My new post on the blog is an interview with @ericabuchberger.bsky.social in which we talk about her excellent recent article on identities in Visigothic Iberia #MedievalSky
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Coachella is trying to wipe all of the footage of The Strokes protest set so I’m gonna post it here. The last images on the screen made me cry.
"I hope this letter finds you good."
- Alcuin writing to Charlemagne, probably
Delighted as I am to see Abu al-‘Abbas the elephant getting some love, there are a lot of problems with the idea of a military alliance between the Carolingians and the ‘Abbasids. 🧵 #medievalsky
I hate Al and I refuse to use it Peter, if you don't use Al a bunch of super rich men will lose a lot of money I already said I hated Al Harry, you don't need to sell it to me
happy 4/20 day, here's a reminder of the apocryphal story about it being inspired by Lovecraft's sci-fi story "In The Walls of Eryx" where a space men gets psychically muddled by a weird venusian plant, feels like many eons have passed, but then checks his watch and sees it's only 4:20
🚨Ahhhhhhhh!🚨 The OA version of my book "Medievalism, Popular Culture and Politics in Metal Music" is already available at intellectdiscover.com/content/book... and I do not know when it went online! No promotional thread prepared! Nothing! Panic!
Two books. Left: Queens of a Fallen World by Kate Cooper, cover is a yellow, orange and brown Roman mosaic of a woman with a demon on her shoulder. Right: Twilight of the Godlings by Francis Young, cover is a green image of a Celtic-style goddess standing in front of a forest.
Latest book arrivals!
West Runton aerial image: a North Norfolk coast shaped by constant erosion. These soft glacial cliffs are part of the Deep History Coast, where the famous West Runton mammoth was found ... the oldest and largest fossil mammoth skeleton discovered in the UK #WestRunton #NorthNorfolk #aerial
Hi #Medievalsky #Antiquity people!
I've already had a few lovely abstracts come in - more than a month ahead of the 31 May deadline! - and am eagerly hoping for more people to 'dig in'💀
and please do circulate it widely to interested and likely colleagues, onhere and in the wider world :)
@ralphtorta.bsky.social continues to rewrite early Capetian history:
Today's seminar:
Me: "So what did Julius Nepos request from Zeno in 476?"
Student: "To get restored in Italy"
Me: "And what did he actually get?"
Same student: "Got killed by his own generals"
Me: *dies laughing*
"Technically correct. Which is the best kind of correct."
I spent this sunny Sunday afternoon putting up a list of my published work on my website. Fiction and nonfiction. I may have forgotten things.
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For the next 20 hours, @drivethrurpg.com has a 60% OFF deal on Sanction Core Rules, opening up whole new worlds of challenge and adventure, and to create your own. Where do you go from here?
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Golden (runic) bracteate (type C) and clasp button (John Hines' group B1 VI) from Sjonhem, Gotland. Found in a garden in the 1970's and kept by the family until last year. Photo: Gotland Museum
Similar bracteates from Gotland.
Clasp with buttons from Havor in Hablingbo, southwestern Gotland (SHM 8064).
Better pictures of the recently reported golden (runic) bracteate and clasp button from Sjonhem, Gotland - along with parallells.
#FindsFriday 🏺
Come work with me and the amazing Frances McIntosh on disentangling late Roman Corbridge! Applications welcome from different career stages and backgrounds - full details in the link below.
#RomanBritain #Archaeology #PhD🏺
I'm delighted to say that the Sanction Core Rules are Deal of the Day on @drivethrurpg.com for the next 24 hours.
Grab a massive bargain and open the door to a whole range of genres to run or play in, including some brilliant Community Created Content.
#DotD
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Ancient Exchanges have finally managed to re-upload their archive of past issues after moving website host.
This means my translations of the Old Norse visionary poem "Sólarljóð" and Old English lyric "The Wanderer" are now available again:
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Was not expecting that last sentence.
VERY excited to see this out- truly interdisciplinary research bringing together numismatist/ historian, archaeologist/ archival detective, wood & leather specialists and tireless researcher to fully examine a 9C coin hoard and its containers discovered 150 years ago ugp.rug.nl/Palaeohistor...
Well I sat staring at my phone constantly refreshing Bluesky waiting for it to work again. So who really made the better use of their time?
Removed from both production and reality
Now with a link to a pre-print copy of the article we discussed, for those without institutional access.
#MedievalSky
The cover of The Secret of the Sunken Temple by Rebecca Buchanan. The text in gold and white is at the top. The image features a man in cape with dark hair. His skin is an ethereal purple and green, and he is holding a small statue of another human figure. A shark and fish swim around him. Broken pillars stand in the background, and a diver in a mask peers out from behind one of the pillars.
There's a lot going on right now. But if you want to read an adventure #romance about a shy archaeologist, a globe-trotting adventurer, a lost #occult treasure, and Nazis who get exactly what they deserve, check out The Secret of the Sunken Temple. #witchsky #booksky #myth
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Conceiving Heroic Christianity in Early Medieval England by David G. Pedersen www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
In my latest review I delve into the greatest sourcebook for the loathsome ratman of #WarhammerFantasy: Children of the Horned, for #WFRP 2nd Edition.
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My new post on the blog is an interview with @ericabuchberger.bsky.social in which we talk about her excellent recent article on identities in Visigothic Iberia #MedievalSky
longhairedkingsblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/15/l...
Always nice to have multiple opinions though!
