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Hilbert Vinkenoog (History with) @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Marksman from South Africa's Frontier War c. 1800. Sublime drip.

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Alex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

NEW BOOK ALERT 🗣️🗣️🗣️🚨📢🎺 Releasing on the 15th of November this year, I am very happy to reveal the cover for something slightly different: a colouring book all about Norse mythology THE VIKING WORLD: A COLOURING BOOK, to be published via Amberley Publishing for £15.99 (or £14.39 via the below link)

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Hilbert Vinkenoog (History with) @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Iceland rejects deeper ties with Europe, and Norway crowns a king called Hákon… I think they could be in trouble.

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Ricky Broome @karanthir.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Really great interview with @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social on the Nordic Mythology Podcast talking all things early medieval Frisia and Radbod youtu.be/YIJkSU26HZs?...

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Is Frisia "The Forgotten Pagan Kingdom?" (ft. Hilbert Vinkenoog) | Nordic Mythology Podcast

YouTube video by Nordic Mythology Podcast

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Hwæt! @hwaet.info · 22/08/2026

"Harkje nei myn ferhaal!" (Listen to my story!) Beowulf: in proaza-oersetting út it Aldingelsk, 1984 Jelle Krol and Popke van der Zee 🇲🇽

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Hilbert Vinkenoog (History with) @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Wêrom ferdwynt it ferskaat oan talen sa rap, en wat kinne we dêr jit oan dwaan? Dat binne de kearnfragen fan dit boek. Why is our language diversity disappearing rapidly, and what can we still do to stop it? These are the central questions addressed in this book.

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Hilbert Vinkenoog (History with) @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Two of the earliest translations into Frisian of Old Norse literature. Most recently supplemented by Willem Schoorstra’s translation of the Poetic Edda.

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Hilbert Vinkenoog (History with) @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

From We Pretend It’s Bronze Age Collapse Internet on Facebook.

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Hilbert Vinkenoog (History with) @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

According to local legend, Sumba (🇫🇴) was the home of a Frisian settlement that lasted until the Black Death killed all but two of them in 1350.

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Hilbert Vinkenoog (History with) @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

“Is kaffið masculine, feminine or neuter in Faroese?” I asked the shopkeeper. “No sex” he replied. Should’ve got a tea.

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Tresoar @tresoar.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

What’s the connection between Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey (2026), Fryslân and Tresoar?

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Hilbert Vinkenoog (History with) @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Just wanted to draw attention to this excellent call for papers. Any Frisian researchers around keen to give a southern North Sea spin on this? @jessiesummerhayes.bsky.social gave us express permission to include Frisia in the scope of the panel 🙌

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Hilbert Vinkenoog (History with) @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

What a pleasure to speak about early medieval Frisian studies alongside @alexharvv.bsky.social @jamez1308.bsky.social @karanthir.bsky.social at the IMC this last week! Thank you to everyone who made it possible, attended, asked questions, provided comments and responded afterwards.

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Simon Coupland @scoupland.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

For #FindsFriday Scandinavian imitations of Frankish deniers, found at Castricum in Noord-Holland, for a chapter in a book ed. by @ccooijmans.bsky.social. One copies a coin of Louis the Pious, one Lothar I: we know #vikings were settled in this area. Find report at www.academia.edu/43960277/2020

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Alex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

THE AGE OF THE FRISIANS HAS COME

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Monk Fryston, North Yorkshire. Fristun c.1030, Munechesfryston 1166. ‘Farmstead of the Frisians’. Old English Frīsa + tūn. Affix from Old English munuc ‘monk’ referring to possession by Selby Abbey in the 11thC. Source: Oxford Dictionary of British #PlaceNames. 📸Mel Towler #medievalsky

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Hilbert Vinkenoog (History with) @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Last week @celticist.bsky.social gave an absolute tour de force on Northumbrian stone sculpture at the lovely Church of St Hilda in Hartlepool. Great to see some faces from Lindisfarne there as well. The old Bernician connections are yet strong!

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Hilbert Vinkenoog (History with) @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Always a pleasure to catch up with Alex Harvey, especially to deviously plan out the next steps in bringing you a potted sweep across the world of the North Sea Age!

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Hilbert Vinkenoog (History with) @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Honoured to be featured as the up-to-date tech-savvy researcher dragging Luddite boomer @alexharvv.bsky.social into the twenty first century.

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Hilbert Vinkenoog (History with) @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

So I don't know if you've ever looked at a map of Burghead before... Interesting promontory. Picturesque.

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Alex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Looking forward to 2026 (and 2027 and 2028) with several projects on the go my next big non-fiction is mine and @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social's Dawn of the Vikings: A History of the North Sea Age, looming distantly on the horizon, published by @penandswordbooks.bsky.social

A screenshot showcasing two books; Little Kingdoms: An A-Z of Early Medieval Britain (with a front cover design), and Dawn of the Vikings (with no front cover design)

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Hilbert Vinkenoog (History with) @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Signed up to the library in my hometown which I haven’t been to since leaving school. “Welcome back”, said the librarian.

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Kit @ascolotl.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is, in fact, a tortology

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Alex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Delighted to be returning to the @imc-leeds.bsky.social in 2026 - quite a busy one this year, too! I'll be joined by my good friends @karanthir.bsky.social and @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social across 2 panels dedicated to the Early Medieval Frisians, perhaps a first for the IMC!

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Hilbert Vinkenoog (History with) @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

New research suggests young parents more likely to speak Frisian with their children than in previous generations 🔥🔥🔥

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Alex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Lesson 2: Little Kingdoms, on Wednesday!

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Hilbert Vinkenoog (History with) @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

It was a pleasure to present at the Australian Early Medieval Conference hosted by @jaema.bsky.social on the subject of Vikings in Old Frisian texts yesterday. I presented via Zoom, but at least there was one individual who heard it live… #Vikings #Medieval #Frisia

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Trix @trixranderson.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Carrying on our theme of weaponry-related artefacts, we're going to look at these two Carolingian sword-belt mounts for our Viking Camps #FindsFriday today. People have been known to duck and run for cover when I start talking about strap fittings... so I promise I'll contain my enthusiasm! /1

A photograph showing the front face of find TDB 580, a gilded silver Carolingian-stype sword-strap mount from the site of the Viking Great Army camp at Torksey, Lincolnshire.

A photograph showing the front face of find TDB 1633, a gilded and silver-plated Carolingian-stype sword-strap mount made of copper alloy. This was also recovered from the site of the Viking Great Army camp at Torksey, Lincolnshire.

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Ricky Broome @karanthir.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

I'm very excited to be working with @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social on the reception of Radbod in metal music. Stay tuned for more coming to the blog soon!

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Alex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Happy to say that @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social and I have just submitted two smashing Frisian-focused panels to #IMC2026 @imc-leeds.bsky.social - fingers crossed! If we make it, I expect you ALL to be there in 2026!

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Hilbert Vinkenoog (History with) @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Could Cornwall join Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England as nations of the UK? Dydh dha warn meur ras! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rha1...

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Will Cornwall be the Next Nation of the United Kingdom?

YouTube video by History With Hilbert

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Hilbert Vinkenoog (History with) @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Mûske is as intrigued to learn about the identity of the Early Medieval Warni as I am.

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Hilbert Vinkenoog (History with) @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

A view of Amsterdam, by Jacob van Ruisdael painted between 1665-1670.

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

The Festival of Archaeology is *free* to attend. Come one, come all! What better way to spend a weekend than out in the Northumbrian landscape, immersed in top-notch archaeology?!

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Hilbert Vinkenoog (History with) @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

VERY excited to announce together with @alexharvv.bsky.social that we’ve written/are writing a book on the Age of the North Sea - the edges of the Mare Frisicum on the build up to the Viking Age! youtube.com/watch?v=F_eQ...

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I've written a book. Well, we've written a book.

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 21/07/2025

Never change professor Cunk, never change ;)

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Hilbert Vinkenoog (History with) @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Krêftstêf - POWER-STAFF - should absolutely be the Frisian translation of power bank.

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Simon Coupland @scoupland.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

For #FindsFriday the unique and remarkable Khazar coin inscribed "Moses is God's messenger", from the huge Spillings hoard found on Gotland in 1999. The coin (dated c. 837) is the only physical proof that Khazars converted to Judaism. From the Gotlands Museum book "The Spillings Hoard"

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Hilbert Vinkenoog (History with) @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Biology textbook? No, an Old Frisian manuscript.

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Hilbert Vinkenoog (History with) @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Fan ús moaie Dokkum oant ús moaie Snits... Fryslân. Wat in plak. Wat in minsken.

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