Category Archives: Talk

It’s Surrey Medieval’s Puttenham Church Week! An introduction to the parish church of St John Baptist

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Robert J S Briggs

Every so often, I elect to make my life a little bit difficult by devising and binge-writing a week’s worth of posts under the banner of a “Surrey Medieval … Week”. So far I’ve done some of the simplest statistical analyses … Continue reading →

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Off the Record — 20th October — UCL Institute of Archaeology — yours truly!

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Robert J S Briggs

Super quick post to say this coming Thursday I’ll be giving the first of the IoA World Archaeology Section’s Off The Record lunchtime seminars of the new academic year. I’ll be running through my past, present and future research into -ingas name … Continue reading →

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Godalming and Old English -ingas name formations

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Robert J S Briggs

On Saturday just gone, I was in Godalming for an Surrey Archaeological Society Medieval Studies Forum study day, both to hear about and see corners of the town and parish church that are of medieval (or general historical) importance, and to … Continue reading →

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Kalamazoo and other stories

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Robert J S Briggs

After a mad March, April was a quiet (or unmemorable?) month, which was probably for the best as I had to prepare myself for another 12-day trip to North America, built around the 50th edition of the International Congress of Medieval … Continue reading →

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New Work, introducing Surrey Medieval Middle English Field-Names Week

Posted on January 24, 2015 by Robert J S Briggs

I’ve resolved to spend the first few months of this new year (belated happy it, btw) trying to complete several unfinished pieces of work which have been hanging around for months, in many cases years. My first accomplishment in this regard is … Continue reading →

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Conference seasoned

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Robert J S Briggs

A fortnight ago, as previously advertised, I spoke to the Surrey Archaeological Society’s Medieval Studies Forum, my final medieval event of 2014 (‘cept for my graduation ceremony). It was a great way to wrap up the year. If I’m honest, I wasn’t holding out much … Continue reading →

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Beowulf in California

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Robert J S Briggs

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 →

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Books on Anglo-Saxon Surrey are a lot like buses…

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Robert J S Briggs

… but as I’m sure you know how the saying goes, I won’t belabour the point (other than to note that unfortunately it doesn’t apply to the bus stop outside my front door, which has a steady stream of services around … Continue reading →

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Surrey Medieval is three, won’t you come and celebrate in Leeds with me?

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Robert J S Briggs

WordPress in its infinite loveliness has just bid me a Happy Anniversary, which I think is its way of telling me that it was exactly three years ago that I finally got my digit moving and created Surrey Medieval (unless signing up for this … Continue reading →

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Marching forward into April

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Robert J S Briggs

Looking back at recent posts, it seems to have become standard procedure for me to kick things off with a whinge or at least on a negative tone. Not today. The past few weeks have been some of the most rewarding and exciting … Continue reading →

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