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Not in my name or theirs: in defence and celebration of the diversity of what I study
In my previous post, I attempted to underline that medieval studies nowadays finds itself in a position of having an unusually high level of political relevance. Not through any moves obviously engineered by academic medievalists, rather through the rise in Europe and the US … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo-Saxon, Annals, Archaeology, Bede, Charters, Coins, Dating, History, Language, Latin, Literature, Old English, PhD, Place-Names, Politics, Twitter
Tagged Anglo-Saxon, Archaeology, History, ingas not Incas, Linguistics, Literature, medieval, Old English, Onomastics, PhD, place-names, WPLongform
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On trying to be a better medievalist (and make the world a better place)
I spent a large chunk of the first few weeks of the new year away from this blog working on a funding application for my PhD research. Consequently, of late, I have spent a lot of time thinking about what I study, … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo-Saxon, Annals, Archaeology, History, internet, Language, Literature, News, Old English, PhD, Place-Names, Politics, Publishing, Soapbox, Twitter
Tagged Anthropology, Antifa, Archaeology, History, Language, Linguistics, Old English, Onomastics, PhD, place-names, WPLongform
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Off the Record — 20th October — UCL Institute of Archaeology — yours truly!
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
Posted in Archaeology, London, PhD, Place-Names, Talk
Tagged Anglo-Saxon, Archaeology, Off The Record, Old English, University College London
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New work! Testing Transhumance
A brief post as I’ve gone on about transhumance and pigs more than enough already in the past couple of years. My co-authored article (with the late Dennis Turner) was published a few weeks ago in the new volume of … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo-Saxon, Charters, News, Pigs, Publishing, Sussex
Tagged Anglo-Saxon, History, Landscape, Landscape Archaeology, medieval, Old English, Pigs, Surrey, Sussex
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The Fields of Puttenhamia: Some thoughts on the place of Roman landscape features in the early medieval period and beyond
This is me returning to the theme of early fields and field systems initiated by a long (and gratifyingly popular) post from back in the Spring. Identifying the physical remains of field systems in the northern half of Puttenham Common may … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Anglo-Saxon, Archaeology, Books, Dating, Field-names, Landscape, Old English, Pottery, Puttenham, Topography
Tagged agriculture, Anglo-Saxon, Archaeology, Field Systems, Landscape, Landscape Archaeology, medieval, Old English, Puttenham, Roman, Surrey, The Fields of Britannia, WPLongform
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Pannage and the Disco: Reflections on Leeds International Medieval Congress 2016
It’s little over a week since I returned from Leeds and this year’s International Medieval Congress. Previously when I’ve been to big conferences I’ve prevaricated about writing up my experiences and observations as, well, it requires quite a lot of time … Continue reading
Posted in Being organised, Conference, Leeds, Pigs
Tagged Anglo-Saxon, Archaeology, Conference, History, IMC2016, International Medieval Congress, Landscape, Leeds, medieval, Medieval Studies, Old English, Pigs, WPLongform
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