What books or articles do you use, or have you enjoyed, that discuss and introduce the practice and process of history?

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A silver early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) penny of Cuthred (Cuþræd), King of #Kent, c.798-807 AD, mint: #Canterbury, moneyer: Duda.

Who was Cuþræd? After Coenwulf defeated Eadberht III Præn (The last independent King of Kent) in 798, Cuþræd was established as a client king of #Mercia. His reign was short and relatively uneventful, but is now for two things:

1. The re-establishment of the primacy of the Archbishopric of Canterbury. However, this was more due to the Council of Clovesho abolishing the Archbishopric of #Lichfield.

2. The first #Viking raids in Kent, however, these were small, and it's not really known if Cuþræd really did anything to defend the Kingdom.

Cuthred was one of three known sons of Cuthberht of Mercia, his brothers were Coenwulf (King of Mercia 796-821) and Ceolwulf (King of Mercia 821-823)

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https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/519562

Having a little conversation with #ChatGPT about #OldEnglish. Here is the transcript:

me: can you give me an old English word that means sea fog

gpt: The Old English word for "sea fog" is "brume".

me: No it isn't brume, brume is not an old English word. please try again, what is the old English for sea fog

gpt: I apologize for the mistake in my previous answer. The Old English word for "sea fog" is actually "hǣð" or "hǣðstybb".

me: No, you are wrong "hǣð" means "heath" and "hǣðstybb" is not a real old English word. Please try again, what is the Old English for Sea Fog

gpt: I apologize for the confusion, and thank you for correcting me. The correct Old English word for sea fog is actually "sǣfog".

me: That is closer, but still not right "sǣ" does indeed mean see, but "fog" is not an old English word. The old English for sea fog is "sǣmist"

gpt: Thank you for the correction. You are right that "sǣmist" is the Old English word for sea fog. I apologize for any confusion caused by my earlier responses.

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#OldEnglish #WordOfTheDay

bealosíþ [ ᛒᛖᚪᛚᚩᛋᛁᚦ ] : a journey / to travel / make your way through a period of evil / calamity; A destructive or deadly path, travelling the journey to death.

bealo: baleful ; deadly ; dangerous ; wicked ; evil

síþ: time, going on a journey, to be late

Like a lot of Old English words, it is hard to break it down to a simple set of words in English. We have to look at the word through the eyes of a storyteller; there is a literal definition, but also a metaphorical definition.

The journey is also time, the travelling is our life moving forward. The evil are the wretched things that happen during this journey, those things that befall us that are out of our control.

Bealosíþ is a concept, it is those times in our life that we must travel trough that is filled with evil and calamity.

It can also describe the grim march to death, that lingering dark path.

The state of bealosíþ is part of the wyrd and could be cause by entities, curses, gods, or those that just want to do us harm. It is those darkest of times that surround us all.

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#AngloSaxon #Saint of the Day:

Æthelwine [ ᚫᚦᛖᛚᚹᛁᚾᛖ ] of Sceldeforde - Officially not a lot it known about this particular saint, to the point where his origins and story is completely unattested and apocryphal.

Unattested story of Æthelwine:

Æthelwine was a convert to Christianity from the then still #pagan #IsleOfWight. He came from the now renamed hamlet of Sceldeforde (Translates to Shield Ford).

It is said the Hamlet changed it's name to Æthelwinefeld (Æthelwine's Field), which over-time became "Æthelfeld" and now Atherfield (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atherfield)

Æthelwine converted while in Kent after visiting the court of Æthelbert but was martyred during Eadbald's (Æthelbert's son and successor) pagan revival.

Æthelwine condemned Eadbald's marriage to his step-mother. Eadbald was enraged and declared the saint a "féondulf" -- criminal/felon.

Æthelwine, fearing for his life, fled back to the Island. However, he was betrayed to Eadbald by local pagan priest who heard of the bounty on Æthelwine's head. Eadbald sent someone to kill Æthelwine, who was murdered while crossing the ford in the middle of his home hamlet. They say that he'd been stabbed through the heart but was able to pray for the sins of those around him for an hour even though his heart had stopped beating; he forgave all involved before his death.

The site was said to responsible for many miracles.

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Have any #histordons authored Wikipedia pages and, if so, have you signaled this on your CV? Seems like it would be difficult to verify, but it's important public history work! Thinking about the page I created for Margaret Hutton, Pennsylvania's largest enslaver in 1790, at an edit-a-thon last year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Hutton

A bit of #IceAge #ArtHistory for everyone this morning. I found it really interesting.

A London furniture conservator has been credited with a crucial discovery that has helped understand why Ice Age hunter-gatherers drew cave paintings.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64162799

Je commence à préparer mon cours d'#histoire du #Québec et du #Canada français pour l'hiver, cours que je débute avec de la #musique. Le contenu historique de la musique populaire québécoise étonne toujours les étudiants anglo-canadiens. J'ai toute une liste de tounes, mais j'aime bien en faire écouter deux qui partent en direction distincte. Je pense utiliser Mes Aïeux, https://youtu.be/JvcEP0EjqIc et Manu Militari, https://youtu.be/gdYIIooxdok

D'autres suggestions?

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Looking back on my favourite #Norfolk #Archaeological #find that I have had the honour to illustrate for the county archive. This is the tip of a magnificent #IronAge bronze #scabbard from #Congham. It was found in good condition bent in two in a waterlogged ditch running through a wood. It was about 30 inch long. The engraved decoration is wonderfully delicate in its execution. The upper part is also beautifully decorated. #illustration #Archeodon #histordons #archaeology

Pilots from the Japanese Carrier Kaga reviewing attack plans for the Pearl Harbor attack on December 6th, 1941. #histordons

@jdmccafferty that’s great John. There are references to the purchase of #pewter #spoons in the #KingsInns #BlackBook for that period. Plus #silver ones for the judges. And SO many trenchers. #earlyModern #Ireland #mastodaoine #histordons

#Historidons #historiansonmastadon #histordons #DigitalHumanites . Hello 👋. I'm not quite sure how this all works yet but I thought I'd try to move from the other place. I'm a historian of migration within Britain's empire in the 19th and 20th centuries.

@Coppenh23 I think people are using #histordons ?