Rory Naismith
@rorynaismith.bsky.social
Early medievalist, etc., at the University of Cambridge.
Excellent @thetls.bsky.social piece on the Mercian Golden Age by Sarah Foot, including high praise for @rorynaismith.bsky.social's biography of Offa #medievalsky www.the-tls.com/history/medi...
The golden age of eighth-century Mercia
The eighth-century king Offa of Mercia retains a place in the collective memory of both the English and the Welsh as the instigator of the great dyke that
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The trailer for this Peasants' Revolt film just dropped, I see. youtu.be/ZVkrhHebz1Q?...
THE UPRISING - Official Trailer [HD] - Only In Theaters September 11
YouTube video by Focus Features
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From the current issue: "Economic Change, Silver, and the Plague of 664-687 in England" by @rorynaismith.bsky.social (@corpuscambridge.bsky.social, @department-asnc.bsky.social) doi.org/10.1093/past...
Economic Change, Silver, and the Plague of 664–687 in England*
Abstract. Bede and other authors describe a destructive wave of plague sweeping across Britain and Ireland in the period 664–87. In the decades around and
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How can we read the Muslim conquest of Sicily through pottery sherds? Just out on Early View, Viva Sacco, "Ceramic ecology in an Islamic capital" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... (OA)
Ceramic ecology in an Islamic capital: changes in the production and consumption of pottery in Palermo
Palermo became the new capital of Sicily after the Aghlabid conquest in 831. The transformation of the city into a capital took many forms, including the production and consumption of pottery. The pe...
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Exciting announcement: this year's Royal Numismatic Society symposium on 'Coinage in the Late Roman Empire and Early Medieval Europe: Continuity and Crisis' will take place in Cambridge on Saturday 5 September. Details, programme and registration here: numismatics.org.uk/2026/05/13/r...
Should anyone want to hear more about Offa ... podcast.show/historically...
Offa the King: Rory Naismith writes the life of a great English …
Running for about 177 miles along the Welsh-English border is the remains of an earthwork, a fortification over a hundred miles longer than Hadrian’s Wall. Built so…
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Delighted to get my hands on this new book, offering a fresh take on early medieval English kinship by Alex Traves. www.routledge.com/Family-and-S...
Glasgow is hiring a lecturer in medieval history (c.800-1500) on an open-ended basis. We are a lovely bunch in the medieval area, would be great to have a new colleague! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSF052/l...
Lecturer in Medieval History (Research & Teaching Track) at University of Glasgow
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer in Medieval History (Research & Teaching Track) on jobs.ac.uk!
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An authoritative biography of Offa of Mercia, revealing his importance as the king who stood at the turning point of Anglo-Saxon history. Read an extract: yalebooks.co.uk/offa-a-great... #IMC2026
An authoritative new biography of Empress Matilda from Elisabeth Van Houts. Read an extract: yalebooks.co.uk/the-legacy-o... #IMC2026
🪙 A Viking-Age silver coin from Central Asia found in southwest Scotland, which was lost or hoarded by an individual connected to Viking long-distance trade and economic networks, has gone on display at The Whithorn Trust’s museum in Galloway. open.substack.com/pub/historyh...
A die stamp, potentially for making foils akin to those on the Sutton Hoo helmet has been found in Kent. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The @findsorguk.bsky.social record is here: finds.org.uk/database/art...
New curse tablet from Roman Lower Germania—in Greek, dating to the 2ndC CE. “Below the symbols appear the names of four enslaved people, two men with Latin names and two women with Greek names.” archaeologymag.com/2026/06/roma...
Ancient Roman curse tablet found in the Netherlands contains rare Egyptian magic written in Greek | Archaeology News Online Magazine
Ancient Roman curse tablet found in the Netherlands contains rare Egyptian magic written in Greek, offering clues to Roman beliefs.
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Another podcast, this time on Making Money in the Early Middle Ages, with the excellent Deepak Bhatt. Sound version here soundcloud.com/business_tal... and on Youtube here www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dnL...
From Gold to Silver: Prof. Rory Naismith on the Making of Money in the Early Middle Ages
This Business Talk episode features Dr. Rory Naismith, Professor of Early Medieval English History in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Corpu
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Rosamond McKitterick (1949-2026) A formidable scholar, an inspiring teacher, a generous spirit and a supportive colleague - truly, we have lost one of the great ones. @sidneysussex.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social @camedieval.bsky.social
It was a huge pleasure to record this podcast episode on Offa with Jamie and Zee from the British History Podcast: www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com/an-offa-inte...
An Offa Interview with Rory Naismith | The British History Podcast
Today we have a special episode with the return of Professor Rory Naismith! You will remember him from his interview on Anglo Saxon Economics and Money, and today he is back to talk with us about his ...
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Offa the Great: The Mercian King Who Reshaped England, by @rorynaismith.bsky.social who has a new book on Offa with @yalebooks.bsky.social www.medievalists.net/2026/06/offa... #medieval #England #histrorysky
Offa the Great: The Mercian King Who Reshaped England - Medievalists.net
Offa was one of the most powerful rulers of early medieval England, transforming Mercia into the dominant kingdom south of the Humber. In this article, Rory Naismith examines his reign, from the…
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Why did Charlemagne fail to integrate the Avars? A new piece by Helmut Reimitz: doi.org/10.1017/S006...
How the East Became the East: Triumphal Rulership, and the Failure of Integration in Carolingian Central Europe | Austrian History Yearbook | Cambridge Core
How the East Became the East: Triumphal Rulership, and the Failure of Integration in Carolingian Central Europe
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PhD funding available #skystorians #medievalsky #heritage #archaeology 🏺📜
Leonie V. Hicks@lvhicks.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe still have a scholarship available for History, Archaeology or Heritage (or a combination) at CCCU. Deadline 3 July. This is an open call as long as your research fits with Cultures and Communities or Material Pasts. 1/ www.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/f...
From the current issue: "Economic Change, Silver, and the Plague of 664-687 in England" by @rorynaismith.bsky.social (@corpuscambridge.bsky.social, @department-asnc.bsky.social) doi.org/10.1093/past...
Economic Change, Silver, and the Plague of 664–687 in England*
Abstract. Bede and other authors describe a destructive wave of plague sweeping across Britain and Ireland in the period 664–87. In the decades around and
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1/ "Economic Change, Silver, and the Plague of 664-687 in England" by @rorynaismith.bsky.social (@corpuscambridge.bsky.social, @department-asnc.bsky.social) doi.org/10.1093/past...
Economic Change, Silver, and the Plague of 664–687 in England*
Abstract. Bede and other authors describe a destructive wave of plague sweeping across Britain and Ireland in the period 664–87. In the decades around and
doi.org
The audio-only version of the latest of Legends and Lectures with @rorynaismith.bsky.social is now available everywhere you get your podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/58Yz...
LIVE NOW LEGEND AND LECTURES welcomes the lovely @rorynaismith.bsky.social to talk about his new book on King Offa and why Offa built his big dyke: youtu.be/WAFUJvyjbko?...
Who was King Offa?
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I greatly enjoyed recording this 'Tis But a Scratch podcast episode about Offa with the wonderful Richard Abels: tis-but-a-scratch-fact-and-fiction-about-the-middle-ages.buzzsprout.com/1925107/epis...
Offa of Mercia: Laying the Foundations of a Kingdom of England (with Prof. Rory Naismith) - 'tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle Ages
Offa, king of Mercia from 757 to 796, was the most powerful and successful Anglo-Saxon ruler of pre-Viking England. Today Offa is probably best remembered for Offa's Dyke, a massive 150 mile long eart...
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THIS SUNDAY Legends and Lectures welcomes the incomparable @rorynaismith.bsky.social to talk about King Offa and his legendary dyke (and when it was build and why). Join Legends and Lectures for free, and enjoy the podcast: youtu.be/WAFUJvyjbko
New open access volume on languages and identities in early medieval Europe (inc a chapter by me on Britain) 🤓
Ed Roberts@ecroberts.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe proceedings from last summer's medieval 'semana' in Estella-Lizarra, on Languages and Identities in the Early Medieval West, have now been published (OA)! Feat. excellent studies by @francescatinti.bsky.social, @elvabjohnston.bsky.social, @hwaetspur.bsky.social, and many others not on here.
Should anyone be in Glasgow next week, and be interested in scribes, kings and scandal:
Congratulations @rorynaismith.bsky.social for a wonderful book launch last night! Very compelling discussion of Offa and the Mercian supremacy. I now want to spend my summer walking Offa’s dyke and revisiting the British Museum to see the Mercian gold coin once (mis)attributed to Uther Pendragon!
And here is the EMEN article: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A New Early-Ninth-Century Manuscript of Cædmon’s Hymn: Rome, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Vitt. Em. 1452, 122v | Early Medieval England and its Neighbours | Cambridge Core
A New Early-Ninth-Century Manuscript of Cædmon’s Hymn: Rome, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Vitt. Em. 1452, 122v - Volume 52
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Rory Naismith@rorynaismith.bsky.social · 3mo agoResearch from Early Medieval England and its Neighbours in the news again! A previously lost copy of Cæmon's hymn in Old English, from 9C Italy, has been rediscovered in Rome. Well done Elisabetta Magnanti & Mark Faulkner of @tcddublin.bsky.social !!! www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...
Research from Early Medieval England and its Neighbours in the news again! A previously lost copy of Cæmon's hymn in Old English, from 9C Italy, has been rediscovered in Rome. Well done Elisabetta Magnanti & Mark Faulkner of @tcddublin.bsky.social !!! www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...