Rebecca Tyson

Frankish rivers styled as a tube-map.

This morning's lecture on the vikings in Francia was enhanced by this graphic of Frankish rivers, taken from @ccooijmans.bsky.social's admirable book.

You’ve done it, folks! We’ve officially ‼️SOLD OUT‼️ All 240 tickets have been claimed. But don’t worry: we’re operating a waiting list in case of cancellations. Thanks to all who signed up. With the Arts & Humanities under constant siege, it’s great to see such interest and enthusiasm! 🙏

Back in October I went along to my local library and needle-felted a poppy for the Gwent BioTapestry project. Both the panel with my poppy and the entire 70m-long BioTapestry are now complete and went on show at The Riverfront in Newport recently. What a lovely thing to have been a small part of 🌺

"An interdisciplinary outlook is not a bar to building an academic career; instead, it should be seen as a core attribute of the modern researcher: collegial, thriving in networks, intellectually audacious, and passionate about big ideas that might change how we think about the world." #research

With 200+ tickets claimed for my public lecture on the Bayeux Tapestry on 30 April, there are only a few spaces left! Get your free ticket here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/public-lec.... When they’re gone, they’re gone!

Congratulations!

That would be an excellent thing.

There will be a memorial service for Prof. Stephen Baxter @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social on Saturday 13 June, 2.30pm in St Peter's College chapel. www.spc.ox.ac.uk/events/memor...

Good news in the British Museum polling re. the Bayeux Tapestry visit: 71% of parents want their children to learn more about the story of 1066 and 76% of responses agreed '1066 is an important part of British history and people should learn more about it'.
Fund the Arts and Humanities!
#Medievalsky

The first 💯 tickets went in just three days! 🤗 Get yours while you can, folks!

And remember: attendance is free, there’ll be a reception afterwards, and everyone‘s welcome!

Yes it is (I speak from experience) 😂
Good luck with the new direction. I look forward to seeing where it takes you!

No, you are definitely not bad at this. There is so much out there no one could possibly read/know everything. You are developing as a scholar, it is as it should be. You have got this!

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Trying to close your conference luggage with your medieval genealogy roll in it like

Yes, that’s the plan. As far as I can tell the hole is currently set up for a wall/ceiling fitting, but the images like that one have a more conical fitting and the harp bases themselves have tiny finials so I think there must be something I need to fill the gap. I’m hoping someone knows what I mean

Isn’t it. I have things to do but I just want to stare at it 🥰

I’ve just had the charity shop find of my life: an Interiors 1900 stained glass shade, £7 😍 This may be a long shot, but does anyone seeing this know what kind of finial(?) I need to cover the hole so I can use it as a table lamp? I think the base I need is a ‘harp base’? Advice greatly appreciated!

Medieval Welsh Law and the Mid-Victorian Foreshore In 1862 a text of medieval Welsh law, attributed to the tenth-century king Hywel Dda (Hywel the Good), was cited as part of the defence in a case, Attorney General v Jones, concerning disputed fore...

Reading this made me think of Huw Pryce and Gwilym Owen’s article on the citing of medieval Welsh law during disputes over the Anglesey foreshore in the nineteenth century www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Sign up to come and hear @benpohl.bsky.social's public lecture on his tasty new research on the Bayeux Tapestry washed down with a free drinks reception! #MedievalSky

Stephen Baxter the scholar: an appreciation (1969-2026)

Stephen Baxter the Scholar: an Appreciation by Julia Smith
www.history.ox.ac.uk/stephen-baxt...
There's also a lot of moving tributes to him on the St Peter's webpage: www.spc.ox.ac.uk/news/in-memo...

I’ve been thinking about this re. the sailing I’ve done for my PhD research. My background is envi science and archaeology though, so the foundation upon which I conducted the historical research was an appreciation of how the land/seascapes, and therefore the considerations involved, have changed.

Is Walking Research? A Methodological Ramble Mark HailwoodI needed to try something to get me writing again. Blessed with a period of research leave to resume work on my book – Everyday Life in the Seventeenth Century English Village &#…

“Does being in a landscape automatically imbue us with a greater understanding of it?
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We all find our own way, and notice different things as we go.”

@markhailwood.bsky.social

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I’ve caught up on #DrawingDiggingforBritain with my final drawing of a Roman sword chape. Thank you @richardosgood.bsky.social for facilitating this annual creative outlet again. I plan to keep my pens and paints out now rather than put them away for another 12 months.

I love your collage, it’s great. I didn’t realise the last episode was on tonight, so I’ll have to catch up tomorrow evening!

Hi Sam, thank you for getting back in touch. I would definitely be interested in writing something for your blog. I’ll send you an email tomorrow.

Skull of a young man (17-24 years old) from a mass grave dating to the ninth century. The individual had survived an earlier trepanation and was around 1.9m tall #DrawingDiggingforBritain

Thank you for sharing your walks over the last few months. I’ve really enjoyed your posts. Best of luck with the book project.

Absolutely, on both counts!
There is nothing at all wrong with being nerds, especially concerning nice books 😁

I love a @logastonpress.bsky.social delivery day, especially now my thesis is handed in and I can read for pleasure again. Logaston Press books are so beautifully illustrated, it feels like a treat!

Good to see St John favours the classic consoles NES/SNES.

I hope you had a lovely birthday.