U of T Centre for Medieval Studies Professor Shami Ghosh challenges perspectives on the development of capitalism in Europe.

Over the moon that The New Yorker enjoyed “A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages” so much - “this immensely entertaining history” 😍 W. W. Norton & Company

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The one where I jump to the defence of Philippa Langley and Richard III, in the The New York Times: nytimes.com/2024/04/26/boo…
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Sebastian Sobecki 🇺🇦 Marco Institute Tennessee English Great to meet you and learn about your legal discoveries about Chaucer. Thanks Marco Institute and Tennessee English for organizing!

Thank you, Marco Institute and Tennessee English for making my visit to East Tennessee so stimulating, collegial, and truly enjoyable!

Time for another round of Extreme Cataloguing... [TNA STAC 10/9]

Renée Trilling and Megan Cavell share a new set of teaching resources for Old English entitled, 'Playing with Old English: a Playful Pedagogy Resource' to use or adapt into your classrooms!
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Deanna E. Brooks (U of T Centre for Medieval Studies) argues that the 'Homiliary of Saint-Père de Chartres' was used as a common source for Archbishop Wulfstan's 11th century 'Commonplace Book' texts in Journal of English & Germanic Philology 123.1. cc: Nicole Guenther Discenza, Project MUSE muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/article…

Hugely looking forward to visiting the University of Tennessee, Knoxville this week!

This Thursday, Tennessee English is hosting a public lecture with Sebastian Sobecki 🇺🇦 (@UofTEnglish / U of T Centre for Medieval Studies), on 'A Blueprint for Colonialism: Richard Hakluyt and 'The Libelle of Englyshe''! Please join us at 3:30pm in McClung Tower 1215!

On BBC Radio 3, Professor Sebastian Sobecki 🇺🇦 reveals the myth behind St. Brendan’s Isle, a so-called phantom island that was described in medieval texts for over five centuries...yet may have never existed.

Listen to the episode: bit.ly/43NFV5z

Set your timers! This begins today at 4:45 pm EST today! 🎙

I went on vacation for a week to deal with stress and exhaustion, and wound up writing about how medieval people dealt with stress and exhaustion for The TLS Afterthoughts column

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Join me on BBC Radio 3 this Friday for a programme on St Brendan's Isle, where I get 'to paint a picture of this heavenly island': bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

U of T Centre for Medieval Studies is thrilled to present the new spring issue of the Chronica! Read it online now at uoft.me/amY, or pick up a printed copy at this Friday's Alumni Lecture uoft.me/amQ

Chaucer Review special edition 'The Case of Geoffrey Chaucer and Cecily Chaumpaigne: New Evidence' (w/Sebastian Sobecki 🇺🇦) is now live! Have a read here: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/chaucer/i…

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Witchcraft! Treason! Other cool stuff! Want to learn how to use Early Modern Common Law records for research? This day workshop The National Archives in June shares tips and tricks to navigate these complex but rich records. eventbrite.co.uk/e/early-modern…

My book, Pain, Penance, and Protest: Peine Forte et Dure in Medieval England (CUP: 2022) is now out in PAPERBACK for just $34.99! Whoot!
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You can find out more about this document on our website here beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-co…

For any #Chaucer enthusiasts in the London area, we currently have a mini exhibition of one of the life-records as part of our 'Stories Unboxed' series The National Archives

nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/visit-us…