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Saturday, 14 May 2016

The fiftieth day and 'the tranquility of greatest peace': Bede on Pentecost

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The giving of the law to Moses, next to Pentecost in a 'typological picture-book', c.1405 ( BL King's 5, f. 27 ) This year ...
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The Danish Conquest, Part 10: The Siege of London

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Æthelred ( CUL MS. Ee 3.59, f.3v ) Ða gelamp hit þæt se cyning æþelred forðferde ær ða scypo comon, he geendode his dagas on Sancte Geo...
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Friday, 13 May 2016

'Lost Literature' and the companions of Hereward

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My latest column in the May issue of History Today can now be read online here . (Or you could always subscribe to the magazine , of cou...
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Friday, 15 April 2016

The Danish Conquest, Part 9: Bloodshed in the North

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1016 in the D version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ( BL Cotton Tiberius B IV, f. 66 ) 1016 was a dramatic year in England. On this blog...
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Sunday, 10 April 2016

'That we may sing without ending'

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Virgin and child (Medieval stained glass, Stowting, Kent ) Regular readers of this blog will know that I have a soft spot for medieval caro...
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Sunday, 3 April 2016

'When I see blossoms spring'

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Iffley, Oxford When I se blosmes springe, And here foules song, A suete love-longynge Myn herte thourhout stong, Al for a love newe...
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Wednesday, 23 March 2016

'This doubtful day of feast or fast': Good Friday and the Annunciation

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Annunciation and Crucifixion, from BL Add. 18850, f. 204v This year Good Friday falls on Lady Day, the feast of the Annunciation. This ...
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