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‘Toad Testicles’, ‘Foul-Beard’ and ‘Broad-Arse’: Nicknames Before the Norman ConquestThis article appears in the March edition of HistoryToday, a public history magazine available here https://www.historytoday.com/shop/buy-current-issue. It is shared here in line with their policy of allowing authors to post their articles on their private websites.
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Westfield Farm – a High-status ‘Anglo-Saxon’ Female BurialWe hear an awful lot about the large-scale male ‘Princely’ burial of the early seventh century; Sutton Hoo, Snape, and Prittlewell dominate the narrative on richly furnished burials. These are wonderful and historically significant sites, and have important things to say about…
Feb 8
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'Toad Testicles' and 'Boar-Biter': The Nicknames of Winchester, c.1110.A colourful and shocking set of nicknames in early medieval Winchester leave historians as confused as they are amused; what might they have meant?
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Thegnly buildings before the Norman ConquestHow was the built environment used to express power and status?
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