Monthly Archives: October 2013

Society for Medieval Archaeology Postgraduate Colloquium + some other stuff

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Robert J S Briggs

It turns out life as a postgrad second time around involves considerably more work than I remember from back in my Leeds days. I’ve yet to work out if the difference is institutional, personal or a mix of the two, … Continue reading →

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Where exactly was the battle of Acleah?

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Robert J S Briggs

Welcome to my first ever paginated post, which, if you keep on reading through it, you will discover is concerned first and foremost with the question of the site of a battle fought in the year 851 at a place named in recensions of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as Aclea (or Acleah, to use … Continue reading →

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New post for a new poster

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Robert J S Briggs

This will be my shortest post (my next one is shaping up to be my longest, normal service resumed some might say). As promised, I have uploaded a copy of the poster I contributed to the recent Annual Foreshore Forum … Continue reading →

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New work – Reassessing the territorial nomenclature of the Early and Middle Anglo-Saxon periods…

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Robert J S Briggs

…or, why there was no such thing as a regio in the area of southern England in the sixth century. Having been hard pushed these past few weeks to set aside a few minutes to compose a blog post, I … Continue reading →

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Settling back in to student life

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Robert J S Briggs

You find me midway through my second week of being a student again. A postgraduate student, I hasten to add – I don’t think I have the stamina to be an undergrad a second time around (that, and I didn’t … Continue reading →

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