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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I don't think it was. Major aid cuts have been effected or are on the horizon in the UK and Germany. So it's the confluence of all three
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Always the Pizzer Express.
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But these are the real prize acquisition.
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And I thought you were just in it for the sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll!
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Also, no planned obsolescence.
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Karlsruhe!
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But the hero of the day is Bishop Amalric: so nice, he asked us twice!
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And certainly in this case, as I'm over to speak in Freiburg anyway, so the carbon footprint is the very slight additional rail transport needed to break my journey.
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Quite possibly...
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And on my way back in from lunch I bumped into the wonderful Ben Pope!
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But then I wouldn't have an excuse to come to Karlsruhe!
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And they've even reserved an entire room for me. (For that, I'll forgive the gloves...)
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And they even had Tegernseer Hell at Frankfurt Hbf – a fond memory of evenings in Munich, while researching at the @monumenta.bsky.social !
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I think the more standard claim is that the *modern* study owes its roots to him, which seems on balance fair. But there's certainly plenty of interest in such earlier material.
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Oh, and how could I have forgotten the bad joke about attracting external funding (Drittmittel)!
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And a citation from Max Weber's Wissenschaft als Beruf. (Just because.)
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Palaeographical TMI. (Because I can.)
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Gratuitous Theodor von Sickel. (Of course.)
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My paper will include the following:
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The struggle is real.
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Has it been deleted? Suspect I know the culprit...
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Carolingian obvs. I think we could do it for 5 or a round at the Old Bar.
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(Sadly, I'm speaking in Freiburg-i.-Br. on the 17th.)
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Glückwunsch!!
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Yes, I fear it may just be something that he was known to say – or even has been (mis)represented as saying! So far, I've not been able to find any paper trail.
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Terrible news indeed. I feel so sorry for Malcolm and his excellent colleagues.
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Yes, I used to do that!
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Incidentally, do you happen to know the source (if any) for Southern's reputed dictum that 'editions last'?