Rebecca Tyson
@tyguson.bsky.social
PhD student at University of Bristol; RHS Marshall Fellow (2024-25) at Institute of Historical Research; 11th-century Normandy, maritime and riverine environments, the Norman invasion fleet.
https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/rebecca-tyson
https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/rebecca-tyson
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I have just submitted my PhD thesis, and now I am going to drink this Norman Conquest-themed cider. #MedievalSky
I’ve now caught up on last night’s #DrawingDiggingforBritain and decided to draw the stone anchor found in the River Wear while @toriherridge.bsky.social was filming.
January 29, 2026 at 3:15 PM
I’ve now caught up on last night’s #DrawingDiggingforBritain and decided to draw the stone anchor found in the River Wear while @toriherridge.bsky.social was filming.
I have just submitted my PhD thesis, and now I am going to drink this Norman Conquest-themed cider. #MedievalSky
January 28, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I have just submitted my PhD thesis, and now I am going to drink this Norman Conquest-themed cider. #MedievalSky
My town’s annual Mari Lwyd and Wassail is always a joyful day in dark and wet January. This year there was a bonus Krampus (it didn’t look very joyful though!)
January 24, 2026 at 3:48 PM
My town’s annual Mari Lwyd and Wassail is always a joyful day in dark and wet January. This year there was a bonus Krampus (it didn’t look very joyful though!)
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292 kennings for sea here skaldic.org/m.php?p=kenn...
Skaldic Project - kenning type
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January 22, 2026 at 9:43 PM
292 kennings for sea here skaldic.org/m.php?p=kenn...
I definitely didn’t do this lovely little bone box justice this evening, at least in part because I could barely take my eyes off the screen when it was opened. I hope there will be analysis of the ‘mud’ inside to see if an ointment can be identified. #DrawingDiggingforBritain
January 21, 2026 at 10:41 PM
I definitely didn’t do this lovely little bone box justice this evening, at least in part because I could barely take my eyes off the screen when it was opened. I hope there will be analysis of the ‘mud’ inside to see if an ointment can be identified. #DrawingDiggingforBritain
This is absolutely awful news. Stephen was an inspiring scholar and such a kind and generous man. He was interested in and supportive of me and my research when he didn’t have to be and I am so grateful for his insights and our conversations. My thoughts are with his family at this terrible time.
It is with deep sadness that the Master and Fellows of St Peter’s College share news of the death of Professor Stephen Baxter, Fellow and Tutor in Medieval History. Our full tribute will be shared soon. https://ow.ly/cy8J50Y0yrB
January 21, 2026 at 11:58 AM
This is absolutely awful news. Stephen was an inspiring scholar and such a kind and generous man. He was interested in and supportive of me and my research when he didn’t have to be and I am so grateful for his insights and our conversations. My thoughts are with his family at this terrible time.
I had a bit of a disaster while #DrawingDiggingforBritain this evening when one of my pens leaked everywhere. Thankfully it narrowly missed last week’s drawing. I loved the cross-Channel connections that this little coin represented.
January 14, 2026 at 10:10 PM
I had a bit of a disaster while #DrawingDiggingforBritain this evening when one of my pens leaked everywhere. Thankfully it narrowly missed last week’s drawing. I loved the cross-Channel connections that this little coin represented.
The 1,800-year-old finds from Carlisle were beautiful, and it’s amazing that they survived intact. #DrawingDiggingforBritain
January 7, 2026 at 10:45 PM
The 1,800-year-old finds from Carlisle were beautiful, and it’s amazing that they survived intact. #DrawingDiggingforBritain
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**New theory emerges about how this newly discovered Carnyx head became separated from the mouthpiece section**
![Toy Cacofonix bound and gagged [to silence him] with a broken Carnyx in two pieces on the ground alongside.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jqt2kxibs5wkhdqbep3kdibl/bafkreif7gkatd6esnge3aysetzfj5wssgn6s3j3g2ramkslcqitbq757fa@jpeg)
January 7, 2026 at 11:37 AM
**New theory emerges about how this newly discovered Carnyx head became separated from the mouthpiece section**
I’m so glad #DrawingDiggingforBritain is happening again this year. Over the last 2 years I’ve really enjoyed the shared excitement and creativity inspired by the new archaeological discoveries in every episode. I haven’t picked up my pens and pencils since last Jan so I’m looking forward to this.
January 7, 2026 at 10:15 AM
I’m so glad #DrawingDiggingforBritain is happening again this year. Over the last 2 years I’ve really enjoyed the shared excitement and creativity inspired by the new archaeological discoveries in every episode. I haven’t picked up my pens and pencils since last Jan so I’m looking forward to this.
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Interesting work on early medieval coastal drainage in Flanders.
A 16h30 sur @franceculture.fr l'Entretien archéologique parle de l'aménagement du littoral près de Dunkerque au Moyen Âge. A quoi ressemblent ces polders du nord de la France et quelles découvertes matérielles ont été réalisées nous renvoyant aux peuples nordiques? www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
À Dunkerque, les archéologues prennent un bon polder
Au Xe siècle, un projet de grande ampleur va être mené dans les Flandres : l'assèchement d’un estuaire pour gagner des terres agricoles. Les résultats de la dernière campagne de fouilles de 2025, dans...
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January 2, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Interesting work on early medieval coastal drainage in Flanders.
2025 was a year of professional highs and personal lows. Highlights included sailing down the Seine in a reconstructed 11th-c cargo ship and giving a paper at the Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies. In January I’ll submit my PhD thesis, so I’m looking forward to seeing what 2026 will bring.
December 31, 2025 at 11:36 AM
2025 was a year of professional highs and personal lows. Highlights included sailing down the Seine in a reconstructed 11th-c cargo ship and giving a paper at the Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies. In January I’ll submit my PhD thesis, so I’m looking forward to seeing what 2026 will bring.
The full-size willow-woven horse sculpture at Tredegar House is extremely impressive. It was designed and sculpted by Sarah Hatton.
December 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The full-size willow-woven horse sculpture at Tredegar House is extremely impressive. It was designed and sculpted by Sarah Hatton.
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This is incredibly stimulating and useful!
🌟New OA Publication🌟 doi.org/10.1086/738364 🧪🏰 "Biomolecular Archaeology and Medieval Studies: A Graphic Article" in @medievalacademy.bsky.social w @janetekay.bsky.social & an awesome team of ECR #WomeninSTEM 🧵⬇️ @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social @cmrsedinburgh.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This is incredibly stimulating and useful!
Svälget 2, the newly discovered medieval cargo ship, had a length of approx. 28 meters, a width of up to 9 meters, a height of 6 meters, and could have carried approx. 300 tons of cargo. Dating from the early 15th century, this ship demonstrates that largescale trade networks operated at this time.
The largest medieval kogge merchant ship yet discovered, found in the Øresund off Copenhagen and professionally excavated - dating from c 1410 and built in the Netherlands.
www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/nyheder/arka...
www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/nyheder/arka...
Arkæologer afslører middelalderligt superskib: "Det er verdens største kogge"
I 600 år har havet ud for København gemt på en kæmpe hemmelighed. Nu kan Vikingeskibsmuseets marinarkæologer sammen med DR-dokumentaren Gåden i dybet afsløre fundet af verdens største kogge, et middel...
www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk
December 29, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Svälget 2, the newly discovered medieval cargo ship, had a length of approx. 28 meters, a width of up to 9 meters, a height of 6 meters, and could have carried approx. 300 tons of cargo. Dating from the early 15th century, this ship demonstrates that largescale trade networks operated at this time.
A piece of tideline treasure- a small white quartz pebble. Though abundant on the shores of the Irish Sea, these bright, sea-tumbled pebbles have nonetheless been treasured for millennia in this region and are associated with remembrance.
December 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
A piece of tideline treasure- a small white quartz pebble. Though abundant on the shores of the Irish Sea, these bright, sea-tumbled pebbles have nonetheless been treasured for millennia in this region and are associated with remembrance.
There is some juicy new Bayeux Tapestry scholarship to tuck into this lunchtime👇
My tasty take (pun intended) on the Bayeux Tapestry—a subject on which I had vowed never to publish. Available Open Access with @ihr.bsky.social. See what you make of it, and bon appetit! academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
Chewing over the Norman Conquest: the Bayeux Tapestry as monastic mealtime reading*
Abstract. This article offers a new contextualization of the Bayeux Tapestry by exploring its use as mealtime reading in a monastic refectory. This concept
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December 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
There is some juicy new Bayeux Tapestry scholarship to tuck into this lunchtime👇
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✍️🗻 Dr @stevedehailes.bsky.social (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) tells us about his Medieval Mountain AHRC project which seeks to raise awareness of our historical relationship to mountains & our continued role in their preservation
Read more about the project 👉 brnw.ch/21wXUsn
Read more about the project 👉 brnw.ch/21wXUsn
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
✍️🗻 Dr @stevedehailes.bsky.social (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) tells us about his Medieval Mountain AHRC project which seeks to raise awareness of our historical relationship to mountains & our continued role in their preservation
Read more about the project 👉 brnw.ch/21wXUsn
Read more about the project 👉 brnw.ch/21wXUsn
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Last week I went on a 'research walk', a new thing for me. I was attempting to 'beat the bounds' of the parish of Portishead, which is the central case study in my current book project about everyday life in 17th century villages. A good start; it was a dry day... 🧵
December 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Last week I went on a 'research walk', a new thing for me. I was attempting to 'beat the bounds' of the parish of Portishead, which is the central case study in my current book project about everyday life in 17th century villages. A good start; it was a dry day... 🧵
I’ve had an excellent couple of days at the Fécamp herring festival. A charter from 1088 granted the abbey of Fécamp permission for a herring fair. Today, as well as the vendeurs and grilleurs, there is the crowning and weighing of a Herring Queen (equiv to 1,501 herring, incase you wanted to know).
November 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I’ve had an excellent couple of days at the Fécamp herring festival. A charter from 1088 granted the abbey of Fécamp permission for a herring fair. Today, as well as the vendeurs and grilleurs, there is the crowning and weighing of a Herring Queen (equiv to 1,501 herring, incase you wanted to know).
The Sunday morning bells of La Trinité de Fécamp from Jardin Guillaume de Volpiano
November 30, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The Sunday morning bells of La Trinité de Fécamp from Jardin Guillaume de Volpiano
The first proper frost of the winter in my part of the Wye valley. It is definitely a hot chocolate day today.
November 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The first proper frost of the winter in my part of the Wye valley. It is definitely a hot chocolate day today.
It’s a beautiful morning, and I’m off to do some digging with Cardiff University.
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
It’s a beautiful morning, and I’m off to do some digging with Cardiff University.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM