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Tristan 'count-fingers' Alphey @seaxeducation.bsky.social · 20d

Absolutely not, this is a disgrace

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Tristan 'count-fingers' Alphey @seaxeducation.bsky.social · 29d

'London and South East University Group' is a terrible name - chuck me 50 quid and I'll come up with a better one

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Tristan 'count-fingers' Alphey @seaxeducation.bsky.social · Sep 9

Good terminology use here, but I’d still go with ‘agnomina’!

Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · Sep 9

William the Conqueror died today in 1087.
The last in a long line of Norman dukes with cool cognomens
Father: Robert the Magnificent
Grandpa: Richard the Good
Gr Grandpa: Richard the Fearless
Gr Gr: William Longsword

Downhill after William.
Oldest son: Robert Short Stockings.
It didn't go well

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Tristan 'count-fingers' Alphey @seaxeducation.bsky.social · Sep 8

I've started a new series on my blog where I retell some of the lesser-known stories from early medieval England. The latest
(seaxeducation.substack.com/p/bothelms-b...) is about a monk, a broken arm, and the powers of divine moss.

Do check it out, and maybe one day I can afford my rent!

Bothelm's Broken Brones - The Healing Powers of Holy Moss

An injured monk seeks divine healing, and finds it in the mossy relic of a historic battle.

seaxeducation.substack.com

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Tristan 'count-fingers' Alphey @seaxeducation.bsky.social · Sep 8

Perhaps this is the final nudge to get my students to drop the 'Norman Yoke' narrative - 'look, if Truss believes it, it can't be true!'

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Tristan 'count-fingers' Alphey @seaxeducation.bsky.social · Sep 8

I've started a new series on my blog where I retell some of the lesser-known stories from early medieval England. The latest
(seaxeducation.substack.com/p/bothelms-b...) is about a monk, a broken arm, and the powers of divine moss.

Do check it out, and maybe one day I can afford my rent!

Bothelm's Broken Brones - The Healing Powers of Holy Moss

An injured monk seeks divine healing, and finds it in the mossy relic of a historic battle.

seaxeducation.substack.com

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Tristan 'count-fingers' Alphey @seaxeducation.bsky.social · Jul 8

Thank you for delivering such a good paper!

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James Worth @worthjrw.bsky.social · Jul 5

Excited to talk on the Associative Naming practices of Names as "Lombard Histories Beyond Paul the Deacon" at Tuesday's 14:15 @imc-leeds.bsky.social #onomastics panel as chaired by @seaxeducation.bsky.social.

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Tristan 'count-fingers' Alphey @seaxeducation.bsky.social · Jun 29

Hello friends - what's the best introductory book to Court Rolls, as a type of source?

Tristan 'count-fingers' Alphey @seaxeducation.bsky.social · Jun 28

Come join us @imc-leeds.bsky.social in 2026 to talk about names! Please share this CfP with anyone interested - all are welcome

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Tristan 'count-fingers' Alphey @seaxeducation.bsky.social · Jun 27

I would really like a job please and thank you...

Tristan 'count-fingers' Alphey @seaxeducation.bsky.social · Jun 26

Make sure you fill up that water - it's still very muggy here!

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Tristan 'count-fingers' Alphey @seaxeducation.bsky.social · Jun 18

Much deserved!

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Dr Elena Rossi @elenarossi.bsky.social · Jun 18

Thank you to @seaxeducation.bsky.social for my PhD sword 🗡️

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Tristan 'count-fingers' Alphey @seaxeducation.bsky.social · May 30

I hope I get THIS job

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Tristan 'count-fingers' Alphey @seaxeducation.bsky.social · May 12

Anybody happen to know what the go-to scholarly edition of Neal's History of the Puritans is?

Tristan 'count-fingers' Alphey @seaxeducation.bsky.social · May 2

Double bill of me next Monday...

Tristan 'count-fingers' Alphey @seaxeducation.bsky.social · Apr 21

Does anybody know a modern historian who works on either George Canning or Lord Castlereagh? I'm trying to hunt down a specific quote I haven't been able to find yet.

Tristan 'count-fingers' Alphey @seaxeducation.bsky.social · Apr 19

Wish me luck…

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Jonathan Healey @jonathanhealey.bsky.social · Apr 14

New job at Oxford - do please share widely!

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMS153/a...

Associate Professor in History, 1000-1500 at University of Oxford

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Associate Professor in History, 1000-1500 on jobs.ac.uk!

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Tristan 'count-fingers' Alphey @seaxeducation.bsky.social · Apr 14

Genuinely quite a scary experience being in the Gladstone Link as the lights suddenly shut off...

Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · Apr 14

Due to a power outage in central Oxford some Bodleian libraries (The Weston Library, Radcliffe Camera, and the Old Bodleian) will close at 5pm today. SSE hope to restore power by 9.30pm.

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Tristan 'count-fingers' Alphey @seaxeducation.bsky.social · Apr 13

Really want to start a subscription service that saves wierd and whacky vinyls - pay a small fee and get a monthly second-hand record sent to your door

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Tristan 'count-fingers' Alphey @seaxeducation.bsky.social · Apr 12

An undergraduate in the library is two-screening a game of online poker and an endless stream of tiktoks and, honestly, you have to respect the graft

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Tristan 'count-fingers' Alphey @seaxeducation.bsky.social · Apr 11

Reading @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social 's PhD thesis and I think the sub-title 'Bede and the Cadaver Theory' would make an amazing name for a band...

Tristan 'count-fingers' Alphey @seaxeducation.bsky.social · Mar 29

Yeah, bad time to have just finished a PhD!