SeaxEducation

Lost Lives: The People of Early Medieval England

Seaxeducation began as a chance to share my PhD research with the world, and the amusing early medieval nicknames that I had found.

Sep 4 • 

Tristan Alphey

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August 2025

Bothelm's Broken Bones - The Healing Powers of Holy Moss

An injured monk seeks divine healing, and finds it in the mossy relic of a historic battle.

Aug 30 • 

Tristan Alphey

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The Hunt for Hereward - Writing History in Twelfth-Century England

In a world of mist and water, a monk sets out to write the history of an English rebel

Aug 21 • 

Tristan Alphey

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The Foresight of Saint Ælfheah - seeing the future in early medieval England

What's in your future? Mostly sex, as it turns out

Aug 8 • 

Tristan Alphey

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July 2025

Looking Up: The Faces of Oxford

Taking the time to pause, and look up

Jul 5 • 

Tristan Alphey

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October 2023

'Gather his worms to your bosom': the 1094 letter of Anselm to Gunhilda

In the hunt for early medieval nicknames throughout my PhD research, I’m forced to leaf through a number of sources that I’m less familiar with. I’ve…

Oct 2, 2023 • 

Tristan Alphey

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July 2023

A History of English Placenames and Where They Came From (John Moss): A Review.

This review originally appeared in the Open Access journal Names, available online here. If you would like your own copy of John Moss’ A History of…

Jul 26, 2023 • 

Tristan Alphey

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Textiles Before the Norman Conquest

A super short introduction to the use of textiles pre-Conquest England, as a method of expressing power and status. Enjoy!

Jul 25, 2023 • 

Tristan Alphey

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May 2023

'The Sardine' and 'Wolf's Arse': Animal Nicknames in Early Medieval England

Any study of medieval nicknames is a complex act of interpretation; what did these nicknames ‘mean’?

May 26, 2023 • 

Tristan Alphey

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April 2023

Eyes on the Ball(s): Testicle Nicknames in Early Medieval England

We return this week to the endlessly amusing, and often entirely incomprehensible, nicknames of early medieval England

Apr 23, 2023 • 

Tristan Alphey

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Great British Family Names and Their History (John Moss): A Review

This review originally appeared in the Open Access journal Names, available online here. If you would like your own copy of John Moss’ Great British…

Apr 19, 2023 • 

Tristan Alphey

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March 2023

Hewald 'the White' and Hewald 'the Black': seventh century missionaries and martyrs

In the hunt for pre-Conquest nicknames, it’s easy to be drawn in by the amusing and extreme examples: the Alfred ‘Toad Testicles’ of the world.

Mar 28, 2023 • 

Tristan Alphey

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