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Looking Up: The Faces of Oxford
Taking the time to pause, and look up
Jul 5
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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
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Tristan Alphey
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'Gather his worms to your bosom': the 1094 letter of Anselm to Gunhilda
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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
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Tristan Alphey
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A History of English Placenames and Where They Came From (John Moss): A Review.
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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
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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
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Tristan Alphey
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'The Sardine' and 'Wolf's Arse': Animal Nicknames in Early Medieval England
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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
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Tristan Alphey
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Eyes on the Ball(s): Testicle Nicknames in Early Medieval England
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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
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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
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Tristan Alphey
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Hewald 'the White' and Hewald 'the Black': seventh century missionaries and martyrs
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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.
Feb 16, 2023
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Tristan Alphey
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‘Toad Testicles’, ‘Foul-Beard’ and ‘Broad-Arse’: Nicknames Before the Norman Conquest
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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, 2023
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Tristan Alphey
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Westfield Farm – a High-status ‘Anglo-Saxon’ Female Burial
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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, 2023
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Tristan Alphey
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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, 2023
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Tristan Alphey
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