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Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Support our project in Essex on 26 September by joining VCH Essex for an exciting in-person afternoon event exploring research about the Essex landscape and its history (£). Including talks from Prof. Steve Rippon, Ken Crowe, Emma Cannell and Ken Worpole - along with copious supplies of cake. 🗃️

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Exploring Essex History: Essex Landscape

The annual VCH Essex conference

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Oswald's Raven @oswaldsraven.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This German version of our animation was commissioned as part of the development of some free resources to support the teaching German at KS3. 🇩🇪If you have any German teachers in your networks, please do share with them🇩🇪 oswaldusrex.co.uk/german-resou...

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Resources for KS3 learners of German

Oswald and the Raven / Oswald und der Rabe These resources were designed by academics from King’s College London and University College London in collaboration with teachers and pupils from schools…

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Resources for KS3 learners of German

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Oswald's Raven @oswaldsraven.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

For fans of crazy German-language stories about Oswald of Northumbria, we're pleased to share the new German version of our animation: König Oswalds Rabe 👑 🐦‍⬛💍 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddMt...

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König Oswalds Rabe (King Oswald's Raven, German Version)

YouTube video by Oswald of Northumbria

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Oswald's Raven @oswaldsraven.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Exciting update to our map 🗺️: 14 Oswald churches in 5 new countries. Amazing that a C7th Northumbrian king has found his way to Australia🇦🇺, New Zealand🇳🇿, South Africa🇿🇦, Canada🇨🇦 & Pakistan🇵🇰! Thanks to Stephan Oswald for submitting these churches through our website. 👉 oswaldusrex.co.uk/map/

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Call for Papers for @ihr.bsky.social History of Liturgy Study Day in Cambridge on Saturday 25 April 2026. **New Directions in the History of Liturgy II**

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Oswald's Raven @oswaldsraven.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

It has been really enjoyable and thought provoking collaborating with creative practitioners as part of our project and this event last week was so much fun! 🎵🎶🎵

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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

👑 Why is Oswald of Northumbria – a medieval English king and saint – so popular in the German-speaking world? A new set of songs based on research by @oswaldsraven.bsky.social tell us how he transcended cultures and languages through ever-evolving stories ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=crtv...

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The life of St Oswald

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Oswald's Raven @oswaldsraven.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

🎶🎵There are a few tickets left for our event on Thursday - all welcome! 🎵 🎶

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Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

On 6 January, our friends the VCH Essex Trust hosted our Director @cathamclarke.bsky.social to talk on the theme of "Maldon, Saxons, Vikings” primarily focussed on the poem in her book with an Essex connection: The Old English poem The Battle of Maldon. 1/2 🗃️ Read more here:

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History through poetry at the ERO

On Tuesday 6th January members of the Victoria County History of Essex were very happy to be at the Essex Record Office to support a talk given by Professor Catherine Clarke, Director of the Centre…

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Oswald's Raven @oswaldsraven.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

If you’re interested in the intersection between medieval studies, public engagement and the creative arts, please do join us for what should be a really enjoyable evening! #MedievalSky

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Oswald's Raven @oswaldsraven.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

If you’re interested in the intersection between medieval studies, public engagement and the creative arts, please do join us for what should be a really enjoyable evening! #MedievalSky

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History Today @historytoday.com · 16/01/2026

If you want to pick up the 75th anniversary special of History Today in the shops, this weekend is your last chance! Inside you’ll find Cold War Yugoslavia, Oswald of Northumbria, the Aurora Borealis, and more. You can also order it directly from us at www.historytoday.com/shop/buy-cur...

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Oswald's Raven @oswaldsraven.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Please do join us on Thursday 12th February for the world premiere of the new work “My Name is Oswald” by award-winning composer Hannah Conway and writer Hazel Gould! To book a free ticket: www.tickettailor.com/events/kings...

A bilingual signpost in a wood reading "St. Oswald / S. Osvaldo"

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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

⛪ 'There are more than 200 churches dedicated to Oswald of Northumbria... the majority are concentrated in the southern part of the German-speaking world.' @oswaldsraven.bsky.social examines why St Oswald is so popular outside of England in @historytoday.com ⤵️ www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...

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Oswald of Northumbria: An English Saint in the Alps

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Had a great time speaking at the Essex Record Office today - and getting the VCH #Essex gang together! I also had the incredible privilege to hold bladed weapons found near the site of the Battle of Maldon (991), which may well have been carried by an English warrior that day. @vch-home.bsky.social

Me (holding sword and seax) and the VCH Essex team!

Me holding the sword - of Frankish origin but likely carried by an English warrior at the battle

Me holding a seax. Thank you to Julie (also pictured) from the Combined Military Services Museum

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Oswald's Raven @oswaldsraven.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

A full house this morning at the Essex Record Office were captivated by @cathamclarke.bsky.social‘s talk about the Battle of Maldon, which features in her wonderful book #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems.

View from the back of a lecture theatre with speaker and PowerPoint presentation visible.

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Something fun for the first week in January? Come along to #Chelmsford to hear me speak about #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems, the Battle of Maldon - and a bit about the amazing VCH #Essex, too. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ero-presen...

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Oswald's Raven @oswaldsraven.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Great end to the year for our Oswald project with an essay in the 75th anniversary edition of @historytoday.com. #MedievalSky @kingsartshums.bsky.social

Double page spread from History Today magazine. Title “An English Saint Abroad” on left page and miniature of Saint Oswald from a medieval manuscript on right page.

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Oswald's Raven @oswaldsraven.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Great end to the year for our Oswald project with an essay in the 75th anniversary edition of @historytoday.com. #MedievalSky @kingsartshums.bsky.social

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History Today @historytoday.com · 19/12/2025

The English saint Oswald of Northumbria proved incredibly popular in the #medieval German-speaking world. How did he get there? 🔒 Johanna Dale and Sarah Bowden’s feature is now in the archive www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...

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Oswald of Northumbria: An English Saint in the Alps

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Oswald's Raven @oswaldsraven.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

The 1116 🔥 at Peterborough started on the eve of Oswald's feast. According to Hugh Candidus, a sergeant in the bakehouse was struggling to light a fire so exclaimed "Come devil, blow the fire". Hugh blamed the abbot John of Seez for the disaster - earlier in the day he had cursed the monastery.

A stained glass window from the south transept of Peterborough Cathedral depicting Hugh Candidus writing his chronicle while watching the abbey church burn.

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History Today @historytoday.com · 18/12/2025

The 75th Anniversary issue of History Today is in stores from today. Featuring: #ColdWar Yugoslavia, Oswald of Northumbria, the wreck of the San José, British Raj, #AuroraBorealis, and more. Find out what else is inside and where to get it at www.historytoday.com/magazine

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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Call for papers for our Medieval Germany Workshop organised in cooperation with the German History Society (@germanhistsoc.bsky.social)! 📯 📅 29 May 2026 📍GHIL 1/5

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Hear me speak about #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems - and the Battle of #Maldon - at the ERO in #Chelmsford, on Tues 6 January. Fascinating #history, #OldEnglish aloud, and showcasing the brilliant work of VCH #Essex. Rumours there'll also be some amazing archaeology in the room... tinyurl.com/mvke3nja

Book cover of A History Of England in 25 Poems

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Oswald's Raven @oswaldsraven.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

For the feast day of St Martin of Tours, the cover of the amazing Berthold Sacramentary from Weingarten, Germany (now Morgan Library MS M.710). Created 1215-17, its decoration reflects the rededication of the abbey church to St Oswald, St Martin and the Blessed Virgin Mary. #MedievalSky

Jewelled relief cover of the early thirteenth-century Berthold Sacramentary. Centre depicts the Virgin and Child enthroned. Oswald is in the bottom left quarter with St Mark and Abbot Berthold who commissioned the manuscript. Martin is opposite Oswald in the bottom right quarter with St Luke and St Nicholas.

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Discover how the cult of saints shaped medieval faith and culture in a new open-access Proceedings of the British Academy volume: Liturgy, Literature and History: Oswald of Northumbria and the Cult of Saints in the Middle Ages. Read more ⬇️ bit.ly/3JoTuCH

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Oswald's Raven @oswaldsraven.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

📗New project publication📗 "Liturgy, Literature & History: Oswald of Northumbria and the Cult of Saints in the Middle Ages" is now available #OpenAccess from @britishacademy.bsky.social & @livunipress.bsky.social Free download here: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.... #MedievalSky

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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Five new British Academy books out now 📚 All available 20% off at bit.ly/4oYoAQX. Three available OPEN ACCESS. @britishacademy.bsky.social

The Chronicles of Two West African Kingdoms: The Tārīkh Ibn Al-Mukhtār of the Songhay Empire and the Tārīkh Al-Fattāsh of the Caliphate of Ḥamdallāhi, by Mauro Nobili, Zachary Wright, and Ali Diakite

Religion, Spirituality, and Public Health: Competing and Complementary Epistemes, edited by Karen O'Brien-Kop and Suzanne Newcombe

Consenting Children: Autonomy, Responsibility, Well-Being, edited by Lisa Forsberg, Isra Black, and Anthony Skelton

Liturgy, Literature, and History: Oswald of Northumbria and the Cult of Saints in the Middle Ages, edited by Johanna Dale

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Oswald's Raven @oswaldsraven.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

For St Cedd's day, a view of the C7th chapel at Bradwell on Sea, built on the ruined Roman Saxon shore fort of Othona. Sound on for the birdsong! 🎵🎶 #Essex #MedievalSky

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

This is the feast of Cedd, d. 664, brother of Chad (Ceadda) and protegé of Aidan at Lindisfarne. 🕯️ He led missions to Mercia and the East Saxons, served as a bishop and as abbot of Lastingham, where he died. Here's the entry for his day in the Old English Martyrology in CCCC 196.

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Cambridge, Corpus Christ College, MS 196, p. 93, detail

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Oswald's Raven @oswaldsraven.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Delighted that Oswald’s Head Reliquary 🤴 from Hildesheim Cathedral is part of @germanhistsoc.bsky.social’s “Glimpses of German History” series, which uses objects as a way to explore Germany’s vibrant and interesting history. 🇩🇪 #MedievalSky

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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

📽️ Season 2 of 'Glimpses of German History', coming soon... www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFin...

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Glimpses of German History Season 2: Trailer

YouTube video by German History Society

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Oswald's Raven @oswaldsraven.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

There will also be ski lifts ⛷️! So, if you are curious as to why a modern chair lift in the Dolomites is named after a C7th Northumbrian king, do book a ticket!

High in the mountains above the town of Meran in the South Tyrol, is a small chapel dedicated to Oswald of Northumbria and a modern ski lift named after him.

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foster198.bsky.social @foster198.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Arm relics and ravens. Who could wish for more

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Oswald's Raven @oswaldsraven.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I'm giving an online lecture next Thursday evening, in aid of Peterborough Cathedral. I'll be talking about Oswald's cult at Peterborough and his continental connections. There will be arm relics and ravens! 💪 #MedievalSky To book tickets: peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/event/in-per...

ppt slide. Title "The surprising afterlife of a Northumbrian king: the cult of St Oswald in Peterborough and beyond". Image from a medieval German manuscript shows Oswald and Aidan at the Easter feast, with beggars. Gold background and architectural frame.

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Oswald's Raven @oswaldsraven.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Delighted with the cover of "Liturgy, Literature, and History: Oswald of Northumbria and the Cult of Saints in the Middle Ages", which is coming out with @britishacademy.bsky.social and @livunipress.bsky.social later this month! liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

Book cover. King Oswald wearing a crown on a gold background - image taken from a medieval German manuscript.

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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

A little snapshot into the research colleagues in #Essex are undertaking on interwar #Harwich and #Dovercourt - and the theme of the accompanying blogpost is the rise (and rise) of motor transport. #Skystorians

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Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Join us online on 24 Sept to celebrate the 250th VCH Big Red Book! Founded in 1899, @vchlondon.bsky.social is writing the #history of every place in #England, with partners across the country. We'll also celebrate #LocalHistory, #communityhistory & #place based history more widely. All welcome!

https://www.history.ac.uk/news-events/events/celebrating-local-place-based-history-westmorland-250th-vch-big-red-book#:~:text=Event%20information%3E&text=In%20September%202025%2C%20the%20UK's,and%20community%20history%20more%20widely.

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Oswald's Raven @oswaldsraven.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Delighted that our animation will soon be available in German 🇩🇪 as part of a set of resources to support German teaching at KS3. Great to work with animator Charlie Minnion again, and with translator and children's author Kathrin Tordasi. Full English version: oswaldusrex.co.uk/animation/

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Aug 31: Feast of Aidan (†651). Monk of Iona, first bishop and abbot of Lindisfarne. Prelate for whom Bede reserved arguably his highest praise. Evangelist remembered for going everywhere on foot and for his ‘gentleness, devotion and moderation’. Finan succeeded him. #medievalsky

Statue of St Aidan depicting a bald man with a crosier before a Celtic cross.

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Oswald's Raven @oswaldsraven.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Really looking forward to celebrating the publication of Catherine’s book at the excellent independent bookshop in #Maldon! 📕 🥂

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