My second day at the International Medieval Congress involved starting and finishing with attempts to remember that I am an early medievalist and ought … more
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Religious men 3: Gregorian reform and performance indicators
@ 2012-10-26 – 21:14:06
I've blogged a couple of times already on this summer conference at the University of Huddersfield on Religious Men in the Middle Ages: Day 1, Day 2). … more -
Love my sword more than you
@ 2012-09-20 – 20:31:31
Early C7 sword from Sutton Hoo ship burial. Image © Trustees of the British Museum Inspired by Jon Jarrett, who is now enthusiastically blogging large … more -
The Mercian octopus is a paper tiger
@ 2012-05-16 – 11:32:58
The penultimate presentation at last term's IHR Earlier Middle Ages seminars was given by Morn Capper, currently working on the Staffordshire Hoard at … more -
An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman...
@ 2011-10-17 – 20:16:03
Much of early medieval history consists of making interesting assertions based on limited evidence. This is particularly true of the early history of … more -
IMC 1: Early metal, dodgy horses and the meaning of gifts
@ 2011-08-01 – 12:08:23
I'm finally starting my first report on the 2011 International Medieval Congress in Leeds, talking mainly about things I heard on the first day (though … more -
English assemblies and Arab dictators
@ 2011-04-02 – 08:20:42
This is partly a discussion of a recent IHR Earlier Middle Ages seminar, Levi Roach’s ‘Stating the obvious? Rituals, assemblies and the Anglo-Saxon state, … more -
Women, archaeology, history and literature
@ 2011-03-21 – 08:21:02
I am way behind at writing up seminars attended (and in posting at all), but given it's taken us over a thousand years to learn about some of these topics, … more -
Anglo-Saxon shiny objects 1: the Staffordshire Hoard
@ 2010-05-27 – 08:20:16
The original CIA (the Courtauld Institute of Art) recently held its first conference for 25 years on Anglo-Saxon art, with a day on New Light in Dark … more -
Sceattas and applied numismatics
@ 2010-04-18 – 22:32:23
Since I’m currently working with a bunch of numismatists, I thought I should take advantage of this to learn a bit more about the topic. So a few weeks … more
