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England’s medieval system of justice has a bad reputation, and it came by it honestly. Come, let’s be horrified together. Medieval courts came in two flavors: Local courts were presided over by the lord or his steward, and we’ll skip those for now. The King’s Court was initially presided over by the king personally but […]
Medieval justice in England: trial by ordeal, by jury, and by combat — Notes from the U.K.
Wayland’s Smithy On a rather bleak day, when I was feeling low for some unspecified reason, the first complete chapter of Dark Sage landed in my inbox and had me laughing out loud. The story that began in The Ætheling Thing is developing beautifully. Now, I suppose I shouldn’t say it, but I really love […]
Author’s Note — The Silent Eye
Further to our report in February the new visitor information centre at Coventry Railway station is now open and ready to welcome visitors to the City of Culture. A striking new visitor information centre has been opened outside Coventry Railway Station to help The futuristic pod on Station Square will provide help with information about […]
New Visitor Information Centre Opens — Coventry Society News
It is an English tradition to say White Rabbits on the first day of each month. In this series I am saying white rabbits and giving some interesting notes on the month ahead, enjoy!
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Like any professional I have to keep my knowledge and my skills unto date. This is particularly important with regards to the Stone Age where scholarship moves so very quickly. I usually use the Historical Associations CPD but I have chosen to supplement this with a course from Futurelearn.
So for the next few weeks I will be taking a course with York University Archaeological Department to study Starr Carr. Starr Carr is one of the most important Middle Stone Age sites in Europe and provides us with an insight into European Hunter Gathers living in Britain before it became an island.
If you are doing this course please say hello! If you fancy doing the course you can find it here. #flYorkArchaeology
It’s no secret that I love stone circles and other old stony places. I visit them. A lot. I hug them. Quite a bit. And I write about them. Aikey Brae, above, is probably my absolute favourite. The circle in my books is loosely based on this one. I’ve blogged about it here in the […]
Stone Circles, Henges, Hills and a Barrow — Ailish Sinclair
AARON SHUMAN Last semester, one of my professors assigned a chapter of anthropologist Michel-Rolph Trouillot’s Silencing the Past as a jumping off point for considering how silences can work their way into the historical narrative. During our weekly Zoom-based class, conversation homed in on the ‘four crucial moments’ in which Trouillot believed that silences could be generated: […]
Trouillot in the Digital Age: A Fifth Crucial Moment for Public Historians? — History Journal
Why depictions of status and disability in the Early Middle Ages still matter JUTTA LAMMINAHO ‘A lame man crawling along on his hands led a blind man to the paupers’ hostel at St Gall, where both of them stayed the night, and were both healed at the tomb.’ – Walafrid Strabo, Life of St Otmar[1] […]
Saints, Beggars and Scapegoats — History Journal
I’m really proud to announce that at the end of April, I was made an Honorary Fellow of the Historical Association. I’ve done an awful lot of work for the HA over the years, not least in being secretary of the Bolton Branch for some long time and of course I was Associate Vice President […]
Historical Association Fellowship — Jenni Hyde
In the early days of rail travel, steam locomotives could only travel forward. Trains required turntables to turn them around. While there, they received “servicing and light repairs.” Where do you go for servicing and light repairs?
Servicing and light repairs — Somerton Smith
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