Jonathan Tickle
@ticklejonathan.bsky.social
PhD Early Medieval History | University of Manchester
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Anyone interested in early medieval (specifically Carolingian) political thought, kingship and queenship, and/or DH methods for historical questions: I am told my PhD thesis is now open access! livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3191065/ #medievalsky
livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk
August 10, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Anyone interested in early medieval (specifically Carolingian) political thought, kingship and queenship, and/or DH methods for historical questions: I am told my PhD thesis is now open access! livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3191065/ #medievalsky
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We're continuing our panel on the history of early medieval England ("Beyond Beowulf") next year at ICMS Kalamazoo 2027 - and if there's interest at IMC Leeds! Please note it will be a hybrid panel if you can't make it in person.
#AcademicSky #MedievalSky #medieval #cfp #conference
#AcademicSky #MedievalSky #medieval #cfp #conference
July 9, 2026 at 2:50 PM
We're continuing our panel on the history of early medieval England ("Beyond Beowulf") next year at ICMS Kalamazoo 2027 - and if there's interest at IMC Leeds! Please note it will be a hybrid panel if you can't make it in person.
#AcademicSky #MedievalSky #medieval #cfp #conference
#AcademicSky #MedievalSky #medieval #cfp #conference
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The annual @imc-leeds.bsky.social football match returns! In honour of Dr Rob Meens, who set up the game so long ago that nobody can remember it (how medieval)
Please share and please come along to play! ⚽️🏆
Please share and please come along to play! ⚽️🏆
July 1, 2026 at 9:26 AM
The annual @imc-leeds.bsky.social football match returns! In honour of Dr Rob Meens, who set up the game so long ago that nobody can remember it (how medieval)
Please share and please come along to play! ⚽️🏆
Please share and please come along to play! ⚽️🏆
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So the £85million+ spent (aka 'wasted') on a completely failed new city campus has dropped off this news altogether. This disaster was defended repeatedly in Senate by the VC who is now 'excited' by the opportunities presented by ending the careers of 100s of staff.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
University of Nottingham puts 2,700 staff at risk of redundancy
The University of Nottingham says it is facing
www.bbc.co.uk
May 13, 2026 at 7:42 AM
So the £85million+ spent (aka 'wasted') on a completely failed new city campus has dropped off this news altogether. This disaster was defended repeatedly in Senate by the VC who is now 'excited' by the opportunities presented by ending the careers of 100s of staff.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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There is so much new scholarship published every month, it would be easy to miss all of it. I've decided to collect the things I find each month, and compile it into a list for perusal. It shows how vibrant and dynamic (academic) medieval studies can be!
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
What's New in Medieval Studies (Feb. 2026)
With so much new scholarship on the middle ages appearing all the time, it is easy for it to get lost or missed by those who are not in the know or professional historians. So my goal is to curate a l...
among-the-ruins.ghost.io
March 27, 2026 at 5:08 PM
There is so much new scholarship published every month, it would be easy to miss all of it. I've decided to collect the things I find each month, and compile it into a list for perusal. It shows how vibrant and dynamic (academic) medieval studies can be!
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
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Job alert! Three late antiquity postdoc positions on an ERC funded project GREEKWEST here at Liverpool - come join an amazing department! #medievalsky
March 15, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Job alert! Three late antiquity postdoc positions on an ERC funded project GREEKWEST here at Liverpool - come join an amazing department! #medievalsky
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Over the next couple of weeks we'll be spotlighting our speakers! First up, Josh Coulthard!
And don't forget, registration for CCASNC 2026 is live!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
And don't forget, registration for CCASNC 2026 is live!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 29, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Over the next couple of weeks we'll be spotlighting our speakers! First up, Josh Coulthard!
And don't forget, registration for CCASNC 2026 is live!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
And don't forget, registration for CCASNC 2026 is live!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The Internet Medieval Sourcebook is 30 year old today. with an inception date of 26th January 1996.
It turns out that although not in any sense breaking new scholarship, it remains my most longstanding contribution to the republic of letters.
sourcebooks.fordham.edu/sbook.asp
It turns out that although not in any sense breaking new scholarship, it remains my most longstanding contribution to the republic of letters.
sourcebooks.fordham.edu/sbook.asp
January 26, 2026 at 12:44 PM
The Internet Medieval Sourcebook is 30 year old today. with an inception date of 26th January 1996.
It turns out that although not in any sense breaking new scholarship, it remains my most longstanding contribution to the republic of letters.
sourcebooks.fordham.edu/sbook.asp
It turns out that although not in any sense breaking new scholarship, it remains my most longstanding contribution to the republic of letters.
sourcebooks.fordham.edu/sbook.asp
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HMU: What's the best article or chapter you've read in the last five years that involves women and charters in pre-Conquest England? #medievalsky
December 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
HMU: What's the best article or chapter you've read in the last five years that involves women and charters in pre-Conquest England? #medievalsky
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This week I wrote about the paradoxical nature of royal heirs: both dangerous but not guaranteed to actually become king. Why are moments of succession so politically dangerous? #medievalsky
Schrödinger's Royal Heir: Succession and Medieval Political Crisis
It was a November day when the unified Carolingian empire came to a final end. The last emperor to rule the entire realm, Charles the Fat, found himself on the wrong side of a political coup led by hi...
among-the-ruins.ghost.io
December 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This week I wrote about the paradoxical nature of royal heirs: both dangerous but not guaranteed to actually become king. Why are moments of succession so politically dangerous? #medievalsky
Before Eadgifu and Ælfthryth, ninth- and early tenth-century West Saxon royal consorts were relatively obscure figures. With the support of @hisjournalha.bsky.social, I recently revisited the charters featuring these otherwise elusive women. For a few initial thoughts see my blog-post:
#SkyStorians #History New blog drop! Jonathan Tickle's 'Constructing and Contesting Queenship in Ninth- and Early Tenth-Century England', www.history.org.uk/higher-ed/re...
Constructing and Contesting Queenship in Ninth- and Early Tenth-Century England
www.history.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Before Eadgifu and Ælfthryth, ninth- and early tenth-century West Saxon royal consorts were relatively obscure figures. With the support of @hisjournalha.bsky.social, I recently revisited the charters featuring these otherwise elusive women. For a few initial thoughts see my blog-post:
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Issue 42.2 is upon us! As some of you have noted, our book reviews are already available. Alongside the contents page for our special issue on England and the external world, and our frankly fabulous cover. Check out our website, articles available on Project Muse soon.
parergon.org/index.php/pa...
parergon.org/index.php/pa...
November 28, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Issue 42.2 is upon us! As some of you have noted, our book reviews are already available. Alongside the contents page for our special issue on England and the external world, and our frankly fabulous cover. Check out our website, articles available on Project Muse soon.
parergon.org/index.php/pa...
parergon.org/index.php/pa...
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👑📜 Did you know England’s first king secured his throne with… a piece of parchment?
Dr Jonathan Tickle (@ticklejonathan.bsky.social) from @uomsalc.bsky.social tells the story of how a farmland lease became a masterclass in political strategy 1,100 years ago. 👇
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/t...
Dr Jonathan Tickle (@ticklejonathan.bsky.social) from @uomsalc.bsky.social tells the story of how a farmland lease became a masterclass in political strategy 1,100 years ago. 👇
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/t...
How an ancient document secured the power of the ‘first King of England’
An expert from The University of Manchester has revealed how a single sheet of 1,100-year-old parchment may have been used to heal a dangerous royal rift in Ancient England.King Æthelstan, who is gene...
www.manchester.ac.uk
August 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
👑📜 Did you know England’s first king secured his throne with… a piece of parchment?
Dr Jonathan Tickle (@ticklejonathan.bsky.social) from @uomsalc.bsky.social tells the story of how a farmland lease became a masterclass in political strategy 1,100 years ago. 👇
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/t...
Dr Jonathan Tickle (@ticklejonathan.bsky.social) from @uomsalc.bsky.social tells the story of how a farmland lease became a masterclass in political strategy 1,100 years ago. 👇
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/t...
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A carefully documented farmland lease from the time of the first King of England, Æthelstan, tells us much about the power play in those days
northwestbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...
northwestbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...
How a document secured the power of the first King of England
A carefully documented farmland lease from the time of the first King of England, Æthelstan, tells us much about the power play in those days
northwestbylines.co.uk
August 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A carefully documented farmland lease from the time of the first King of England, Æthelstan, tells us much about the power play in those days
northwestbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...
northwestbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...
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If early medieval Aquitaine or Carolingian political culture is your jam, please do give this a read (also on Open Access thanks to @livunihss.bsky.social @livunilibrary.bsky.social)!
Fresh on early view: @eddiemeehan99.bsky.social on how Pippin I of Aquitaine (d. 838) balanced kingship "as an office and as a dynastic status".
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
If early medieval Aquitaine or Carolingian political culture is your jam, please do give this a read (also on Open Access thanks to @livunihss.bsky.social @livunilibrary.bsky.social)!
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Fresh on early view: @eddiemeehan99.bsky.social on how Pippin I of Aquitaine (d. 838) balanced kingship "as an office and as a dynastic status".
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Fresh on early view: @eddiemeehan99.bsky.social on how Pippin I of Aquitaine (d. 838) balanced kingship "as an office and as a dynastic status".
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Haven't gotten enough charters at this year's Leeds? Well you still have time, come to our series of three panels on charters this Thursday, covering a variety of places and times!
July 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Haven't gotten enough charters at this year's Leeds? Well you still have time, come to our series of three panels on charters this Thursday, covering a variety of places and times!
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Any Medievalists want a copy of the newest edition of Debating #Medieval Europe - The central and later Middle Ages - for... free?
Our DME books serve as an entry point for understanding the distinctive historiography of their periods.
Hit repost and we'll add you to the giveaway 📗👇 #booksky
Our DME books serve as an entry point for understanding the distinctive historiography of their periods.
Hit repost and we'll add you to the giveaway 📗👇 #booksky
June 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
For those interested in Æthelstan, charters, or early medieval succession, look out for my new article in the Journal of Medieval History - available on early view online now - doi.org/10.1080/0304... #medievalsky
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May 17, 2025 at 10:54 AM
For those interested in Æthelstan, charters, or early medieval succession, look out for my new article in the Journal of Medieval History - available on early view online now - doi.org/10.1080/0304... #medievalsky
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Today is the 1,137th anniversary of Arnulf's first charter, so naturally I took the opportunity to write a post about it and how we interpret this moment where the political order seemed to collapse into something new. #medievalsky
By Divine Grace We Were Placed in Front of Others
On the anniversary of Arnulf becoming king
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November 27, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Today is the 1,137th anniversary of Arnulf's first charter, so naturally I took the opportunity to write a post about it and how we interpret this moment where the political order seemed to collapse into something new. #medievalsky
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Delighted to announce the 2nd British School at Rome/Early Medieval Europe visiting fellowship, offering early career scholars a month in Rome: bsr.ac.uk/second-bsr-e...
Second BSR/Early Medieval Europe Fellowship - bsr.ac.uk
In partnership with the journal Early Medieval Europe, the British School at Rome is pleased to announce the second BSR/EME Fellowship. Aimed at early career researchers (defined as current PhD stu...
bsr.ac.uk
November 12, 2024 at 8:13 AM
Delighted to announce the 2nd British School at Rome/Early Medieval Europe visiting fellowship, offering early career scholars a month in Rome: bsr.ac.uk/second-bsr-e...
I’m pleased to be able to share that my article ‘Changing Queenships in Tenth-Century England’ has been jointly awarded both Early Medieval Europe’s First Publication Prize and the Royal Historical Society’s Alexander Prize: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Changing queenships in tenth‐century England: rhetoric and (self‐)representation in the case of Eadgifu of Kent at Cooling
The charter now known as Sawyer 1211 contains a detailed account of an intergenerational property dispute between Queen Eadgifu and her rival Goda, concerning the possession of two Kentish estates. T...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 25, 2024 at 6:49 PM
I’m pleased to be able to share that my article ‘Changing Queenships in Tenth-Century England’ has been jointly awarded both Early Medieval Europe’s First Publication Prize and the Royal Historical Society’s Alexander Prize: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
If sub-rulers and succession or crisis and co-rulership are your thing, come along to these two panels organised by myself and Eddie Meehan at Leeds this year
January 26, 2024 at 1:39 PM
If sub-rulers and succession or crisis and co-rulership are your thing, come along to these two panels organised by myself and Eddie Meehan at Leeds this year