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! π΅πΆπ΅
π Why is Oswald of Northumbria β a medieval English king and saint β 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 β¬οΈ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=crtv...
πΆπ΅There are a few tickets left for our event on Thursday - all welcome! π΅ πΆ
Northey Island made the headlines last week about the new island for birds we're creating in the Blackwater Estuary in Essex. Did you see it?
Watch our video to find out more about how we're turning history into habitat in the ultimate marine recycling project.π
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad44...
On 6 January, our friends the VCH Essex Trust hosted our Director @cathamclarke.bsky.social to talk on the theme of "Maldon, Saxons, Vikingsβ primarily focussed on the poem in her book with an Essex connection: The Old English poem The Battle of Maldon. 1/2 ποΈ
Read more here:
If youβre 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
If youβre 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
If you want to pick up the 75th anniversary special of History Today in the shops, this weekend is your last chance!
Inside youβll 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...
A bilingual signpost in a wood reading "St. Oswald / S. Osvaldo"
Please do join us on Thursday 12th February for the world premiere of the new work βMy Name is Oswaldβ by award-winning composer Hannah Conway and writer Hazel Gould!
To book a free ticket: www.tickettailor.com/events/kings...
βͺ '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 ‡οΈ
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
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
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
View from the back of a lecture theatre with speaker and PowerPoint presentation visible.
A full house this morning at the Essex Record Office were captivated by @cathamclarke.bsky.socialβs talk about the Battle of Maldon, which features in her wonderful book #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems.
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...
Double page spread from History Today magazine. Title βAn English Saint Abroadβ on left page and miniature of Saint Oswald from a medieval manuscript on right page.
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 βAn English Saint Abroadβ on left page and miniature of Saint Oswald from a medieval manuscript on right page.
Great end to the year for our Oswald project with an essay in the 75th anniversary edition of @historytoday.com. #MedievalSky
@kingsartshums.bsky.social
The English saint Oswald of Northumbria proved incredibly popular in the #medieval German-speaking world. How did he get there?
π Johanna Dale and Sarah Bowdenβs feature is now in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
The 1116 π₯ 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.
The 75th Anniversary issue of History Today is in stores from today.
Featuring: #ColdWar Yugoslavia, Oswald of Northumbria, the wreck of the San JosΓ©, British Raj, #AuroraBorealis, and more.
Find out what else is inside and where to get it at www.historytoday.com/magazine
Call for papers for our Medieval Germany Workshop organised in cooperation with the German History Society (@germanhistsoc.bsky.social)! π―
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Iβve booked my ticket - look forward to seeing you there
Book cover of A History Of England in 25 Poems
Statue of Byrhtnoth at Maldon
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
You can explore the entire manuscript on the Morgan Library website: www.themorgan.org/collection/b...
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.
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
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 β¬οΈ
https://bit.ly/3JoTuCH
Thanks!
Thanks very much, Steffen!
Book cover
πNew project publicationπ
"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
The Chronicles of Two West African Kingdoms: The TΔrΔ«kh Ibn Al-MukhtΔr of the Songhay Empire and the TΔrΔ«kh Al-FattΔsh of the Caliphate of αΈ€amdallΔhi, 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
Five new British Academy books out now π
All available 20% off at bit.ly/4oYoAQX.
Three available OPEN ACCESS.
@britishacademy.bsky.social
If you'd like to know more about Cedd and his chapel at Bradwell, check out the Open Access book published by @uclpress.bsky.social that I edited a few years ago: uclpress.co.uk/book/st-pete...
