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Hello, my name is Tristan and I'm a first-year history PhD researcher at Oxford.
The aim of this blog is to share my research and wider history on the early medieval world, help give any advice on applying to university and explaining about Oxford, and generally expanding engagement with the Humanities.
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Boyo-wulf: Beowulf in Cork Slang
Beowulf's fame in modern culture has led to its constant reinterpretation through the process of translation. Each translation is the...
An Oxford Historian
Jun 4, 20222 min read
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Electronic Beowulf
A wonderful resource for exploring the manuscript culture behind the single surviving version of the epic poem Beowulf. This week I...
An Oxford Historian
May 22, 20222 min read
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Key to English Place-Names
One of the crucial aspects of historical onomastics is the question of place-names - how did places get their names, why have some names...
An Oxford Historian
May 17, 20222 min read
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Bayeux Tapestry Online - resource
The best (and free!) resource to explore the Bayeux Tapestry, the Bayeux Museum's website provides a wonderful chance to explore the work...
An Oxford Historian
Apr 24, 20222 min read
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Old English Poetry in Fascimile
After a hiatus, we're returning to a weekly series highlighting a set of resources to learn about early medieval England. This week we...
An Oxford Historian
Jan 28, 20222 min read
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The 'Viking' World - Artefact Database
The Swedish History Museum in Stockholm hosts the world's largest collection of Viking artefacts, which tell an impressive story of life,...
An Oxford Historian
Dec 21, 20211 min read
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Oxbridge History Interviews - tips and advice
This year's interviews are drawing to an end, and so I thought I'd write up some of the advice I compiled this year for people asking...
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Dec 13, 20217 min read
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The British Museum's Online Collection
https://www.anoxfordhistorian.com/post/the-ashmolean-cast-galleryThe ideal resource for those interested in archaeology and history, the...
An Oxford Historian
Oct 11, 20212 min read
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Archaeology Maps - the Aerial Archaeology Mapping Explorer
To the great happiness of anyone interested in Landscape Archaeology, Historical England have just released a new free online...
An Oxford Historian
Oct 8, 20212 min read
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The Viking Society for Northern Research
This week we're looking at the wonderful Viking Society for Northern Research, a society founded in 1892 to further the study of the...
An Oxford Historian
Aug 20, 20212 min read
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Old English Poetry
The poetry of 'Anglo-Saxon England' holds an interesting middle-ground in public perception. On the one-hand Beowulf is perhaps the...
An Oxford Historian
Aug 13, 20212 min read
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The Yale Early Medieval Lecture Series
Occasionally, you come across a resource that is so incredibly good, it amazes you that it's free. The Yale Early Medieval Lecture Series...
An Oxford Historian
Aug 7, 20211 min read
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Top 10 'Viking' Videogames
What are the best Viking videogames for PC, XBox and Playstation? What can they teach us about the history and myth of the Vikings?...
An Oxford Historian
Jul 25, 20214 min read
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In Our Time - early medieval history
BBC 4's long-running radio show provides some great episodes to access early medieval history, especially English history, in a...
An Oxford Historian
Jun 13, 20212 min read
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Internet Archaeology - a free online Archaeology journal
Emerging from behind the paywall, the journal of Internet Archaeology provides free access to a wide range of archaeology papers for...
An Oxford Historian
Jun 10, 20212 min read
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England’s Immigrants Database (1330-1550)
From the National Archives, the University of York and the University of Sheffield, this database provides a massive searchable index of...
An Oxford Historian
Jun 10, 20211 min read
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The Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds
Continuing the search for free online resources for those interested in history, this week we take a look at the Corpus of Early Medieval...
An Oxford Historian
May 30, 20212 min read
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Exploring the Roman Empire - travel
A quick look at the ORBIS website from Stamford, allowing fans of the Roman Empire to explore how long travel across the vast area would...
An Oxford Historian
May 28, 20211 min read
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Resources for Early Medieval Language Learning
A brief look into learning, understanding and translating four major early medieval languages - Latin, Old English, Old Norse, and Old...
An Oxford Historian
Apr 19, 20214 min read
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Exploring Domesday Book: 3 Key Resources
Three free online resources to explore the people and places mentioned in Domesday Book. Domesday Book, written after William the...
An Oxford Historian
Apr 8, 20213 min read
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