Rebecca Tyson
@tyguson.bsky.social
PhD student at University of Bristol; RHS Marshall Fellow (2024-25) at Institute of Historical Research; 11th-century Normandy, maritime and riverine environments, the Norman invasion fleet.
https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/rebecca-tyson
https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/rebecca-tyson
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Happy beached whale dynamite day for all who celebrate
On this day 55 years ago, Oregon blew up a beached whale with 20 cases of dynamite.
The Exploding Whale: An infamous moment in Oregon history creates a strangely beloved icon
The infamous exploding whale incident occurred Nov. 12, 1970, in Florence, Oregon. A whale washed ashore on the Oregon beach and with no other means to dispo...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Happy beached whale dynamite day for all who celebrate
I've been watching back videos from when I sailed from Dives-sur-Mer to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, following the route of the Norman invasion fleet in 1066. 130km of c. 70m chalk cliffs in a strong N/NE wind that turned into a gale just before we reached Fécamp. Similar conditions to 1066 #MedievalSky
November 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I've been watching back videos from when I sailed from Dives-sur-Mer to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, following the route of the Norman invasion fleet in 1066. 130km of c. 70m chalk cliffs in a strong N/NE wind that turned into a gale just before we reached Fécamp. Similar conditions to 1066 #MedievalSky
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Have I sailed as close as you are legally allowed to do to have a nose at the SS Montgomery?
Of course.
Moment I knew she existed, I was out there faster than Jay Hulme when he spots a rickety ladder in a church.
Here she is:
Of course.
Moment I knew she existed, I was out there faster than Jay Hulme when he spots a rickety ladder in a church.
Here she is:
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Have I sailed as close as you are legally allowed to do to have a nose at the SS Montgomery?
Of course.
Moment I knew she existed, I was out there faster than Jay Hulme when he spots a rickety ladder in a church.
Here she is:
Of course.
Moment I knew she existed, I was out there faster than Jay Hulme when he spots a rickety ladder in a church.
Here she is:
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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.
blog.history.ac.uk/2025/10/dome...
blog.history.ac.uk/2025/10/dome...
Domesday at the IHR - On History
IHR Fellow, Chris Lewis, writes about new publication, 'Making Domesday'.
blog.history.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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.
blog.history.ac.uk/2025/10/dome...
blog.history.ac.uk/2025/10/dome...
I saw some teeny tiny perfect mushrooms in the woods this morning. I love the way the things I see and hear on this walk change every day through the seasons.
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I saw some teeny tiny perfect mushrooms in the woods this morning. I love the way the things I see and hear on this walk change every day through the seasons.
Excellent blog post on the territorialisation of the North Sea #MaritimeHistory
This week's North Sea Nexus post on the invisible boundaries in the sea most of us rarely think about, and how they came to be.
Drawing the lines
Shifting boundaries and legal ambiguities in the North Sea
northseanexus.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Excellent blog post on the territorialisation of the North Sea #MaritimeHistory
I’m thinking about Mont-Saint-Michel and its tidescapes today, and missing this view from my window last year.
Views of Mont-Saint-Michel from my window this week #medievalsky
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I’m thinking about Mont-Saint-Michel and its tidescapes today, and missing this view from my window last year.
Another sealskin book cover @mearcsteppende.bsky.social, this time from Norway 🦭
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Another sealskin book cover @mearcsteppende.bsky.social, this time from Norway 🦭
Feeling this very strongly at the moment. Also see ‘This appears to be a long document, would you like me to summarise it for you?’ I know it’s a long document, it’s taken me almost 5 years to write it, now piss off and stop taking up all the space on my screen with your shitty AI prompts! Argh!
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Feeling this very strongly at the moment. Also see ‘This appears to be a long document, would you like me to summarise it for you?’ I know it’s a long document, it’s taken me almost 5 years to write it, now piss off and stop taking up all the space on my screen with your shitty AI prompts! Argh!
I have just spent a rather lovely and relaxing couple of hours needle felting a poppy to be added to the BioTapestry where it will join these beautiful contributions on the Meadow panel representing the wonderful biodiversity of Gwent.
October 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I have just spent a rather lovely and relaxing couple of hours needle felting a poppy to be added to the BioTapestry where it will join these beautiful contributions on the Meadow panel representing the wonderful biodiversity of Gwent.
I’ve just seen this advertised in the window of my local library and made an audible ‘oooh’!
October 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I’ve just seen this advertised in the window of my local library and made an audible ‘oooh’!
I sailed on a reconstruction of this ship from Paris to Honfleur in August and it was such an adventure!
See #Saga25 for my posts from the trip.
See #Saga25 for my posts from the trip.
October 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I sailed on a reconstruction of this ship from Paris to Honfleur in August and it was such an adventure!
See #Saga25 for my posts from the trip.
See #Saga25 for my posts from the trip.
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As I approach the end of my PhD I’ve been thinking about the contribution I’m making to my field. I’ve never felt so much a part of the history of Norman scholarship as this evening when I used my second-hand copy of v.1 of Orderic Vitalis’ Ecclesiastical History for the first time #Medievalsky
October 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
As I approach the end of my PhD I’ve been thinking about the contribution I’m making to my field. I’ve never felt so much a part of the history of Norman scholarship as this evening when I used my second-hand copy of v.1 of Orderic Vitalis’ Ecclesiastical History for the first time #Medievalsky
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Here's a video of the Bayeux Tapestry being carefully removed from its case and packed away. I had my heart in my mouth while watching. And yes, I do have nightmares about it crossing the channel! I had my heart in my mouth just watching this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7ys...
Extraction de la TAPISSERIE DE BAYEUX - 18 09 2025
YouTube video by Bayeux Museum
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October 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Here's a video of the Bayeux Tapestry being carefully removed from its case and packed away. I had my heart in my mouth while watching. And yes, I do have nightmares about it crossing the channel! I had my heart in my mouth just watching this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7ys...
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I am quite fascinated by this vestige of the once-lucrative trade in walrus ivory, part of a walrus skull found in Gardar in Greenland. The skull is from the eleventh century, which was before Gardar had become the diocesan see of Greenland.
[Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen]
[Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen]
October 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I am quite fascinated by this vestige of the once-lucrative trade in walrus ivory, part of a walrus skull found in Gardar in Greenland. The skull is from the eleventh century, which was before Gardar had become the diocesan see of Greenland.
[Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen]
[Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen]
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It's Friday afternoon and I have a little time between meetings, so let's do a little mini-thread on early medieval seals in the Firth of Forth and why I think it's useful to us to study them. Join me as I bounce through a tiny bit of my dissertation! (1/11)
October 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
It's Friday afternoon and I have a little time between meetings, so let's do a little mini-thread on early medieval seals in the Firth of Forth and why I think it's useful to us to study them. Join me as I bounce through a tiny bit of my dissertation! (1/11)
I’ve just had a very confusing conversation with my young daughter. She was talking about ‘William fitzOsbern, Lord of Chepstow, his pigeon, and his magic staff’. Turns out that she actually meant Ozzy Osbourne, Prince of Darkness, the bat incident, and his cane!
a man in a striped shirt is smiling and saying `` what '' .
ALT: a man in a striped shirt is smiling and saying `` what '' .
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October 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I’ve just had a very confusing conversation with my young daughter. She was talking about ‘William fitzOsbern, Lord of Chepstow, his pigeon, and his magic staff’. Turns out that she actually meant Ozzy Osbourne, Prince of Darkness, the bat incident, and his cane!
It’s a good year for figs! This is the second big batch I’ve had from my tree in the last two weeks and there are still more ripening on there. If anyone has any fig recipes they can recommend I would be very grateful 🙂
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It’s a good year for figs! This is the second big batch I’ve had from my tree in the last two weeks and there are still more ripening on there. If anyone has any fig recipes they can recommend I would be very grateful 🙂
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Start of term = time for a new CMS photo! We love getting the CMS family back together! #medievalsky #skystorians
October 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Start of term = time for a new CMS photo! We love getting the CMS family back together! #medievalsky #skystorians
The group building the reconstruction of the Mora, William the Conqueror's flagship, has announced that the project has gone into receivership due to financial difficulties.
I've followed the project closely for several years and visited last month while Saga Farmann was moored outside. What a shame
I've followed the project closely for several years and visited last month while Saga Farmann was moored outside. What a shame
September 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The group building the reconstruction of the Mora, William the Conqueror's flagship, has announced that the project has gone into receivership due to financial difficulties.
I've followed the project closely for several years and visited last month while Saga Farmann was moored outside. What a shame
I've followed the project closely for several years and visited last month while Saga Farmann was moored outside. What a shame
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Impressed by how my sharp-eyed students spotted today how the Vatican Vat. 6018 map (c. 770) includes size estimates for some Mediterranean islands, taken from Orosius.
September 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Impressed by how my sharp-eyed students spotted today how the Vatican Vat. 6018 map (c. 770) includes size estimates for some Mediterranean islands, taken from Orosius.
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Something seems fishy for #MosaicMonday! This mosaic emblema depicts eight fish, two squid/cuttlefish, and an eel. An example of the delights of the sea that were destined for the plates of an elite dinner party.
From a Roman villa at Cecchignola, Rome. 🏺 1/
50 BCE-50 CE. #BritishMuseum
📸 me
From a Roman villa at Cecchignola, Rome. 🏺 1/
50 BCE-50 CE. #BritishMuseum
📸 me
September 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Something seems fishy for #MosaicMonday! This mosaic emblema depicts eight fish, two squid/cuttlefish, and an eel. An example of the delights of the sea that were destined for the plates of an elite dinner party.
From a Roman villa at Cecchignola, Rome. 🏺 1/
50 BCE-50 CE. #BritishMuseum
📸 me
From a Roman villa at Cecchignola, Rome. 🏺 1/
50 BCE-50 CE. #BritishMuseum
📸 me
There are only 4 more days to submit an abstract for our #IMC2026 panel on practice-based/experiential research in medieval studies.
We would love for this session to facilitate some interdisciplinary conversations, so please do get in touch with your ideas.
#Medievalsky
We would love for this session to facilitate some interdisciplinary conversations, so please do get in touch with your ideas.
#Medievalsky
Call for Papers @imc-leeds.bsky.social
Following my recent fieldwork sailing down the Seine in a reconstructed tenth-century ship, @stevedehailes.bsky.social and I are organising a panel on practice-based/experiential research in medieval studies. We welcome abstracts from any field. #Medievalsky
Following my recent fieldwork sailing down the Seine in a reconstructed tenth-century ship, @stevedehailes.bsky.social and I are organising a panel on practice-based/experiential research in medieval studies. We welcome abstracts from any field. #Medievalsky
September 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
There are only 4 more days to submit an abstract for our #IMC2026 panel on practice-based/experiential research in medieval studies.
We would love for this session to facilitate some interdisciplinary conversations, so please do get in touch with your ideas.
#Medievalsky
We would love for this session to facilitate some interdisciplinary conversations, so please do get in touch with your ideas.
#Medievalsky