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Category Archives: Ritual
The “missing” Early Anglo-Saxon burials of historic north-east Surrey: bodies in the Thames?
(I’ve only gone and done another really long post! This is of course a good thing, as there’s plenty of what I consider to be great stuff in what follows, so please make some time to give it a go. Still, … Continue reading
Beowulf in California
Here’s a big bit of news I’ve been sitting on for a while because, well, I didn’t know if I’d be able to afford to make it happen. But I can! So, without further ado, I’m pretty darned chuffed to … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo-Saxon, Battersea, Being organised, Charters, Documents, London, News, Old English, Ritual, Talk, Thames, Travel
Tagged Battersea, California uber alles, Conference, Early Medieval, Literature, Old English, PAMLA, poetry
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The forgetful frater, or, an eighth-century reminder to make good notes
Here’s a little late-night blast from the library, not because I have something urgent I want to get off my chest but because it concerns something I came across earlier which chimed with me because of the nature of my current workload … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo-Saxon, Books, Church, Excuses, Hagiography, History, Latin, Monasteries, Northumbria, Religion, Ritual
Tagged Hagiography, History, Northumbria, place-names, Whitby (probably)
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Slinging swords and casting corns – a brief foray into experimental archaeology
One of the downsides of being a taught student is having to submit multiple pieces of work on completely different topics – in this case three essays which together weighed in at a little shy of 10,000 words – on the same … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo-Saxon, Archaeology, Battersea, Charters, Nottingham, Old English, Ritual, Surrey, Swords, Topography
Tagged Anglo-Saxon, Archaeology, Battersea, charters, History, Reenactment, Swords, WPLongform
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Language, religion and the law: small matters for a Sunday afternoon
People have tried to explain RSS feeds to me but I still don’t get what they are. As a result I tend to come across interesting articles through flitting about on the internet at work or via friends’ Facebook posts (I gave up Twitter well … Continue reading
Posted in internet, Religion, Ritual
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The “Surrey Fens” causeways – finished at long last
I’ve written and rewritten so much of this essay over the past year or two that I have nothing else to add, other than to recommend you head over to here and have a read of it (and if you … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo-Saxon, Archaeology, Causeways, Charters, Documents, Domesday, Excuses, Religion, Ritual, Surrey, Woking
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