We're Hiring! The Department of Classics and the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto invite applications for a full-time, tenure-stream position in Late Antiquity.
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August 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Going old school for my latest set of Viking & Saxon banners. Very relaxing painting these by hand. #wargaming #miniatures #nerdlings #spreadthelard #earlymedieval #28mmwargaming #miniaturepaintingcommunity
September 16, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Going old school for my latest set of Viking & Saxon banners. Very relaxing painting these by hand. #wargaming #miniatures #nerdlings #spreadthelard #earlymedieval #28mmwargaming #miniaturepaintingcommunity
Animal-shaped sword pommel with human masks from Kirmukarmu hill, Vesilahti, Finland. 550-800 #earlymedieval #medievalsky #finland #animalart #germanicart
March 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Animal-shaped sword pommel with human masks from Kirmukarmu hill, Vesilahti, Finland. 550-800 #earlymedieval #medievalsky #finland #animalart #germanicart
Not quite a finger post but still one I love: An #EarlyMedieval #landscape in roadsigns around Cranfield, Beds. A short thread for #FingerpostFriday
November 22, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Not quite a finger post but still one I love: An #EarlyMedieval #landscape in roadsigns around Cranfield, Beds. A short thread for #FingerpostFriday
Back from the magical place that is Sutton Hoo! We had the most amazing weekend running the Battle of the River Idle for everyone from scouts to grandparents. #wargaming #nerdlings #earlymedieval #miniatures #suttonhoont #mogsymakes #spreadthelard #badsquiddogames #grippingbeast #footsoreminiatures
July 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Back from the magical place that is Sutton Hoo! We had the most amazing weekend running the Battle of the River Idle for everyone from scouts to grandparents. #wargaming #nerdlings #earlymedieval #miniatures #suttonhoont #mogsymakes #spreadthelard #badsquiddogames #grippingbeast #footsoreminiatures
'The raiding army became much stirred up against the bishop, because he did not want to offer them any money... They pelted him there with bones and the heads of cattle.' Murder in Anglo-Saxon England, available for pre-order:
mybook.to/MIASE
mybook.to/MIASE
January 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Another 12 finished tonight.
#28mm #victrix #miniatures #wargames #wargaming #midgard #minipainting #miniaturespainting #darkages #earlymedieval
#28mm #victrix #miniatures #wargames #wargaming #midgard #minipainting #miniaturespainting #darkages #earlymedieval
March 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Another 12 finished tonight.
#28mm #victrix #miniatures #wargames #wargaming #midgard #minipainting #miniaturespainting #darkages #earlymedieval
#28mm #victrix #miniatures #wargames #wargaming #midgard #minipainting #miniaturespainting #darkages #earlymedieval
Slowly getting there on the next batch.
#28mm #victrix #miniatures #wargames #wargaming #midgard #minipainting #miniaturespainting #darkages #earlymedieval
#28mm #victrix #miniatures #wargames #wargaming #midgard #minipainting #miniaturespainting #darkages #earlymedieval
March 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Slowly getting there on the next batch.
#28mm #victrix #miniatures #wargames #wargaming #midgard #minipainting #miniaturespainting #darkages #earlymedieval
#28mm #victrix #miniatures #wargames #wargaming #midgard #minipainting #miniaturespainting #darkages #earlymedieval
Looking at some reproduction viking oval brooches I have made, and seeing the variation and also some thoughts on how they look and the significance of keeping them in circulation in the early medieval period. #viking #earlymedieval #archaeology
February 3, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Looking at some reproduction viking oval brooches I have made, and seeing the variation and also some thoughts on how they look and the significance of keeping them in circulation in the early medieval period. #viking #earlymedieval #archaeology
Very exciting delivery this morning! @northernpicts.bsky.social @socantscot.bsky.social! #Rhynie #Scotland #earlymedieval #IronAge #Picts
March 31, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Very exciting delivery this morning! @northernpicts.bsky.social @socantscot.bsky.social! #Rhynie #Scotland #earlymedieval #IronAge #Picts
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Having had the privilege of reading Menewood in proof it is an amazing achievement. Love Hild so much!
In HILD, Hild acquires four bynames or epithets. In MENEWOOD she gets three more, the first of which is Cath Llew, or lynx. Here's a post—maps! shields!—about how, why, and when she gains such a fiercesome (😊) reputation.
Just 17 days to go. Oh, I cannot *wait* for you to read this book!
Just 17 days to go. Oh, I cannot *wait* for you to read this book!
September 17, 2023 at 7:15 PM
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A huge shipment of my books on ogam inscriptions & Cisalpine Celtic has just come in, incl. the Spanish translation of my ogam book! (Plus books on Gaulish & Celtiberian.)
My books will be on sale in the Maynooth bookshop (shop.universitybooks.ie/Books/Ogam-L...), the @nmireland.bsky.social shop...
My books will be on sale in the Maynooth bookshop (shop.universitybooks.ie/Books/Ogam-L...), the @nmireland.bsky.social shop...
June 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
For #FindsFriday, a head plate from an Early Anglo-Saxon square-headed brooch, dating to the 6th century. It has relief decoration in the animal art style, Style I, thought to originate in Scandinavia & human face masks. These are often found in richly furnished female burials.
#EarlyMedieval
#EarlyMedieval
January 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
For #FindsFriday, a head plate from an Early Anglo-Saxon square-headed brooch, dating to the 6th century. It has relief decoration in the animal art style, Style I, thought to originate in Scandinavia & human face masks. These are often found in richly furnished female burials.
#EarlyMedieval
#EarlyMedieval
Call for Papers from @em-ehx.bsky.social and I for IMC Leeds 2026: 'New Perspectives on the Viking Diaspora'. Send us a title and abstract by 18 August! @imc-leeds.bsky.social #IMC2026 #Medievalists #Medievalsky #EarlyMedieval #VikingStudies
July 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Call for Papers from @em-ehx.bsky.social and I for IMC Leeds 2026: 'New Perspectives on the Viking Diaspora'. Send us a title and abstract by 18 August! @imc-leeds.bsky.social #IMC2026 #Medievalists #Medievalsky #EarlyMedieval #VikingStudies
Arrived in the post, today. #EarlyMedieval #BookSky 😍
May 22, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Arrived in the post, today. #EarlyMedieval #BookSky 😍
This is the broken shaft of a high cross at Old Kilcullen, Kildare.
Carved in Wicklow granite, it has some pretty unusual and enigmatic depictions.
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #IrishHistory #IrishArchaeology #EarlyMedieval #Art
Carved in Wicklow granite, it has some pretty unusual and enigmatic depictions.
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #IrishHistory #IrishArchaeology #EarlyMedieval #Art
September 6, 2026 at 6:32 PM
This is the broken shaft of a high cross at Old Kilcullen, Kildare.
Carved in Wicklow granite, it has some pretty unusual and enigmatic depictions.
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #IrishHistory #IrishArchaeology #EarlyMedieval #Art
Carved in Wicklow granite, it has some pretty unusual and enigmatic depictions.
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #IrishHistory #IrishArchaeology #EarlyMedieval #Art
Sometimes, as a historian, you just want to weep! This text was not only wrong at the point of being written, but then got cheerfully past at least one editor, probably 3.
Heaven help us all. #earlymedieval #anglosaxon
Heaven help us all. #earlymedieval #anglosaxon
December 26, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Sometimes, as a historian, you just want to weep! This text was not only wrong at the point of being written, but then got cheerfully past at least one editor, probably 3.
Heaven help us all. #earlymedieval #anglosaxon
Heaven help us all. #earlymedieval #anglosaxon
Leather bottle • Leitrim
This leather bottle or flask was found deep in a bog in Cloonclose, County Leitrim.
From the decoration, it is believed to date to the early medieval period, making the bottle at least a thousand years old.
#Ireland ##SpéirGhorm #Archaeology 🏺 #EarlyMedieval
This leather bottle or flask was found deep in a bog in Cloonclose, County Leitrim.
From the decoration, it is believed to date to the early medieval period, making the bottle at least a thousand years old.
#Ireland ##SpéirGhorm #Archaeology 🏺 #EarlyMedieval
March 6, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Leather bottle • Leitrim
This leather bottle or flask was found deep in a bog in Cloonclose, County Leitrim.
From the decoration, it is believed to date to the early medieval period, making the bottle at least a thousand years old.
#Ireland ##SpéirGhorm #Archaeology 🏺 #EarlyMedieval
This leather bottle or flask was found deep in a bog in Cloonclose, County Leitrim.
From the decoration, it is believed to date to the early medieval period, making the bottle at least a thousand years old.
#Ireland ##SpéirGhorm #Archaeology 🏺 #EarlyMedieval
It’s a grey day #uist - perfect for attending an online seminar on #EarlyMedieval period.
September 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
It’s a grey day #uist - perfect for attending an online seminar on #EarlyMedieval period.
All Early Byzantine Units Thus Far post 7-
converted Command Base 2 & 3
For more pictures and details on the conversions please hop over to:
justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com/2022/10/conv...
#wargaming #28mm #ancientwargaming #earlymedieval #warhammer #fun #Byzantine #wargames #JustAddWAterBlog
converted Command Base 2 & 3
For more pictures and details on the conversions please hop over to:
justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com/2022/10/conv...
#wargaming #28mm #ancientwargaming #earlymedieval #warhammer #fun #Byzantine #wargames #JustAddWAterBlog
April 26, 2026 at 7:12 AM
All Early Byzantine Units Thus Far post 7-
converted Command Base 2 & 3
For more pictures and details on the conversions please hop over to:
justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com/2022/10/conv...
#wargaming #28mm #ancientwargaming #earlymedieval #warhammer #fun #Byzantine #wargames #JustAddWAterBlog
converted Command Base 2 & 3
For more pictures and details on the conversions please hop over to:
justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com/2022/10/conv...
#wargaming #28mm #ancientwargaming #earlymedieval #warhammer #fun #Byzantine #wargames #JustAddWAterBlog
The dark brown slog is over.
#28mm #victrix #miniatures #wargames #wargaming #midgard #minipainting #miniaturespainting #darkages #earlymedieval
#28mm #victrix #miniatures #wargames #wargaming #midgard #minipainting #miniaturespainting #darkages #earlymedieval
February 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The dark brown slog is over.
#28mm #victrix #miniatures #wargames #wargaming #midgard #minipainting #miniaturespainting #darkages #earlymedieval
#28mm #victrix #miniatures #wargames #wargaming #midgard #minipainting #miniaturespainting #darkages #earlymedieval
#WIPWednesday coming at you with some tassels! They weren't the easiest to figure out how to do but I got there in the end.
#Earlymedieval #Blender #Pictish #miniaturedesign
#Earlymedieval #Blender #Pictish #miniaturedesign
September 23, 2026 at 8:07 AM
#WIPWednesday coming at you with some tassels! They weren't the easiest to figure out how to do but I got there in the end.
#Earlymedieval #Blender #Pictish #miniaturedesign
#Earlymedieval #Blender #Pictish #miniaturedesign
I've started a (very incomplete) Starter Pack for the Viking-ists of Bluesky. I will have missed people in these early days, so please let me know anyone I've missed, or if you want to be added!
#Vikings #Viking #earlymedieval #StarterPack
go.bsky.app/K7xLh7S
#Vikings #Viking #earlymedieval #StarterPack
go.bsky.app/K7xLh7S
November 16, 2024 at 3:42 PM
I've started a (very incomplete) Starter Pack for the Viking-ists of Bluesky. I will have missed people in these early days, so please let me know anyone I've missed, or if you want to be added!
#Vikings #Viking #earlymedieval #StarterPack
go.bsky.app/K7xLh7S
#Vikings #Viking #earlymedieval #StarterPack
go.bsky.app/K7xLh7S
And done. I now have 132 assembled Victrix 28mm Viking and Saxons on hand. Time to get back to painting.
#28mm #victrix #miniatures #wargames #wargaming #midgard #minipainting #miniaturespainting #darkages #earlymedieval
#28mm #victrix #miniatures #wargames #wargaming #midgard #minipainting #miniaturespainting #darkages #earlymedieval
February 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
And done. I now have 132 assembled Victrix 28mm Viking and Saxons on hand. Time to get back to painting.
#28mm #victrix #miniatures #wargames #wargaming #midgard #minipainting #miniaturespainting #darkages #earlymedieval
#28mm #victrix #miniatures #wargames #wargaming #midgard #minipainting #miniaturespainting #darkages #earlymedieval
Enjoying the #Beowulf and Beyond seminar. We’ve touched on Stone Henge, Repton, and are now on the boar helmet from Benty Grange (and boars as totemiic creatures). #EarlyMedieval
March 16, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Enjoying the #Beowulf and Beyond seminar. We’ve touched on Stone Henge, Repton, and are now on the boar helmet from Benty Grange (and boars as totemiic creatures). #EarlyMedieval