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Oh yes, I think we have to thank the good sense of the IMC powers-that-be. I definitely hope to be able to attend the Walter Goffart sessions.

They are:
105: Sessions in Honour of Edward James, I: Franks and Burgundians in the 5th and 6th Centuries
205: Sessions in Honour of Edward James, II: Britain and Ireland
305: Sessions in Honour of Edward James, III: Fantasy, Science Fiction, and the Medieval

11.15-18.00 Mon 6 July 2026
#LeedsIMC

Well, let's be honest, I'd be lying if I tried to pretend I'm anything other than pleased as punch that people are interested! Proof once again that the Vikings are some sort of pop history catnip, though. It's mad.

Esp with the increasing interest in the involvement of insular elites in Byzantine wars and politics - Helen Gittos's work on Sutton Hoo.

Ohhh, interesting thought! I think they're from different roots, unfortunately, but I'd bow to the knowledge of someone better informed on this than I am.

Yes, I agree that's much the most convincing argument. So interesting that mead is the target prestige drink intact context!

It doesn't quite work all the time in Iceland, though, where there is C12th evidence of permission being asked to use ale rather than wine for the sacraments in church, presumablydue to supply issues.

Thanks, Emlyn! Yes, those long-distance exchange networks either persisting or renewed and able to provide the top end of society with prestige exotics/romanitas.

Yes, that's so fascinating! Cameron Moffett was kind enough to discuss her work with me whilst I was writing the book chapter that this article is lifted from.

The substantive research here, it's important to acknowledge, is Christine Fell's from fifty years ago and Fernando Guerrero Rodriguez's 2007 DPhil thesis. But those haven't really impinged more widely on public consciousness, hence this little bit of popularisation.

Difficult, I discover after a few minutes of experimentation, to fit that phrase to the refrain of 'Papa was a rollin' stone'. Shame. It's almost there, but not quite.

Layla is looking forward to seeing you, as am I!

Yeah, although ripping off is a slightly different category from sampling. But in that vein I've heard Nirvana play Come as You Are and also Killing Joke do Eighties, which CAYA blatantly plagiarises.

I wonder what percentage of The Prodge's audience have heard Max Romeo do Chase the Devil live? I certainly haven't, but that sample is the making of Out of Space!