Thomas Laver
@laver-thomas.bsky.social
Early Career Research Fellow in History at Cambridge. Late Antiquity, economic & social history, and cricket
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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 ⬇️
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
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 ⬇️
New research published by Robert Portass, Peter Sarris and Caroline Goodson (@cjg70.bsky.social) now offers a critical response to Wickham’s ideas ⬇️
An interview I did with the Caliphal Finances team in Edinburgh about my work and how it relates to Islamic fiscal history!
blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfina...
blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfina...
Interview with a Researcher: Thomas Laver – Caliphal Finances – The Finances of the Caliphate: Abbasid Fiscal Practice in Islamic Late Antiquity
blogs.ed.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
An interview I did with the Caliphal Finances team in Edinburgh about my work and how it relates to Islamic fiscal history!
blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfina...
blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfina...
Some papal name predictions from a bit of Catholic chat today.
The likely ones: Francis II, Anthony, Christopher, Nicholas VI, Joseph, Pius XIII (Roughly in order of likelihood)
Very unlikely: John Paul III, Benedict XVII
The banter ones: Sixtus Six, Telesphoros II
The likely ones: Francis II, Anthony, Christopher, Nicholas VI, Joseph, Pius XIII (Roughly in order of likelihood)
Very unlikely: John Paul III, Benedict XVII
The banter ones: Sixtus Six, Telesphoros II
April 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Some papal name predictions from a bit of Catholic chat today.
The likely ones: Francis II, Anthony, Christopher, Nicholas VI, Joseph, Pius XIII (Roughly in order of likelihood)
Very unlikely: John Paul III, Benedict XVII
The banter ones: Sixtus Six, Telesphoros II
The likely ones: Francis II, Anthony, Christopher, Nicholas VI, Joseph, Pius XIII (Roughly in order of likelihood)
Very unlikely: John Paul III, Benedict XVII
The banter ones: Sixtus Six, Telesphoros II
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Brepols - Small Change in the Early Middle Ages
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February 24, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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...and let me repost the full Warsaw Late Antique seminar programme. Also, take a look at our website: lateantiqueseminar.historia.uw.edu.pl
February 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
...and let me repost the full Warsaw Late Antique seminar programme. Also, take a look at our website: lateantiqueseminar.historia.uw.edu.pl
I'll be in Warsaw this June, disseminating some of the conclusions from my doctoral research! Very excited to be presenting at a seminar I've been (virtually) following for four years now.
I'm among lots of other great papers this term too: take a look!
I'm among lots of other great papers this term too: take a look!
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar in summer semester. Still three weeks to go, so I will repost later, but cannot resist the temptation of publishing it now....
January 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I'll be in Warsaw this June, disseminating some of the conclusions from my doctoral research! Very excited to be presenting at a seminar I've been (virtually) following for four years now.
I'm among lots of other great papers this term too: take a look!
I'm among lots of other great papers this term too: take a look!