North Ages
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Early medieval northern Britain, taking in Picts, Gaels, Britons, Angles and Norse. Feast days, on this day, place-names, archaeology news and book releases. Posts by Dundonian bookworm Craig. https://northages.wordpress.com/
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The Hexham Hoard was discovered in the abbey grounds by the sexton and his assistant while digging a grave #OTD in 1832. Some 8,000 Northumbrian coins of the C9th were found preserved in a bronze bucket of the same period. 📸British Museum #medievalsky
The bronze bucket.
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Æthelric, bishop of Dunholm (Durham) from 11 January 1041-1056, died #OTD in 1072. He had been succeeded in 1056 by his brother, Æthelwine, a fellow monk of Peterborough. 📸Mattbuck #medievalsky
Durham Cathedral.
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William, duke of Normandy, defeated Harold II, king of the English, at the Battle of Hastings #OTD in 1066. Harold’s pregnant second wife Ealdgyth then withdrew to Chester while, in London, Ealdred, archbishop of York, rallied support for the boy Edgar Ætheling. #medievalsky
A scene from the Bayeux Tapestry showing one warrior with an arrow in his eye while another is cut down by a horseman beneath the words HIC HAROLD REX INTERFECTUS EST, ‘Here King Harold has been slain’.
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A Pictish cross-slab was moved from Benvie Churchyard, on the outskirts of Dundee, to the city’s McManus Galleries #OTD in 1991. The C9th Benvie Stone bears a cross with angels and intertwined serpents on one side, and mounted warriors with drooping moustaches on the other. #medievalsky
The cross side of the Benvie Stone. The warriors side of the Benvie Stone.
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Norman Atkinson will be speaking on 19 Oct at Farnell Church, Angus - on the History of the Farnell Pictish Stone
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A gentleman with my surname attesting one of William the Conqueror’s charters in 1081! #medievalsky
Algar Horn appears among the witnesses to a charter.
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Oct 13: Feast of Comgan (C8th), abbot. Traditionally an Irish chieftain exiled to Scotland with relatives including a young St Fillan. He settled in Lochalsh, near Skye, founded a small monastery and lived devoutly for many years. 📸Eusebius #medievalsky
Clouds reflected in the still waters of Loch Alsh.
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Oct 12: Feast of Edwin (584-633), first Christian king of the Northumbrians. He came to power with the aid of Rædwald, king of the East Angles. He died at the Battle of Hæthfelth against Penda, pagan king of the Mercians, and British king Catguollaun. 📸DaveWebster14 #medievalsky
A stained-glass depiction of a crowned Edwin bearing a sword in one hand and a model of a church in the other.
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Oct 12: Feast of Wilfrid (c.633-709), Northumbrian bishop. One of the most colourful prelates of the time. Championed the Roman dating of Easter at the Synod of Whitby. Frequent thorn in kings’ sides but acted as foster-father to boy-king Osred (†716). 📸Ripon Cathedral #medievalsky
The early medieval crypt beneath Ripon Cathedral.
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Oct 11: Feast of James the Deacon (C7th) companion of Paulinus of York. He remained in the north when Paulinus withdrew to Kent in 633, and as an old man championed the Roman dating of Easter at the Synod of Whitby. 📸Paul Lakin #medievalsky
A view across York.
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Oct 11: Feast of Cainnech (†c.600), of Achad Bó (Aghaboe, Ireland). Abbot and frequent hermit who joined Columba on his visit to Pictish king Bridei near Inverness. In Scotland, his principal church was at Inch Kenneth, Mull. 📸Andy Waddington #medievalsky
Inch Kenneth, a small, grassy island off the west coast of Mull.
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I wonder if the soles of people's feet were just tougher then because most shoes I've seen from the period are like this. Some a little more robust.
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No medieval filter here! A modern recreation of a Viking ruler for Denmark’s National Museum, based on the depiction of Cnut in the New Minster Liber Vitae and on clothes found at a grave in Mammen, Denmark. #medievalsky
A man wearing a thigh-length red tunic beneath a cloak of a darker red, both richly embroidered, blue leggings and soft, tan-coloured shoes.
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Oct 10: Feast of Paulinus (†644), bishop of York. He baptised Edwin, pagan king of the Northumbrians in 627. When Edwin died in battle in 633, Paulinus withdrew with the widowed St Æthelburh to Kent, where he became bishop of Rochester. 📸Paul Lakin #medievalsky
A view across York.
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Official trailer for the #GameOfThrones prequel series #AKnightOfTheSevenKingdoms.

Premiering January 18 on HBO Max.
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This true crime show Phrogging: Hider In My House is wild.
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Oct 8: Feast of Iwig (Ywi) (C7th), Northumbrian monk and deacon. Disciple of Cuthbert at Lindisfarne and later hermit in Brittany, where he accomplished miracles of healing. 📸xlibber #medievalsky
Lindisfarne Castle sitting atop Beblowe Crag.
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Oct 8: Feast of Cú-Chuimne (†747), monk and scholar of Iona. Together with Ruben of Dairinis, Ireland, he compiled the Collectio canonum Hibernensis, the first systematic western collection of canon law. 📸August Schwerdfeger #medievalsky
Iona Abbey between hills in the background and the sea in the foreground.
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Oct 8: Feast of Triduana, virgin linked with Rescobie, Angus. According to the Aberdeen Breviary, she escaped the unwanted advances of a Pictish king by plucking out her eyes. St Triduana’s Chapel, Edinburgh 📸Historic Environment Scotland #medievalsky
The approach to St Triduana’s Chapel, Edinburgh.
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Delighted to be giving a Bede's World / Durham World Heritage Site lecture in @durham.ac.uk on 18 October.
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The two openings which pilgrims would have used to access and exit the Anglo-Saxon crypt at Ripon Cathedral in North Yorkshire. Dating to 672 AD, the crypt is the only surviving part of St. Wilfrid’s original church. 📸 My own. #SaxonSunday #RiponCathedral