New in paperback Maya Soifer Irish, Jews and Christians in Medieval Castile: Tradition, Coexistence, and Change (The Catholic University of America Press, August 2022) facebook.com/MedievalUpdate… cuapress.org/9780813236339/… #medievaltwitter #medievalstudies #medievalJews #medievalSpain

Pope Leo XIV will resume the centuries-old tradition of spending part of the summer at Castel Gandolfo, the papal residence in the Alban Hills south of Rome.

Luca Ughetti, Predicare l’economia. Il linguaggio del commercio nell’Italia del XIII-XV secolo (@Carocci Editore, July 2025) facebook.com/MedievalUpdate… carocci.it/prodotto/predi… #medievaltwitter #medievalstudies #medievaleconomy #latemedieval #medievalcommerce #medievalitaly

Pope Leo XIV has said that he is following the humanitarian crisis in Gaza with “great concern” while also renewing his “heartfelt appeal for a ceasefire”. Read here ➡️ heraldl.ink/pope-makes #Catholic #Gaza #Israel

Be like Pope Leo: Take all your vacation days—without guilt americamagazine.org/weekly-dispatc…

R A H Evans, God and History in the Early Medieval West: The Theology of Carolingian Historians (Oxford University Press, August 2025) facebook.com/MedievalUpdate… global.oup.com/academic/produ… #medievaltwitter #medievalstudies #medievalhistoriography #medievaltheology #earlymedieval #carolingians

It is #InternationalDogDay, and I love dogs so let’s have a look at dogs in medieval Ireland. Dogs weren’t just pets then —they were enshrined in law& legend. They were status symbols & even place-names. From lap-dogs to war hounds, their pawprints are everywhere. A thread

Lindy Grant, Eleanor of Aquitaine: Woman, Queen and Legend (@ReaktionBooks, August 2025) facebook.com/MedievalUpdate… reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/eleanor-o… #medievaltwitter #medievalstudies #medievalwomen #medievalquinship

The first Catholic funeral of a member of the British royal family since the Anglican Reformation will take place at Westminster Cathedral on Sept. 16, that of the duchess of Kent, who converted to Catholicism in 1994. The duchess of Kent — born Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley —

A message to His Majesty King Charles III from Pope Leo XIV. The message was read by His Excellency Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendia, Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain, during the Requiem Mass for The Duchess of Kent.

Listen now: author Lindy Grant talks about the great Eleanor of Aquitaine with Gone Medieval! 🔈 shows.acast.com/gone-medieval/… 📚 reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/eleanor-o…

GCMS Director: Colleagues and old and new postgraduate students of the Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies are looking forward to the annual GCMS Coffee morning this Thursday 25 September (Welcome Week) at 11am in Edith Morley 140. We look forward to seeing you there!

GCMS Director: For our first GCMS Autumn Semester seminar we are delighted to welcome Professor Hugh Kennedy (SOAS) who will address us on the topic of: 'Mining, minting and money in the early Caliphate (c.650-1000 CE)' at 4.30pm on Wednesday 1 October via Zoom. All welcome!

GCMS Director: Thank you to all colleagues and postgraduate students who came to the annual Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies Coffee Morning and made it such a success. And a big welcome to our new MA students on the 'Medieval Pathway' of the History MA!

D Eichhorst, Kabbalah from Medieval Ashkenaz and Renaissance Christian Theology: Eleazar of Worms (c. 1165–c. 1238) and Egidio da Viterbo (c. 1469–1532) (Brepols, October 2025) facebook.com/MedievalUpdate… brepols.net/products/IS-97… #medievaltwitter #medievalstudies #medievaltheology

GCMS Director: Thank you so much to Professor Hugh Kennedy (SOAS) for a wonderful paper this afternoon, and to everyone who came and asked such excellent questions. The Q and A session showed how much we all appreciated the paper. We learnt so much and look forward to the book!

GCMS, Reading Uni Yes, definitely looking forward to the book after such an interesting talk.

Reading Abbey has been the focus of a great deal of research by the University's medievalists over the year. Uchenna Ogbonnaya University of Reading History Classics@UnivReading Doctoral and Researcher College, Uni of Reading #Cluny