The Northern Tapestry
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Exploring the sagas and stories that link medieval Iceland, Scandinavia & the northern British isles https://northerntapestry.com/
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Next free online lecture Scottish Society for Northern Studies, free and open to all #medievalsky www.ssns.org.uk/events/ssns-...
SSNS Seminar - Tara Athanasiou - Who stole my cheese? The survival strategies of vagrants in the Norse period - Scottish Society for Northern Studies % %
Stephen will explore why so many of the crucial incidents leading to the downfall of the Norse line of northern Scottish jarls in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries.
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September 8, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Next free online lecture Scottish Society for Northern Studies, free and open to all #medievalsky www.ssns.org.uk/events/ssns-...
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Booking is now live for our annual online conference this October! Two days of expert papers on Pictish art and material culture, plus the latest archaeological research from Pictland. Tickets are £12.94 for members (inc. booking fee) and £16.17 for non-members. Hope to see some of you there!
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July 25, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Booking is now live for our annual online conference this October! Two days of expert papers on Pictish art and material culture, plus the latest archaeological research from Pictland. Tickets are £12.94 for members (inc. booking fee) and £16.17 for non-members. Hope to see some of you there!
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Where’s Brude? Where’s Brude?
So many souls to be saved!
—Edwin Morgan, “Columba’s Song”
in CENTENARY SELECTED POEMS, @carcanet.bsky.social 2020
9 June is the feast day of St Columba (c521–97 CE), who led the Irish monastic missions to Dál Riata & the kingdoms of the Picts
#poetry #medievalsky
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So many souls to be saved!
—Edwin Morgan, “Columba’s Song”
in CENTENARY SELECTED POEMS, @carcanet.bsky.social 2020
9 June is the feast day of St Columba (c521–97 CE), who led the Irish monastic missions to Dál Riata & the kingdoms of the Picts
#poetry #medievalsky
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June 9, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Where’s Brude? Where’s Brude?
So many souls to be saved!
—Edwin Morgan, “Columba’s Song”
in CENTENARY SELECTED POEMS, @carcanet.bsky.social 2020
9 June is the feast day of St Columba (c521–97 CE), who led the Irish monastic missions to Dál Riata & the kingdoms of the Picts
#poetry #medievalsky
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So many souls to be saved!
—Edwin Morgan, “Columba’s Song”
in CENTENARY SELECTED POEMS, @carcanet.bsky.social 2020
9 June is the feast day of St Columba (c521–97 CE), who led the Irish monastic missions to Dál Riata & the kingdoms of the Picts
#poetry #medievalsky
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It's been a while, but I've finally managed to re-start the Northern Tapestry with a post about Iceland.
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The Beginning of Iceland
It is now time to bring in the island of Iceland to this Tapestry. Already we have seen (in The Islands of Sheep: Settlement of The Faroes) how during the 9th century, the Faroe Islands were being …
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April 5, 2026 at 4:51 PM
It's been a while, but I've finally managed to re-start the Northern Tapestry with a post about Iceland.
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November and December is a busy month for seminars @thinkuhi.bsky.social On Thursday 27th November 2025 at 7pm, Tom Fairfax discusses 'Families, Networks and Informants: The Making of the Orkneyinga Saga' in our free online Public Seminar Series.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
November and December is a busy month for seminars @thinkuhi.bsky.social On Thursday 27th November 2025 at 7pm, Tom Fairfax discusses 'Families, Networks and Informants: The Making of the Orkneyinga Saga' in our free online Public Seminar Series.
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SSNS is proud to present its new edited volume, 'Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology' (ed. Kelly Kilpatrick), which honours the work of Dr Anna Ritchie, esteemed archaeologist, author, and lifelong advocate of Scotland's premodern history and heritage.
SSNS is proud to present its new edited volume, 'Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology' (ed. Kelly Kilpatrick), which honours the work of Dr Anna Ritchie, esteemed archaeologist, author, and lifelong advocate of Scotland's premodern history and heritage.
Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology (2025) - Scottish Society for Northern Studies
The Society is delighted to announce the publication of a new edited volume in honour of Dr Anna Ritchie.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
OUT NOW! 📚
SSNS is proud to present its new edited volume, 'Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology' (ed. Kelly Kilpatrick), which honours the work of Dr Anna Ritchie, esteemed archaeologist, author, and lifelong advocate of Scotland's premodern history and heritage.
SSNS is proud to present its new edited volume, 'Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology' (ed. Kelly Kilpatrick), which honours the work of Dr Anna Ritchie, esteemed archaeologist, author, and lifelong advocate of Scotland's premodern history and heritage.
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Why not become a member of SSNS?
As well as providing access to events and publications (including our journal), you will support the Society to promote and fund research into the Scandinavian, Celtic, and Scottish worlds - both within Scotland and further afield
www.ssns.org.uk/membership/
As well as providing access to events and publications (including our journal), you will support the Society to promote and fund research into the Scandinavian, Celtic, and Scottish worlds - both within Scotland and further afield
www.ssns.org.uk/membership/
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Why not become a member of SSNS?
As well as providing access to events and publications (including our journal), you will support the Society to promote and fund research into the Scandinavian, Celtic, and Scottish worlds - both within Scotland and further afield
www.ssns.org.uk/membership/
As well as providing access to events and publications (including our journal), you will support the Society to promote and fund research into the Scandinavian, Celtic, and Scottish worlds - both within Scotland and further afield
www.ssns.org.uk/membership/
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Coming soon...
October 21, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Coming soon...
After a number of episodes looking at characters from Norway and Ireland in the middle of the 9th century, my latest post returns to Pictland to look at what happened after the death of Kenneth MacAlpin.
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Forteviot, Palace of Kings
Although there is little evidence of it today, the tiny village of Forteviot with its population of around 200 was once the centre of the Pictish and newly-emerging Scottish kingdoms in the 9th cen…
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August 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
After a number of episodes looking at characters from Norway and Ireland in the middle of the 9th century, my latest post returns to Pictland to look at what happened after the death of Kenneth MacAlpin.
northerntapestry.com/2025/08/17/f...
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My latest blog post continues with the story of the vikings in Ireland in the middle of the 9th century and starts to join up with some of the threads contained in the Icelandic Sagas.
#vikings, #ireland
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#vikings, #ireland
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Vikings in Black and White
At the end of my last post I noted that in the mid-800s, as well as fighting the Irish, we now had Vikings attacking Vikings and that the narrative was in danger of becoming even more confusing. Fo…
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August 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My latest blog post continues with the story of the vikings in Ireland in the middle of the 9th century and starts to join up with some of the threads contained in the Icelandic Sagas.
#vikings, #ireland
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#vikings, #ireland
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Would highly recommend the new Viking North exhibition at the Yorkshire Museum (York) if you are in the area. Lots to see and thoughtfully presented. #vikingsky
July 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Would highly recommend the new Viking North exhibition at the Yorkshire Museum (York) if you are in the area. Lots to see and thoughtfully presented. #vikingsky
The latest addition to my blog is a short post looking at the continuing strife between the Vikings and the Irish as we reach the mid-point of the 9th century.
#vikings, #ireland
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#vikings, #ireland
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Tomrair, a Viking Jarl in Ireland
In Turges – a Norse leader in Ireland, we saw how the Irish prince – and then king – of Mide, Mael Sechnaill, had ritually drowned the Norse leader Turges in 845 – a result of the ongoing conflict …
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July 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The latest addition to my blog is a short post looking at the continuing strife between the Vikings and the Irish as we reach the mid-point of the 9th century.
#vikings, #ireland
northerntapestry.com/2025/07/13/t...
#vikings, #ireland
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Thank you to those who are following this account. As well as my posts here I also have a blog on WordPress and I thought it might be useful to reintroduce that, especially to those who have joined in recent weeks. (A🧵 1/11)
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June 28, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Thank you to those who are following this account. As well as my posts here I also have a blog on WordPress and I thought it might be useful to reintroduce that, especially to those who have joined in recent weeks. (A🧵 1/11)
www.northerntapestry.com
www.northerntapestry.com
Pictish Queen. Tarbat Discovery Centre.
June 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Pictish Queen. Tarbat Discovery Centre.
Went to see the Viking-age ship carving at Pikeing Well, York today. Dating from 10th-11th century.
June 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Went to see the Viking-age ship carving at Pikeing Well, York today. Dating from 10th-11th century.
My latest post looks at one of the Norse leaders in 9th century Ireland
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Turges – a Norse leader in Ireland
A name which appears in the Irish Annals between 839 and 845 is Turges (or Turgeis, Tuirgheis or Turgesius), a Norse chieftain fighting in Ireland. This post will look at this character – and what …
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June 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
My latest post looks at one of the Norse leaders in 9th century Ireland
northerntapestry.com/2025/06/08/t...
northerntapestry.com/2025/06/08/t...