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Jake Stattel
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Medieval Historian, Postdoc Fellow at Cambridge | Vikings, the Danelaw, Legal History | https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-jake-stattel
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tcfairfax.bsky.social
I had a great time giving this talk yesterday! And it's already available to watch in YouTube! Huge thanks to @insuhi.bsky.social for having me!
November 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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rorynaismith.bsky.social
For anyone interested in vikings: a symposium on the impact of the viking Great Army, to be held at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge on 24 April 2026.
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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insuhi.bsky.social
We are really pleased with the response to our second Public Seminar for this week. Still time to book your free place. Families, Networks and Informants: The Making of Orkneyinga Saga by Tom Fairfax. Thursday 27th November 2025. 7.00pm - 8.30pm UK time.

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November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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antiquaries.bsky.social
This print reproduces the Alfred Jewel, a masterpiece of goldsmithing, ft. a tear-shaped slice of rock crystal, gold filigree & cloisonné enamel. It's believed to have been commissioned by King Alfred the Great as indicated by the inscription ÆLFRED MEC HEHT GEWYRCAN = Alfred ordered me to be made.
A print of the Alfred Jewel, a masterpiece of goldsmithing, ft. a tear-shaped slice of rock crystal, gold filigree & cloisonné enamel. It is shaped like a drop and features a painted figure under glass on one side, an animal head at the pointed end, and an inscription in Old English that translates to "Alfred ordered me to be made"
November 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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monicamedhist.bsky.social
Oh wow! This is what happens when you're photographing MSS & don't capture the text in the inner gutter. 1st, here's the photograph (made about 100 yrs ago) of the Codex Salernitanus, f. 82ra. Although that big tear of the page is obvious, the inner gutter hasn't been fully captured in the photo.
Breslau Codex (Wrocław, Stadtbibliothek, MS 1302, s. xii ex./xiii in.), f. 82ra, showing tear in the page but only the very edge of the text in the inner gutter.
November 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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mattfirth.bsky.social
The next issue of @parergon.bsky.social is on its way, guest-edited by me, @erinsebo.bsky.social and Cassandra Schilling. There's a great group of scholars here who collectively consider, from multiple perspectives, questions of how medieval England perceived its place in a wide and complex world.
Cover of Parergon 42.2 with the feature image: Reed MS10. Book of Hours, Latin with additions in Middle English; the Raising of Souls to God preceding the Commendation of Souls. Contents of Parergon 42.2: Articles Medieval English Attitudes to the Outside World - Matthew Firth Hated Race? Attitudes to the Wider World in Beowulf - Erin Sebo The Non-Christian as Culturally Distinct ‘Other’ in the Old English Judith and Elene - Cassandra Schilling The Earliest English Almanac? Types of Information in Early Calendrical Texts - Christine Rauer Elephants in English Literature, Art, and Material Culture before the Reign of Henry III - Alison Hudson England’s Enemies? Framing Feelings about Foreigners and Mercenaries in High Medieval War Narratives - Emily A. Winkler Making Excuses: The Diplomatic Anxieties of Edward I of England - Kathleen B. Neal English Queenship from the Mid-Fifteenth to Mid-Sixteenth Centuries and England’s Place in the European World - Michele Seah Review Essay New Work on Early Medieval England: England in the Early Medieval World - Jonathan Tickle
November 18, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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www.sidestone.com/books/dorest...

Delighted to share that the proceedings of the Fourth Dorestad Congress are out now, available to read for free online!

This was a great conference to be a part of during Jan 2024, w/ @amwillemsen.bsky.social @scoupland.bsky.social @ccooijmans.bsky.social !
Dorestad and Everything After @ Sidestone Press
Dorestad was the largest town of the Low Countries in the Carolingian era. As an inland port on the edge of the Frankish Empire, it functioned as an international hub, connecting the North Sea World w...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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ihr.bsky.social
New #OnHistory blog, IHR Fellow Chris Lewis writes about new publication, "Making Domesday: Intelligent Power in Conquered England" by Stephen Baxter, Julia Crick, and C. P. Lewis, and Domesday scholarship in the IHR.
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Domesday at the IHR - On History
IHR Fellow, Chris Lewis, writes about new publication, 'Making Domesday'.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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antiquity.ac.uk
NEW Were the Picts of northern Scotland wiped out by Viking conquest? New radiocarbon dates from the 1st millennium AD settlement of Buckquoy, Orkney paint a more complex picture of cultural interaction in the Northern Isles.

#AntiquityThread 1/15 🧵

@northernpicts.bsky.social🏺 #Archaeology
Double-sided comb made from bone.
November 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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nhsf.bsky.social
The next talk in the @uclioabmmedieval.bsky.social Medieval Archaeology Seminar Series will be given by @samleggs22.bsky.social on 'Migrations into early medieval England: integrating isotopes and aDNA.'

🗓️ : 27 Jan 2026, 6:15-7:15pm
📍 : UCL

More info: buff.ly/eQyGGI1

#HSResearch #NHSFMembers
Migrations into early medieval England: integrating isotopes and aDNA
The next event in the 2025-26 UCL Institute of Archaeology/British Museum Medieval Seminar Series, will be given by Sam Leggett (University of Edinburgh) on 27 January.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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The piece where I get to say everything that's bugging me about the world of detecting & archaeology & ask - why are we not more concerned about this?

(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)

#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺

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The system is broken, so why are we not more concerned?
by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Abstract The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) – the detectorist-facing branch of archaeology – whic…
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October 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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📰 'More than just jewellery': new insights into #Viking miniature metal figurines

#AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @uniofleicester.bsky.social

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Viking figurines were ‘more than just jewellery’, and were used and handled in a variety of ways, including long-term curation, 'decapitation', and attached to Christian artefacts  | News | University of Leicester
In Viking archaeology, the study of miniature metal figurines -- possibly depicting Norse gods and mythological beings -- have been central to...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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rorynaismith.bsky.social
Very exciting news for those interested in early medieval England: a hugely important new volume on crops and food supply (by Helena Hamerow, Mark McKerracher & the FeedSax team) is now available Open Access academic.oup.com/book/61548?l...
Feeding Medieval England: A Long ‘Agricultural Revolution’, 700–1300
Abstract. As in the rest of Europe, the population of medieval England grew steeply, especially between the tenth and thirteenth centuries. This volume inv
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October 31, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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lrb.co.uk
‘For every genuine relic-bearing cleric, however, there was a peddler of fake goods. What were authorities to do in cases where crowds seemed to legitimise miscreants?’

Pablo Scheffer on the early medieval crowd regime:

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Pablo Scheffer · Among the Rabble: Early Medieval Crowds
Along with their terminology, the Romans had passed down to early medieval Europe the belief that crowds were an...
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November 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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judithjesch.bsky.social
An important article challenging the views of earlier archaeologists about 'Pictish cellular' vs. 'Norse rectangular' building styles. The authors could also have challenged more clearly the earlier view that they mention, namely that 'the early Viking conquest' took place 'around AD 800'. 🧵1/6
northernpicts.bsky.social NPicts @northernpicts.bsky.social · 29d
A new consideration of the chronology of the key settlement of Buckquoy, Orkney - shows that the buildings here belong firmly in the Pictish tradition. This leads to a wider consideration of the timings and character of the Viking Age in the Northern Isles.
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Buckquoy, Orkney: addressing the Pictish-Viking transition in northern Scotland | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Buckquoy, Orkney: addressing the Pictish-Viking transition in northern Scotland
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October 31, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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I wrote something. Also made some maps for it.

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October 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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camhistory.bsky.social
Chris Wickham's 'Framing the early Middle Ages, Europe and the Mediterranean, 400-800' (2005) is widely seen as a milestone in early medieval studies.

New research published by Robert Portass, Peter Sarris and Caroline Goodson (@cjg70.bsky.social) now offers a critical response to Wickham’s ideas ⬇️
Vol. 43 Núm. 2 (2025): El modo de producción campesino: un replanteamiento de la sociedad rural de la Europa altomedieval | Studia Historica. Historia Medieval
Con la colaboración de la Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología | Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades.
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October 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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I'm currently in the strange situation of living in Tokyo as a JSPS fellow to do my research on Anglo-Saxon law. Why? Well, just look here! ingridfiv.github.io/ingridsblog/...
Felix Liebermann’s library in Tokyo, Part I
Who is Felix Liebermann and how did his library end up in Tokyo?
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October 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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lvhicks.bsky.social
For the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, 1066, here is thread on why 'who was the rightful king?' is the wrong question to ask, why we don't know the complete story and why that makes things more interesting. 1/ #medievalsky #skystorians #historyedu #historyteachers
October 14, 2024 at 9:30 AM
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earliermiddleages.bsky.social
THIS WEEK: Please join us and @uclioabmmedieval.bsky.social for the Sir David Wilson lecture, with @rorynaismith.bsky.social on 'From Mesoamerica to Early Medieval England: Money, Materiality and Society'. Weds 8 Oct, 6.15pm, Archaeology Lecture Theatre G6. All welcome! www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
The Sir David Wilson Lecture in Medieval Studies 2025
The Sir David Wilson Lecture, the first event in the 2025-26 UCL Institute of Archaeology/British Museum Medieval Seminar Series, will be given by Rory Naismith (University of Cambridge) on 8 October.
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October 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Apardjón Journal for Scandinavian Studies is pleased to present its THIRD volume. This volume contains two articles and a note, and is accompanied by five book reviews. We would like to thank all of our authors for contributing to this volume.

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March 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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matthewpb.bsky.social
The biggest misunderstanding people make about the humanities is that they’re unscientific. The fact is that we have a good understanding of how an early medieval language sounded when spoken, and that’s because of philologists following what can only be described as scientific methods.
britishlibrary.bsky.social British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · Oct 2
Hwæt! 🐉

Ever wondered what the epic poem Beowulf sounds like spoken in Old English?

#NationalPoetryDay
October 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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earliermiddleages.bsky.social
📣 The Earlier Middle Ages seminar @ihr.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! Here's our autumn term schedule. First up is @rorynaismith.bsky.social on 8 October, giving the annual David Wilson Lecture (with @uclarchaeology.bsky.social). All welcome! Please sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Autumn 2025 schedule for the Institute of Historical Research's Earlier Middle Ages seminar. Full information available at https://www.history.ac.uk/news-events/seminars/earlier-middle-ages
September 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Knowledge Commons upload 'A context for the Birka grave Bj581? Women and military leadership in the tenth century' (2024 but previously published in German) #medievalsky #archaeology #history #gender
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September 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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trixranderson.bsky.social
I think we'll spend the next few weeks looking at weapons for our Viking camps #FindsFriday posts: for all our talk of the 'Great Army', there are surprisingly few weapons from the sites.

We'll start with these two pieces - Torksey finds DB 130 and 804. Both are broken ferrules from sword grips. /1
A finds photograph of a small, broken copper-alloy fitting from the site of the Great Army camp at Torksey, Lincolnshire. This is DB number 130: it's part of a carved, slightly curved ferrule, with projecting dags on one side forming shapes reminiscent of animal masks. A finds drawing of DB number 804 from the Great Army site at Torksey, lincolnshire. This is another broken ferrule, with a geometric design executed on heavily-gilded copper-alloy.
September 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM