Daily Bread Conference in Cambridge April-May 2026

Excited for our (@rorynaismith.bsky.social and Paolo Tedesco) upcoming conference: "Our Daily Bread: The Making of Sacral Economies in Western Eurasia," with papers from @woodjamie.bsky.social, @historiantillo.bsky.social & others. If you're around Cambridge (UK) & want to come, drop us a line!

Enjoyed listening to this podcast by @rorynaismith.bsky.social on his new book about King Offa: newbooksnetwork.com/offa

Enjoyed this week’s special? 🎧 Support the author and the show by grabbing Offa: King of the Mercians by @rorynaismith.bsky.social via the History Rage Bookshop! 📚

📖 Order: uk.bookshop.org/a/10...
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#History #Podcast #AngloSaxon #Medieval @yalebooks.bsky.social

Surviving Rome A radical revision—and worker’s-eye view—of everything we thought we knew about the ancient Roman economy

PS the book below, from the same publisher, I found much more stimulating: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

That is bad. And it's not even that the authors are all modernists (who often play fast and loose with generalisations about the Middle Ages). This is just shoddy.

Sagas! The 2026 Midland Viking Symposium .

It's a month until the 2026 Midland Viking Symposium on 15 May. Sign up here! This year it's free, it's online and it's on a Friday. Please share.
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Lost seal of Edward the Confessor found after being missing for 40 years An 11th-century Anglo-Saxon seal belonging to Edward the Confessor has been rediscovered more than 40 years after being declared lost. The wax impression of the ‘Saint-Denis seal’ disappeared without ...

Exciting times for the study 11thC England: the 'lost' seal of Edward the Confessor has been rediscovered in the Archives nationales de France! #SkyStorians #MedievalSky

🚨FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨
Before England, there was Offa👑 @rorynaismith.bsky.social explains how he dominated southern Britain 💥

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🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨
Before England, there was Offa of Mercia 👑
@rorynaismith.bsky.social explains how he shaped what came next 🏰

🎧 Listen 👉 pod.fo/e/3fa95f
🎟️ Gloucester History Festival (19 April): www.gloucesterhistor...
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🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨
Think you know Offa of Mercia? 🤯 @rorynaismith.bsky.social reveals the real story behind the myths 🏰

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🚨 COMING TOMORROW🚨
Was Offa of Mercia really the villain we’re told? ⚔️ @rorynaismith.bsky.social digs deeper 👇

🎟️ Gloucester History Festival (19 April): www.gloucesterhistor...
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New History Books for April 2026 - Unseen Histories From Pompeii to the Kim Philby, Renoir to Offa of Mercia

From Pompeii to Kim Philby, Renoir to Offa of Mercia, here’s a selection of history books that will be released over the month ahead. With books from @mollycrabapple.bsky.social, @richardstrachan.bsky.social, @rorynaismith.bsky.social and more👇

An evening with Rory Naismith - One More Chapter description

For anyone in/near Nottingham who wants to hear about Offa of Mercia next month … checkout.square.site/merchant/MLC...

Huge thanks to @rorynaismith.bsky.social for joining me to rethink King Offa 👑🔥 More than a conqueror—think currency 💰, diplomacy 🤝, and shaping Alfred the Great.

Out 10 April for the Gloucester History Festival 🎧

Making Money in the Early Middle Ages by Rory Naismith

@rorynaismith.bsky.social's Making Money in the Early Middle Ages is an examination of coined money & its significance to rulers, aristocrats & peasants in early medieval Europe.

Read a free preview & save 30% on the new #paperback edition with code PUP30: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

I heartily recommend this new volume to all early medieval types who love a good map. Covers the period c. 400-1000.

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90658253/f6.item

A fragment of a Roman imperial decree or rescript from the fifth century (the only such survival?), now in Paris.

Offa - Rory Naismith, at Heffers Bookshop Join us on the 30th of April as Professor Rory Naismith takes us through his new authoritative biography of King Offa of Mercia.

Should anyone (in Cambridge) want to hear more about Offa of Mercia ... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/offa-rory-...

This book has offered huge pun potential.

Very pleased to receive author’s copies of Offa, King of the Mercians from @yalebooks.bsky.social today. Looking superb, and an excellent publishing experience!

Economic Change, Silver, and the Plague of 664–687 in England* Abstract. Bede and other authors describe a destructive wave of plague sweeping across Britain and Ireland in the period 664–87. In the decades around and

On advance access: "Economic Change, Silver, and the Plague of 664-687 in England"

by @rorynaismith.bsky.social (@department-asnc.bsky.social)

doi.org/10.1093/past...

For all those interested in the early Middle Ages, economy, money, etc. Even more affordable now!

I'm told this is to replace Jackie Tasioulas, who has been appointed Principal (similar to master) of Newnham.

Early Medieval England and its Neighbours has had some cracking new articles published in the last week, including on movement of manuscripts in the eighth century and charter forgery at Westminster, as well as an impressive debut article on Byrhtferth of Ramsey: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

‘This post is fixed-term for 7 years or the return of the [original] post-holder, whichever is the earlier.’ ?!?

Assistant Professorship in Medieval Literature (temporary cover) at University of Cambridge Apply now for the Assistant Professorship in Medieval Literature (temporary cover) role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

An opportunity for a medievalist to join the team at Cambridge: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQQ346/a...

Tutorial Fellowship in History, and Associate Professorship (or Professorship) of Medieval British and European History at University of Oxford Explore an exciting academic career as a Tutorial Fellowship in History, and Associate Professorship (or Professorship) of Medieval British and European History. Don't miss out on other academic jobs....

We are hiring ....
Because John Nightingale is retiring...
for a Tutorial Fellowship in European History 400-1000...

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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...

Actually yes, it will, though not sure when.

For anyone who's interested @waterstones.bsky.social is running a special pre-order offer (no pun intended) on my new book about King Offa of Mercia, valid from Friday 20 Feb. eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...