Blogs about: Wilfrid Of Ripon
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My Old Website
Much to my surprise, AOL pulled the rug out form under my feet and abruptly ended their support of member webpages. I shouldn’t be surprised since I haven’t been an actual subscriber for a… more →
Heavenfield
Berht of Dunbar?
Michelle wrote 11 months ago: Dunbar fortress at its height c.1400 before it was intentionally dismantled. Painting of Dunbar cast … more →
My Old Website
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Michelle wrote 11 months ago: Much to my surprise, AOL pulled the rug out form under my feet and abruptly ended their support of m … more →
LKM: Bernicia/Bryneich
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Michelle wrote 1 year ago: Bamburgh from the BBC Bernicia or Bryneich? We know that the name of the kingdom was British and the … more →
Candida Casa, the White House
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Michelle wrote 1 year ago: Book of Hours of the Virgin Mary and St. Ninian I was looking at Bede’s description of Ninian … more →
PW: King Ecgfrith of Northumbria
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Michelle wrote 1 year ago: On May 20th, 685 King Ecgfrith of Northumbria fell deep in Pictland at Dunnichen to King Bridei, who … more →
PW: Cynefrith, Physician of Ely
Michelle wrote 1 year ago: octors are not very common in early medieval works so Cynefrith really stands out in Bede’s Ec … more →
St Mary at Ely
Michelle wrote 1 year ago: [I'm going to use Audrey for St Aethelthryth because of the similarity of her name to Queen Aelfthry … more →
Augustine of Canterbury in the Liber Eliensis
Michelle wrote 1 year ago: The Liber Eliensis makes a rather startling claim for Augustine of Canterbury: ~~~ “there had … more →
PW: King Eadwulf of Northumbria
Michelle wrote 1 year ago: All we know for sure about King Eadwulf of Northumbria (r. 704-705) is found in Stephan’s Life … more →
Clashing models: Latin-Mediterranean vs Celtic
Michelle wrote 1 year ago: Another topic in William Trent Foley’s article “Imitatio Apostoli: St Wilfrid of York an … more →
LKM: Craven
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Michelle wrote 1 year ago: This month’s lost kingdom is the British kingdom of Craven. It has been identified by placenam … more →
St Andrew's Appeal
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Michelle wrote 1 year ago: St Andrew’s appeal in Britain is one of those stories of meandering coincidences that are comm … more →
St Hild: The Martha of the Anglo-Saxon England
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Michelle wrote 2 years ago: This past weekend is the feast day of St. Hild of Whitby. According to Bede, she died on 17 November … more →
Acca of Hexham: Defining St. Oswald
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Michelle wrote 2 years ago: Today is the feast of St. Acca, Bishop of Hexham 710-731. He is best known as the person to whom Bed … more →
Mothering St. Wilfrid
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Michelle wrote 2 years ago: I was thinking about the feast of St Wilfrid today and flipping through the Life of Bishop Wilfrid. … more →
Not since Whitby...
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Michelle wrote 2 years ago: Occasionally you will hear that the Church of England has not been in such a crisis since Whitby, an … more →
Saints of Heavenfield
Michelle wrote 2 years ago: Heavenfield is a rural site near Hadrian’s wall, within the medieval monastic estate of the Ab … more →
