire, open access and downloadable here (scroll to bottom of page) brill.com/display/titl...
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Ce lundi 20 octobre, en soirée, à Rome, je présente mon "Forger le faux" à la prestigieuse et adorable Libreria Stendhal. Venez si vous pouvez! www.libreriastendhal.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Ce lundi 20 octobre, en soirée, à Rome, je présente mon "Forger le faux" à la prestigieuse et adorable Libreria Stendhal. Venez si vous pouvez! www.libreriastendhal.com
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'Hwaet! When I was a Yale undergraduate, I hated being asked what my major was. “Medieval studies? What will you do with that?”, was the inevitable question from non-students. When I went on to Oxford and studied Old and Middle English, the questioning continued.'
Kemi Badenoch wants to end ‘rip-off degrees’ – but I wouldn’t have created Horrid Henry without mine | Francesca Simon
I studied Old and Middle English. Although I didn’t know it, I couldn’t have chosen a better subject to train me to become a children’s author, says author Francesca Simon
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
'Hwaet! When I was a Yale undergraduate, I hated being asked what my major was. “Medieval studies? What will you do with that?”, was the inevitable question from non-students. When I went on to Oxford and studied Old and Middle English, the questioning continued.'
Much #charterrific fun to be had on the new Fiscus website, dedicated to fiscal lands in the regnum Italiae! #medievalsky
fiscus.unibo.it/en/
fiscus.unibo.it/en/
Fiscus
fiscus.unibo.it
October 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Much #charterrific fun to be had on the new Fiscus website, dedicated to fiscal lands in the regnum Italiae! #medievalsky
fiscus.unibo.it/en/
fiscus.unibo.it/en/
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Just arrived. The posthumously published book of my late colleague, Dr Colmán Etchingham. Thanks to everyone who saw it through to publication. We plan to hold an event in Maynooth to mark its publication (details to follow). Available to order here: boydellandbrewer.com/book/vikings...
#MedievalSky
#MedievalSky
October 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Just arrived. The posthumously published book of my late colleague, Dr Colmán Etchingham. Thanks to everyone who saw it through to publication. We plan to hold an event in Maynooth to mark its publication (details to follow). Available to order here: boydellandbrewer.com/book/vikings...
#MedievalSky
#MedievalSky