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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
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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
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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’? Are they literal or are they metaphorical? Do they…
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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 We’ve seen previously how many…
Apr 23
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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…
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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. But if…
Mar 28
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February 2023
‘Toad Testicles’, ‘Foul-Beard’ and ‘Broad-Arse’: Nicknames Before the Norman Conquest
This article appears in the March edition of HistoryToday, a public history magazine available here https://www.historytoday.com/shop/buy-current-issue…
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Westfield Farm – a High-status ‘Anglo-Saxon’ Female Burial
We hear an awful lot about the large-scale male ‘Princely’ burial of the early seventh century; Sutton Hoo, Snape, and Prittlewell dominate the…
Feb 8
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January 2023
Thegnly buildings before the Norman Conquest
How was the built environment used to express power and status?
Jan 22
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Food as Status before the Norman Conquest
A (mercifully) short post today, looking at the remarkably consistent use of food to express power by the elite before the Norman Conquest.
Jan 14
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Viking Trade Weights - Danelaw Economics and Power
Explaining Viking Trade Weights 'Viking-Age’ trade weights are a widely attested phenomena in Scandinavia, but equally so in England. Manufactured in a…
Jan 8
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Nicknames in the Viking settlement of Iceland
I’ve recently rediscovered a recording of the first ever conference paper I gave, almost two years ago. It focused on the question of nicknames in the…
Jan 2
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