SophieThérèse Ambler
@RG1253
Reader in Medieval History @LancasterHistor @CWDLancaster. Research on war, combatants, conflict landscape; Simon de Montfort; Magna Carta. w/ @GeorginaCapel
'The Appleby Magna Carta' - a free public talk on the recent major discovery of Cumbria's Charter by Profs David Carpenter & Nick Vincent, who made the discovery. Friday 27th June, Appleby Public Hall. Free & open to all, but registration is essential: eventbrite.com/e/the-appleby-…
Applications for the MHS Bursary 2025 are open! Two Research Bursaries (£1,000 each) are available, supporting new research into any aspect of the medieval Welsh March (i.e. 1066-1536), the Marcher lordships or the Mortimer family. For more info, visit: mortimerhistorysociety.org.uk/society/bursar…
It's the summer 2025 season & #LowtherMedievalCastle is on! Phase 3 is our biggest dig yet, excavating the ringwork castle & two areas of the medieval village -potential house platforms & lots of medieval pottery. @lowthercastle @LancasterHistor @UCLanArchAnth @allenarchaeo .
My review @CurrentArchaeo of Ian Atherton's book 'Britons and their Battlefields: War, Memory, and Commemoration since the 14th century' (OUP): 'essential reading … thoroughly researched, cogently argued, and stuffed with important findings': the-past.com/review/books/b…
My review of 'Saint Simon de Montfort: The Miracles, Laments, Prayers, and Hymns', edited by David Cox w/ @boydellbrewer, free to read in @MidlandHistory. In short, superb sources + expertly edited & discussed! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Join us @IHR_LateMed @ihr_history this Friday, 28th February, when Ruth Salter @UniofReading will be sharing research on 'Holy and Homely Healthcare in Medieval England'. All welcome, in person at the IHR & via Zoom: history.ac.uk/events/holy-an…
If you're listening to the latest podcast with @monstroso on @wwhspodcast on Simon de Montfort father & son- from the Fourth Crusade to the Albigensian Crusade & England's First Revolution -and wondering why Henry III of England wanted to conquer Sicily and what happened next:
Hi Chip, yes Sicily was always a strategic prize. In the 13C, it was part of the Kingdom of Sicily, including southern Italy, ruled by the Hohenstaufen - who also ruled Germany and thus had the papacy surrounded. Hence the pope invited Henry III of England to conquer it ...
When is it right to take up arms against your government? A medieval perspective:
Tomorrow on the podcast. A lesson from history about how to get a university named after you. Simon de Montfort with the excellent @RG1253
Today- the feast of St Valentine -760 years ago, during the first parliament to which town representatives were called, Simon de Montfort's party humiliated King Henry III in the Chapter House of Westminster Abbey. The parliament was the zenith of England's First Revolution.
This Friday, 14th February, Katy Bennett @katybee__ joins us @IHR_LateMed to share her research on 'Loyalty, Disloyalty and Changing Allegiance in Late-Medieval Gascony'. Join us in-person @ihr_history or via Zoom - seminars are free and open to all! history.ac.uk/events/loyalty…
This looks fascinating!
Another corker of an article has appeared in Early Medieval England and its Neighbours: Rebecca Thomas on 'Naming the Welsh in the Middle Ages'! Open Access. cambridge.org/core/journals/…
Sad news about a kind and remarkable medievalist whose new biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine, published for the Fontevraud conference, was a triumph…
We are saddened to learn of the unexpected death of medievalist Martin Aurell. Martin was one of this generation's leading scholars of the Angevin period, and his work has shaped that of many Haskins members in innumerable ways. More important, a kind and generous person!