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

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Rory Naismith, FRHistS is a British academic, medieval numismatist and historian of Anglo-Saxon England, specialising in economic and monetary history. He is Professor of Early Medieval English History and Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. .. more

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 8d
Oh wow, major work of interest to #MedievalSky #GlobalMiddleAges #EnvironmentalHistory. A new special issue devoted to "Environmental Challenges in Premodern Eurasian and Mediterranean Narratives": journals.uio.no/JAIS/article.... Kudos to the editors for bringing this work so quickly into print!
The titlepage for a special issue of the Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies. The title of the collection is "Environmental Challenges in Premodern Eurasian and Medi-terranean Narratives." Cover image: Illuminated Manuscript, Book of kings (Shāhnāma), Rustam kills a dragon (the third feat), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.602, fol. 76b,by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts.

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Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 8d
BBC News - Solid silver Saxon cross found in Leeds field goes on show - BBC News
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Solid silver Saxon cross found in Leeds field goes on show
The gilded cross can be seen at Leeds City Museum following its discovery in the city last year.
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Rory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · 11d
Very exciting news for those interested in early medieval England: a hugely important new volume on crops and food supply (by Helena Hamerow, Mark McKerracher & the FeedSax team) is now available Open Access academic.oup.com/book/61548?l...
Feeding Medieval England: A Long ‘Agricultural Revolution’, 700–1300
Abstract. As in the rest of Europe, the population of medieval England grew steeply, especially between the tenth and thirteenth centuries. This volume inv
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DoSSE Project @dosse-project.bsky.social · 12d
"IT IS AGREED AND MOST EVIDENT THAT ALL MASTERS ARE EVIL..."

So begins the speech of the slave character Pantomalus in the Querolus, the only extant late antique comedy.

It will feature in a slavery sourcebook that we are working on.

Read more in our newest blog post: tinyurl.com/zrmc4a6s

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Simon Coupland @scoupland.bsky.social · 13d
For a limited time only - a digital offprint of our interdisciplinary article rewriting the early history of Bruges and the coast of Flanders, and proposing it and Boulogne as mints of Charlemagne.
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A new mint for Charlemagne (768-†814) ? An investigation into the earliest history of Bruges
Suggestions for you
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 14d
New 📖 & stocking filler 🎁 from the FeedSax project team - Feeding Medieval England: A Long ‘Agricultural Revolution’, 700–1300

Congratulations to the FeedSax team!

You can get it in print from Nov 21st.

@archanchistleic.bsky.social academic.oup.com/book/61548?l...
Feeding Medieval England: A Long ‘Agricultural Revolution’, 700–1300
Abstract. As in the rest of Europe, the population of medieval England grew steeply, especially between the tenth and thirteenth centuries. This volume inv
academic.oup.com

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Simon Coupland @scoupland.bsky.social · 14d
The first find of Viking age dirhams on the Danish island of Falster - in 🇩🇰
www.tv2east.dk/guldborgsund...
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Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social · 19d
Chris Wickham's 'Framing the early Middle Ages, Europe and the Mediterranean, 400-800' (2005) is widely seen as a milestone in early medieval studies.

New research published by Robert Portass, Peter Sarris and Caroline Goodson (@cjg70.bsky.social) now offers a critical response to Wickham’s ideas ⬇️
Vol. 43 Núm. 2 (2025): El modo de producción campesino: un replanteamiento de la sociedad rural de la Europa altomedieval | Studia Historica. Historia Medieval
Con la colaboración de la Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología | Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades.
revistas.usal.es

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Rory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · 21d
Now available Open Access! academic.oup.com/past/advance...

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Rory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · 26d
Many congratulations! I've enjoyed reading it tremendously, and it will be making its way onto at least a couple of reading lists.

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 26d
Hurrah! My new book, Europe in the Eleventh Century: Beyond Revolution and Reform is officially published today by Oxford University Press. 1/5 global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 26d
Thomas Keyes demonstrating how manuscripts like the Book of Kells and Lindisfarne Gospels were made. Videos from a Lottery funded project based at the Tarbat Discovery Centre. Thanks to @victoriawhitworth.bsky.social for the link www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSJd...
Stories on Skins: Calligraphy
YouTube video by Tarbat Discovery Centre
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Rory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · Oct 7
Many congratulations @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social on this superb new book - I look forward very much to reading it!