Rory Naismith

Rory Naismith

@rorynaismith.bsky.social

Early medievalist, etc., at the University of Cambridge.

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CBHC / RCAHMW
@rcahmwales.bsky.social

Historic Wales Beta is now live! Explore historic environment data from RCAHMW, Cadw and Heneb over newly-digitised historic maps including early Ordnance Survey and Enclosure maps, and maritime navigation charts: zurl.co/T5NQI #HistoricWales #WelshHeritage

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Monica H Green
@monicamedhist.bsky.social

Very cool! The Medieval Academy of America & @uchicagopress.bsky.social have kindly agreed to temporarily lift the paywall on a short essay I published a few months ago: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/.... Dating, dating, dating. Vital for the historian; essential for interdisc. dialogue.

journals.uchicago.eduThe Future of Time: Methodological Dialogues between Philology, Archaeology, and Genomics | Speculum: Vol 101, No 1
Rory Naismith
@rorynaismith.bsky.social

Highly recommend this important new article by @francescatinti.bsky.social in @enghistrev.bsky.social on language and identity in England in the age of Bede (late 7th/early 8th centuries). Open Access too! academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

academic.oup.comLanguages, Identities and Communication in the Age of Bede*Abstract. This article seeks to address the underexplored role of language as a marker of identity in the early medieval period by focusing on England in t

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Charles West
@pseudo-isidore.bsky.social

In case you'd missed the latest on this 7th-c. Byzantine shipwreck. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...

smithsonianmag.comThis Medieval Byzantine Shipwreck Boasts More Gold Treasures Than Any Other Vessel Found Beneath the MediterraneanThe vessel sank in the Adriatic Sea in the seventh or eighth century C.E. Its cargo included a gold signet ring likely associated with the emperor Heraclius and gold belts encrusted with rubies, emera...

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Megan Gooch
@agneatha.bsky.social

🎺 🪙 Join us in Cambridge or online for this year’s Royal Numismatic Society symposium! Hear talks on coins at the intersection of Late Roman & Early Medieval Europe. Meet other coin folks! @rorynaismith.bsky.social @matthewball.bsky.social #numismatics #coins www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/coinage-in...

eventbrite.co.ukCoinage in the Late Roman Empire & Early Medieval EuropeJoin us in Online or in Cambridge for a day of talks on coins at the intersection of the Late Roman Empire & Early Medieval Europe.

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Past and Present
@pastpresentsoc.bsky.social

From the current issue: "Economic Change, Silver, and the Plague of 664-687 in England" by @rorynaismith.bsky.social (@corpuscambridge.bsky.social, @department-asnc.bsky.social) doi.org/10.1093/past...

doi.orgEconomic 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

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Charles West
@pseudo-isidore.bsky.social

How can we read the Muslim conquest of Sicily through pottery sherds? Just out on Early View, Viva Sacco, "Ceramic ecology in an Islamic capital" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... (OA)

onlinelibrary.wiley.comCeramic ecology in an Islamic capital: changes in the production and consumption of pottery in PalermoPalermo became the new capital of Sicily after the Aghlabid conquest in 831. The transformation of the city into a capital took many forms, including the production and consumption of pottery. The pe...

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Sarah E. Bond
@sarahebond.bsky.social

New curse tablet from Roman Lower Germania—in Greek, dating to the 2ndC CE. “Below the symbols appear the names of four enslaved people, two men with Latin names and two women with Greek names.” archaeologymag.com/2026/06/roma...

archaeologymag.comAncient Roman curse tablet found in the Netherlands contains rare Egyptian magic written in Greek | Archaeology News Online MagazineAncient Roman curse tablet found in the Netherlands contains rare Egyptian magic written in Greek, offering clues to Roman beliefs.
Rory Naismith
@rorynaismith.bsky.social

Another podcast, this time on Making Money in the Early Middle Ages, with the excellent Deepak Bhatt. Sound version here soundcloud.com/business_tal... and on Youtube here www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dnL...

soundcloud.comFrom Gold to Silver: Prof. Rory Naismith on the Making of Money in the Early Middle AgesThis Business Talk episode features Dr. Rory Naismith, Professor of Early Medieval English History in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Corpu
Rory Naismith
@rorynaismith.bsky.social

It was a huge pleasure to record this podcast episode on Offa with Jamie and Zee from the British History Podcast: www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com/an-offa-inte...

thebritishhistorypodcast.comAn Offa Interview with Rory Naismith | The British History PodcastToday we have a special episode with the return of Professor Rory Naismith! You will remember him from his interview on Anglo Saxon Economics and Money, and today he is back to talk with us about his ...

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Medievalist.net
@medievalists.bsky.social

Offa the Great: The Mercian King Who Reshaped England, by @rorynaismith.bsky.social who has a new book on Offa with @yalebooks.bsky.social www.medievalists.net/2026/06/offa... #medieval #England #histrorysky

medievalists.netOffa the Great: The Mercian King Who Reshaped England - Medievalists.netOffa was one of the most powerful rulers of early medieval England, transforming Mercia into the dominant kingdom south of the Humber. In this article, Rory Naismith examines his reign, from the…

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Past and Present
@pastpresentsoc.bsky.social

From the current issue: "Economic Change, Silver, and the Plague of 664-687 in England" by @rorynaismith.bsky.social (@corpuscambridge.bsky.social, @department-asnc.bsky.social) doi.org/10.1093/past...

doi.orgEconomic 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

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Past and Present
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1/ "Economic Change, Silver, and the Plague of 664-687 in England" by @rorynaismith.bsky.social (@corpuscambridge.bsky.social, @department-asnc.bsky.social) doi.org/10.1093/past...

doi.orgEconomic 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
Rory Naismith
@rorynaismith.bsky.social

I greatly enjoyed recording this 'Tis But a Scratch podcast episode about Offa with the wonderful Richard Abels: tis-but-a-scratch-fact-and-fiction-about-the-middle-ages.buzzsprout.com/1925107/epis...

tis-but-a-scratch-fact-and-fiction-about-the-middle-ages.buzzsprout.comOffa of Mercia: Laying the Foundations of a Kingdom of England (with Prof. Rory Naismith) - 'tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle AgesOffa, king of Mercia from 757 to 796, was the most powerful and successful Anglo-Saxon ruler of pre-Viking England. Today Offa is probably best remembered for Offa's Dyke, a massive 150 mile long eart...

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Robert Gallagher
@hwaetspur.bsky.social

New open access volume on languages and identities in early medieval Europe (inc a chapter by me on Britain) 🤓

Ed Roberts@ecroberts.bsky.social

The proceedings from last summer's medieval 'semana' in Estella-Lizarra, on Languages and Identities in the Early Medieval West, have now been published (OA)! Feat. excellent studies by @francescatinti.bsky.social, @elvabjohnston.bsky.social, @hwaetspur.bsky.social, and many others not on here.

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Rory Naismith
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And here is the EMEN article: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

cambridge.orgA New Early-Ninth-Century Manuscript of Cædmon’s Hymn: Rome, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Vitt. Em. 1452, 122v | Early Medieval England and its Neighbours | Cambridge CoreA New Early-Ninth-Century Manuscript of Cædmon’s Hymn: Rome, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Vitt. Em. 1452, 122v - Volume 52
Rory Naismith@rorynaismith.bsky.social

Research from Early Medieval England and its Neighbours in the news again! A previously lost copy of Cæmon's hymn in Old English, from 9C Italy, has been rediscovered in Rome. Well done Elisabetta Magnanti & Mark Faulkner of @tcddublin.bsky.social !!! www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

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Levi Roach
@proflroach.bsky.social

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

news.exeter.ac.ukLost seal of Edward the Confessor found after being missing for 40 yearsAn 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 ...