Monthly Archives: July 2013

What St Cuthbert heard

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Robert J S Briggs

I’ll try and limit myself to a brief post tonight, as I’m dipping my toes into the ocean of Geographical Information Systems (expect an explanatory post without such a weak metaphor at some point in the near future), but I … Continue reading →

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SMSW 3 – a statistical perspective on Surrey’s early medieval coin corpus

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Robert J S Briggs

Three posts in three days was always going to be a bit of an ask, especially when trying to write them around hosting a dinner party, attending a birthday and London’s premature celebration of Swiss National Day, and watching Chris Froome’s fantastic … Continue reading →

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SMSW 2 – the reporting of Anglo-Saxon stirrup mount finds in south-east England

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Robert J S Briggs

Your second dose of medieval mathematics moves away from history and place-names towards archaeology. The inspiration for this post came in the course of recent reading around the topic of “productive sites” and the interpretation of their artefactual profiles (for … Continue reading →

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SMSW 1 – Surrey place-names in Anglo-Saxon charters

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Robert J S Briggs

Among the many (too many) unfinished pieces of work I have “on the go” at the present time is the write-up of a talk I gave to the Surrey Archaeological Society’s Villages Study Group in a bitingly-cold village hall early … Continue reading →

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Calculators at the ready – it’s Surrey Medieval Stats Week!

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Robert J S Briggs

Having never been the greatest at maths when at school (I feel vindicated by my scepticism that GCSE-level algebra has real life applications in adulthood), it came as something of a surprise to discover subsequently that I’m quite partial to … Continue reading →

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Prof. Mick Aston

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Robert J S Briggs

In my previous post I explained how my deep interest in the medieval period was precipitated by becoming engrossed in the subject of the status of my home village at the time of the Domesday Survey (tiny acorns and mighty … Continue reading →

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