Heavenfield Round-up 4: A Golden Hoard of Links

The news of the last week or so has certainly been the announcement of the discovery of the 7th century Anglo-Saxon "Trumpington Princess" and the blogs have been all over it. Here is a mini round-up of the coverage: I think I may have been the first blog on the story (based on the earliest...

St Æthelthryth and the Virgin Mary Through the Ages

I'm experimenting with methods of putting up presentations. This one is put up through slideshare. Its conversion function doesn't seem to have liked all of my text as you can see from the title page. This is the presentation I gave at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo in May 2010. If you...

Bede’s Mary of the English

I wrote earlier that I would post new information on my talk at Kazoo. I don't think that I've never really summed up how strongly Bede linked Mary and Æthelthryth. So this is an slice out of my talk. The translation of the poem/hymn from the History was up on a power point so I'll...

Kzoo 2010~~ Days 3-4

Let's just finish up Saturday and Sunday... Finally, on Saturday I had a day of early medieval goodness. I got my session out of the way...finally. I really prefer to be up earlier in the Congress to get it over with but I think it went well. Session 403: Saints of the Heroic Age and...

Let the pilgrimage begin

It's that time of year again. Medievalists all over the world are starting to get a little anxious about their unfinished paper while starting to gather up stuff for the annual pilgrimage to Kalamazoo. I'm afraid I'm one of those scrambling to get her presentation done. I know what I want to say, so it's...

Hello Eadgyth!

Earlier this week an Anglo-Saxon princess, Eadgyth, made a splash in the news. Her grave and body had been found in a German Cathedral. As the granddaughter of Alfred the Great, and half-sister of Æthelstan, first recognized king of the English, she has got the interest of historians and archaeologists in England. Being of interest...