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University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · 02/10/2026

In the early Middle Ages, the Anglo-Saxons developed a “Little England” in Rome. New research from @rorynaismith.bsky.social @francescatinti.bsky.social @department-asnc.bsky.social suggests that early English expats avoided ‘travel money’ hassle thanks to the Pope. More: bit.ly/4hrFfKc

The image features a street scene in Rome. Superimposed is an inset of an historic illustration, depicting a seated figure in medieval attire reading a book. The text reads: "New Cambridge research: Anglo-Saxon expats received special treatment from the Pope in Rome's 'Little England.'"

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tealby: high on the Lincolnshire Wolds - wide views & tingling numinosity. I spent a few days there in late August & knew it was special. What I didn't know then was there's reason to think this was the base for a late Roman cavalry unit, the Equites Taifali, which seems far-fetched until ... 👇

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Kate Franklin @melucene.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

a little gasp at the Sasanian (?) silk lining the back board of the Fulda Gospel-- Universitat Wurzeburg M.p.th.f.66

the end board of a medieval manuscript, lined in bright yellow silk, with a woven pattern of two facing doves

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Francesca Tinti @francescatinti.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

At long last, my article on Languages, Identities and Communication in the Age of Bede has come out in the EHR. And it is open access! academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

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Languages, Identities and Communication in the Age of Bede*

Abstract. This article seeks to address the underexplored role of language as a marker of identity in the early medieval period by focusing on England in t

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Congratulations Helena, Mark and the Feedsax team @blmedieval.bsky.social!

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

it's not the expansions that bothers me, it's the fact that "riding" means "third"

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Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Interested in medieval landscapes, archaeology and society, & art and architecture? The Undergraduate Certificate in the Study of Medieval England is a completely online, 1st-year undergrad-level course open to all here at Cambridge University‘s PACE :-) www.pace.cam.ac.uk/courses/unde...

Images from the Bayeaux Tapestry showing William of Normandy, Harold Godwinson and Edward the Confessor

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Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

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History Today @historytoday.com · 05/03/2026

How likely is it that Alfred the Great sent two emissaries to India in the ninth century? 🔓 Caitlin Green’s new History Matters is free for 7 days www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...

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Alfred the Great’s Indian Embassy

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Andy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

"...the thing is, photographs are historical evidence and once you start messing with that (using #AI) and falsifying that, you are falsifying historical evidence. "That's the problem." Dr Gilly Carr of Cambridge University on the scurge of #AI fake images of the Channel Islands Occupation.

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Historian calls for AI content of Occupation to be labelled

Dr Gilly Carr says it must be clear so people know what is fake and what is historical evidence.

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Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

'Alfred the Great’s Indian Embassy: How likely is it that Alfred the Great sent two emissaries to India in the ninth century?' - an article by me in History Today: www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...

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Alfred the Great’s Indian Embassy

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

It’s on Google, even though it is making search worse. It’s on WhatsApp, even though I absolutely do not want “homework help” or “relationship advice” from my messaging app. In the year of our lord 2026, it is everywhere. And it *doesn’t work*.

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So why do I feel so angry about this whole AI thing?

Some notes on the bullshit maximiser.

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 26/01/2026

just had a chance to read this and it's really interesting and its argument compelling. more evidence of a quite permeable medieval world, where people could and did travel well beyond Europe. it was difficult but could - and was! - done. #medievalsky

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Two people have suggested that Britain might have claim to Greenland*. One is the last Danish minister for Greenland. The other is the Elizabethan polymath, Dr John Dee. (Britain definitely DOESN'T have a claim to Greenland but the reasons people have said it might are interesting, okay)

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Shitpost totalitarianism

This week: no, Britain never had a claim to Greenland; and an extremely irritating map. But first: why Donald Trump is like a global toothache.

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Pauline Stafford @pstafford.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Fascinating and compelling argument from @caitlinrgreen.bsky.social on King Alfred's embassy to India.

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

The @oxembi.bsky.social is hosting a special lecture, Long Distance Travel from Early Medieval Britain by Prof @francescatinti.bsky.social & a workshop on Global Britain with Jörg Drauschke, Maria Duggan, @caitlinrgreen.bsky.social, @jk-viking.bsky.social & others. 14 & 15 October. All welcome.

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