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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 20h

Oct 12: Feast of Edwin (584-633), first Christian king of the Northumbrians. He came to power with the aid of Rædwald, king of the East Angles. He died at the Battle of Hæthfelth against Penda, pagan king of the Mercians, and British king Catguollaun. 📸DaveWebster14 #medievalsky

A stained-glass depiction of a crowned Edwin bearing a sword in one hand and a model of a church in the other.

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 20h

Oct 12: Feast of Wilfrid (c.633-709), Northumbrian bishop. One of the most colourful prelates of the time. Championed the Roman dating of Easter at the Synod of Whitby. Frequent thorn in kings’ sides but acted as foster-father to boy-king Osred (†716). 📸Ripon Cathedral #medievalsky

The early medieval crypt beneath Ripon Cathedral.

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 1d

Oct 11: Feast of James the Deacon (C7th) companion of Paulinus of York. He remained in the north when Paulinus withdrew to Kent in 633, and as an old man championed the Roman dating of Easter at the Synod of Whitby. 📸Paul Lakin #medievalsky

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 1d

Oct 11: Feast of Cainnech (†c.600), of Achad Bó (Aghaboe, Ireland). Abbot and frequent hermit who joined Columba on his visit to Pictish king Bridei near Inverness. In Scotland, his principal church was at Inch Kenneth, Mull. 📸Andy Waddington #medievalsky

Inch Kenneth, a small, grassy island off the west coast of Mull.

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 2d

I wonder if the soles of people's feet were just tougher then because most shoes I've seen from the period are like this. Some a little more robust.

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 2d

Northumbria AD 367-867: Earth Hall, Ring Gift and Heaven’s Field by Max Adams and Colm O’Brien birlinn.co.uk/product/nort...

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From the author of the bestselling The King in the North. The story of the lands between the Forth and Humber from the end of the Roman period to the Viking kingdom of York is one of the most richly f...

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 2d

No medieval filter here! A modern recreation of a Viking ruler for Denmark’s National Museum, based on the depiction of Cnut in the New Minster Liber Vitae and on clothes found at a grave in Mammen, Denmark. #medievalsky

A man wearing a thigh-length red tunic beneath a cloak of a darker red, both richly embroidered, blue leggings and soft, tan-coloured shoes.

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 2d

Oct 10: Feast of Paulinus (†644), bishop of York. He baptised Edwin, pagan king of the Northumbrians in 627. When Edwin died in battle in 633, Paulinus withdrew with the widowed St Æthelburh to Kent, where he became bishop of Rochester. 📸Paul Lakin #medievalsky

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 3d

Beyond the Frontier: Unearthing the Secrets of Scotland’s Silver Hoard www.historyhit.com/beyond-the-f...

Beyond the Frontier: Unearthing the Secrets of Scotland’s Silver Hoard

In 1919, a discovery was made near Edinburgh that stunned the archaeological world: over 23 kilograms of ancient silver, one of the largest hoards of...

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Rotten Tomatoes @rottentomatoes.com · 3d

Official trailer for the #GameOfThrones prequel series #AKnightOfTheSevenKingdoms.

Premiering January 18 on HBO Max.

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 3d

In my mind’s eye this is how I look scouring old texts for #OTDs.

a close up of a piece of paper that says ' i ' on it

Alt: The wizard Gandalf studying old parchments.

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 3d

This true crime show Phrogging: Hider In My House is wild.

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 4d

Oct 8: Feast of Iwig (Ywi) (C7th), Northumbrian monk and deacon. Disciple of Cuthbert at Lindisfarne and later hermit in Brittany, where he accomplished miracles of healing. 📸xlibber #medievalsky

Lindisfarne Castle sitting atop Beblowe Crag.

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 4d

Oct 8: Feast of Cú-Chuimne (†747), monk and scholar of Iona. Together with Ruben of Dairinis, Ireland, he compiled the Collectio canonum Hibernensis, the first systematic western collection of canon law. 📸August Schwerdfeger #medievalsky

Iona Abbey between hills in the background and the sea in the foreground.

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 4d

Oct 8: Feast of Triduana, virgin linked with Rescobie, Angus. According to the Aberdeen Breviary, she escaped the unwanted advances of a Pictish king by plucking out her eyes. St Triduana’s Chapel, Edinburgh 📸Historic Environment Scotland #medievalsky

The approach to St Triduana’s Chapel, Edinburgh.

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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 5d

New Medieval Books: Monasticism in Ireland www.medievalists.net/2024/10/new-... #monasticism

New Medieval Books: Monasticism in Ireland - Medievalists.net

This book explores the functioning of monasteries in Ireland during the High Middle Ages and their integral role in the country's religious life. It addresses the key question: 'How monastic was the…

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 6d

Delighted to be giving a Bede's World / Durham World Heritage Site lecture in @durham.ac.uk on 18 October.

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 7d

The two openings which pilgrims would have used to access and exit the Anglo-Saxon crypt at Ripon Cathedral in North Yorkshire. Dating to 672 AD, the crypt is the only surviving part of St. Wilfrid’s original church. 📸 My own. #SaxonSunday #RiponCathedral

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 6d

The first recorded British sea battle took place #OTD in 719. Donnchad Becc, king of Cenn Tíre (Kintyre), brought to a halt the ascendancy of the Lorn king of Dál Riata, Selbach mac Ferchair. The standard Dál Riatan naval ship was the ‘seven-bencher’. 📸Gary Sutherland #medievalsky

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 9d

A late 9th century sword pommel - part of the Bedale Hoard which was found by metal detectorists in 2012. The hoard is now part of the collections at the Yorkshire Museum in York. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #BedaleHoard #YorkshireMuseum

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 9d

Northumbrian rebels led by thegns Gamelbearn, Dunstan and Glúniairn stormed the absent Earl Tostig’s York home #OTD in 1065, slew his retainers and raided his treasury. It was partly in revenge for the execution of thegns Gospatric, Gamel and Ulf. 📸York Archaeological Trust #medievalsky

Thatched wooden houses huddled together in an artist's impression of 10th-century York.

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 10d

When the lads are arguing over whose fault it was the stag eluded the hunt and you have an actual arrow sprouting from your chest.

A 14th-century French representation of the death of William II 'Rufus, king of the English, during a hunt.

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 10d

Tilberht was consecrated bishop of Hagustaldes ham (Hexham) at a place called Wulfeswelle, ‘well of the wolf’, #OTD in 780/81. 📸Kevin Wilbraham #medievalsky

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 11d

After four years of work by game designers, writers, archaeologists, and a diverse group of artists, pre-orders are now open for Carved in Stone: A Storyteller’s Guide to the Picts carved-in-stone.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

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A system-agnostic setting guide to Scotland’s Pictish peoples, for players, historians and enthusiasts of all ages!

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 11d

Eadwig, king of the English, died #OTD in 959. He lost the allegiance of Northumbria and Mercia to his brother Edgar in 957. A seemingly peaceful split in the nascent kingdom of England ensued, later to be mended when the teenage Edgar became rex Anglorum. 📸York Museums Trust #medievalsky

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