Krisztina Ilko
Junior Research Fellow @queens.cam.ac.uk and Affiliated Lecturer @camhistory.bsky.social. ~> Chess & Global Middle Ages.
- Reposted by Krisztina IlkoLent 2026 Term Card for the Cambridge Medieval History Research Seminar. All sessions take place at 4pm in Sidgwick Lecture Block Room 5!
- With the first copy of The Sons of St Augustine!
- Reposted by Krisztina IlkoLeo XIV is the 1st Augustinian Pope, but did you know that his order once performed green-fingered, dragon-slaying miracles? @drkrisztinailko.bsky.social from @camhistory.bsky.social @queens.cam.ac.uk reveals the forgotten lives of these wild medieval saints 👇 bit.ly/4rP25Qj #skystorians 🗃️
- Forgotten Medieval Miracles of the Augustinians Revealed in New Study www.medievalists.net/2025/12/forg... research (and new book) by @drkrisztinailko.bsky.social #medieval
- Reposted by Krisztina IlkoQueens' JRF (@camhistory.bsky.social) @drkrisztinailko.bsky.social's new book, The Sons of St Augustine, challenges major assumptions about the medieval Catholic Church and early Renaissance. Read more about her publication on our website, and the Cambridge University press release.
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- Medieval historian Dr Krisztina Ilko (@queens.cam.ac.uk) challenges major assumptions about the medieval Catholic Church and early Renaissance. Forgotten medieval miracles are brought to light in her new book 'The Sons of St Augustine', published today by Oxford University Press ⬇️⬇️
- Wild medieval saints! 🔥🔥🔥 Dragons and miraculously sprouting cherry twigs. An evil walnut tree growing above the tomb of Nero. For these and much more in my book, 'The Sons of St Augustine' (OUP), I am delighted to share the wonderful media release that Cambridge published this morning:
- Artist: what would you like on your coat of arms? Lady: a giant skeleton fish. Artist: say no more.
- What is the point of an index if the page numbers "may, on occasion, appear on only one" of the pages listed? Apparently, this is for the benefit of the digital users. But what about the benefit of the readers of the actual physical book? #academicpublishing
- Book cover plan, now complete with the blurb on the back! 📕
- Book proofs! Very exciting to see this coming together at last. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
- Just a quick reminder that we are still eagerly awaiting your paper proposals for the next IMC! ⏰🎓👇 @imc-leeds.bsky.social
- Very excited to spread the news that @ryan1992reading.bsky.social and I are organising a session for the Leeds IMC next year on political culture in the High Middle Ages! Please drop us a message if interested and share widely.
- Reposted by Krisztina IlkoThe College intends to appoint a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) from 1 October 2026 in each of the following subject areas: Music and Pure Mathematics/Mathematical Statistics. For more information visit our vacancies page on our website: www.queens.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...
- Reposted by Krisztina IlkoFor the fans of the eleventh century (there are dozens of us!), here's a 30% pre-order discount from @oxunipress.bsky.social on my book, due out next month.
- A gigantic stack of copyedits to read through over the weekend!
- Reposted by Krisztina IlkoDieses Zinnpferdchen vom Konstanzer Fischmarkt aus der Zeit des 14./15.Jahrhunderts war das Spielzeug eines Kindes der Oberschicht. Auch Kinder aus weniger wohlhabenden Familien spielten im Mittelalter gerne mit Tierfiguren, jedoch waren diese aus Holz oder Ton gefertigt. 🏺
- The Broletto is the main civic complex in Novara. The building is famous for its purist reconstruction in the 19th century, but I would love to know if the frescoes on the upper rim have some historical basis. So many fantastic belligerent figures!
- Sadly, the diocesan museum in Novara doesn’t maintain the hours listed online…
- The cathedral of Novara has been rebuilt, but it preserves some 12th-c. spolia and a handsome 15th-c. reliquary bust of the 11th-c. saint Bernard of Aosta.
- Cheers from Novara! I have two hours until the archives open - so I will be exploring the city.
- Reposted by Krisztina Ilko'Jinty Nelson in Thirteen Articles', edited by Alice Rio bit.ly/46WkC5j New in 'Transactions', a special essay celebrating the work of medieval historian Jinty Nelson (1942-2024). Thirteen historians choose articles (1977-2016) that have had a lasting impression on their own careers #Skystorians
- A semi-serious question: why are medieval lions moustachioed?
- Reposted by Krisztina IlkoHaving read the full manuscript, I can confirm that this will be *excellent*.
- Here to spread the word that my book, 'The Sons of St Augustine', is now on OUP's site. 📕🎉 Forthcoming in November/December 2025: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
