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Rory Naismith

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Early medievalist, etc., at the University of Cambridge.

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Job alert for ECRs working in English, Music, Theology or Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic: stipendiary early-career research fellowship at Corpus Christi College (Cambridge). Deadline 8 Jan 2025. corpus.cam.ac.uk/about/opportun…


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For #FindsFriday a few of the coins from the fabulous Bjerndrup hoard from Jutland (2018), which contained Carolingian coins from Italy, France and Lotharingia, as well as Anglo-Saxon, Arabic and early Danish issues. And in such amazing condition! #Vikings

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Æthelred II, king of the English, convinced of a plot to assassinate him, ordered the deaths of all Danish men within his realm #OTD in 1002. What followed became known as the St Brice’s Day massacre.

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An announcement for the early medieval scholars who are still left here: Early Medieval Europe is advertising its second BSR Fellowship aimed at early career researchers whose work would benefit from spending one month in Rome. More info at bsr.ac.uk/second-bsr-ear…


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For all my dog-loving followers: A stunning #Greek rhyton (drinking cup) in the shape of a #dog's head. Dating ca. 475 BC. Life without #dogs is possible, but pointless! 📷 Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia #archaeology

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We at the London Palaeography Seminar have a special treat for you on Tuesday 12th Nov at 5:30pm - Tessa Webber speaking on 'Punctuation and the aural dimension of Latin texts in the Middle Ages'. In person in Senate House and hybrid: do sign up: ies.sas.ac.uk/events/punctua…

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New article: @ColinVeach on 'From Kingdom to Colony: Framing the English Conquest of Ireland'. academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-ar…


Very pleased to be part of this excellent volume, now out in Open Access with @degruyter_brill! Many thanks to @KristinBAa, Line and all the others who made it such an enjoyable project to be part of. degruyter.com/document/doi/1…


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Paul Fouracre's @guardian obituary of Jinty Nelson celebrates a historian who "managed to combine impeccable scholarship with a high degree of empathy towards figures past and present." bit.ly/3NWnZOW #twitterstorians 1/2


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We'd like to invite submissions to the Gordon Forster Essay Prize. It is open to postgraduate students and ECRs. The winner will receive £200 and their essay will be considered for publication in the journal. Deadline: 1 March 2025. Please repost! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…


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An amazing finger ring from Nijmegen: a #Roman rock crystal ring bearing the portrait of a woman, the elaborate hairstyle was popular in the early 2nd century AD. On display at Museum Het Valkhof 📷 me #RomanArchaeology

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A terrific Brixworth lecture tonight by @Rory_Naismith on Offa of Mercia @BrixworthChurch

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Frankish container made of ivory c800 AD. Quite possibly made of one of the tusks of Abu’s Abbas, the elephant sent by Harun Al-Rashid, Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad to as a gift to Emperor Charlemagne

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Many congratulations to @Rory_Naismith for winning this year’s North Book Prize from @BritNumSoc for his book Making Money in the Early Middle Ages, published by @PrincetonUPress

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New discovery: Around forty amphorae dating 1st century BC/1 century AD were discovered in their original cargo placement within the marine region of the Vendicari Natural Park, Sicily regione.sicilia.it/la-regione-inf…


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The seal of Empress Matilda, enclosed in its own beautiful silk seal bag. You can see it in person in our Medieval Women exhibition! blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

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Excellent new article in Britannia on a vast corpus of Roman coin finds from Britain: cambridge.org/core/journals/…


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#Ruinoftheday : le panorama du Colisée vers 1850 (photographie de John Shaw Smith). L’arc de Constantin et la Meta Sudans semblent bien seuls.

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Today is the 609th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt. Don't forget.


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'Jinty Nelson - a memoir', by Pauline Stafford bit.ly/4e0Z6fu Following news last week of the death of Jinty Nelson, we are very grateful to Professor Stafford for contributing this memoir of Jinty as a friend, colleague and President @RoyalHistSoc #twitterstorians

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