I was just looking at one of my favorite articles on St Oswald this morning. Tolley’s “Oswald’s Tree” is a unique article that sets Oswald’s actions and the development of his veneration within the semi-pagan times that he lived. So few people consider the pre-Christian context and what that means for conversion. Today, the word [...]
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13 Mar
Building (and rebuilding) paradigms
So I’m reading Fraser’s From Caledonia to Pictland, and I’ve got lots of talking points so to speak. I’m going to bring them up in what ever order I feel like writing about so they may jump around a bit. He has mentioned apostasy twice in ways that really made me think.
First in discussing Patrick’s [...]
9 Feb
FB: Din-Guaïroï /Bebbanburg/Bamburgh
You knew I couldn’t wait too long to do Bamburgh. Thanks to Bernard Cromwell it may be the best known Anglo-Saxon fortress site in England today anyway.
Din-Guaïroï
Din Guaïroï is the name given to Bamburgh in the Historia Brittonum, which then later tells us that it was renamed Bebbanburgh for Æthelfrith’s queen. The [...]
2 Feb
Three Heavenfields? Marking Google Earth
I just logged into Google Earth for the first time. I admit I wasn’t tempted until they opened up the new ocean feature. So where would I begin? Well, looking for Heavenfield of course. So much to my surprise, I found three places marked heavenfield and none of them appear to be the location of [...]
27 Dec
Earliest Depiction of St. Oswald?
I found this coin this afternoon on the BBC History website. Click here to enlarge the coins. They are actually very detailed for their size. The coin is described as being about the size of the fingernail from the little finger. I’d say that makes them a little smaller than an American dime. Their interpretation [...]
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