Rachel Singer
@rachelbsinger.bsky.social
Environmental historian of post-Roman Britain and Merovingian Gaul.
PhD Candidate at Georgetown University researching plague, climate, rebel nuns, and disaster.
Philly sports fan and weird rescue animal enthusiast by night.
rachelbsinger.com
PhD Candidate at Georgetown University researching plague, climate, rebel nuns, and disaster.
Philly sports fan and weird rescue animal enthusiast by night.
rachelbsinger.com
Thanks! They were handing them out for free at the tailgate!
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Thanks! They were handing them out for free at the tailgate!
It’s the flattest place I’ve ever been - here I am at Edix “Hill” in 2022 feeling betrayed by the name! The book I’m holding is the excavation report, because I could not believe that what I was looking at was the “hill” in question without triple-checking the map.
October 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It’s the flattest place I’ve ever been - here I am at Edix “Hill” in 2022 feeling betrayed by the name! The book I’m holding is the excavation report, because I could not believe that what I was looking at was the “hill” in question without triple-checking the map.
Oh, thank you! That’s very kind!
October 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Oh, thank you! That’s very kind!
Thanks, James!
FWIW, I’m the first to admit I was probably wrong about the date, lol :)
FWIW, I’m the first to admit I was probably wrong about the date, lol :)
October 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Thanks, James!
FWIW, I’m the first to admit I was probably wrong about the date, lol :)
FWIW, I’m the first to admit I was probably wrong about the date, lol :)
Can’t wait to read it!
May 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Can’t wait to read it!
lol, does it still count as East Coast bias if there’s only a 12-hour difference?
April 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
lol, does it still count as East Coast bias if there’s only a 12-hour difference?
NB: we’ve updated this piece since the preprint went up in 2023, so consider giving it another look even if you’ve already read that!
March 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
NB: we’ve updated this piece since the preprint went up in 2023, so consider giving it another look even if you’ve already read that!
Hooray, congrats!!
March 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Hooray, congrats!!
Hopefully not all of this is too early for you! It may also be worth a look in the Cambridge Urban History of Britain for a survey of the field in 2000. And Simon Keynes has a good bibliography for pre-Norman English history that you could check (I’m pretty sure it has a section on urbanism).
March 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Hopefully not all of this is too early for you! It may also be worth a look in the Cambridge Urban History of Britain for a survey of the field in 2000. And Simon Keynes has a good bibliography for pre-Norman English history that you could check (I’m pretty sure it has a section on urbanism).
And finally, Simon Losby has a book chapter on “Power and Towns in Late Roman Britain and Early Anglo-Saxon England” that’s worth a look.
March 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
And finally, Simon Losby has a book chapter on “Power and Towns in Late Roman Britain and Early Anglo-Saxon England” that’s worth a look.