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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Later today I'll hopefully do a thread on 'who were the Normans?' But for now, here is a piece I wrote a few years ago on Norman identy to keep you going normanlandscapes.wordpress.com/2017/08/01/n... #normans #medievalsky #skystorians.
September 4, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Later today I'll hopefully do a thread on 'who were the Normans?' But for now, here is a piece I wrote a few years ago on Norman identy to keep you going normanlandscapes.wordpress.com/2017/08/01/n... #normans #medievalsky #skystorians.
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Not many people know this, but Wat Tyler was the son of William Wallace & Edward II’s wife, Isabella of France (see Braveheart), and Tyler had a child with a wealthy heiress from Nottinghamshire. Their son is the person we know as Robin Hood. In other words, Robin Hood is William Wallace’s grandson.
helllooooo medievalsky I am excited (like you would be if you saw a floating dumpster begin smoking) to share that the Wat Tyler movie now has the subtitle The Rise of Robinhood apparently hastily tagged onto it and/or revealed
August 23, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Not many people know this, but Wat Tyler was the son of William Wallace & Edward II’s wife, Isabella of France (see Braveheart), and Tyler had a child with a wealthy heiress from Nottinghamshire. Their son is the person we know as Robin Hood. In other words, Robin Hood is William Wallace’s grandson.
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James Bond: you think I haven’t faced death before?
Supervillain: oh, I don’t expect you to die, Mr. Bond. I expect you to suffer.
*opens travel funding reimbursement software
I think you will find your motorboat rental and casino reservations especially complex
James Bond: no. no. pls kill me
Supervillain: oh, I don’t expect you to die, Mr. Bond. I expect you to suffer.
*opens travel funding reimbursement software
I think you will find your motorboat rental and casino reservations especially complex
James Bond: no. no. pls kill me
August 21, 2026 at 2:19 AM
James Bond: you think I haven’t faced death before?
Supervillain: oh, I don’t expect you to die, Mr. Bond. I expect you to suffer.
*opens travel funding reimbursement software
I think you will find your motorboat rental and casino reservations especially complex
James Bond: no. no. pls kill me
Supervillain: oh, I don’t expect you to die, Mr. Bond. I expect you to suffer.
*opens travel funding reimbursement software
I think you will find your motorboat rental and casino reservations especially complex
James Bond: no. no. pls kill me
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The University of Toronto is advertising a tenure-track job in Global Anglophone Literature and Postcolonial Theory. I pasted information below.
Full details: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Closing Date: October 15, 2026
Full details: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Closing Date: October 15, 2026
Assistant Professor - Global Anglophone Literature
Assistant Professor - Global Anglophone Literature
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August 18, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The University of Toronto is advertising a tenure-track job in Global Anglophone Literature and Postcolonial Theory. I pasted information below.
Full details: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Closing Date: October 15, 2026
Full details: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Closing Date: October 15, 2026
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Offre d’emploi – Une chercheuse ou un chercheur (postdoc) pour le département d’histoire médiévale (h/f/x), Institut historique allemand
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Offre d’emploi – Une chercheuse ou un chercheur (postdoc) pour le département d’histoire médiévale (h/f/x), Institut historique allemand
L’Institut historique allemand (IHA) est un centre de recherche de la fondation publique Max Weber – Deutsche Geisteswissenschaftliche Institute im Ausland. Nous travaillons sous la devise « Recher…
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August 18, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Offre d’emploi – Une chercheuse ou un chercheur (postdoc) pour le département d’histoire médiévale (h/f/x), Institut historique allemand
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Reposting for the weekend crowd #medievalsky #digitalhumanities
Postdoc job alert! Early medieval charters, monastic economics and XML-TEI, starting January 2027. Come join a lovely department @livunihss.bsky.social, brilliant project team with @unituebingen.bsky.social and awesome city! #medievalsky #digitalhumanities www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSO571/p...
Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Liverpool
An opportunity for an academic position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
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August 16, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Reposting for the weekend crowd #medievalsky #digitalhumanities
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This is an important question but very difficult to answer. A thread on the Christianization of the Roman _State_ which by proxy gives us some insight on the Christianization of the Roman _World_
I know the era of mass conversion to Christianity didn't happen until at least the 4th century, but is there a point at which we can definitively say that the Roman world was MAJORITY Christian? #medievalsky
August 13, 2026 at 2:33 PM
This is an important question but very difficult to answer. A thread on the Christianization of the Roman _State_ which by proxy gives us some insight on the Christianization of the Roman _World_
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As the govt pushes forward with plans for technical education routes for even younger pupils, the 'record high' numbers of students taking T levels at post-16 is still just... 1.4% of overall entries? Not exactly conclusive proof of massive employer and learner demand, is it
August 13, 2026 at 12:39 PM
As the govt pushes forward with plans for technical education routes for even younger pupils, the 'record high' numbers of students taking T levels at post-16 is still just... 1.4% of overall entries? Not exactly conclusive proof of massive employer and learner demand, is it
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Calling anyone working on the Normans. Medieval People CFP for Leeds next year: "The Normans and their communities". Please circulate to anyone you think might be interested.
August 11, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Calling anyone working on the Normans. Medieval People CFP for Leeds next year: "The Normans and their communities". Please circulate to anyone you think might be interested.
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Very short notice (deadline 18 August) but we're advertising a 0.5fte lectureship in public history for next year. Covers my 3rd year undergraduate course on public history of Rome (ancient to modern) plus some MA public history teaching.
Lecturer in Public History and Heritage - (9363) | Manchester Metropolitan University Careers
All about Manchester Metropolitan - an exciting, modern university in the heart of one of the UK's great student cities.
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August 4, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Very short notice (deadline 18 August) but we're advertising a 0.5fte lectureship in public history for next year. Covers my 3rd year undergraduate course on public history of Rome (ancient to modern) plus some MA public history teaching.
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Anyone who refuses care from a non-white member of NHS staff should be told to pay to go private.
news.sky.com/story/nhs-st... stereotypically this has been seen as Old People, but not only would the old people of now have often been born post-Windrush, lot of this will be younger people who've always lived in a diverse Britain. The guy with a pregnant wife likely millennial at oldest
Patients refusing to be treated by non-white staff as NHS reports shocking rise in racism
Paul Awah, a Bedfordshire-based diagnostic radiographer originally from Nigeria, said: "It's definitely got worse – people are more expressive."
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August 4, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Anyone who refuses care from a non-white member of NHS staff should be told to pay to go private.
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St Pancras’ Priory, Lewes, founded c.1078–82 as the first Cluniac priory in England.
August 4, 2026 at 1:40 PM
St Pancras’ Priory, Lewes, founded c.1078–82 as the first Cluniac priory in England.
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Students' subject choices have a lasting impact. Ensuring students can benefit from a broad and balanced curriculum must remain a priority. 🧵
July 31, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Students' subject choices have a lasting impact. Ensuring students can benefit from a broad and balanced curriculum must remain a priority. 🧵
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Waltharius
Nibelungenlied
Nibelungenlied
ok let's do a discourse: what historical text absolutely needs the big budget film treatment, AND will create the need for a review by a scholar in a prestige publication?
for medieval Europe, either:
-- Song of Roland
-- Book of Margery Kempe
for medieval Europe, either:
-- Song of Roland
-- Book of Margery Kempe
July 31, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Waltharius
Nibelungenlied
Nibelungenlied
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Excellent @thetls.bsky.social piece on the Mercian Golden Age by Sarah Foot, including high praise for @rorynaismith.bsky.social's biography of Offa #medievalsky www.the-tls.com/history/medi...
The golden age of eighth-century Mercia
The eighth-century king Offa of Mercia retains a place in the collective memory of both the English and the Welsh as the instigator of the great dyke that
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July 29, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Excellent @thetls.bsky.social piece on the Mercian Golden Age by Sarah Foot, including high praise for @rorynaismith.bsky.social's biography of Offa #medievalsky www.the-tls.com/history/medi...
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Pilgrims have been coming to Bury St Edmunds for over 1000 years. The shrine of Saint Edmund attracted pilgrims until the closure of the Abbey. The present day Cathedral is dedicated of St James, patron saint of pilgrims. Find out more about pilgrimage: stedscathedral.org/pilgrimage
#PilgrimPlaces
#PilgrimPlaces
July 27, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Pilgrims have been coming to Bury St Edmunds for over 1000 years. The shrine of Saint Edmund attracted pilgrims until the closure of the Abbey. The present day Cathedral is dedicated of St James, patron saint of pilgrims. Find out more about pilgrimage: stedscathedral.org/pilgrimage
#PilgrimPlaces
#PilgrimPlaces
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Royal Historical Society open meeting (online) for historians working in universities, 4 Aug 2026 - ‘The crisis in UK higher education: the future for history’ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-crisis.... It’s a definite sign of the times that places are almost gone.
The Crisis in UK HE: the Future for History
An open meeting for historians in UK higher education on what is needed to best support and protect the profession and discipline.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
July 23, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Royal Historical Society open meeting (online) for historians working in universities, 4 Aug 2026 - ‘The crisis in UK higher education: the future for history’ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-crisis.... It’s a definite sign of the times that places are almost gone.
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Things are so bad I joined WhatsApp (still don't have a smartphone though, no). In amongst the serious stuff in our 'at risk' chat are some Very Lovely Things.
For instance, my colleague who works on the Italian Renaissance shared this photo of the Archivio di Stato di Roma, where she currently is:
For instance, my colleague who works on the Italian Renaissance shared this photo of the Archivio di Stato di Roma, where she currently is:
July 21, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Things are so bad I joined WhatsApp (still don't have a smartphone though, no). In amongst the serious stuff in our 'at risk' chat are some Very Lovely Things.
For instance, my colleague who works on the Italian Renaissance shared this photo of the Archivio di Stato di Roma, where she currently is:
For instance, my colleague who works on the Italian Renaissance shared this photo of the Archivio di Stato di Roma, where she currently is:
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Planning a bit of diplomatics in the next week? Attend our "The Methodologies of Diplomatics" conference remotely via: https://didip.hypotheses.org/conference-2026/conference-zoom-meeting #charterrific #conference #diplomaticrulez
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July 21, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Planning a bit of diplomatics in the next week? Attend our "The Methodologies of Diplomatics" conference remotely via: https://didip.hypotheses.org/conference-2026/conference-zoom-meeting #charterrific #conference #diplomaticrulez
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Applications are also invited for the Society's Associate Fellowship bit.ly/4vnZVb0
Associate Fellows include early career historians (post PhD) and history-related professionals in fields such as archives, museums, public history and schools education. Closing dates 27 July & 5 Oct #Skystorians
Associate Fellows include early career historians (post PhD) and history-related professionals in fields such as archives, museums, public history and schools education. Closing dates 27 July & 5 Oct #Skystorians
Apply for Associate Fellowship - RHS
Closing dates for next applications: Mondays 27 July and 5 October 2026 Associate Fellowship recognises the contribution made by a wide range of historical researchers and advocates for History with...
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July 10, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Applications are also invited for the Society's Associate Fellowship bit.ly/4vnZVb0
Associate Fellows include early career historians (post PhD) and history-related professionals in fields such as archives, museums, public history and schools education. Closing dates 27 July & 5 Oct #Skystorians
Associate Fellows include early career historians (post PhD) and history-related professionals in fields such as archives, museums, public history and schools education. Closing dates 27 July & 5 Oct #Skystorians
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Sad news I've only just heard: Albert Derolez has left us. He was 91, and one of the foremost palaeographers and codicologists in the world.
July 19, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Sad news I've only just heard: Albert Derolez has left us. He was 91, and one of the foremost palaeographers and codicologists in the world.